Unique Multi-Generational Talent Showcase to Mark School Centennial!
Organization:
Oakland Technical High School
Category:
Performing Arts
Geographical Area:
Oakland
Start
Date:
2/8/2015
End Date:
2/8/2015
Start Time:
2:00 PM
End Time:
4:00 PM
Event
Info:
This is a truly unique event- a multi-generational performance by remarkably talented Oakland Tech students, past and present, ages 90 to 15, to celebrate the school's centennial year! An old-fashioned revue featuring song, dance, music and drama, the "Technites Past and Present Talent Showcase" has something for everyone! Marv Tripp, class of 1943, former club performer and bandleader, will sing. Estelle Jung Kelley, Class of 1949, former singer and dancer at the famed Forbidden City night club in San Francisco's Chinatown and later director and choreographer of her own dance troupe, will dance a fan dance to "Sayonara." Michael Grbich, Class of 1950, who tap-danced across the Golden Gate Bridge a few years ago, will tap dance on Tech's stage. Omar Shabazz, Class of 1989, former ballet dancer with the Oakland Ballet, will perform a piece he choreographed with current Tech student Deon Oddone, his pupil at Oakland Ballet School.
Tech's acrobatics club will spin and twirl, its dance class will dance to Afro-Haitian drumming, and its Poly(nesian) Club will dance to island rhythms. Among the current Technite performers are pianist Omar Abdul-Rahim, cellist Akiro Duey, and bass baritone singer Edward Nunoo. The showcase also features two music groups of Tech students- a jazz band called the Pink Panthers and an alternate rock band called The Empty Minded. And there's more too- a scene from the original "verbatim" play 99 Years about Oakland Tech created by Tech's drama students based on their interviews with alumni. The play was a huge hit 2 years ago! The entire showcase is a vivid display of the talent and passion that Tech has nurtured in its students for a century.
The Technites Past and Present Talent Showcase is a fundraiser for Tech's after school peer tutoring program, Boost, which was started decades ago by Tech alumni wanting to support their old school.
Guaranteed to be an uplifting evening for all! All are welcome!
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