Vegreville\u2019s Got Talent

Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser

Vegrevillians with proficiency for dance, acrobatics, poetry composition, reader’s theatre, cooking, and more competed to be chosen as the communitychoice top talent at the VegMin Society’s thirdannual Vegreville’s Got Talent on March 7th.

For the first time this year, there was also the addition of visual arts category, which featured paintings and crafts in junior and senior categories.

From the time voting opened, community members were invited to “Buy a vote,” for their favourite performer, chef, or artist. Each vote bought could be placed in the ballot jar of any contestant – voting as many times as they wanted throughout the evening to give their chosen winner a boost… when asked about the structure of the competition, VegMin Society president Holly Cependa just laughs. “It’s the only election where you are allowed – and encouraged – to buy votes.”

This year’s contestants in the Youth Kitchen category were Reegan Dubuc and Faith Browning. The winner was Reegan Dubuc, with “Dubuc’s Delicious Dish.”

In the visual arts group, a wide range of mediums, from crochet to glasswork to wax painting, the eventual winners who stood out to the crowd were Kiera Comeau in the Youth Art category and Deserrie Ruptash in the Adult Art category.

Out of the (number of competitors), winners on the stage were, Ashley Zwarich in the Youth Solo/Duet Stage category, the Vegreville United Church Handbell Choir in Youth Group Stage, the Red Jade Martial Arts adult demo group in Adult Solo/ Duet Stage, and the Vegreville Reader’s Theatre in Adult Group Stage.

The VegMin Learning Society serves nearly 1 in 5 adults in Vegreville and were happy to provide a fun evening in Vegreville, to help fundraise in order to continue to make more courses available.