Fourteen acts competed in DeBaun Auditorium on Thursday night to win the second annual Ducks on Display talent show. Matthew Drehobl, who performed a choreographed yo-yo routine, took home first prize.
Hosted by Gear & Triangle in collaboration with University Events, Ducks on Display grew from a small, three-act talent show in Jacobus Lounge last year to this week’s event in DeBaun Auditorium.
The competition was judged by Sara Klein, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs; Leo Pedraza, Assistant Dean of Students; and Linda Vollkommer, Women’s Fencing Head Coach. The event was emceed by Dakota Van Deursen and Executive Director of University Events David Zimmerman, both of whom also helped organize the event.
“At last year’s third annual President’s Leadership Seminar talent show, President Farvardin approached me and Dave [Zimmerman], and said we should make it a bigger, campus-wide event,” said Van Deursen. Van Deursen and Zimmerman began planning a large-scale talent show at the same time that Gear & Triangle and the Office of Student Life were preparing for a second year of Ducks on Display, a talent show during Duck Days. Due to their similarity, the events merged. Cris Collado, then-Spirit Chair for Gear & Triangle, managed the audition process with Van Deursen and Zimmerman.
At the event, first place went to “Some Strings Attached,” a.k.a. Matthew Drehobl, for his choreographed yo-yo routine set to music. The crowd gave him some of the loudest applause of the night, and the judges seemed to agree. Second place was earned by Eleni Rotsides, with her comedic theatrical song, “Taylor, the Latte Boy.” Third place went to Megha Vadehra and Cameron Clifford, a pair of tap dancers who performed a choreographed tap dance to Khalid’s “American Teen.”
Three of Stevens’ own clubs competed in the talent show — the returning champions of last year’s show, Quackappella, with their cover of Sia’s “Cheap Thrills;” Floctaves, the newest a cappella group on campus, with their cover of “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley; and TECHnique, with multiple choreographed dances.
The full show will soon be uploaded to YouTube for future viewing.
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