{"id":30891,"date":"2007-09-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/09\/14\/twenty-five-acts-to-appear-at-omahas-got-talent-event\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T19:46:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T00:46:58","slug":"twenty-five-acts-to-appear-at-omahas-got-talent-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/09\/14\/twenty-five-acts-to-appear-at-omahas-got-talent-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-five acts to appear at ‘Omaha’s Got Talent’ event"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nThird-year pharmacy student Tess Andersen has led the preparations for the “Omaha’s Got Talent” event, which will be held in the Central High School auditorium on Saturday, Sept. 22. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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\n<\/TABLE>Twenty-five talented Omaha-area acts will compete for a first-prize of $1,000 during the UNMC College of Pharmacy Class of 2009 “Omaha’s Got Talent” event on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. at Central High School.<\/p>\n

A variety of acts will compete, including 25 tap-dancing grannies, bands, singers, dancers and a 14-year-old magician on a unicycle.<\/p>\n

The cost to attend is $20 for the public or $15 for UNMC students. Proceeds will go towards cancer research and services for patients and families through the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.<\/p>\n

Local celebrities will be paired with leukemia and lymphoma survivors to judge the competition.<\/p>\n

This is the first year of the show, which is spearheaded by third-year pharmacy student Tess Andersen. <\/p>\n

Those who attend the event are invited to join an after-party show at In Play Forte on 15th and Cuming streets. Two bands will play and there will be free soda, free pizza and free bowling.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available for purchase online using PayPal at www.omahasgottalent.com<\/a> or by cash or check at the UNMC College of Pharmacy Dean’s Office, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., through Sept. 21.<\/p>\n

Students will be selling tickets outside the Nebraska Cafe in University Tower Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in getting a ticket or making a donation, go to www.omahasgottalent.com<\/a> or contact Andersen at tanderse@unmc.edu<\/a> or 669-2812.<\/p>\n


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\nTalent competition candidate, JoJo Siwa, far right, passes time with her brother, Jayden, and grandmother, Joan, waiting for her curtain call during the Omaha’s Got Talent show tryouts last month. Siwa will peform a jazz dance and vocal solo during the Sept. 22 “Omaha’s Got Talent” event at Central High School.
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\n<\/TABLE>The following are Omaha area acts who will perform during the show:<\/p>\n

ACT ONE<\/B> <\/p>\n