2008 Woodie Awards
Honors students prove talent through show
Devi Sampat
Senior Reporter
Issue date: 3/3/08 Section: Lifestyles
The University of South Alabama Honors College showed there is no better way to prove its students have talent than by putting on an old fashion talent show on Feb. 29 in the Honors Center.
Honors singers, belly dancers, instrumentalists, guitar players and more showcased their talents for students and faculty as well as parents. The night began with an act from Anna Blice-Baum singing a German song. honors director Dr. Bob Coleman even displayed his talents by singing "O My Darling Clementine" and "Swing Lo Sweet Chariot."
"The talent show is an event I have wanted to have at the honors building for a couple of years," Coleman said. "Students in the honors program are not just talented in terms of academic success, and so many of the students are musicians, singers, dancers and actors."
Coleman also commented on the variety of talent.
"As we also saw with Alan Sells's sign language abilities, talented performances can introduce us to the unexpected--it was truly a wonderful performance full of energy, graceful movement and passion," Coleman said.
Three prizes were awarded to most entertaining, best effort and finally most talented overall. The most entertaining award went to freshman Ayesha Jaleel and Devi Sampat for their dancing. Best effort went to Dr. Forbes's family and most talented overall went to Anna Blice-Baum. Karaoke played throughout the center after the awards were given out.
The show was first set up by honors program sophomore Tyler Davis when he thought the idea would be enjoyable for everyone.
"This event is the first honors program talent show, and judging from the reaction of the audience and the performers, the talent show will be a yearly event in the honors program," Coleman said.
"The credit for the show goes to honors program sophomore Tyler Davis. He organized the event, set up rehearsals and procured the fantastic sound system. Tyler did a great job of generating student participation and interest in the talent show," Coleman added.
Honors singers, belly dancers, instrumentalists, guitar players and more showcased their talents for students and faculty as well as parents. The night began with an act from Anna Blice-Baum singing a German song. honors director Dr. Bob Coleman even displayed his talents by singing "O My Darling Clementine" and "Swing Lo Sweet Chariot."
"The talent show is an event I have wanted to have at the honors building for a couple of years," Coleman said. "Students in the honors program are not just talented in terms of academic success, and so many of the students are musicians, singers, dancers and actors."
Coleman also commented on the variety of talent.
"As we also saw with Alan Sells's sign language abilities, talented performances can introduce us to the unexpected--it was truly a wonderful performance full of energy, graceful movement and passion," Coleman said.
Three prizes were awarded to most entertaining, best effort and finally most talented overall. The most entertaining award went to freshman Ayesha Jaleel and Devi Sampat for their dancing. Best effort went to Dr. Forbes's family and most talented overall went to Anna Blice-Baum. Karaoke played throughout the center after the awards were given out.
The show was first set up by honors program sophomore Tyler Davis when he thought the idea would be enjoyable for everyone.
"This event is the first honors program talent show, and judging from the reaction of the audience and the performers, the talent show will be a yearly event in the honors program," Coleman said.
"The credit for the show goes to honors program sophomore Tyler Davis. He organized the event, set up rehearsals and procured the fantastic sound system. Tyler did a great job of generating student participation and interest in the talent show," Coleman added.
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