Singers, dancers, poets and magicians show their stuff at ‘Toga’s Got Talent’

Audience members waited in suspense May 21 as performers prepped in the final moments before taking the stage in the annual senior class sponsored show, “Toga’s Got Talent.”

This year’s show was emceed by senior class officers Samir Ramakrishnan and Jane Park. The acts ranged from singing and performances by seniors Sonal Pai and Meghna Chakraborty who sang mashup of I know I'm not the only one and thinking out loud, Nik Aji (who also performed poetry), senior Akhil Ghirnikar, juniors Max Rossip, Christine Schultz and Nina Nelson, sophomores Jaewoo Lee, Aaron Ngai, Bryant Chang, Jasmine Singh, Aaryan Mecwan, Bryant Chang and Peter Vandevort, seniors Noah Lin and Alec Furlong and seniors Nadia Younes and Neesha Malik to dancing and magic by seniors James Freeman and Jonathan Huie (dancing), seniors Samuel Breck and Tejas Siripurapu (dancing), the bollywood dance team Toga Tamasha, the school’s own dance team and sophomore Nathan Ching (magic).

Through this evening, the senior class raised $1,250, which was more than twice its goal. All the proceeds will go toward Senior Prom and legacy fund for reunions.

The officers began planning in the fall and conducted auditions the week before the show.

“I think that the hardest part of organizing this show was that we had a bunch of activities before (prom planning, AP testing, etc.),” Ramakrishnan said. “We had to make sure that auditions were planned on time and that we had raised enough attention about the event.”

Ramakrishnan said the show went well and garnered an audience of about 100 people to support all the acts. Additionally, senior class president Josh Pi remarked that all acts and transitions went smoothly as well.

“Overall I think we did a really good job,” Ramakrishnan said. “Everybody really liked the MC's too.”