The Brewster Education Foundation held its fourth annual Brewster's Got Talent showcase this past Friday evening, January 19 at Brewster High School.
Hosted by BEF Trustee and the Showcase's chairperson Joe Cavanagh, almost 2 dozen local youth and adults comprising 17 acts entertained a large crowd with music and dance. Brewster Alumni John DelGado, performing in his third showcase, once again wowed the crowd with his original dance performance. The rest of the evening consisted of mostly singers such as CV Starr Student Emiko Noelle Dunn to David Thomson, a school psychologist at HH Wells Middle School. CVStarr dancers Cassidy Fallon and Isabelle Drouin performed an exhilarating Irish step dance and HH Wells middle schooler Victoria Kovaleski impressed the judges with an original lyrical dance performance.
- In the Youth category, Rody Cassidy was the winner. Rody is a 6th grader and has appeared in numerous local theater productions as well as in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- In the High School category Taylor Byrne was chosen for her excellent rendition of "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl.
- In the Adult category, local band Savings Athens made up of Kenny Mitchell, Tom Hogan (both BHS Alumni) and their friends Clayton Adams and Nick Nole, who performed an original Rock-n-Roll song to open the second act. Savings Athens was also chosen as the overall winner of the showcase.
The Brewster Education Foundation, NY’s first non-profit public education foundation, has awarded over $1,000,000 during the past 33 years to benefit the students of the Brewster Central School District through grants, awards and scholarships. With our motto of ‘Excellence in Education’, our goal is to recognize achievement, encourage innovative teaching team approaches, support programs and foster community service.
Click here to read the Brewster's Got Talent announcement.
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