Wow! Kubasaki High School really has some talented kids! We had a great time watching them perform tonight. This was not your typical school talent show, with one lame lip-sync number after another. These kids all had to try out, make the cut and commit to practices.
These photos are a sampling of the acts in the show. It's good to see so many kids passionate about the arts.
Patrick has had a LOT on his plate, with the Madrigal dinner, rehearsals for Far East Drama competition, a musical with POPs (community theater on the base) and this talent show. And although the piano piece was his main act, he's also gotten involved with one of the Kubasaki bands lately, singing and playing drums.
Ha! This clip is about 10 seconds of him playing drums. I thought I was still filming, but evidently hit the button without knowing it. Oops! Anyway, this was their edgy rendition of "Livin' on a Prayer."
This number, they literally put together hours before the show. It was something they'd been working on, but hadn't planned on performing yet. I didn't know that part until Patrick told me after the show...I thought they did great. I don't get the draw of Screamo...but I have to remember my teen music tastes were pretty exotic, too.
And here's Patrick's piano number that he practiced tirelessly, nailed in every rehearsal, but then got stuck on twice in this performance. A good example of what can happen when you spread yourself so thin. I think it's so funny how he talks to us as he's messing up. It's just so Patrick.
And even though the lighting is so bad on this one, I included it because it just highlights this fun group. This is the advisor over the talent show, and some of the kids begged her to sing, so she did, but only if they agreed to come up and dance. The teacher you see get up and dance her way out the door is Patrick's drama teacher, who the kids all love.
(Trivia: When I was in jr. high and high school, I lived for drama. It was the only thing I cared about. We moved around a lot (see...it's not just people in the military) and in Jr. high I had one awesome teacher, and one awful teacher...and high school was the same. My first teacher was awesome, and when I changed schools, that teacher was a nightmare. She sucked the fun right out of it, and with all of her personal problems, really needed to quit teaching. I am SO, SO grateful, that Patrick gets to experience having such an awesome drama teacher.)
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