Students Pack Out Annual Northwest University Talent Show
The annual student Talent Show, organized by the Student Activities Board, is one of the most popular events on campus. This year, the event took place on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 8 PM in Butterfield Chapel, and it was completely packed out!
To honor the “The Pacific NorthBEST” theme, students transformed the chapel stage into an incredible Pacific Northwest scene complete with real trees, a campout, and a mountainous backdrop. This show’s lineup included singer/songwriters, musicians, improvers, hip-hop/break-dancers, and a self-choreographed dance by CELE students.
The Winning Act: Ye Eun Jang and the Faces
This year’s winners were international CELE students Ye Eun Jang and the Faces with their self-choreographed dance performance that included a segment of the popular Gangnam Style dance. Official votes were cast by students via Twitter, but the crowd’s standing ovation and cheers for an encore were sure signs of the act’s popularity!
The entire talent lineup included the following (watch videos of each act below):
- Grace Snyder Performs Original Adaptation of "Set Fire To The Rain" with Bree'anna Walberg
- Nathan Kennedy Performs "Dear Audio Journal" by Colin Delaney
- The Union Street Orchestra Performs "Wasting Mistakes"
- William Brown Performs "Endless Night" from Lion King The Musical
- Lauren Haas, Olivia Hall, and Sydney Bell Perform "Billy Jean" by Michael Jackson
- And The Sky Fell Performs "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
- Niko Johnson Performs Original Freestyle Song "Words in the Class" with Austin Rojan
- Issac Peabody Performs Original Song "Stick to My Guns" with Austin Rojan
Surprise Performance from President Castleberry
To round out the evening while waiting for the final votes to come in, Northwest University's very own President Joeseph Castleberry performed Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue."
The entire crowd gave President "Joey Cash" and his band another of the many standing ovations of the evening. Students even live tweeted about the President's performance:
President Castleberry bringing down the house with "A Boy Named Sue." #iheartnu #northwestu #nuts2013… http://t.co/sy1BQNNTcM
— Karli Nelson (@k_kaelynn) October 25, 2013
Endless Entertainment and Photos of the Talent Show
The evening's entertainment did not stop with the acts though. Both emcees, Sean Lidstrom and Emily Potts, as well as judges John Bacon, Andy Hall, and Sarah Jobson kept the laughs coming. End Scene Improv even performed a warped speed version of the first half of the talent show acts in a hilarious comedy routine. Concessions provided for the evening helped to support Embargo, NU's human trafficking awareness group. Overall, it was certainly a Talent Show to remember.
Photos of the Talent Show can be seen at our Flickr gallery. For more photos and info about other events on campus check out @northwestu on Instagram.