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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September ,
Grand show of talents take center stage
Variety of acts
entertains the
audience
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Contestants
in this year’s Grant County
7alent 6earFh haG their ¿ Ye
minutes of fame in front of the
packed grandstands.
The talents ranged from an a
cappella quartet to a trombone
number.
First-place winners in each
of the diYisions — children
to youth to and adults
and up — were awarded
and second-place win-
ners receiYed .
,saac Janssen won ¿ rst place
in the children’s diYision capti-
Yating the audience with a dance
routine he choreographed to
Aloe Blacc’s “I Need a Dollar.”
“I ¿ rst heard it at a swim
meet and started dancing,” he
said of the peppy song. “You
haYe to learn to dance to liYe in
Ethiopia.”
Isaac was soon leaYing his
John Day home to moYe to
Ethiopia with his family, in-
cluding his parents, Drs. An-
drew and Andrea Janssen, who
plan to teach and practice fam-
ily medicine there.
Coming in second in the
children’s diYision was 3ay-
tin GirYin, singing “You’re a
Grand Old Flag.”
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Carolyn Stout hands Isaac Janssen his award ($100) for first place in the children’s division of the Aug.
5 Talent Search at the Grant County Fair in John Day. In back are Chloe Bentz, left, Grace Carothers,
Samantha Floyd and Max Bailey.
Chloe Bentz, playing her
À ute, won ¿ rst in the youth
diYision playing “In Dreams”
from the “Lord of the Rings
— Fellowship of the Ring”
soundtrack and Mozart’s “So-
nata in F Major.”
Bentz, who will be a fresh-
man at Grant Union when
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school starts, said she’s played
her À ute for three years and
played in the high school band
as an eighth-grader.
She said the music she
chose for the talent show is ad-
Yanced, and they are selections
she plans to play at the West-
ern International Band Clinic
in Seattle later this year.
Eithen Hat¿ eld won second
playing “God’s Great Dance
Floor” on keyboard.
Larry Cannon ¿ nished ¿ rst
in the adult diYision playing
guitar and singing “Fraulein,”
accompanied by Clay Johnson
on ¿ ddle, Hap McCleod on ban-
jo and Ron 3hillips on guitar.
Talent Search Coordinator
Carolyn Stout was impressed
with the size of this year’s audi-
ence. MoYing the Yenue to the
grandstands area made a posi-
tiYe difference, she said.
“It’s back to its old ways,”
she said. “It was so good, and I
had good help. I’m Yery grate-
ful to Chester’s Thriftway and
Bank of Eastern Oregon for
not only physical support, but
also monetary support.”
It was a hard job for the
judges, she said. “They don’t
base it on their opinion, and
no one judge picks the win-
ner.”
is MOVING!
An a capella group — Olivia, left, Miranda, Molly and Jess — sings “Zion
Melody,” each taking turns at lead vocals, at the Talent Search.
Chloe Bentz plays two selections and wins first
place in the youth division of the Talent Search.
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Samantha Floyd
entertains the
grandstands crowd with
“76 Trombones” with
accompaniment that
she recorded, playing
her trombone.
Larry Cannon belts
out “Fraulein” at the
Talent Search. He was
accompanied by Hap
McCleod on banjo, Clay
Johnson on fiddle and
Ron Phillips on guitar.
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Happy 97 th Birthday
Friday, Sept. 25, 2015
to Helen Ricco
Today, we hope
you feel as special and
loved as you make us feel
each and every day.
Love,
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