University of Southern California Viterbi Student Council The USC Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering USC

Congratulations to this year's winners!!!

Most Talented: Kyle Patterson

Most Original: Randy Gonzalez

Most Daring: DeCarlis Wilson, Robert Ward, Alec Winetrobe

Most Difficult: Andrew Bondor

Most Hilarious: Sigma Phi Delta 

 

Pictures from this year's show can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnawthepaw/sets/72157608500729117/
To order prints for yourself, friends or family please contact our photographer Johnson Wang
Email: johnsonw@usc.edu
For the subject, just put: VGT08 picture order


Watch The Teaser for next year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRbMOE64oT0


Viterbi's Got Talent is an annual talent show put on by the Viterbi student body sponsored by VSC.  Students are able to showcase their talents to their fellow classmates, while the audience can enjoy food, great music spun by a DJ, and a fabulous ambiance while watching the show.  As you can see from the list below, there are always a wide variety of acts, and the competition is very fierce.  So...start planning your acts now for the 3rd Annual Viterbi's Got Talent,
which will take place in October 23, 2008.


 


 

Talent Show Acts for Viterbi's Got Talent 2008 


Go check out the invitation event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=26771309452

Line Up: 

  1. Miley Cyrus “See You Again” Performance – Ilene Rafii & Cara Magnabosco
  2. Group Dance Routine – Sigma Phi Delta
  3. Poetry Reading – Eric Childs
  4. Drumming – Andrew Bondor
  5. Kathak (Indian Dance) – Shivani Srivastava
  6. Classical Guitar – Kathryn Daniels
  7. Opera – Kyle Patterson

INTERMISSION

  1. Band Performance – Paul Yoon, Henry Choi, Teresa Lim, John Ho
  2. Backstreet Boys Rendition – DeCarlis Wilson & Robert Ward
  3. Hip Hop Dance – Randy Gonzalez
  4. Speedcubing (Rubik’s Cube) – Dan Seal
  5. Zelda 64 “Song of Storms” – Prateek Tandon, Noel Overkamp, Henry Yuen
  6. Wicked “Popular” – Marcelle Phene

Performer's Profiles

Band - Prateek Tandon, Noel Overkamp, Henry Yuen
Interesting fact: We’re all roommates and the rooms in our apartment are named after sci-fi planets. Our room is named Auir.
Favorite subject/class: CS
Favorite quote: N/A
Favorite pick up line: Du siehst unglaublich gut aus.
Favorite hobbies/interests: CS
If you were a candy bar, then what would it be and why? Irrelevant.

Band - Texting Grace (Paul Yoon, Henry Choi, Teresa Lim, and John Ho)
Interesting fact: We called ourselves “McBand” for our first show and dressed up as Ronald, the Hamburglar, Birdie, and Grimace.
Favorite subject/class: N/A
Favorite quote: “It’s too bad that whole families have to be torn apart by something as simple as wild dogs.”
Favorite pick up line: Hi. You’ll do.
Favorite hobbies/interests: Making music.
If you were a candy bar, then what would it be and why? Henry would probably be an “Oh Henry” bar, for obvious reasons.

Classical Guitar - Kathryn Daniels
Interesting fact: I love the color orange!!!              
Favorite subject/class: I really like engineering freshmen acadamy.              
Favorite quote: “To do less that your best is a sacrifice to the gift" - Steve Prefontaine 
Favorite pick up line: Are you tired because you've been running around in my mind all day long. LOL              
Favorite hobbies/interests: Reading, ceramics, hanging out with friends and family              
If you were a candy bar, then what would it be and why?: TWIX because they are so sweet!! The perfect combo!!             

Dance - Ankit Kadakia

Dance - Shivani Srivastava
Interesting fact: Uh? 
Favorite subject/class: Computer Science – Principles of Software Engineering 
Favorite quote: “Dreams come true only for those who dare to dream.” 
Favorite pick up line: Don’t have any
Favorite hobbies/interests: Music, basket ball, swimming  
If you were a candy bar, then what would it be and why?: Dark chocolate… coz that’s what I am.

Dance: Hip Hop - Randy Gonzales


Drumming - Andrew Bondor
Interesting fact: I want to be a rockstar
Favorite subject/class: Computer aided design
Favorite quote: “Live free or Die” 
Favorite pick up line: Sup, baby?
Favorite hobbies/interests:Drumming, music, sports 
If you were a candy bar, then what would it be and why? N/A

Poetry Reading -
Eric Childs
Interesting fact: I broke my femur in a football game my sophomore year of high school.
Favorite subject/class: Math is by far my favorite subject.
Favorite quote: “The Todd appreciates hott, regardless of gender.” –Todd Quinlan
Favorite pick up line: How much does a polar bear weigh? Enough to break the ice.
Favorite hobbies/interests: Anything involving athletics, preferably football, surfing, and other ocean sports.
If you were a candy bar, then what would it be and why? A spud bar, because no one would want to eat me.

Rap Rendition - Robert Ward, Decarlis Wilson
Interesting fact: We like pasta
Favorite subject/class: Computer Science
Favorite quote: “There is no try, only do"
Favorite pick up line: "Dem pants"
Favorite hobbies/interests: Pwning
If you were a candy bar, then what would it be and why? Oreo


Singing "See you again" - Ilene Rafil, Cara Magnabosco
Interesting fact: Ilene paints. Cara was all-state Indiana Benihana karaoke competition champion.
Favorite subject/class:
Electricity and Magnetism with Elena Pierpaoli
Favorite quote:
Pour the diamonds out, give me what I need" - Tila Tequila
Favorite pick up line: "Are you half-Persian? I could tell" - Ilene
Favorite hobbies/interests: Ilene enjoys checking weather forecasts for rain. Cara like touring the competitive karaoke circuit.
If you were a candy bar, then what would it be and why? 100 grand, because that's how much my voice is worth


Speedcubing
- Dan Seal
Interesting fact: I love making and editing movies! 
Favorite subject/class: AME 308 Computer-Aided Analysis for Aero-Mechanical Design (a mouthful) 
Favorite quote: “If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.” 
Favorite pick up line: “Are you a parking ticket?  ‘Cuz you’ve got fine written all over you.” 
Favorite hobbies/interests: Soccer, Fending, Travel, Guitar, Getting involved on campus 
If you were a candy bar, then what would it be and why?: I would be a bar of “Hershey’s Special Dark” chocolate - rich, sweet, and popular among the classiest of crowds.

Vocal Performance (Opera) - Kyle Patterson
Interesting fact: I completed a manuscript for a short novel last summer
Favorite subject/class: Civil Engineering Statistics  
Favorite quote: “There is no such thing as a permanent stress" 
Favorite pick up line: "Hello, I love you, won't you tell me your name?"    
Favorite hobbies/interests: Playing the piano, running, acting, singing, writing and reading
If you were a candy bar, then what would it be and why? Twix, because you get two in one, more than you bargained for!  

Vocals
- Marcelle Phene
Interesting fact: I am becoming a Naval Officer after I graduate from USC
Favorite subject/class: Weightlifting
Favorite quote: Take chances. If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.
Favorite pick up line: It’s not my fault I fell in love with you.  You are the one that tripped me.
Favorite hobbies/interests: Singing, baking, scrap booking, and swimming
If you were a candy bar, then what would it be and why? Sour Patch Kids – because I can sometimes be sour on the outside but I’m always  sweet on the inside and I’m still a kid at heart.