25 talented Omaha-area acts to compete for $1,000 during Sept. 22 Omaha’s Got Talent show

UNMC College of Pharmacy students invite public to show, proceeds to go towards cancer research, patient support services

Twenty-five talented Omaha-area acts will compete for a first-prize of $1,000 during the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy Class of 2009 Omaha’s Got Talent show on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m., at Central High School.

 

A variety of acts will compete, including 25 tap-dancing grannies, bands, singers and dancers, including a 4-year-old, and a 14-year-old magician on a unicycle.

Cost to attend is $20 for the public or $15 for UNMC students. Proceeds will go towards cancer research, and services for patients and families through the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Local celebrities will be paired with leukemia and lymphoma survivors who will judge the competition.

This is the first year of the show, which is spearheaded by Tess Andersen, third-year pharmacy student.

Those who attend the event are invited to join an after-party show at In Play Forte on 15th and Cuming Streets. Two bands will play and there will be free soda, free pizza, and free bowling.

Tickets are available for purchase online using PayPal at www.omahasgottalent.com, or by cash or check at the UNMC College of Pharmacy (42 ^nd  St. & Dewey Ave.) dean’s office (second floor), Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., through Sept. 21.
Students will be selling tickets outside the Nebraska Café in University Tower Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

If you are interested in getting a ticket or making a donation, go to www.omahasgottalent.com or contact Andersen at tanderse@unmc.edu or 669-2812.

The following are Omaha area acts who will compete on Sept. 22 ^nd .

ACT ONE
1.  Kathy Coates: Welcome video – slide show
2.  JoJo Siwa: 4-year-old.jazz dance followed by vocal solo to Love  by Natalie Cole
3.  Michael Rye: guitar player, written and composed by Michael
4.  Sesame Street Tap Dance: 13 children ages 9-13: Ethan Newman, Kylie Ham, Courtne Mann, Micah Swab, Emma Morice, Kellie Simerly, Maddy Moorhead, Katy Pellman, Claire Volk, Chelsea Badders, Rebecca Heinert, Emily  Bremers, Natalie Bremers
5,  Joo Lee: A cappella singer to His Eye is on the Sparrow  by Civilla D. Martin and Charles H. Gabriel
6.  Andrew Lescelius: Dance/Dance Revolution dancer
7.  Justin Blackson: 19-year-old gospel singer with piano
8.  Ellisa Newman: 14-year-old ballet type dance to the song Amazed
9.  Tommy Hanlon: 13-year-old singer and guitar player: New Slang  by the Shins
10.  Caleb Losh: 10-year-old singer with music accompaniment: More  by Matthew West
11.  Jeff Quinn: magician
12.  Connor Mueret: 12-year-old female singer with music accompaniment to 14G  
13.  University of Nebraska at Omaha Dance Team: Coach Elise Gosch, 18 women: Jacue Albertson, Katy Bezy, Allison Brouillette, Erin Dykes, Mariah Hanson, Michelle Horn, Ashley Kunkle, Mila O’Rourke, Stacy Pavlik, Jennifer Perkins, Makayla Person, Ashley Reabe, Kelsie Satorie, Emily Shanks, Mikaela Sramek, Alyssa Todd, Kristin Waszak, Kati Wright  
 
 ACT TWO
1.  Will Wetzel and the Music Men: Ride On  written and composed by band member Will Wetzel, Chris Vallejo Jr., Jonathan Nichols, and William Wetzel
2.  Payton Thornbrugh: 11-year-old singer – Right to be Wrong  by Joss Stone.
3.  Brittney Tartt: 14-year-old hip hop dance to Dance With Me  by Lil Bree
4.  Mariah Adams: 16-year-old A Cuppella singer
5.  Steve Spurgeon: sing and play guitar to Dreamer  written and composed by Spurgeon
6 .  Kyle Hosick: 14-year-old magician on a unicycle
7.  Shea Daharsh: Singer with accompaniment Astonishing  from Little Women  
8.  Justin Temme: country singer and guitar player The Ride  by Chris Ledeux
9.  The Omaha Dancing Grannies: Pat Leitch, Patricia Chase, Katie Di Baise, Linda Hall, Jean Gran Lund, Rocky Stern, Janet Taylor, Midge Vickery, Sue Wilson
10.  Daniel Beeman: 14-year-old Irish tap dancer to Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman
11.  The Diomandettes: A cappella gospel Because of Who You Are  by Martha Munizzi,    Chyla Dyer, Fratina McCraney, Barbara McCraney, Tenesha McCraney, Tamika Nauden
12.   Atkinson Band will play 10 Days Forever,  written and composed by band, Hey There Delilah  by Plain White T’s. Ryan Frickel, Mike Paski, Charlie Fox

 

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Talent competition candidate, JoJo Siwa (far right) passes time with her brother, Jayden, and grandmother, Joan, waiting for her curtain call during the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy Class of 2009 Omaha’s Got Talent show.

 

Tess Andersen.

 

UNMC College of Pharmacy student, Anne Gerdes, was one of 15 judges during the Omaha’s Got Talent auditions in August.

 

“3320.jpg” A young singer prepares to audition.

To see some of the auditioning acts on UTube, go to http://www.youtube.com/unmcedu