Talent Show Glory

Remember back in 2012 at our Thanksgiving Talent Show how Whitney did cartooning on demand? It was a big hit with the aunts, uncles and cousins, so I suggested Whitney do that for her school talent show but on an iPad with image projected up onto a big screen.

She had to try out because they only chose 5 of the 7th graders to perform their talent, but she ended up being one of them! She performed for the 7th graders during school on Tuesday and then again on Thursday night for anyone who wanted to come.

She told the audience she "mainly draws dogs, cats, and foxes" so they could yell out something for her to draw and she would do it. This is a cat slapping a dog.

This is a cat twerking!

This is two dogs eating spaghetti.

She did so great! She looked totally calm and collected even though the auditorium was full of teachers and 600 other 7th graders! She later said she was shaking and nervous, but it didn't look like she was at all.

This is the program for the Thursday night performance when lots of parents, teachers and students came to watch all 3 grades perform.

This time she knew to use the microphone more to tell the audience what the crowd had suggested she draw and she knew to leave the drawing on the screen until it was time to do the next drawing (instead of erasing it immediately which she did in the first performance).

My parents were kind enough to come. I had seen the program earlier in the day while at work so I had texted them to let them know she was 3rd on the program (there's no way my dad would have made it through the entire show, he left a couple performances after hers but my mom stayed for the whole show).

The same boys who had requested she draw a twerking cat at the Tuesday show requested a twerking dog at the night show (she just happens to have a huge crush on one of them).

One student requested she draw a fat cat saying "aint nobody got time for dat".

This is a bloated fox floating in the sky.

It was so fun seeing her in action like this and hearing the response of the crowd. Everyone was oohing and aahing. She's now famous at school!