Name: Grade Hudkins Grade: 10 1. What is your act?  "My act is a vocal duet with Ben Lowen." 2. How did you prepare? "We prepared by learning the music and practicing together numerous times." 3. What made you audition with your act?  "We thought it would be a fun thing to do together because we are close friends!" 4. Tell us about the moment you were selected for RAT. ...

Name: Gavin O'Meara Grade: 10 1. What is your act?  "I am singing and playing 'Say You Won’t Let Go' with my older brother, [Aidan]." 2. How did you prepare? "In December, about a week before the audition, I told Aidan that he had to give me a song, so we practiced a couple of times and called it good." 3. What made you audition with your act? "I really have been trying to ...

Name: Ben Lowen Grade: 11 1. What is your act?  "A duet with Grace Hudkins singing "I see the light" from Tangled." 2. How did you prepare? "Grace and I took a lot of time choosing songs and finally decided on the song previously stated. We spent a few weeks singing and practicing the staging of our song." 3. What made you audition with your act?  "Both Grace and I thought that p...

Name: Ali Azeem Grade: 12 1. What is your act?  "Pitch Imperfect. Basically, it’s a bunch of senior guys. We get up on stage and sing a cappella. I don’t want to spoil it, but it’s basically what you’d expect from a bunch of kids who don’t sing professionally. " 2. How did you prepare? "We printed out the lyrics to our music and just sent it. Very little preparation. Everyt...

Names: Tommy Hendricks, Matt Henricksen, Ambrose Hillman, Sunny Xu, Russell Baird, Olivia Williams, Joey Spaletto, Tommy Payne, Ian Stewert, John Courcy, Ben Taylor, Joe Roslanic, and Gabby Hendricks 1. What is your act?  "We will play a few songs from fifth quarter with a few new visuals." "Drumline's act is two cadences that we usually perform during fifth quarter." 2. How did you prepare? "We brush...

Name: Jannis Jacobs Grade: 12 1. What is your act?  "Pitch Imperfect; it's random!" 2. How did you prepare? "Acting random." 3. What made you audition with your act?  "We didn't, we just asked and received a spot." 4. How do you feel about cilantro? "Gucci Mane once said “If a man does not have sauce, then he is lost. But the same man can get lost in the sauce.” Therefor...

Name: Kaylee McGuire Grade: 12 1. What is your act?  "Hula Hoop Dance." 2. How did you prepare? "A lot of practice." 3. What made you audition with your act?  "I love it." 4. Tell us about the moment you were selected for RAT. "I was really happy." 5. Money, power, or good looks: which would you rather have an unlimited supply of and why? "Money, so I don't have ...

Name: Madie Weaver Grade: 10 1. What is your act?  "I am dancing a ballet variation from Sleeping Beauty."  2. How did you prepare? "I rehearse my dance several times a week." 3. What made you audition with your act? "[I auditioned] because I love to perform ballet." 4. Tell us the moment you were selected for RAT? "I looked at the FHC Theatre website and saw my name on it, wh...

Name: Sam Werkema Grade: 12 1. What is your act?  "I am in two acts, Pitch Imperfect, and the senior guys synchronized swimming act." 2. How did you prepare? "We all just kinda met up in the orchestra room like five minutes before we had to go on and printed out the words to our songs." 3. What made you audition with your act?  "Well, we didn't. We had planned to, but then ev...

Name: Suchir Gupta Grade: 12 1. What is your act?  "Senior guys synchronized swimming." 2. How did you prepare? "We watched a Youtube video of 5th graders doing it and then practiced it at rehearsal after our pre-game pump up huddle." 3. What made you audition with your act?  "We wanted to continue the tradition because Ali’s older brother, Humzah, did a similar act when he ...

Name: Zach Wright  Grade: 10 1. What is your act? “I sing and play guitar.” 2. How did you prepare? “It’s just a lot of practice; I’ve been playing [guitar] for about three years now.” 3. What made you audition with your act? “I actually didn’t audition. One of my friends showed a video to Ms. Styles of me performing, and she showed Mrs. DeMeester, and she came and ask...

Name: Tommy Hendricks Grade: 12 1. What is your act?  "I am in five acts: drumline, House Band, the Senior Boys Acapella, Senior Boys Skit, and a marimba solo." 2. How did you prepare? "Well, each act takes its own preparation. The Drumline is playing old cadences but adding new visuals, and the House Band is mostly playing jazz tunes. For the Senior Boys acts, I just listen to what...

Name: Alex Souza Grade: 12 1. What is your act? "I'm doing my rendition of 'Hey Jude' [by the Beatles] on the piano." 2. How did you prepare? "I've had this electric piano in my house for like 10 years, but I never played it. Last year, I was trying to learn the piano, and then like seven keys are broken. I basically just played a really crappy piano for about a year. The singing wa...

Name: Sam Musgraves Grade: 11 1. What is your act? “I breakdance.” 2. How did you prepare? “Well, unlike last year, I tried to go more in depth with my choreography. Last year was more off of the top of my head and [now] I’m trying to make every move count.” 3. What made you audition with your act? “I just love being out in front of everybody. It makes me feel great...

Name: Olivia Throop Grade: 12 1. What is your act? "I am doing a contemporary dance solo to the song “Listen Before I Go." 2. How did you prepare? "I have been preparing this solo with my dance teacher since September." 3. What made you audition with your act? "I participated in RAT sophomore year and I had a lot of fun doing it. I had an amazing experience and am really exci...