The Flagler County Youth Center-produced annual talent show at the Flagler Auditorium Thursday evening featured 29 performances, 45 performers, and one higher purpose: raising money for Carver Gym in South Bunnell, the neighborhood’s community center soon to re-open as a youth center similar to the one on the campus of Palm Coast Parkway. That purpose raised $1,000 Thursday evening which, in addition to the more than $3,000 the Carver Foundation has already raised, is bringing the foundation close to its $5,000 goal for the year.
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With Melissa Boyles and Brandon Riddick of Flagler Palm Coast High School presenting, most performers chose to stick to the standards of talent shows: singing and dancing. A couple of exceptions proved winning for their performers: In the senior division, Krystene Maceda’s solo performance of Chopin’s Waltz in C-sharp minor for piano won her the Entertainer of the Year award, while Xavier Ryan’s piano performance of a sonatina won him third place. Charisma Borgmann, whose father, Chris, was among the earliest voices clamoring against the closure of Carver Gym last summer, won second place for her performance of “Alive,” in which she was joined by Rashod Cooks–who added some verses of his own to the song, dedicating them to his brother.
In the junior division, it was all singing and rapping: Kayla Byrne of Old Kings Elementary won the Entertainer of the Year award for her “Jar of Hearts.” Davianna Campbell also of Old Kings, won second place for “Billionaire,” an appropriate song considering the money Campbell, the reigning Junior Miss Flagler County, has been raising for innumerable causes in the past year, many of them in conjunction with the youth center’s director, Cheryl Massaro, who directed Thursday’s show–and featured a video presentation of Campbell’s achievement, and a $100 savings bond for her, while the audience was awaiting the judges’ verdicts.
Athena and Simone Gonzales of Wadsworth Elementary won third place for their rapping performance of “Me I Us.”
The full list of performers and winners is below the evening’s image gallery.
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Spotlight on Flagler 2011: All the Performers and Winners
| Students | School | Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Entertainer of the Year Kayla Burne | Old Kings Elementary | Singing "Jar of Hearts" |
| Second Place Davianna Campbell | Old Kings Elementary | Singing "Billionaire" |
| Third Place Athena and Simone Gonzalez | Buddy Taylor Middle School and Wadsworth Elementary | Rapping "Me I Us" |
| Andrew DeZego | Belle Terre Elementary | Singing and Dancing to "Soul Man" |
| Gianna Ramnarine and Sydney Russell | Wadsworth Elementary | Singing "Never Say Never" |
| Alexis Vegerano | Old Kings Elementary | Singing "When I Look at You" |
| Hope and Faith Hodges | Belle Terre Elementary | Singing "More than a Band" |
| Cassidy Van Brink | Imagine | Singing "Love Story" |
| Shannon Friel | Old Kings Elementary | Singing "Breathe" |
| Ariana Amara | Old Kings Elementary | Singing "Grenade" |
| Jessica Sanner | Old Kings Elementary | Irish Dancing |
| Entertainers of the Year Krystene Maceda | Flagler-Palm Coast High School | Playing "Waltz in C-Sharp minor" |
| Second Place Charisma Borgmann | Flagler-Palm Coast High School | Singing "Alive" |
| Third Place Xavier Ryan | Home School | Playing "Sonatina" |
| Scott Bohr, Jarred Mason, Jorge Vasquez, Sean and Zak Wilson | Matanzas High School | Singing "I Woke Up in a Car" |
| Angela DeZego | Indian Trails Middle School | Singing "Every Time You Lie" |
| Caitlyn Burns | Indian Trails Middle School | Singing "Memory" |
| Jacquellynne and Swazibelle Brenes | Flagler-Palm Coast High School | Singing "We'll Be a Dream" |
| Kimberlie Howe | Flagler-Palm Coast High School | Singing "Tim McGraw" |
| Flagler Youth String Quartet: Sadie Tristam, Seth Reedy, Mary Thompson, and Alexander Lynn | Flagler-Palm Coast High School and Home school | Playing "Easy Winner" |
| Brandon Micalizzi and Iago Horta | Flagler-Palm Coast High School | Singing and playing "Strangers" |
| Molly Snow and Jonny Souza | Flagler-Palm Coast High School | Dancing to "Throwin' Money" |
| Haley Emery | Matanzas High School | Singing "From this Moment On" |
| Abby Sue Recker | Flagler-Palm Coast High School | Singing "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" |
| Jonathan Weaver | Flagler-Palm Coast High School | Playing "Drifting" |
| Tera Ciera and Gage Bunn | Flagler-Palm Coast High School | Performing "Everlasting" |
| Imani Thomas | Flagler-Palm Coast High School | Singing "He Wants It All" |
| Jeff McDevitt | Flagler-Palm Coast High School | Singing "My Life" |
Jim Guines says
When we get to the point of understanding the impact that the effrot to save Carver Gym has had on mobilezing this community; we will also understand the role that Flaglerlive has played in keeping this issue in the news I do not believe without the reporting of Flaglerlive some of this may not have happened. Thanks Flaglerlive!
Laura says
Last night was a thrilling peek
into the amazing things to come for Flagler County
…musically speaking.
Heartfelt gratitude for those involved in the mentoring of these young people.
Wild applause for the ones who braved the spotlight.
Hearty congratulations to the ones with trophy in hand.
May Carver Gym be a haven for kids to thrive in the good things of life.
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Empathetic Lady says
BRAVO! BRAVO! Flagler ‘s youth got talent! Last night the performances were outstanding. The Junior Division performers set the bar high for the seniors and they met the mark. I was especially moved by Kayla Byrne’s performance of “Jar of Hearts”. She has a mature voice for her age. Krystene Maceda was outstanding. The Flagler Youth String Quartet was just beautiful. KUDOS to Xavier! And I want to play guitar like Jonathan Weaver. Just great! In all a wonderful evening with our FUTURE STARS!
Dessiboo AkA. Rizzie's 1 Fan! says
Charisma Borgman!!! Gurl yuh did SOOO GOOD!!!! I c yu Rizy!!!!!(:
Dessiboo!
Shirelle says
The show waz great! My dogs Charisma and Rashod did their thang and got 2ND PLACE! :P
LOL says
Empathetic Lady, I agree. Loved the Jar of Hearts performance by Kayla Byrne she was great.
I couldn’t remember the young mans name with the unique way he played the guitar. I thought he was outstanding.
Ella says
Everything that has been and is being done for the Carver Gym is so amazing! I hope the community will continue to support this wonderful effort!
jon says
I have had the pleasure of playing in the last 3 shows. thank you to the Flagler County Youth Center for giving people such as myself a place to show off our talents that so many of us have worked years to learn. Thank you Empathetic Lady and LOL. You also could play like this all you have to do is practice, practice, practice, …Everyone that performed deserves a huge round of applause. Everyone was great this year.