Basically there is a talent show on Wednesday; not only I have to attend it, I have to also show off my talent. God I am panicking because I do not know what to do - because I can't think talents I have beside playing video games =\.
Can TL give me some suggestions? I am willing to train myself! BTW the audience is 22-26 years old graduate students; some Caucasians, some Asians.
EDIT: a lot of people wants to know more about me. I am just your typical nerd who has reasonably good grade, studies a lot, plays a lot of video games (I play minecraft now), and goes for graduate school. I don't go outside
That's really hard to give advice about without knowing you personally :p. I would say the easiest ones to do are musical instrument/dance/rapping . It's really hard to learn a good talent between now and wednesday though.
On September 19 2011 05:01 mrafaeldie12 wrote: Make some magic tricks with cards!
This sounds reasonable. Or I can try juggling....
On September 19 2011 04:58 ketomai wrote: That's really hard to give advice about without knowing you personally :p. I would say the easiest ones to do are musical instrument/dance/rapping . It's really hard to learn a good talent between now and wednesday though.
It doesn't have to be a very good talent. Just enough so it's not totally embarassing is fine by me.
Yeah its tough to give advice without knowing you much.
Why not intentional try to *fail* at something for laughs?
Like go up there and intentionally fail at "talent show-y" things like balancing acts, magic, music, lip synching, costumes, etc. It's even better if you act super overly nervous. Basically make fun of the talent show itself!
Will you be doing it solo or will you have someone else to perform with? My best talent show performance was me and a friend acting out a really corny karate duel, mouthing as if we were speaking Japanese. Then we had another person off to each side provide really bad dubbing and sound effects for the audience.
Ladies and Gentlemen, for your amusement tonight I am going spin this hoola-hoop. . . while at the same time Juggling not three, not four. . . but five porcelain plates. *Rave applause*. Thank you, thank you. This is an ancient trick that has been passed down for generations. My father learned it from his father, and his father learned it from his father. Legend has it it was originally taught to our family by an Native American. *ooooooh* I haven't done it in a while - but I'm hoping that past performers of this trick are with me in spirit and will guide my hands. Now, it's very important you don't move so you don't get hurt. And please, PLEASE, no wagering. For this to work - I need everyone to start clapping when I ask you to.
Let's start with the hool-hoop. *starts spinning* There we go. Now start clapping! *slow-clap builds momentum* And now for the plates. *Throws plates one by one in the air, catches the first one - the remaining four crash down around him as he ducks for cover, knocks over a table and falls*. *Audience starts laughing at the fail* *With chest held high he bows to the audience with the saved plate in hand*
On September 19 2011 05:01 mrafaeldie12 wrote: Make some magic tricks with cards!
This sounds reasonable. Or I can try juggling....
The only problem with card tricks is that the audience won't be able to see jack squat if you're on a stage or something. How big of a talent show is it? It seems like a pretty small, casual type of thing the way you described, which you may be able to pull off with card tricks. Dunno how many card tricks you can learn and reasonably execute in 3 days, though.
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