Helping Hands
Dancing their socks off
Eight SHS seniors raise funds for medical teams
By Melissa Wagoner
“I do have a talent, but I can’t tell you what it is,” Sam Roth said. “I listened to a lot of disco music to get a feel for it though.”
Talent abounds this year in the annual Mr. SHS competition at Silverton High School. Eight senior boys will be going head-to-head competing for the title and working to raise money for Medical Teams International.
Others will be performing more unusual skills. “I have many talents, from playing ping-pong to juggling, but these aren’t particularly marketable,” Martinson said. “So, I figured I’d do a cooking show. I started cooking mac and cheese back in third grade and since then I haven’t actually improved but that won’t stop me.”
“It’s a beauty pageant for men,” Lee Aman explained. “And we are beautiful,” Alex Canfield added. “We lose all dignity,” Kirk Martinson said. “Eight men pretending to have talent.” This year’s competition will feature acts including comedy skits, music and dancing. Many of the contestants will be performing talents they have honed since childhood. “I intend to play piano and sing, most likely an arrangement of my own composition,” Canfield said. “My first performance was when I was 4; I sang in front of a church of about 500 people. After that, at age 5, I started taking piano
Left, top: Blake Cosgrove, Sam Roth, Reagan Schiewe, Kirk Martinson, Alex Canfield, Mathew Edmonds and Lee Aman are competing for the title of Mr. SHS.
lessons. I’ve always had a love for music and the stage, so this just seems natural.”
Others will be presenting talents that they have practiced specifically for this event.
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Along with the individual talents, the contest will feature a group dance routine choreographed by the captains of the high school dance team. According to the contenders, they have spent at least two hours working on the three minute routine of which they are sure they have learned at least 30 seconds, but they are confident that the rest of the dance will be in hand prior to the big show. Although Mr. SHS contestants must
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