I’ve been workin’ on a Talent Show, all the live long day! July 21, 2008

For one of my intern projects, I had to organize the annual staff talent show. This show has been an EPC tradition for many years now, so I definitely felt the pressure to make this show is as good, if not better, than all the previous years. At first, I had a hard time finding people to audition for the show. By the first day of auditions, only 6 acts had signed up. I was really concerned we wouldn’t get enough participants, so I made a large poster and put it up in the staff cafeteria saying: “Missed Monday Auditions? Tryout on WEDNESDAY!” Well, I guess this worked, because by Tuesday evening, every audition time slot had been filled.

All together we had 18 acts. The show had singers, songwriters, rappers, dancers, international staff acts and more. There was a lot of variety, and the talent was vast. The dress rehearsal went very smoothly. I emceed the event along with my coworker Nathan (who is hilarious) and my boss Paul (who practically begged me to emcee the event). For intermission, we presented an 80 slide powerpoint featuring different photos taken by staff in the National Park. I figured photography is a talent too, and this was another way to bring a different flavor to the talent show and involve more staff.

Well, the show went off without a hitch! I got so many compliments from people saying how much they enjoyed the show and that they liked it more than last year’s. All of my hard work was worth it, and I actually had a lot of fun putting together the show. I didn’t have a chance to record all of the acts on my camera, but I did record a few highlights. They are featured in this 10 minutes video below. I hope you enjoy this mini show!