By Joshua Carpenter
From 8–9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, Houghton University’s Center for the Arts (CFA) will host the talent show “Lambein’s Got Talent,” in which students from across campus will compete for the grand prize of $100.
“Let’s be honest,” says Junior Joshua Morris, “$100 is one heck of a prize[,] especially for college students.”
As the show’s Master of Ceremonies, Morris is responsible for introducing the upcoming acts, facilitating conversations with the three judges (who will remain anonymous until the opening of the event), and entertaining the crowd during the intermission and between acts.
Morris also added that you “best believe I am going to also be throwing in my own twists and surprises to get some laughs from the crowd too.”
One of the performers is Junior Jonathan Hutmire, who will perform what he describes as “a moving musical number.” In addition to his performance, Hutmire is looking forward to the “giggles” that will come out of the event.
Along with the performances, Morris speaks highly of the ways the show aims to entertain its audience, mentioning that audience members will have the chance to be picked by him to come up on stage and win mini prizes like candy and much more.
Men’s Area Coordinator Shua Wilmot facilitated planning for the event with his assistant, ARD of Lambein Senior Adam McCutcheon.
Speaking on the event’s formation, Wilmot says that the whole purpose of the event is “to get Lambein residents engaging with one another in new ways, for them to see a different side of their peers, and to have a Lambein event that is open to the broader student body.”
Towards the end of the event, he will perform in a short play that he hopes, as he does with the entirety of the play, “will offer students a fun evening that will make them forget about their homework and their worries for a little while.”
“People should come out for [the show] because Josh Morris is going to be a fantastic Master of Ceremonies,” says Wilmot, “and it will be a joy to see if Lambein’s Got Talent.” ★