IRI Talent Show 2008 [Archive]

MattFultz

23-06-2008, 17:00

All:

The 2008 Indiana Robotics Invitational will, as always, feature a Talent Show. My name is Matt Fultz; I'll be hosting/organizing/coordinating/.../ the show for this year.

If you or a group of yours would like to enter your talent, please send an e-mail to talent@indianaroboticsinvitational.org

Once the deadline for entry has passed, the Talent Show Committee will make a "Yes/No" ruling on all performances. All performances will be told their status immediately to begin the necessary preparation.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me through PM or at mtfultz@purdue.edu. It should be an incredible event this year, so let's take the Talent Show to new heights, as well!

Matt

BuddyB309

23-06-2008, 20:22

UGH!!!! I want to do stand up again but sadly I will not be able to make it.:( I've been planning all year and I think I have really good material. ugh!! This is killing me. :mad:

Ryan Dognaux

23-06-2008, 20:41

Everyone, you're in capable hands here with Matt. I plan to actually watch the talent show this year. Should be different.

woody

24-06-2008, 00:37

A group from the Killer Bees plans to perform a heavy metal masterpeice, fronted by none other than Jim Zondag.
Also featuring:
Brian Fain - Lead Guitar
"Woody" Woodcox - Rythm Guitar
Devon Stuart - Bass
Andrew Poisson - Drums

MattFultz

24-06-2008, 07:31

GaryVoshol

24-06-2008, 08:12

Someone actually vets these acts? Could'a fooled me. :rolleyes:

Andy Baker

24-06-2008, 08:20

JaneYoung

24-06-2008, 08:30

I bet there will be quite a buzz about this killer act.

Andy, with a bad pun (or two) like that, you are going to wake up the piggies.

Greg Needel

24-06-2008, 09:49

Talent Show Hopefulls:

When you e-mail your entry, please include a "Contact name", Team name/group name, approximate length (ball park it), and the number involved.

This info will help the Committee put the final entries into a working order.

Thanks,

Matt

Matt,
Please add KKanagasabapathy@gmail.com to your spam filter until IRI. You will thank me later.:D

Greg

yes I know that isn't his email address

Karthik

24-06-2008, 17:21

Matt,
Please add KKanagasabapathy@gmail.com to your spam filter until IRI. You will thank me later.:D

Everyone's a critic, eh? Where's the love?

Kyle Love

24-06-2008, 17:26

Everyone's a critic, eh? Where's the love?

You guys are still one of the most memorable acts to date, only being surpassed by the tooth brush people from 2004. I am still saying EW to that one.

Dave Scheck

24-06-2008, 17:27

Everyone's a critic, eh? Where's the love?I'm sure you'll find plenty here (http://www.deafhoosiers.com/) :p

sgreco

24-06-2008, 18:08

Is the talent show going to be webcast?

I don't want to miss it and I have a feeling it's going to be epic :D

-Steve G. :] (legos are the man)

kramarczyk

24-06-2008, 18:26

Everyone's a critic, eh? Where's the love?

...

Ya gotta love CD... Ask and ye shall receive...

Jonathan Norris

24-06-2008, 19:04

Everyone's a critic, eh? Where's the love?

That better not be this years song....

it frightens me to think of Karthik singing "Where is the loveeeeeee"....

Kyle Love

24-06-2008, 19:32

That better not be this years song....

it frightens me to think of Karthik singing "Where is the loveeeeeee"....

It could be worse, I could be singing in the talent show :cool:.

Schnabel

24-06-2008, 22:22

Is the talent show going to be webcast?

I don't want to miss it and I have a feeling it's going to be epic :D

-Steve G. :] (legos are the man)

Never thought of that, but it would be cool if it was. Even if it's not, I will try to have the TechnoKats camera set up in the back recording the entire show.

MattFultz

24-06-2008, 22:37

All:

I want to make sure that I am receiving the e-mails correctly from the "talent" email address (they should be forwarding to me).

As of now, I have only 2 acts. Team 33 and Team 1902 I believe. If this is incorrect, please let me know. If this IS correct....then we need more people to sign up! Or this could be one lame talent show....

IndySam

24-06-2008, 22:39

I sent one from 829

JackN

24-06-2008, 22:58

A group from the Killer Bees plans to perform a heavy metal masterpeice, fronted by none other than Jim Zondag.

Zondag is singing, this is going to be the best talent show ever. He has to be better than Karthi. Also IRI Talent Show Attendees, no need to worry about Karthik if he tries to "sing", the members of Team 494 have a balloon waiting for just for him.

Beth Sweet

24-06-2008, 23:19

Also IRI Talent Show Attendees, no need to worry about Karthik if he tries to "sing", the members of Team 494 have a balloon waiting for just for him.

Note to self: remind Karthik to bring special space food to tame Martians into pets so that no balloons will be used. Poor Karthik... all he does is try to share his wonderful singing talents with the world, in a truly uplifting and optimistic song, and look at how you all pick on him... Shame on you all... ;) :p

PS- If Zondag is singing, someone better take video!

Ryan Dognaux

24-06-2008, 23:23

I sent one from 829

Originally the e-mails were being sent to me. I've forwarded any entries I have to Matt, including 829's.

Arefin Bari

25-06-2008, 02:21

Matt,
Please add KKanagasabapathy@gmail.com to your spam filter until IRI. You will thank me later.:D

Greg

yes I know that isn't his email address

Or... go ahead and bring one of these. (http://www.macma.co.nz/Def-Images/Macma-Earmuffs-std009.jpg) =P

wendymom

25-06-2008, 10:14

Andy, with a bad pun (or two) like that, you are going to wake up the piggies.

Silly Jane.....you know piggies don't sleep!!!

johnr

25-06-2008, 11:54

I hope the talent show is on the ground floor because when everyone starts doing the"ZONDAG POGO" look out.:)

Kyle Love

25-06-2008, 18:46

So, now Stang and mini-Stang yet? (or whatever their bands names were from 111) They were both legit talent show bands in past years.

JaneYoung

25-06-2008, 18:58

They were both legit talent show bands in past years.

I have only attended the 2007 IRI so far, and was very impressed with the incredible showcase of talent in the Talent Show. (It is kind of like a microcosm reflecting examples of the diverse talents and interests of students and mentors spread throughout the community of FIRST. Pretty amazing, really.)

Dave Scheck

26-06-2008, 01:40

So, now Stang and mini-Stang yet? (or whatever their bands names were from 111) They were both legit talent show bands in past years.Unfortunately no adult band this year. We haven't had the time to pull something together :(

JaneYoung

14-07-2008, 12:42

I hope there are a lot of entries for this wonderful event.
Can't wait.

Anyone want to throw out any hints? <grin>

AndyB

14-07-2008, 12:52

I bet there will be quite a buzz about this killer act.

:)

ab

Your hanging out with Jane too much.

JaneYoung

14-07-2008, 13:24

Your hanging out with Jane too much.

hahaha

you are going to love my Jane Campaign for the Kiss-A-Pig Contest:

*hem, hem, hem, clears throat* -

The Share-A-Blonde-Moment with Jane
Kiss-A-Pig Contest

Fill The Bucket!

GaryVoshol

14-07-2008, 13:44

hahaha

you are going to love my Jane Campaign for the Kiss-A-Pig Contest:

*hem, hem, hem, clears throat* -

The Share-A-Blonde-Moment with Jane
Kiss-A-Pig Contest

Fill The Bucket!

Ya gonna dress in pink?

JaneYoung

14-07-2008, 14:01

Ya gonna dress in pink?

I'm not squealing but look for the ears.

Kyle Love

14-07-2008, 14:24

I heard some crazy guy named Maxwell will be walking around with a silver hammer....but maybe that was just me.:cool:

MattFultz

14-07-2008, 21:22

All:

To all who have submitted talents for the show, I thank you. There will be an audition period from 12:00-2:00pm on Friday of IRI. This audition period will be very similar to year's past, and has a two purposes. The first is to check time constraints for each act, and the second is to check the appropriateness of each act. If the talent show itself reaches too far over 1 hour, some acts will not make the final list for the show.

That said, please make sure to have an "auditionable" act. Any act that was submitted as a "We want to do something, but we don't know what" will need to know "what" by Friday at noon, or will not be included in the show.

Thank you all for your participation, and I look forward to seeing all of the acts in person!

Matt Fultz

Katie_UPS

15-07-2008, 00:54

I heard some crazy guy named Maxwell will be walking around with a silver hammer....but maybe that was just me.:cool:

Well, yasee. We have a kid on our team named Maxwell...
And I could totally hook him up with a silver hammer.

But I don't know if any "Joan"'s will be too happy...

MattFultz

15-07-2008, 07:25

All:

More details about the auditions:

- Please bring any required music/video/technological requirements to the audition when your group/act comes in.

- The auditions will be open, and each group will go as soon as they are ready to audition. There is no set schedule to audition.

- At this point, no time length is "too long" to be considered. The judging panel will, however, take this into consideration when making the final decisions, so please keep it reasonable.

- A flyer will be distributed to all teams on Friday morning with these details, as well.

Matt

Schnabel

20-07-2008, 20:38

Katie_UPS

20-07-2008, 20:50

Also, if anyone has "Taylor, the latte boy" on vidio, I'd love to see that again!

hallk

20-07-2008, 22:38

All I have to say is forget the cow bell...MORE CAT BELL.

AndyB

20-07-2008, 22:43

All I have to say is forget the cow bell...MORE CAT BELL.

Only at IRI will you get Fishboy + Cowbell.

Michelle Celio

20-07-2008, 23:01

Hey all, just thought I would now post the new logo for IRIdol, also does anyone have a video of the TechnoKats doing Maxwell's silver hammer? If so please let me know as I had to miss it being backstage and all.

Also, if anyone has "Taylor, the latte boy" on vidio, I'd love to see that again!
I have both acts in "partial video" meaning, I didn't start recording at the beginning and stopped early, I'll try and get them processed and uploaded...when I get back to Florida.

Renee Becker-Blau

21-07-2008, 02:04

I stated to one of my friends after the Latte Boy song, "Now I really want to go to starbucks and get a latte" their reply was, "Know any starbucks that are looking for employes?"

They were all amazing acts and some were super funny, what I want to know is, you had Fishboy last year, Cat Bell this year.... what's coming next year??? :yikes:

Jim Zondag

21-07-2008, 14:40

I want to thank my team for talking me into singing for their band. You guys ROCK! It was was a blast to perform some classic metal at the IRI.

Video is posted @
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cykjgnuvf4c

AndyB

21-07-2008, 15:43

what I want to know is, you had Fishboy last year, Cat Bell this year.... what's coming next year??? :yikes:

Catboy and Fishbell!

IKE

21-07-2008, 16:06

Renee Becker-Blau

21-07-2008, 23:29

I want to thank my team for talking me into singing for their band. You guys ROCK! It was was a blast to perform some classic metal at the IRI.]

It was amazing! You did a great job... and go again next year! ^_^

DeAnnaC

22-07-2008, 12:47

We've got a few of the acts recorded and are in the process of uploading what we have - we didn't capture everything though.

On youtube search for Rivercityrobots to see the videos that we've got - there will be more up tonight, they were down for maintenance last night.

I had a blast. Want more cowbell.

DeAnna

Andy Baker

22-07-2008, 14:20

On youtube search for Rivercityrobots to see the videos that we've got - there will be more up tonight, they were down for maintenance last night.

I had a blast. Want more cowbell.

DeAnna

This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbcdjGJp_Kw), showing the final song of the DSK concert, is a classic. Thanks River City Robotics for recording and posting for all to see.

AB

Dan Petrovic

22-07-2008, 18:05

This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbcdjGJp_Kw), showing the final song of the DSK concert, is a classic. Thanks River City Robotics for recording and posting for all to see.

AB

hehehehehehe.

You see three people up front, then the Killer Bees running up front, then EVERYONE running up front.

I'm so proud to say that I was one of the three people. :D

Brandon Martus

22-07-2008, 18:11

That was great. I don't know why, every time, it takes you guys about 9 songs to get up there, though. :-D

DeAnnaC

22-07-2008, 19:23

http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=rivercityrobots
We've got most of Maxwell Silver Hammer, Mr Jones and me, For Whom the Bell Tolls, the entries from team 233 and 2377, Caroline from 1902.. they are uploading now.

DeAnna

wendymom

22-07-2008, 21:59

http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=rivercityrobots
We've got most of Maxwell Silver Hammer, Mr Jones and me, For Whom the Bell Tolls, the entry from Team 1477 and 1402, Caroline from 1902.. they are uploading now.

DeAnna

Thank you so much for posting these. I think the 1402 one is really the PINK team #233. (they have on blue shirts)

Andy Baker

22-07-2008, 22:08

Thank you so much for posting these. I think the 1402 one is really the PINK team #233. (they have on blue shirts)

Yes, thank you definitely. Also, the 1477 one is really 2377.

AB

Travis Hoffman

22-07-2008, 22:20

That was great. I don't know why, every time, it takes you guys about 9 songs to get up there, though. :-D

They refer to this as a "mosh pit" on the YouTube description. That relatively tame activity is most definitely NOT a mosh pit per the 2004 definition of mosh pit during DSATKB's debut concert (during "Enter Sandman", I believe it was).....:p

Such a sight has not been seen since, per IRI regulations, har.

IKE

23-07-2008, 08:53

That was great. I don't know why, every time, it takes you guys about 9 songs to get up there, though. :-D

This was my first year at the IRI and I was told early on that No Mosh Pits or rushing the stage. As you guys found out all everyone needed was an invite.

Great show. I was really impressed. I hope you guys continue to put on excellent performances!

Josh Fox

26-07-2008, 02:21

Just a question from someone looking to put something together for next year...

were the amps, drums, etc. available for anyone to use? or did people bring their own gear?

mrbob1000

26-07-2008, 04:33

i believe we all know what the world needs... more fishboy!

that talent show was a blast! i hope to do that again next year.

Nica F.

26-07-2008, 21:39

Just curious to see how horrible some of us (including myself) were dancing, does anyone happen to have a video of us dancing to "Never Gonna Give You Up" ? :p

Greg Needel

26-07-2008, 22:09

I have HD videos and soundboard patches of the whole talent show and DSK concert. It is my plan to get them all up on vimeo soon, but my encoding PC got hit last night in a lightning storm and some hardware fried. Hopefully in the next few weeks I will get things running again.

Michelle Celio

26-07-2008, 22:24

Just curious to see how horrible some of us (including myself) were dancing, does anyone happen to have a video of us dancing to "Never Gonna Give You Up" ? :p

Do we really want to see this on Chief Delphi?

The list of "backup dancers" if anyone was wondering

1. Michelle Celio
2. Mike Mullinax
3. Libby Kamen
4. Billfred
5. Patrick McCarthy
6. Nica F.
7. Ryan Dognaux
8. Kyle Love
9. Elgin Clock
10. Andrew Morrison
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

As obvious, I'm missing a bunch. If someone wouldn't mind filling in the names. I know there were 5 younger children 2 of which were "Little Bakers".

Chris Fultz

26-07-2008, 22:56

Just a question from someone looking to put something together for next year...

were the amps, drums, etc. available for anyone to use? or did people bring their own gear?

It was a mix of owners, but most of it belongs to DSK.

Nica F.

26-07-2008, 23:02

Do we really want to see this on Chief Delphi?

The list of "backup dancers" if anyone was wondering

1. Michelle Celio
2. Mike Mullinax
3. Libby Kamen
4. Billfred
5. Patrick McCarthy
6. Nica F.
7. Ryan Dognaux
8. Kyle Love
9. Elgin Clock
10. Andrew Morrison
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

As obvious, I'm missing a bunch. If someone wouldn't mind filling in the names. I know there were 5 younger children 2 of which were "Little Bakers".
DONT FORGET ADAM HEARD.
i think it made my night to know i was responsible of getting Ryan, Kyle, and Adam to dance on stage with me. haha

Brandon Martus

27-07-2008, 11:50

If someone wouldn't mind filling in the names. I know there were 5 younger children 2 of which were "Little Bakers".
There are pictures from the whole performance on the DSK gallery (big thanks to Heidi for providing her pictures ..)

Some of those pictures show all the dancers, possibly including the "oops, we're too early .. go back, go back!" part, which was hilarious to watch from where I was standing.

http://www.deansimmonsandthekamens.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2836

Michelle Celio

27-07-2008, 11:56

Some of those pictures show all the dancers, possibly including the "oops, we're too early .. go back, go back!" part, which was hilarious to watch from where I was standing.

That was all Billfred. =]

But wow. Candid photos of me acting ridiculous... Great job Heidi!

I think I have all of the older "dancers" (Thanks Nica) but there was 16 total.