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Deonna McGrew sings Glimpse of Us Mrs. Jager and Compny performs Never Gonna Give You Up

Students in AP Spanish kick off the program with carols Students line the stage for the ugly sweater competition

Members of the AP Spanish class kick off the program with carols Ava Totzke plays Let It Go on her trumpet

Ashley Jager leads the Mrs. Jager and Company team

Students grace the stage for annual talent show

BY FRANCESCA SAGALA

After a two-year

hiatus, it was back to normal programming when students graced the stage for another entertaining segment of their very own Christmas version of “New Buffalo High School’s Got Talent” in the New Buffalo Performing Arts Center Thursday, Dec. 22.

The talent show (which, a per usual, took place the day before Christmas break), featured a wide variety of acts, from singing (a duet by Ella Roch and Bella Notorangelo singing “For Good” from the musical “Wicked” as well as Amanda Jones’ take on “Crazy” by Jessica Reyes garnered lots of applause) to the playing of a variety of instruments (Ava Totzke played “Let It Go” from “Frozen” on her trumpet and Martin McGinn played a medley of Christmas tunes on the marimba) to the singing of songs from Christmas around the world (featuring Sr. Bayley and members of the AP Spanish class kicking off the show with Christmas carols sung in Spanish). Teachers also got into the act, joining Mrs. Jager and the Dance Company in a song and dance routine to “Never Going to Give You Up” by Rick Astley.

At the end of the show, students lined up onstage for the annual ugly Christmas sweater contest, allowing everyone to show off their multi-colored and, in some cases, light up sweaters to the student body.

Amanda Jones sings Crazy Ren Nash and Lauren Gradowski emceed the program

Matt Bayley kicks off the program with some carols Students line up for the ugly sweater competition

Students Francesca and Han play Ode to Joy