What's your talent, Fanshawe?
Calling all singers, dancers, contortionists
and magicians! The
Fanshawe Student Union is seeking
talented Falcons of all kinds to
show off their special skills for the
first ever Fanshawe's Got Talent
competition.
"Fanshawe's Got Talent is exactly like the TV show Canada's Got Talent or Britain's Got Talent or America's Got Talent, but for Fanshawe students," said Vice- President of Entertainment Kendra Sauder.
"If you can juggle or reach your toes behind your head or do the best dance moves or sing or play an instrument or unicycle wearing a Star Wars costume, that would be pretty cool," she said. "I think anything is good — we want to showcase all of Fanshawe students' talents because we are a very talented bunch."
Full-time Fanshawe students must submit a video showing their talent between October 9 and 22. The videos must be at least 30 seconds long, but no longer than three minutes. Next, it's time to vote. Voting will take place online between October 22 and 29 (students must use their FanshaweOnline ID to log in to vote). The top 10 voted performers will show off what they've got in a live performance on November 6 at the Out Back Shack on campus, where they'll be judged by industry professionals.
Your talent could pay off bigtime: the student with the firstplace talent will net $500; second place will receive $300 and third place will walk home with $200.
Sauder is the organizer of the event, and she said the idea came from one of her goals during her campaign to try to get more Fanshawe students on stage and involved in the FSU's programming. "Part of being engaged in programming is taking part in it yourself, and I noticed that a lot of students are very talented and we didn't have a lot of ways for them to show off talents other than music," she said.
"It's going to be an awesome event, especially if you get into the top 10. You can get your friends involved to help vote, to show off your awesome skills — maybe you have a hidden talent that nobody in your class even knows about, and it's a great way to just get it out there," she continued.
Check out fsu.ca/gottalent for more details, and be sure to check that page on October 22 to see your fellow Falcons spread their talented wings!
"Fanshawe's Got Talent is exactly like the TV show Canada's Got Talent or Britain's Got Talent or America's Got Talent, but for Fanshawe students," said Vice- President of Entertainment Kendra Sauder.
"If you can juggle or reach your toes behind your head or do the best dance moves or sing or play an instrument or unicycle wearing a Star Wars costume, that would be pretty cool," she said. "I think anything is good — we want to showcase all of Fanshawe students' talents because we are a very talented bunch."
Full-time Fanshawe students must submit a video showing their talent between October 9 and 22. The videos must be at least 30 seconds long, but no longer than three minutes. Next, it's time to vote. Voting will take place online between October 22 and 29 (students must use their FanshaweOnline ID to log in to vote). The top 10 voted performers will show off what they've got in a live performance on November 6 at the Out Back Shack on campus, where they'll be judged by industry professionals.
Your talent could pay off bigtime: the student with the firstplace talent will net $500; second place will receive $300 and third place will walk home with $200.
Sauder is the organizer of the event, and she said the idea came from one of her goals during her campaign to try to get more Fanshawe students on stage and involved in the FSU's programming. "Part of being engaged in programming is taking part in it yourself, and I noticed that a lot of students are very talented and we didn't have a lot of ways for them to show off talents other than music," she said.
"It's going to be an awesome event, especially if you get into the top 10. You can get your friends involved to help vote, to show off your awesome skills — maybe you have a hidden talent that nobody in your class even knows about, and it's a great way to just get it out there," she continued.
Check out fsu.ca/gottalent for more details, and be sure to check that page on October 22 to see your fellow Falcons spread their talented wings!
