2008 Woodie Awards
Honors students show talent at annual event
By: Lindsay Knake
Issue date: 3/28/08 Section: News
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The performance, which won Repyak a $300 gift card to Meijer, drew laughter from the audience at Warriner Hall's Plachta Auditorium.
"I was not expecting to win, so it was pretty exciting," said Repyak, a Portage sophomore who performed "Taylor the Latte Boy," a cabaret song by Kristin Chenoweth.
Honors students auditioned to perform at the talent show, but only 14 acts were chosen. Every act included at least one Honors student.
The runner-up was "Over Endowed," a band composed of Howard City freshman John Brooks, Hastings sophomore Nick Bite, Grand Rapids freshman Casey Siereveld, Livonia junior Eric Geiger and Westland freshman Joe Cucci. The group performed "Can't Stop," by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The second runner-up was Utica senior Brandon Wade. Many students know him for swiping their cards in the Robinson dining commons, but he wowed the crowd with "Disaster in D Minor," a ragtime piano song he composed.
Wade, a self-taught pianist, has been playing and writing songs for 17 years.
"Everyone had good acts (tonight)," Wade said.
Ashley Wood, a senior from Charlotte, took fourth place with her rendition of "Good Morning Baltimore" from the hit Broadway show, "Hairspray."
The fifth-place performer was tap dancer and Westland freshman Blaise Badynee, who performed to the song "Everybody Got Their Something."
Several of Central Michigan University's dance teams also performed, including Infusion Dance Team, the CMU Pom Pom team, club pom team Motion and hip hop dance Team Rage.
The talent show featured a number of singers, including Orleans freshman Carly Mills, who sang the Barbara Streisand song, "Don't Rain on My Parade," Munger freshman Jency Schnettler, who performed "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones, and Hang Le and Kavita Kaira, a mother daughter pair who performed "Ga Sa Long," a Thai song.
Other acts included an Elvis Medley by Livonia freshman Ryan O'Neill and a magic comedy act performed by senior Glenn Stamps and sophomore Holly Stamps, a brother-and-sister pair from Royal Oak. Glenn Stamps claimed he was going to put the entire audience in danger by burning up all the oxygen. He lit a candle.
The theme of the program was "Paradise Found," and hosts Riverview junior Amy Cusumano and Canton senior Scott George gave away prizes to the audience between each act.
Approximately 200 people came out to see the talent show.
"It was inspiring," said Muskegon freshman Hillary Tazelaar.
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