Ways to spice up a high school talent show?

Question:I'm going to be organizing a talent show and need ideas on how to liven the show. Singing and dancing are the only things that come to mind. Any ideas?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I'm going to be organizing a talent show and need ideas on how to liven the show. Singing and dancing are the only things that come to mind. Any ideas?

You'll want to pick fun music that is upbeat and will be interesting to choregraph. I've also used kids in younger grades to sing as back up. Is there a theme to your show? Is it a holiday show?

If you use the younger kids, they should all be in one place dressed the same - not dancing around - thats too much work to get together.

Do you have real talented singers and dancers in the high school group? Ask them what music they are comfortable with - and work with that. You can base a theme around what they think they're best at - let them brainstorm and help you put things together - the more input they get, the better they will perform.

Being in a Show band in my younger days a good spot light and a good QUALITY lighting system would help spice things up and give a very professional ambiance to your talent show.
To hire a good light system and operator expect to pay around
400.00 and for a few more dollars you could probably get a good sound system with that. Look in Yellow Pages under
Entertainment and check with your local music stores that may do both lites and sound