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Talent show small but still rocks campus
By Sean Smith
Whalesong Staff
The annual UAS
talent show took place on Saturday Nov. 2 with acts ranging from
singers, flashy dancers, to a stand up comic after being postponed
the previous week due to the lack of interest.
“The turnout was good, we got a lot more then we
expected and the performances were better then anticipated,”
Dambo Sakala said of the event that he organized and hosted.
The hour-long contest was complete with a trophy for the winner,
which will be used as first prize again next year. Contestants also
competed for the first, second, and third place prizes that will
be given out at a later date. Luis Silva and his band took home
first place, while guitarist David Conway battled for second place
bragging rights with a dance group made up of Lissa Cooper, Vanessa
Tagsip and Mary Manalansan, a dance group, battled. The acts were
judged upon by the crowd’s response, which gave Conway’s
solo performance the edge over the dance routine.
“Everyone that performed was great, we had no idea
that we would place at the top of all the acts,” Silva said
about his band being judged as the first place winners after only
two days of preparation before the show.
“The voting was unfair, they should have had individual
judges,” said Tagsip. “Some performers had a larger support
group to cheer for them then others did, the contestants were not
necessarily judged on talent, but popularity.”
The show was to take place the previous week on Oct.
26, but because more acts were needed the date was changed tell
after Halloween. Phone calls were made in order to recruit more
acts and the effort really paid off according to Sakala. He said
Alissa Bellah and Katie Tripp, both performers, who assisted him
in the organized event, were crucial to the show’s success.
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