SGT - Skylemar's Got Talent

If you really want to know the Skylemar ethos, you just gotta check out the Talent Show.

Tonight’s show included 32 acts! That meant a total of 57 campers were brave enough to go on stage and perform in front of the entire camp. Some acts were super impressive and proved that Skylemar really does have talent. Some…not so much, but lots of fun, nevertheless.

None of the performers seemed the least bit nervous, and they comfortably danced and sang as if in their own living room. Well…that’s because they were. It’s just that now they have a couple hundred brothers along.

Every act got cheers, applause and whistles. The audience was attentive at all the right times and joined in the laughter with those on stage cracking up. You see at Skylemar when the performers have fun, the audience does too.

Participants of all ages and abilities took the stage, and each act was celebrated for whatever it was. Take the wide age range of piano players for example. Alfie is in Bunk 2, Seth F is in Bunk 5, Campbell’s in 13 and Asher’s in 24, and the audience loved them all.

Intrinsic rewards went along with performing. Plus, there’s a tangible incentive as well. Everyone who went up on stage got to pick a trinket from The Super Prize Bag... even for a friend who held the microphone too. Judges named the Top Prize Winners at the end, and all received a very coveted, staff t-shirt.

In addition to the pianists, here's some of our most talented:

Ethan P (Bunk 2) and Micah (Bunk 6) were the very first singers. They sang “Waving Through the Window” and were amazing. Grant (Bunk 16) was impressive singing, “Country Roads”. Sawyer (Bunk 20) sang an incredible acapella version of “What a Wonderful World”. Nolan played the ukulele and sang along to “Hey There Delilah”. Amazing!

Ryan Frumin (Bunk 18) blew us away (no pun intended) on the trumpet. He played the theme songs to “Jurassic Park” and “Home Alone”.

Lots of magicians in the house. Best part about card tricks is that they always start with “May I have a volunteer?”. Hands shot up everywhere with excited 'Oooh! Oooh!' and 'Pick Me! Pick Me!' echoing all around. Nice jobs -- Hunter (Bunk 17), Luke (Bunk 13), Declan O (Bunk 5), Alex B (Bunk 3), Bash (Bunk 12) and Grady (Bunk 18).

Talented, or perhaps not so much, included:

Max A and Theo R (Bunk 19) drank three cups of water.
Skyer (Bunk 6) and Owen B (Bunk 7) did lacrosse tricks, sorta. Other sporting talents -- Gabe (Bunk 4) demonstrated how not to play lacrosse. Blaine, Lincoln and Kash (Bunk 3) played basketball with a human hoop. Ari, Ethan and Henry (Bunk 19) did a baseball skit. Henry, Alexander and Beckett (Bunk 7) did something with soccer.
Levi and Chase (Bunk 12) danced, kinda.
Lionel (Bunk 14) walked. Said he was practicing for weeks.
Twins Jack and Luke (Bunk 4) ran around pulling an imaginary string.
Bud (Bunk 14) read an entire book in 7 seconds, with fuzzy dice on his head.
Shay (Bunk 8) is double jointed, so he spun his arms 360 degrees.
Theo Q and Jonah P (Bunk 6) sang along to “I Bought it on eBay”.
Alex and Ulrich (Bunk 13) flipped cups.
Brothers Lincoln and Morgan jumped rope and tried to juggle bananas.
All of Bunk 24 did some kind of cooking show using Bongo hampers and lacrosse sticks.