We had a great talent show and want to thank everyone who helped:

Our elementary school coordinators, without whom we wouldn’t have a show:
Kennedy: Linda Alleca
Hajjar: Alicia Redding, Kerri Gagnon, & Carolyn Heffernan
Parker: David Palmerino (who also ran the sound board)
Ditson: Tricia Mahoney
Vining: Kathy Skelton, Alicia Clarke, & Kimberly McDermott
Dutile: Audrey Xintaropoulos, Meredith Lovell

Our emcee Tony Garas, our judges and tally people who had a tough job with all this talent!

Our volunteers: Caitlin Barbas, Alex Silva, Jim Mahoney, Sherry Hoffman, Sandra Giroux, Mike Stevens and Michael Ashe (who worked with David and handled the sound and videography)
Our student volunteers: Troy Eakman, Christina Fulgoni, Lindsey Erlandson, Halle Sulfaro, Sarah Meehan, Susanna Gillis, Jimmy Mahoney, Nick Palmerino, Kelly and Ryan Alleca, Rachel Maffeo and Boston Bergeron.

The Billerica Partners for Education

All the performances were amazing, below are listed the 6 top scorers in each age group:

Grades K-2

Sumedha Giridharan & Prerna Joshi, Grade 2, Dutile, Performing Two Northern India Dance Styles,”Garba & Dandiya”by D.Bhaje

Briggs Goodwin, Grade K, Ditson, performing a Comedy Routine

Abby Farmer, Grade 2, Ditson, Dancing to”24K Magic” by Bruno Mars

Aine Deslaurier, Grade 1, Hajjar, Irish Step Dance to “Coming up to Boston”

Cosette Cardenas, Grade 2, Parker, Singing “Maybe” from Annie

Rose Lewis, Grade 2, Kennedy, Playing on Piano “I Don’t Know My Name” and “Peace of an Angel”

Grades 3-5

Haidyn Schneider, Grade 3, Kennedy, Singing “You raise me up”

Lindsey Graham, Grade 4, Dutile, Dancing to “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley

Kyle McLaughlin, Grade 4, Kennedy, Singing “This Town”

Joel Senoga, Grade 5, Vining, Dancing to “No Limit” by Usher

Maggie Cabbot, Grade 4, Kennedy Playing on Piano “Imagine”

Gabriel Kisekka, Grade 3, on Piano & Chloe Kisekka, Grade 4, Dutile on Vocals to “Let It Be” by The Beatles

Congratulations and hope to see everyone next year!