Photo Credit: Kirsten Owens. Chase Austin excites the crowd with his outstanding performance.[/caption]Shea Mustian and Mark Greenstreet opened up the Learning Commons for anyone to come and show their talent during all three lunches on Friday, April 25.
During first lunch, two people showed up. Juana Delgadillo and Maddie Melton were the only ones to come.
Second was much more of a success, because five people came to perform. Ashley Badstem was the only one in this lunch to perform poetry. There were two people who came to rap, Isaac Cecil and Cheallen Daye, who also came back to rap for third lunch. Tyshion Mitchell and Ally Farthing both sang.
Third lunch had the most amount of people come to perform and they had a large audience. One of the first to perform was Samantha Nance, who chose to read a poem called “Tobacco is the Devil’s Plant.” This poem was meant to reach out to teenagers and show how bad tobacco is for you and what it can do to your life. Argie Barnette recited a poem he wrote called “Legacy.” It talked about bullying, judging other people, and how much it can hurt. Julian Knight went up in front of the crowd to sing a song he wrote himself. Ashley Badstein performed a song/rap mix.
Edmond Curry, a teacher assistant, made his performance slightly different because he let the audience be involved with his performance. When he first walked up to the podium, he gave credit to a student named Trey Kirkland for finding him music to go along with his poem/song mix while he voiced the words. He performed a little of the song then, when it got to the middle, he stretched the mic out to the crowd so they could join in and sing some of the song with him. The song was very inspirational, saying that “the future is yours.” This was a good choice to sing to the students to motivate them, especially since it’s near exams.
Daye had performed in second lunch but came back in third lunch to perform in front of a different crowd. He rapped until the bell to go to third period rang so he was the last performer. Other people had signed up to perform, but there just was not enough time to get everybody in.
Greenstreet said that the school is planning to do this again since this was such a great success. It may not have one again this school year, but Greenstreet hopes to see one next year.
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