FHC’s Got Talent 2023

Role: Host Grade: 12 What are your feelings about hosting? "My feelings right now are really high. At first when [English teacher Robbin] Demeester asked me to be the host of it, [I was] a bit nervous—[I] don't do well with social talking and everything. But right now, I'm feeling really confident. And it's going to be pretty exciting." What will you be doing as host? "I will intr...

Grade: 10 Performance: "Toxicity" by System of a Down Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "I'm gonna be doing some very intense drumming to metal. [I'll] be using a lot of aggression." What specific qualities make your performance intriguing? "I have a lot of expression when I'm playing, and I use a lot of force. I don't play like any other drummer that would just keep ...

Grade: 12 Performance: "Blow Me Away" by Breaking Benjamin  Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "Basically, if you like rock metal, I'd say it's a good performance for you. If you want to see the cool guitar, you can see mine." What specific qualities make your performance intriguing? "Well, we're one of the only rock metal players in the whole show." How does your performance reflect you as a...

Grade: 12 Performance: "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "So basically, [it's] my friend [senior] Aya [Shakir] and I. It's not really [a] duet, but I'm playing guitar for her. She's singing 'Set Fire to the Rain' by Adele, so it'll be pretty good." What specific qualities make your performance intriguing? "She is a very good singer. She...

Role: Host Grade: 12 What are your feelings about hosting? "I'm excited. It's something new. I've never done this before. I've never been in a talent show, so I'm excited." What will you be doing as host? "Each act that will come up, we announced them and say a little bit about them, like if they're singing, then we'll say the song [they're] singing or if it's an original song. Then afterw...

Grade: 9 Performance: Rythym video game  Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "It's unusual. It's not the usual you would expect, like singing, dancing, or acting. I'm actually playing a rhythm video game mostly because I've done it a lot as a hobby, but now, I want to do it to step out of my comfort zone and perform in front of an audience." What specific qualities make you...

Grade: 12 Performance: "TBD" by Marissa Lunt Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "For my performance, you're supposed to expect singing, piano, and pretty much a song that's based on how everyone's hiding in disguise. And sometimes, you hide behind this mask, so that's what you can expect from the lyrics." What specific qualities make your performance intriguing? "I wrote th...

Grade: 11 Performance: Stand-up comedy Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "Hopefully, I can make people laugh. I feel like people who smile [show] the best of themselves. The best feature of someone is their smile, and I really like and enjoy making people laugh, so hopefully, I can entertain them and allow people to have a good night with a good smile." What specific qualities m...

Grade: 11 Performance: "All I Ask" by Adele Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "Well, it's a very strong ballad, and I have related to her a lot. So there's a lot of emotion there, and I'd like to think that I'm pretty good at portraying that on stage, and it's my passion." What specific qualities make your performance intriguing? "Well, me and [junior] Lauren [Roth] have d...

Grade: 10 Performance: Supersonics Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "We are performing, 'Holding out for a Hero,' and it's just us. We don't have any backing tracks. We don't have any other instruments. It's just a piano, the drums, and the best vocals in the school." What specific qualities make your performance intriguing? "The fact that it's a group of really cool ...

Grade: 12 Performance: Bobblemasters Give an elevator pitch for your performance:  "It is an act with all senior girls, and it is a surprise, for the most part, but it will for sure be funny." What specific qualities make your performance intriguing? "No one has ever done anything like this at the high school level, and so I just think it'll be really fun overall for everyone." H...