Saturday, February 14, 2009

Talent Night 2009

Last night we held the first Kids Talent Night at our church! We mixed in something else new - Taste of Atlanta West!! It turned out great - the food & entertainment! There was 19 acts all together and they all did an awesome job - I was amazed at the talent! It was ages 4-14 and we had some sing, sign language, play instruments (drums, keyboard & saxophone), Bible scripture quoting/preaching and acting. We even had karate, riding unicycles and whistling! It was a wide range of unbelievable talent!!

The church gave a 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes. The audience got to vote for their favorite performance! The prizes were 1st - $75, 2nd - $50 & 3rd - $25.

The 1st place winner was Cameron Osborn. He is eight years old and he is in Bible Quizzing at our church. He decided to quote some of the scripture from the book of Luke for his talent. Well, let's just say he got a little annointed!! He did some preaching, the audience was on their feet! He started out acting like a preacher, but in the end I think we could all see a future preacher in the making!!! Go Cameron!

The 2nd place winner was our very own Dylan Robinson! He played the drums and did a great job! Brandon Marin (he gives Dylan drum lessons every week) sang & played his guitar while Dylan played along. He kept the beat very well - we are very proud of him!!! He didn't seem to have any problems getting in front of everyone and did a great job!

The 3rd place winner was Corey Douglas. He played the keyboard and was AWESOME! He did a classical piece and it was great!

Over all, I think the night was a great success! Allowing these kids to get up in front of people and use their talent. These kids will definitely be used very, very soon in our Chipz services! Russell and I are very excited about the "up and coming" musicians/singers that are wanting to use their talents for God.

I wouldn't leave you guys without a couple pics of our "little drummer boy"! I was running around crazy making sure everything was going ok, but took a moment to run on stage right before the curtain opened to snap a couple of pics!!

This is Dylan - not a nervous bone in his body!! About to perform for almost 200 people. All smiles for the camera!
This is Dylan and Brandon Marin. He has been doing a great job teaching Dylan!

This is a picture of the huge "checks" that we had made (thanks, Jana!) for the 3 winners. This is Dylan's. Of course, he has no idea what it means but he was excited anyway! One of the contestants, Marissa Puckett (5 yrs old and did an unbelievable job singing "Jesus Take the Wheel" - she knew EVERY word!) She did not understand why we just gave paper to all the winners! LOL! Too cute!


The Talent Night was a fundraiser for the children's ministry and it was a huge success! Thanks to all who had any part in this great night! We are so proud of ALL of our kids - they all did a GREAT job!!




5 comments:

Heather said...

Way to go Dylan! That is so awesome. Oh, I wish I could have been there to see him play. Great pics for just a run by photo shoot!

Jennifer said...

Dylan was so cute and did a fantastic job, we are proud of him too!

Angela said...

It was a fun night. Dylan was so cute. The pictures are really good that you took. Brandon must be really good with kids and teaching lil' Dill! What is Dylan gonna spend all his winning on? lol....I am sure he will think of something!

Anonymous said...

What church is this with?

Cheri said...

Answer to Anonymous: Atlanta West Pentecostal Church, Lithia Springs, GA.