One of my band students was disappointed last year when he was rejected for the talent show as an instrumentalist while singers who sang poorly were accepted. He mentioned his disappointment to the event organizer, who told him the audience wanted singers, not instrumentalists. He mentioned to me that we should hold our own talent show, thus was born Coffee & Talent Night, an event for students run by students where they show off their musical talents. The amazing display of talent - songwriting, singing - that I saw made me cry, and it didn't take any work on my part. The students did it all!
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