Our school talent show, Lions Follies, took place this past night, Thursday April 10th, from 7PM-9PM. Lions Follies is a student organized event used to raise money for junior and senior prom. From live bands and solo performances to teacher impressions the show was a great success. All the performers, on stage, and organizers, behind the scenes, did an outstanding job. Here are some of the highlights of last night’s show.
This year’s show had many solo musical performance. Rather standing up on the stage with just themselves and their voice, accompanied by a guitar or playing the piano each singer brought their own unique music to the stage.
One of these solo performers was Griffin Guzman who sang his original song Nights Like These. Guzman has been writing music for two years now. His original song put the crowd into awe and was a beautiful addition to the show. Along with singing all original lyrics Guzman also played the piano.
Some of our other soloists, who made the brave choice to face the crowd with just their amazing voices, were Stella Begly and Victoria Chang-Nunley. Begley was the first act of the night and sang a heart warming reminition of In the Stars. Later in the night Chang-Nunley, who recently played the lead in our school musical, found a creative way to showcase her voice, yodeling. She got the crowd clapping and added some country spirit to the show with her dancing. Both her and Begly excelled at their songs.
Ryan Alred who sang and played his guitar to Carolina also brought the crowd and country spirit into the song. At the start of his performance Alred admitted to this being his first performance in front of an audience in five years! This, however, did not show at all. Alred showed mastery of his guitar throughout the performance and in the end the crowd were waving their phone lights and singing along with him.
Keagan Boyd also preformed with her acoustic guitar. She sang the song Landslide and dedicated the performance to her mom and dad. She explained how the song talks about getting older and growing through life. She told the audience how “this is especially important with everyone moving on to a new grade at the end of this year.” She sang beautifully in her solo performance.
Along with the solo performances two different student bands performed, Kepler and Livewyre, during the show. First the heavy meddle band of Eli Olanie, Addi Keith, Luke Nolting, and Joel Szczesny played the sang Territorial Pissings. Towards the end of the show Jack, Leo, and Levi played and impressive jazz instrumental of Beastly
Not a fan of musical performance? Not to fear, there were many other talents showcased at this year’s Lions Fallies.
Starting with Reagan O’Connor’s and Cate Whalen’s slow motion Star Wars Battle. This was a slowdown recreation of the iconic Jedi Battle complete with costumes and glowing lightsabers. This silent skit had the crowd laughing the whole time. The performers brought a modern touch the scene when it all came down to who won the mini crossword that morning.
One of the most innovative talents showcased was Trevor Mershon’s geography feats. Mershon asked a member of the crowd to name any of the seven continents. When Africa was chosen he proceeded to draw a detailed map of it, all countries and islands included. How you get these amazing powers? Mershon answers this question best himself. “The secret method to having these powers is, well you have to have autism, which is kinda a drag. Unless,” he continued, “you don’t make it one.” This act had to be one of the most creative of the night.
A talent show with out some marvelous magic tricks is not a talent show at all. Sam Crohn completed this years’ magical performance. Crohn invited 4 different audience members on stage to, “believe it or not,” draw a card! The magician added sarcastic commentary into their performance making the audience laugh the whole time.
Connor Johnson created a stop motion picture, short film for the audience to watch. The film was about a friendless doll who had no one that could play like him. The end with the doll being thrown away tugged on the heart stings of everyone in the audience. The work put into the film was evident and it’s creator turned it into a masterpiece.
Two dance performances appeared on stage, Dereck Lopez-Petroski with talentful, spicy jazz routine, and Emma Knez who tapped along addinging a energetic twist the the dance. Both dancers showed mastery at their routines and high levels of dance choreography.
Student council members of each grade preformed original skits at the talent show.
Freshman started off with a presentation of how to survive a zombie apocalypse, using only dollar store supplies. They warned us to watch out for Ms. Shew and not to forget about your aluminum foil hats.
Next the sophomores took LHS’ student body’s style and had a one of a kind fashion show. The skit showcased each of the grades cultural outfits but after a tough competition the freshman impression won, modeled by Ella Chase.
Juniors took the stage next with the story we all know well, an essay being due. From the those who excel at planning early birds, to the hard workers having all nighter to finish and those who just wanted to use AI, the parts were well played. The 11th graders took the time to remind us that cheating is no the way to go.
The class skits finished off with the seniors who performed the traditional teacher impressions and their own version of the hit show Survivor. In this version the winning teacher would receive money to spend on their department of the school. In the end, after the other teacher could not decide on a winner Dr. V, the host of the show, played by Luca Rodriguez, took the money into his own hands and added a, “full sized basketball court to go with our foosball table in the cafeteria.”
Along with all the acts on stage we must not forget our amazing MCs. Luca, Graycee, Melina, and Christian expertly entertained use through all the long and shorter transmissions. Lions Follies started of with a video of the “highly selective audition process,” for the job that had the audience laughing out loud. From Frozen in one minute, Greg and Susan the dolls fights, or the theater game Freeze, each of their skits were highly entertaining and hysterical.
This year’s Lions Follies was highly diverse in its’ acts that all showcased Littleton High School’s strong art community and student body. The audience was very enthusiastic throughout the many acts. A round of applause to anyone who participated behind the scenes or on stage, the show was an incredible success.
