Talent Show

A Talent Show at CTY usually involves very unusual skills that are possessed by us lovable weirdos who attend camp.

Lancaster

Both student and staff talent shows are held at Lancaster (Session 2) on separate days. In Session 1, there is only a student show, giving the staff an unfair advantage in practice time. On the last Tuesday and Wednesday, the talent shows are held in place of activities. The next day, Friday (calendar Thursday), was historically the day of key and fob return, although due to the new self-locking doors, this has since been changed to the morning of the last day.

06.2 Student Show

Master of Ceremonies - Blake Barnett

• Ashok Bhaskar - Devil's Sticks (to "Hot Ride" by The Prodigy)
• Ariane Turley - Flute ("Vivace" by Michel Blavet)
• Alexis Kravitz - Juggling (to "Salterello III" by New York's Ensemble)
• Teryn Dickson - Breakdancing (to "Canned Heat" by Jamiroquai)
• Rachel Todd - Ballet (to "The Tower" by Vienna Teng)
• Sandra Korn - Cello ("Rondo" by Boccherini)
• Jacob Hurwitz - Solving a Rubik's Cube while reciting first 200 digits of π.
• Sarah Hackney - Guitar & Voice ("The View From Heaven", in tribute to Phil Gunn)
• Christian "Christ" Burnette and Michael "Mike" Len - Raving (to "Liquify" by Toby Emerson)

07.2 Student Show

Masters of Ceremonies - William Saulnier and Ali Tammaro

• Elizabeth Leimkuhler - National Anthem
• Vanessa Baratta - Flutopia (flute)
• Jake Fernandez - Hallelujah (singing)
• Kara Lee and Lauren Willhoite - Missing You (singing and guitar)
• Austin Penner and James Chang - Extreme Rubik's Cubing
• Michael Krause - Martial Arts
• Student A Capella, AKA Something Funny - Eye of the Tiger
• Miriam Woodward - Iris (dance)
• Ilana Rice - Life of the Party
• Blabingos - Cotton Eye Joe (dance)
• Sarah Hackney - Blackbird (singing and guitar)
• Gavin Cook - Xtreme Lanyard Swinging
• MC Skit - Frank's Fire Extinguisher

09.2 Student Show

Masters of Ceremonies - Alex Kohanski and William S.

• Emma Sterling, Dennis Cowan, and Sam Fomon - "You and I" by Ingrid Michaelson
• Mariel MacGowan, Joseph Rush, and William Harlow - Scene from "The Fun Guy from Yuggoth"
• Sam Fomon - "Hey Ya"
• Jackie Liu - 330+ digits of Pi
• Elyse Guziewicz - "Pie Jesu"
• Michael Sha - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto #2 3rd Movement
• Elena Riecke and Otter Lee - "Bop to the Top"
• Joseph Rush - Single-handed double glowsticking
• Ray Kim, Andrew Bae, and Ignatius Nam - "Man in the Mirror" (acoustic guitar cover)
• MC Skit - Pokemon Lanyard Blue

10.2 Student Show

• Note-probably never gonna be posted because they didn't print out programs for 10.2

11.2 Student Show

• Dance Group-Afreen Fahad, Ezra Brooks, Gaurav Nath, Matthew Brecher, Mayee Chen, Ramya Rao, Richa Vijayvergiya, Rose yin, and Samantha Li to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce
• Afreed Fahad, Samantha Li, and RA Shae Fitzgerald-guitar/vocals to "Mean" by Taylor Swift
• Jaya Mohan and Sarah Dunleavy-piano/vocals to "Haunted" by Taylor Swift
• Daniel kipnis-piano, Beethoven's 8th Symphony
• Farah Gwdat and Yassmine Abdelmoreleb-dancing
• Elizabeth Formon and Noah Goldstein-guitar/vocals to "Sound Of Silence" by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
• Levi Meerovitch and Skylar Karzhevsky-piano/bass/vocals to "Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles
• Josh Kim and Mike Sha-violin/cello
• Academic Counselors and Health Office Administrators-dance medley
• Elena Weissmann and Erik Baier-guitar/vocals to "One" by U2
• Maddie Lemberg-piano to self-composed piece "Interest"
• Esther Kim and Esther Kim (same dorm, same class, birthdays one day apart)-track/vocals to "Intuition" by CNBlue
• Hannah Johnston-piano/vocals to "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns 'N' Roses
• May Shum and Mindy Cheng-piano/vocals to "This Love" by Maroon 5
• Angie Fenton-track/vocals to "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele (with backup vocals from other performers)
• Eric Lei and Noah Li-dancing to "I'll Be Back" by 2PM

Carlisle

As of (at least) 09.2, the Quiz Bowl takes place immediately before or after the talent show.

06.2 Talent Show

MCs: Yean Do, Miriam Lynch, and Isaac Schlect

Tech Crew: Ian Hull (Tech God), Bonne Eisenman, Charlotte Lee, Kenneth Lin, Ever Ramirez, Olivia Stransky, Margaret Sulerzyski

Act 1

• Kevin Yang (piano), Jon Hecht (Bowser), Chase Stevens (Mario) - "Super Mario Brothers, Live" by Jon Hecht and Chase Stevens
• Eva Suarez - "I Get Along Without You Very Well" by Cole Porter
• Mike Morgan and Nico Mihalich - "Bar Rage" by the Glenngarry Bhoys
• Robert Knickerbocker - "Tarantella"
• Crystal Tung - "Dravidian Dithyramb"
• Michael Cretella - "New American Classic" by Taking Back Sunday
• Lucas Matheson - "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by Paul McCartney and John Lennon
• Dave Miracchi, Andrew Levy, and Nico Mihalich - "Tribute" by Tenacious D

Act 2

• Liz Schierer - "My Father's Favorite"
• Taylor Lloyd - "Solo de Concours"
• Philip Chodrow - "Tae Kwon Do"
• Meridith Richmond - "Tap Dancing to 'Scat'"
• Gary "Squeaky" Minassian - "Guitar Improvisation"
• George Hotz - "Konstantine" by Something Corporate
• Lily Kerrigan and Aria Sharma, accompanied by Chris White - "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by Tom Lehrer
• Dom Hazzard, accompanied by Jon Hecht - "Why Do We Have to Say Goodbye?" by Dom Hazzard
• "RA Madness," performed by your very own Residential Assistants

07.1 Talent Show

MCs: Jeanette Kim, Will Pfeiffer, Jon Rigby

07.2 Talent Show

MCs: Sarah Boutom, Ali Sanne, Alex ter Weele, Jeremy McCandlish

Tech Crew: Ian Hull (Tech God), Nathaniel Byerly, Cristina D Ancona, Elizabeth Fair, Fionna Howes, Matthew Mahoney, Alexander Mechanick, Julian Spector, Zachary Taylor, Zachary Young

Act 1

• Justin Brown - "Polichinelle" by Rachmaninoff
• Arhea Marshall - "To Be or Not To Be" by William Shakespeare
• Kiri Strack-Grose - bagpipe medley - "Molly Raukin's" by John Raukin, "Brenda Stubbert's" by Brenda Stubbert, "The Silver Spear", "Jenny's Chickens"
• Jessica Chu - "Tong Hua" by Guang Liang
• Hayden Chun - "Beat Box Explosion"
• Karen Bao - "Roumanian Folk Dances" by Bela Bartok
• Elizabeth Jarvis - "Dramas on the Nile" choreographed by Jennifer Vick
• Lauren McGarry - "Cantuus Inaquelis" from Adiemus
• Brian Riemer - "Hotel California"
• RA Phil's Hall- 200 digits of Pi
• RA Marshall - Ode to CTY
• RA Taylor - singing
• RA Abby - "Blackbird" - original choreography

Act 2

Will be uploaded soon.

Lists of Acts for 08.2 will be uploaded soon. Acts included a Rubik's cube duel, a performance of the song "Little Wonders" by Brian Reimer, a skit about the ballerina's by Max's hall, and a cello performance by Alexandra "Peanut" Demers.

08.2

MCs: Jeff Herr and Fish Stark

09.1 Talent Show

MCs: Jeanette Kim, Stephanie Oen, and Brittany

09.2 Talent Show

MCs: Fish Stark, Whitney Wu

Some acts: Nate Cho playing Violin Two girls singing "Concrete Angel" Zachary Bord and Madison signing and dancing "The Tango: Maureen" The "Y'all Hall" performing a spoof on American Idol Sarah Lander's reading of haikus Alexi Block Gorman singing "God Help The Outcasts" Conner Davis performing a magic/comedy act (With assistant Alexi Block Gorman) A TA skit featuring funny words (Such as galoshes, macadamia, gazebo, bulbous bouffant) Tin: The Musical (an RA skit)

10.1 Talent Show

MCs: Paul Chichura, Mack Muldofsky Theme: HUB Potatoes

RA Acts: Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Phonetic Punctuation, Spanish Rap

10.2 Talent Show

MCs: Martin Perez, Fish Stark

(note: the order of acts here has probably been butchered beyond all belief)

Act 1

• Piano Act - Kevin Dou
• Glowstringing - Max Umland
• Mad World - guitar and vocals: Jon Kirby
• Violin Piece - Charlie Maier
• The Water is Wide, acapella - Michelle
• Piano Medley - Colin Donnelly
• An Act Regarding Punctuation - RA Sam
• Original Poem - Jesse Montemurro

Act 2

• Instructor Ernie Ko and TA David Richter, piano duet
• Ernie Ko and TA Gang Liu, piano and singing
• RA Pokemon Skit
• The Rainbow Connection - vocals: Gaines, piano: Ross Rheingans, violin: Amalia Bowen\
• Princesses at CTY (skit) - Various People
• Original Composition - piano: Louis Bartholomew
• Striker doing some african drum thing
• Numb - piano - Dane Jennings
• 15 - vocals: ?
• Stockholm Syndrome - bass: Terence Casey
• Out Here On My Own - vocals: Regina LoBiondo
• Desolation Row - spoken-word vocals: Seamus Kirkpatrick, banjo: Rebecca 'Moose' Trickey
• Glowstringing - Whitney Wu

Los Angeles (LMU)

At LMU, the staff and students both perform in the same talent show. The talent show is on the second Saturday of the session, or second Sunday of some sessions when the gymnasium is not available on the Saturday, and lasts three hours with an intermission. During the intermission, occasionally, refreshments will be offered. During 2009, both the first and second session talent show were held in the Amphitheatre. During the talent show, there is a special nevermore/nomore song that happens at the end of the talent show, in which the nevermores [and, in second session, nomores] come up and sway in front of the stage while a select few are onstage and sing the song. In first session, the song is Seasons of Love from the musical Rent, started in 06.1. In second session, the song is Leaving on a Jet Plane by John Denver, and was started by Leah Steuer in 2005 and continued by Zoe Grieder in 2007, Mary, Heidi Quach, Katie and Chelsea Leu, and Divya Goel in 2008, Brice Green, Allegra Choi & David Krucik in 2009, and Margot Solmssen, Diana Delgado, and Melani Shahin in 2010.

06.1 Talent Show

MCs: "Grass" Kau, Rebecca Clark, Jared Solmssen, and Madeline "Swish" Swisher
Sound System: Spencer Dirrim

Act 1

• Chris Fung, Alex Boyd, Remy Mock, Eric Chen, Jen Casabar, Peter Luo, Brandon Lee, Kevin Yang, Nick Lam - Hip Hop
• Haley Bartels, Jillian Meeker, Jenna Go, Brigid Martin - "Seasons of Love"
• David Song - Guitar Medleys
• Aviv Gilad-Golgeier - "Bach Goldberg Variation"
• Harshini Jayaram (performing without companion Lucy McCabe, who was injured) - Indian Dance
• Albert Chang - "Legende"
• John Boyle, Albert Chen, Aviv Gilad-Golgeier - Random Advertisements
• Morgan Wang - "Basic Subtraction"
• Val Moore, Michael Yao, Nicholas Platoff - "The Nerds"
• Alex Boyd - Human Beatbox
• Aviv Gilad-Golgeier - Piano
• "Grass" Kau (not performed due to stolen ukulele) - "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
• Aviv Gilad-Golgeier, Gary Yeung - "Fuzz and Gary Present..."

Act 2

• Alex Blum - Juggling
• Ryan Crout, Spencer Dirrim - "One Winged Angel"
• Nicole Brown, Samantha Park, Jennifer Lee, Divya Rao, Sophia Liang - "1, 2, Step"
• Haley Bartels, Jillian Meeker - "Elephant Love Medley"
• Mike Langen, Johnny Z - "Street Magic"
• Lucy McCabe - "I'm The Only One"
• Kirk Huang - "Fantasie Impromtu"
• Vincent Le - Juggling with Rubik's Cubes
• Amy Zhang - "Come Away With Me"
• Albert Chang - Card Tricks
• Kevin Huang - "Fantasia in C Minor"
• Harshini Jayaram, Emily McKee, Andrea Tang - "When There was Me and You"
• Rebecca Clark, Sunita Chepuri, Erika Ji, Amy Nguyen, Jillian Meeker, Sam Hsieh, Kate Weiner, Haley Bartels - "Little Romeo and J-Lo, a CTY Hopsical"

07.1 Talent Show

MCs: Rebecca Clark, Austin Clark, Danny Rivkin, and Declan Kennedy

Act 1

• Emily McKee - "If He Really Knew Me"
• Shikhar Kumar - Hip Hop Dance Selection
• Sarah Klein - "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
• Ryan Crout & Spencer Dirrim - "Knights of Cybonia"
• Joey Botros, Albert Chen, and Michael Yuan - Sword Fight Remake
• Franklyn Zhu - "No 2 in E Flat Major"
• Natasha Avery, Nandita Krishna, Anya Richkind, and Olivia Gardner - "Roxie"
• Edwin Zhang - "Morals"
• Haley Bartels - "Summertime"

Act 2

• Alex Blum - Juggling Act
• Lizzy Hardwick - "I Enjoy Being a Girl"
• Morgan Wang - "Superfranticunproductivenothinglegislation"
• Holly Burke, Rebecca Clark, and Hannah Caldwell - "Rent: Seasons of love"
• Kirk Huang - "Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement"
• Lucy McCabe - "Other Side of the World"
• Olivia Gardner, Chase Basich, and Arielle Basich - Sing-Along Songs
• Alex Wimberley - "Popular"
• Abhi Kodukulla & Gabe Beaudoin - Worst Talent Ever
• Albert Chen & John Boyle - Dance Contest
• Natasha Avery, Nandita Krishna, Anya Richkind, and Olivia Gardner - "Mr. Blues"
• Kendall Parks & Crew - "Guitar Kids Day Off"
• Haley Bartels, Rebecca Clark, Jenna Go, and Jillian Meeker - "No Day but Today"

07.2 Talent Show

MCs: Zoe Grieder and three others.

Act 1

• Emily McKee - "Black Swan"
• Miranda Guzman - "Bad Habit"
• Andy Inadomi - "99 Red Balloons"
• Christina Fong - "Crush"
• Brice Green - "Spanish Prelude by Gershwin"
• Simon Rhee - "Stand-Up Comedy"
• Miranda Lowe - "Song Without Words Number 21"
• David Smith - "Charango"
• Jackie Choi - "RA Whose Line #1" [canceled thanks to a ridiculous migraine.]
• Angelo Cruz - "The Four Horsemen"
• Liz Burch and Yang West - "On My Own"
• Sunli Kim - "Sibelius"

Act 2

• Jackie Choi, Sunli Kim, Mia Buettner, Andy Inadomi, Alder Fletcher - "Canon Rock"
• Elissia Kim - "I Love You"
• Caroline Sir, Jenny Tabares, and Mia Buettner - "Better Than Tae Kwon Do"
• Jackie Choi - "RA Whose Line #2"
• Liz Burch, Yang West, and Margot Solmssen - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
• Asher Meerovich and Holly Seyler - "I Don't Love You"
• David Krucik - "Soccerface 2"
• Ralph and Andy - "Songs"
• Daniel Liu - "I'll Cover You" (Reprised)
• Angelo Cruz and Andy Inadomi - "Unholy Confessions"
• Alan Sage, Josh Eddy and Alder Fletcher - "In Compton"
• Jason and Mike - "Secret Shakes"
• Zoe Grieder - "Surprise" ("Leaving on a Jet Plane," dedicated to Leah Steuer from 2005)

08.1 Talent Show

Theme: America's Next Top Model
MCs: Brandon Chang and Olivia Gardner (two instead of the traditional four)

Act 1

• Jane Sadetsky - "Die Alone"
• Julia Regan - "Teardrops on My Guitar"
• Maya Mason and Maiya Tracy - Interpretive Dance (Maya) and Vocals (Maiya) to "Reflection" from Mulan
• Aviv Gilad Golgier (Fuzz) - Original Piano Composition
• Dillon Dong - "Viva la Vida"
• Justin Kelly - "Cows With Guns"
• Simon Orr and Madhu Vijay - Magic Act
• Haley Bartels - "Summertime" (Gershwin)
• Stephanie Ting, Michelle Lei, and Julia Regan - Skit
• Rahsaan Elridge (RA) - Rap

It was during this first act that Brandon first performed the YMCA at CTY; it was hilarious.

Act 2

• Alex Blum - Juggling
• Lizzy Hardwick, Jane Sadetsky, and Brandon Chang - "CTY Pie"
• David Losh (RA) - Original Composition
• Michelle Lei - "Way Back into Love"
• Dillon Dong, Declan McKelvey-Hembree, and Morgan Wang - Skit-Swordfighting-Musical
• Erik Anderson (RA) - "Pirates of the Caribbean"

(Josh Quillin was supposed to do Queen - "We Will Rock You," but he was off-campus and was unable to perform.)

• Albert Chen - "Gypsy Airs"
• Isabelle Espy, Maiya Tracy, Lizzy Hardwick, Jane Sadetsky, and Haley Bartels - "Seasons of Love"

08.1's theme for the Talent Show was America's Next Top Model. I think most people found it offensive (yet hilarious) as the RA-written skits made fun of gay people, straight people, people in-between, and epileptic people. That last one is pretty damn hard....

08.2 Talent Show

Theme: Making the Band MCs: Divya Goel and Adam Gerard

Act 1

• Andrew Casner, John Xia - "Better Off Alone," "Club Inferno" (Raving)
• Joseph Eddy, Brice Green - "Blackbird" (Guitar/vocals/saxophone)
• Tiffany "Bri" Wong, Holly Seyler - "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" (Vocal)
• Courtney Tran - Medley (Piano)
• Catherine Li, Angela Zhang, Araby Martin, Teresa Eun - "Mamma Mia!" (Vocal)
• Jackie Choi, Katherine "Katie" Leu, Chelsea Leu - "Nightswimming" (Vocal/Piano/Cello)
• Alder Fletcher - "The Hero Of Canton" (Acapella)
• Brice Green - Concerto (Saxophone)

Act 2

• Carlyn - Various compositions (Band)
• David Krucik - "Soccerface 3" (Video)
• Heidi Quach, Mary D'Onofrio, Marguerite "Margot" Solmssen, Divya Goel, Kara "Kai" Woodworth - "Wannabe"(Vocal)
• John Xia - "Organ Donor" (Diabolo-ing)
• Jaibe Jeam Garces, Courtney Tran (Joined by Holly Seyler and Bri Wong) - "Hey There Delilah" (Piano/Vocal)
• Clayton Brand, Stephen Cruz - "An American Classic" (This was actually "If You're Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands." It was amazing.) (Guitar/Vocal)
• Johanda Laloi - "Without You" (Dance)
• Divya Goel, Mary D'Onofrio, Heidi Quach, Joseph Eddy, Chelsea Leu, Katherine "Katie" Leu - "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (Guitar/Vocal)

09.1 Talent Show

Theme: Amazing Race [which fell apart during the actual show]
MC's: Maxwell 'Zac Efron' Coleman, Max Stivers, Holly Burke, and Jackie 'Allegra' Choi. Amazing techie: Simon Orr

(Not in Order)

• Hannah Seligman - Dance - "Love Story"
• Lucy McCabe - "Soldier" (Anna Nalick)
• Jordan's Hall - Dance - "Men in Tights"
• Jesse Han - Piano - "Clair de Lune"
• Alex Blum - Juggling
• C-Bad Award Ceremony
• Rachel Brodwin, Polina Aleks, Dillon Dong, Jackie 'Allegra' Choi, Morgan Wang, Brandon Chang - "Moskau" (Rocking Son)
• Dane Holding (RA), Lizzy Hardwick, Molly S., Matt Guerrero, Sarah Scheffler, Maggie Ginoza, Lucy McCabe, Brandon Chang, Dillon Dong, Morgan Wang, Jackie 'Allegra' Choi- "Bananaphone"
• Maggie Ginoza, Sarah Scheffler, Lizzy Hardwick, Lucy McCabe, Jackie 'Allegra' Choi, Dillon Dong, Matt Guerrero - "Seasons of Love" (Rent)
• Max Coleman, ?- Beat-Boxing Battle
• Connie Han - Piano and Voice - "Tetragrammatron"
• Jane Sadetsky, John Wise, Alex Blum, Aviv 'Fuzz' Gilad - "Forevermore" (Max Stivers)
• Miranda Guzman- Original Song
• Maxwell Coleman- 'Britney but better' on the piano
• Morgan Wang, Jackie 'Allegra' Choi- We'll all go together when we go
• Molly S.- The Mom Song

09.2 Talent Show

MC's: Alder Rye Fletcher, and Olivia Rose.
Amazing Techie: David Krucik

Act 1

• Raji Pandya, Jackie Choi - "Little"Literal Fugue in G Minor for two violins (Bach)
• Asia Pineschi, Grace Vasikanonte - Dance- "Eye of the Tiger"
• Rebecca Liu, Alyssa Liu - "Love Song"
• Julia Reagan - "Love Story"
• David Krucik, Alder Fletcher - Skit- "Slowly I Turn"
• Phillip Liang - "Accidentally in Love"
• Brice Green - "Losing Keys"
• Jin Chow - Wedding Street for piano and voice (Traditional)
• Tom Thorne, Chris Taylor, Chaebin Jeon - "Butterfly Fields" for guitar, bass, and voice (Original composition)
  
• RA's - Dance - "Safety Dance"
• Clver Jin, Jaibe Garces, Danika Tatangsurja - Skit

Act 2

• Sarah Zhong - "Move Along"
• Logan Ryan - "Banjo in the Hollow"
• Alfred Wallace - Raving - "In the Hall of the Mountain King
• Matt Ha - Percussion
• David Levy - Brazil for Theremin (Frank Sinatra)
• Brice Green, Alder Fletcher - Death Fight
• Brice Green, Tereasa Ho - "Everything You Are"
• John Sutte (RA) - "Moonlight Sonata"
• Caroline Chin, Andrew Tsai, Clayton Brand, Brian Quirk - "My Girl"
• Rahsaan Eldridge (RA) - Original Composition
• Kristen Murray, Annabel Ostrow, Taylor Cranor, Amy Wu, Margot Solmssen, Kai Woodworth, Matt Ha, Miles ?, Paul Fomenko, Luke Kim, Jordan Trepp - Dance - "Thriller" intro, "I Want it That Way" (Backstreet Boys)
• Dillon Dong, Taemin Ahn, Catherine Li, Lizzy hardwick, Jackie Choi, Julia Regan - "Somebody to Love"
• Jackie Choi, Brice Green, David Krucik - Zoe's Surprise- "Leaving on a Jet Plane"

Not Listed on Programme

• Lizzy Hardwick - CTY Canon Medley for piano and voice (REM, Don McLean, and Alphaville)

10.1 Talent Show

Theme: Fame Academy MC's: Jeff Clancy, Vivek Jayaram [?]

Act 1

• Jeff Clancy, Kevin Ghaemi, Gautam Ramesh - "Remember the Name"
• Molly Srour - "Mission Impossible"
• Simon Orr - "Joey, Joey, Joey"
• Ben Travers - "Heart Shaped Box"
• Connie Han, Emily Chiu - "Trains"
• Ashley Kung - "I-2 Step"
• Michael Keppler - "Like a Rolling Stone"
• Micaela Gardner, Daniel Bork - "¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)"
• Kevin Chen - "Hesitation Tango"
• Alex Hsieh, Edward Chang - "Lemonade"
• Miranda Guzman - "If I Ain't Got You"
• Karen Cha, Edward Chang, Hyun-Seon Park, John Bahk, Christian Miller - "I'm Yours"
• Karen Cha, Hyun-Seon Park - "Love Song"
• Vivek Jayaram, Gokul Asokan, Will Wheaton, Michael Keppler - "Paint It Black"
• Chris Lopez - "Song for My Father"
• Amanda Nakanishi - "Waking Up in Vegas"
• Gilbert Pan, Max Escaler, Miranda Guzman, Rachel Hong, Will Weaton (with special appearances by Edward Chang, Chris Robinson) - "Single Ladies"

Act 2

• Rasaan - [?]
• The Freudian Slips - multiple songs
• Michael Keppler, Alex Ostrovsky, Heidi Hart, Roxanne Heston, Erika Chang-Sing, Daniel Bork, Will Wheaton - "Drops of Jupiter"
• Jake Lee - "Nocturne in E♭Major"
• Jonathan Whang, Charles Whang - Breakdance
• Lousia Conwill, Vivek Jarayam, Gokul Asokan - "Don't Stop Believing" (Journey)
• Hannah Weismann - "Think of Me" (CTY version, Originally Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber)
• B Nasty, Ahmad Richard - freestyle
• Marissa Chua - tap dancing
• Maggie Ginoza - "The End of the Summer" (Dar Williams)
• Jonathan Bahk - "I Will Follow You into the Dark" (Death Cab for Cutie)
• Jane Sadetsky - "You Were"
• Nicole Kwok - "Last Name"
• Jane Sadetsky, Christian Miller - "Falling Slowly"
• Natalie Flores - "A Dark Congregation"
• Roxanne Heston - Dance
• Molly Srour, Louisa Conwill, Will Wheaton, Alex Ostrovsky, Maggie Ginoza, Jane Sadetsky, Miranda Guzman, Rachel Hong - "Seasons of Love" (RENT, Jonathan Larson)

10.2 Talent Show

Theme: Red Carpet

MC's: Niki Bakhru, Margot Solmssen, Danika Tatangsurja

"Glamor Assistants": Sarah Zhong, Jacki Li

Act 1

• John Khori - "Piano Man" (Billy Joel)
• Jenifer An - "You Belong with Me"
• Sarah Pollock - "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
• Melinda Wang - Flamenco Dance
• Stephanie Ting, Sunny Lee, Diana Delgado, Elena Huang - Pillow Skit (based on the tale of Sleeping Beauty)
• Srinidhi Bharadwaj - "Broken Vow"
• Olivia Machentanz, Estel Telcontar, Sarah Pollack - The Oracle (skit)
• Christine Jarjour, Rana Eser - "Welcome to my Life"
• Charles Lin - "Weightless"
• John Khori, Melinda Wang, Jay Shim, Ethan Chong - "Don't Stop Beliving" (Journey)
• Steven Shao- Valse (Chopin)
• Carol Chao, Cindy Lin, Tina Zhu, Rachel Wu, Megan Shufelt - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Green Day)
• Stephen, Ilsy, Sarah, Amber, Matt Clem, Laurel - Party at CTY (CTY Version, originally "Party in the U.S.A.", Miley Cyrus) [RA act]

Act 2

• Dan and Tim, a.k.a. The Freudian Slips (Song medly, including "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin)
• Charles Lin - Valse (Chopin)
• Olivia Machetanz - Irish Step Dance
• Teddy Park - "First Day of My Life"
• Stephanie Ting, Sunny Lee, Diana Delgado - Pillow Skit
• Jackie, Amy, Chris Robinson, Will - "California Gurls" (Loveably mis-executed CTY version of the Katy Perry song)
• Nicky Pineshi - A Display of Body Functions
• Diana Delgado - La Donna é Mobile (bel canto from the opera "Rigoletto")
• Karia Perez, Maddy Martin, Mohona Chowdhury, Niki Bakhru, Zabie Elmgren - "Wannabe" (Spice Girls)
• Estel Telcontar - Original Piano composition
• Elena Huang - "Speechless" (Lady Gaga)
• B Nasty, Ahmad Richard (aka [?] and R.A. Richard) - Ernest Hemingway

Note: At the 10.1 Talent Show, the duo's rap was derisively judged by "Celebrity Judge" Chris Robinson. They responded with their act Second Session, which was highly critical of him.

• Sowmya M,. Selina L., Zach M., Jackie W., Jason L., Jeremy E., Serena W., Margeaux M., Jessica Z., Tristan C., Tommy R., Karahm K., Kevin A., Anessa A., Maggie M., Michelle O., Hazemach, Cuepil C., Amber - "Single Ladies" (possibly Amber's hall's act)
• Melani Shahin, Diana Delgado, Margot Solmssen - "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (John Denver)

11.1 Talent Show

Theme: CTY's Got Talent

MC's: Micaela Gardner and Emma Finch

"Celebrity" Judges: Sanjaya Malakar, Lindsay Lohan, and Jason Boring's Mother

Sound and Stage Manager: Simon Orr

Act 1

• Ryan Chen - Born This Way
• Valeria Salazar & Daniel Rodriguez - Tu Recuerdo
• Steven Shao - Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement
• Kevin Bailey - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
• Kane Wu - Moto Perpetuo
• Samuel Lang - Theme from Schindler's List
• RA Filip - Sound of Czech
• George Hutchinson - Pirates of the Caribbean Medly
• TA Jacob King - I'm Better Than You
• Simon Orr - Summertime
• Amanda Sin - Misery
• John Corley - Stand-up Comedy
• Laura Hempton - Mean
• RA Dane - Cinnamon-Saltine-Bottle of Glue Challenge

Act 2

• Jonathan Xu - Bless the Broken Road
• Christopher Lopez - A Medley
• The Frequent Fliers-Ella Morner-Ritt & Lia Lewine - Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da
• Julia Grossman - Sparks Fly
• Matt Guerrero - Vienna
• Christie Jok - Breakeven
• Lauren Kelly - Spring Showers
• Grace Hwang - Run Devil Run
• Audrey Huang - Piano Act
• Emma Finch, Nicole Kwok, Leslie Luqueno & Christie Jok - The Lazy Song
• RA Chucho - Contact Juggling
• Michael Keppler - Hip-Hop Medley
• SRAs Will & Katey, RAs Laurel, Jon & Amy - Tonight Tonight
• Matt Guerrero, Micaela Gardner, Louisa Conwill & Raji Pandya - Seasons of Love

11.2 Talent Show

Theme: A Red Carpet Affair

"Celebrity" Judges: Taylor Daniel Lautner, Beyonce Giselle Knowles, and Stevie Wonder

Master of Ceremonies: Samuel Ahmed, Eng O-Charoenrat, and Johnathan Ta

Sound Assistant: Sage Tatangsurja

Act 1

• Jenay Yuen - Rolling in the Deep
• Natalie Leonard, Ingrid Pan, & Ashley Yao - Seasons of Love
• TA Jacob - I'm Better Than You (Rap)
• George Hutchinson - Pirates of the Caribbean Medley (Piano)
• Timothy Wu and Mark Gillepsie - Juggling
• Sage Tatangsurja, Zoe Hu, and Claire Baradat - Two Ladies
• Toby Richkind - Concert Etude
• Chris Lee, Johnathan Mak, and Carson Bogan - All Single Ladies
• Paul Choi - Never Gonna Give You Up
• Miles Burnette, Pablo Chong Herrera, and Ally Weinstock - The Scientist
• Pak Hei Hao - Legende
• Elaine Wong - Forever and Always
• John Lutz - Original Poetry
• Johnathan Bahk, John Lutz, and Joseph Paik - Four Chords Song

Act 2

• Hannah Shih and Christina Xiao - Forget You
• Estel Telcontar and Oreo Carmell - For Good
• Ashley Kung and Hee Ro Chung - Do It Like This
• Elizabeth Thorley - Un Bel Di
• Fury Sheron - The Saga Begins
• Alley Weinstock and Chenchen Li - Can't Stop
• Christina Xiao - The Lazy Song
• Jay Shim and Julie Vaughn - You Raise Me Up
• Simon Chow and Albert Choi - Variety (Skit)
• Roxanne Heston - If I Ain't Got You
• RAs Jordan (Dancing) and Divya (Guitar and Vocals) - An Expressive Piece to a Popular Song (Baby by Justin Bieber)
• Johnathan Bahk - By My Side
• Michael Frances Tolk and John Kim - The Explosion Medley
• Julia Regan, Claire Baradat, and Jon Rooney - Leavin' on a Jet Plane

Baltimore (JHU)

At JHU, both the staff and students perform in the same talent show. The talent show is on the second Saturday or Sunday of the session. There may or may not be an intermission.

Many talented and even not-so-talented students perform. The squishy seats of the auditorium wind up becoming very uncomfortable.

08.2 Talent Show

MCs: Jason Wan, Kevin Jung, Jacob Pearce, Nick Allen, Zack Taylor

• Alyssa Vital - "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton; Voice and Piano
• Andrew Wang - "Excerpts from Mario"; Piano
• Justin Sun, Devin Wright, and Ethan Edwards - "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny"; Voice
• RAs Keegan Quigley and Jon Ferng - "Big"; Music Video[1]
• RA Mike and various CTYers - "CTY's Last Stand"; Short Film[2]
• Jason Wan and Kevin Jung - "Build Me Up Buttercup"; Ukelele and Voice
• Sean Lee - "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin; Piano
• TA Jason Blackwell - Poetry Reading
• Mark Chung - Corny Jokes
• Staff/Admin Patrick Fessenbecker and Kate Halada - "For the Longest Time" by Billy Joel; Voice
• Ryan Song - "Concerto #1" by Saintsaens; Cello
• Trinity King - "Nothing Man" by Pearl Jam; Voice
• David Song, Ryan Song, and RA Louis Torkornoo - "Piano Man" by Billy Joel; Cello, Guitar, and Piano
• Kevin Jung - "Too Much Horn (a medley)"; Trumpet
• RA Louis Torkornoo, Andrew Yu, Trishya Srinivasan, Timmy Lee, Alex Falk, Yew Shang Loh, and Ariel Lim - Martial Arts Demo[3]

10-Minute Intermission

• Angelo Cruz - "Canon in D Major" by Pachelbel; Electric Guitar
• Theodore Macioce - Reciting 200 digits of pi to "Sandstorm" by Darude[4]
• Maddie Ossmus - "Ghost of a Good Thing" by Dashboard Confessional; Voice
• TAs Arber Masati, Robert Zellem, Nathan Molteni, and Lillian Un - "Lillian un Bouffant"; a skit[5]
• Jack Huang - "Sonatina Movement 3" by Maurice Ravel; Piano
• Preeti Rangaraj, Greeshma Somashekar, Urvashi Pathania, Pooja Jayaprakash, and Gracia Vergas - "Eh Papi"; Fusion hip-hop Desi Dance[6]
• David Xiang - Chinese Yo-yo[7]
• RA Keegan Quigley - "A Lack of Color" by Death Cab for Cutie; Guitar
• Robert Chen - Original Composition; Piano
• RA Shawn Cabinian - "Dramatic Reading" of "Fergalicious"
• Emily Huang - "First Love" by Utada Hikaru; Voice
• Lina Kim - "Impromptus #4" by Schubert; Piano
• Hanna Kim, Jovita Ho, and Sean Lee - "Hero" by Mariah Carey; Voice and Piano
• Vishal Bhatty - Tabla
• The One-Timers: RA Louis Torkornoo, Sean Le, Angelo Cruz, and Ryan Song - "I Am Your Future" by Louis Torkornoo; Instruments and Voice

09.1 Talent Show

MC: RA Trevor Crest

• Henry Hershey - "Let It Be" by The Beatles
• Austin Chustz, Ben Coe - Strum Corps
• Maddie Ossmus - "Wonderwall" by Oasis
• Whitney Loo - dancing to "Pictures of You" by The Last Goodnight
• Wendy Woodin, Maria Kanevsky, Waritha Chiarnpattanodom, Wendy Chen - skits Invisible Bench and Pebbles
• Green Ahn - "Moments Musicaux No. 4" by Rachmaninoff
• Alex Rakoski - "The Ashokan Farewell" by Jay Ungar
• Vidhi Vakharia - dancing to "Killa" by Cherish
• Riley Yuan - "Ballade No. 1" by Frederic Chopin
• Austin Igelman, Dan Hus, Bob Zhou - "Don't Trust Me" by 3OH!3
• Seoyeon Esther Park - "Excerpt from Concerto No. 1 G minor" by Max Burch, "You've Got a Friend in Me" by Randy Newman from "Toy Story"
• Chareeni Kurukulasuriya, Maggie Mann, Whitney Loo, Elina Saxena, Judy Lee, Elise Pennington - CTY Idol
• RA Josh Kramer - Mid-Air Object Manipulation a.k.a. Juggling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey3WxjYQIzc
• Tristan Kindig - "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen
• Paul Lee - "Tornado" by Mitch Markovich
• Kyj Mandzy - Guitar
• Roxanne Heston, Grace Ramsay, Rasheeda Berry, Amelia Merrill - dancing to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce
• Elliot Rosenberg - "A Trumpeter's Lullaby" by Leroy Anderson
• Jaidev Satish - "Fur Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Ariella Applebaum, Elana Forman, Jinny Kim - "Part of Your World" by Jodi Benson from "The Little Mermaid": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQGjWcmRmSE
• RA Spencer's Hall (names unknown) - Balance Act: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWyCoa8nCHk
• Claire Chen - "A la Memorie" by Ella Gannis
• Chen Shen - "Little Troll" by Edward Grieg
• Rosemary Gurak - "Memory" by Elaine Paige from Cats musical
• Ronald Zhang - "Willie Wagglestick's Walkabout" by Brian Bonsor
• Jack McNeil - Impossible Card Magic
• Dan Hsu, Austin Igelman, Bob Zhou, Whitney Loo, Elise Pennington, Calvin Chueh, Johnny Gray as Midnight Train- "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rs0p3al0o8
• Seoyeon Esther Park, Alexa Rakoski - Highlights from The Sound of Music
• Male RAs a.k.a. The Single Men - Dancing to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYyB_jr-938

09.2 Talent Show

•  ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxbiPbmZQsk
•  ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xKYk0RfqCk
•  ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h2FV3ZFlfY, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMEAW5VFwDU
•  ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8iyLTEVGQk
•  ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyfDrJWE7EQ
•  ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6oj17Hrxps
•  ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwoOKRvJafM
•  ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssmItGUmNrs
•  ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrb5lU0wGwc
•  ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMKagnYhcV0

10.1 Talent Show

MCs = RAs Ahmad, Bonnie, Craig, and Eric

• Jin Soo Chung, Sean Lee, Alex Chee, Nelson Wong, Steven Pappas, Josh Kang, Tommy Alappat, Hon Wei Khor, Ryota Hiramitsu, Hamza Shad, Justin Kim - "Lion King Medley"
• Jimmy Root, Eliott Rosenberg - "Jazz"
• Naomi Shroff-Mehta - Piano Composition: "Innocence"
• Eric Kim, Stefan Linn, Seoyoung Han, Peter Chen - Fourth Element Crew
• Owen Whitley - Original Song
• Linda Sun - Beijing Opera
• Ryan Synn - "Guitar Hero"
• Rosemary Gunak - "One Voice"
• Austin Chustz - "Tenors Showcase"
• Eliott Rosenberg - "Hey Jude"
• Addy Gao - "Fantasie-Impromptu"
• Christine Chou - "Spittin' Flow" (an original rap)
• Max Umland, Charlie Shvartzman - "Cool Kid Stuff" (juggling and glowstringing)
• Rebecca Zhang, Greta Huang, Ashley Yao, Amanda Chow, Lynn Yu, Christie Wang, Amy He, Yangyang Kwon, Anna Subiros, Yuree Kim, Emily Gallagher, Anamika Tandon, Owen Whitley - "Don't Stop Believing"
• RA Acts

10.2 Talent Show

MCs=Craig and Patrick O

• Joe Denicola & Amanda Sin- "Don't Stop Believin'"
• Eileen Tchao- "Cover of Paramore- The only exception"
• Jon Kwok- "Breakdancing"
• Deepti Rao, Hannah Chai, Josephine Chiang, Teddy L, Marina Macklin, Maddie Caballero, Gary Chen- "Sk8er Boi"
• Aaron Weiss & Jared Weiss- "Sweet Mary Lee"
• Emily Dickson & Nehal Gupta- "Mamma Mia"
• Laura Rader- "The Little Mermaid on Broadway"
• Amanda Sin- "Landslide - Dixie Chicks"
• Bianca Barrera- "Waltz in A Minor - Franz Schubert"
• Izzy Hechkoff- "Myachi"
• Addye Susnick & Lisa Zhang- "Hey, Soul Sister - Train"
• Rebecca Somer, Maddie Caballero, Katie Zhou, Marina Macklin, Emily Kelkar, Teddy L, Gary Chen- "Our Song - Taylor Swift"
• Joy Liu- "Boston"
• William Kang- "I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly"
• Tiffany Yu- "Beautiful Eyes - Taylor Swift"
• Emily Dickson, Josephine Chiang, Anisha Reddy, Nehal Gupta- "Take a Bow - Rihanna"
• Charlotte Rupp- "Singin' a Song" (Cover of Waving Flag)"
• Emily Kelkar & Katie Zhou- "Fifteen"
• Oladipo "Poe" Isiaq- "Knock Knock" [Recited a poem]
• Kathy Hong, Maria Lee, Jennifer Haigles, Chandler Sterling- "Baby - Justin Bieber" [an epic dance...it's on facebook.]
• RA acts....most noticeably, Lady Ra-ra!

11.1 Talent Show

MC's- Xinyuan Chen, R.A. Andy Weiner, R.A. Ryan

Surprise dancing act by R.A. Akine... somewhere. Doing the "Cat Daddy." Oh yeah. (help me out guys?)

• Andrew Chan- Piano- "Dirge of the 14th"
• Jenny El-Fakir, Erin Craig, Betty Peng- Singing accompanied by guitar- "Skinny Love"
• Rachel Gelfand- Singing- "Breakeven (Falling to Pieces)"
• R.A. Andy Weiner- Singing accompanied by piano- "Viva la Vida"
• Ashley Nobi- Dancing- "Just Dance"
• Louis Bartholomew- Singing accompanied by piano- "If My Heart Was a House You'd Be Home"
• Xinyuan Chen, Kiran Jagtiani- Saxophone and piano- "Uprising"
• Rachel Bomactao- Singing accompanied by guitar- "Forget You"
• Michael Hwang- Rapping- "I'm No Good"
• Taekyung Kong, Ethan Kwan, Timothy Kim, Andrew Oh, Brandon Lee (CTWalkies)- Dancing- "Break the Chain" (or so they thought)
• Rosemary Gurak- Singing- "Bring Him Home"
• Charles Lin and Hojun Kim- Singing- "Nice Guys"
• Rachel Bomactao, Marissa Fu, Sheena Qiao- Singing accompanied by guitar- "I'm Yours"
• Rachael Huxford, Sheena Qiao, Alyssa Harrison- Sign-language- "Imagine"
• Kumar Megh ft. Rachel Bomactao- Rapping and singing- "Airplanes"
• Josh Meier- iPhone- "Harry Potter Theme"
• Charles Lin- Singing accompanied by piano- "Over my Head"
• Antonio Song- Singing- "Rhythm of Love"
• Jason Shu- Violin- "Danse Espagnole"
• Joon Ho Kim- Singing- "I'll Be There For You"
• *Celebrity Guest Appearance* (SRAs Molly/Raughley Rapping)
• Katelynn Rodriguez- Singing- "White Houses"
• Antonio Song and Hojun Kim- "Don't Trust Me"
• Xinyuan Chen, Louis Bartholomew, Charles Lin- "Don't Stop Believing?" (Four Chord Song)
• Taekyung Kong, Ethan Kwan, Timothy Kim, Andrew Oh, Brandon Lee- Dancing- "Break the Chain" (Told you!)
• Someone dropped an f-bomb.

11.2 Talent Show

There were only two notable acts in this talent show. The first: A guy walked across the stage eating a banana. The second: A girl sang along to Carly Simon's "You're So Vain," complete with inappropriately awkward choreography. This song was sung to the banana guy, who stood up and proceeded to make the whole things 10x more uncomfortable. For everyone watching live, it was something they will never forget.

12.1 Talent Show

What is it with bananas here? Anywho, the MC's this year were pretty awesome; Mina and Brian. Some acts were very memorable. Like the Plain Old Bananas singing "I'm Yours" with a ukulele. There were the TROLOLOLO guys, which most got and the ones who didn't got it eventually. "Somebody That I Used to Know" acapella was pretty awesome too. and of course, RA Peterchu singing "Titanium." There was the nevermore song, "Seasons of Love." There was "Nice Guys" again this year.(becoming tradition here? I dunno, we'll see.) There was Dylan on guitar and singing the song Ian wrote. "Set Fire to the Rain" sung by Rachel was introduced with Pokemon. And there was glowsticking. And it was amazing. (help? I don't remember them all....)

Easton

Staff and students both perform at the same talent show in Easton, which is traditionally the the last Saturday night of camp. There is usually at least on act of breakdancing, and also A LOT of singers. The last act of every talent show is "The Nevermore Song" which is American Pie with rewritten lyrics about CTY. It was written by the nevermores of 06.2 and Carolyn Byington (nevermore 09.2)