Granite Ridge Education Center Talent Show

Rhonda Watkins | May 10, 2023

The roof was rocking last Wednesday night at the Talent Show at Granite Ridge Education Center!

I had no idea there was so much amazing talent at GREC! The evening was filled with many talented vocalists; including a wonderfully enthusiastic version of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up by Toey Amodeo and Dolly Parton's Jolene by Aurora Davis that would have had Dolly herself smiling! Two karate pros, two pianists, a beatboxer, fabulous gymnastics and Wade Babluck the magician made this night perfect! There was something for everybody in Sharbot Lake that night!

The teachers started the night off with a toe tapping hot White Stripes number and they brought Charlie Watkins (vocals) Mason Moore (guitar) and Cobe Wilson  (bass guitar) out to complete their performance for a great rendition of You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones. In fact, I did get everything I wanted that night, including five delicious desserts at their dessert auction! Well, that is except for one excellent KitKat cake with a cute little graduation cap on top that went for $135!! WOW! The whole evening (admission fee and auction) brought $1700 in for the grade 8 trip this year. They are going by train to Montreal for 3 days at the end of June and plan to jet boat, climb Mount Royal, go to La Ronde, tour the Old Port, visit the Biodome and of course eat crepes and sample Montreal smoked meat sandwiches. 

If you enjoyed the Talent Show, you won't want to miss their next fundraisers! A fundraising ball tournament is coming up on May 27th and a community yard sale and plant sale will follow on June 3rd.