Family Talent Show

This year we were invited to a family talent show hosted by some long-time friends, Sarah and Terry Domino.  The talent show took place in the Domino's backyard.  They already had a stage built from the previous year's show.  Each family was to bring $10, a homemade trophy, a banner, a finger food, and a talent.  They were suppose to leave their pride at home.  The $10 went toward the cash prize for the winning act.  Each family signed up for a trophy that they were suppose to make.  The trophies were for "Best Family Involvement," "Best Jazz Hands," "Most Creative," etc.  We signed up to make the "Most Likely to be on YouTube" trophy.  The trophies were to be made with simple items.  This is what ours looked like.  It was made out of a plastic bin and toilet plunger.

 

some of the trophies

There were nine families total.  Most families had two acts.  There were magic tricks, dancing, singing, and acting. 

We Hargraves had a chugging act.  We dubbed ourselves Down the Hatch Hargraves.  We entered the stage with the Chicago Bulls game song playing.  Jack was "Baby Gulp," Arden was "Choco Chug," Halle was "Rooter Shooter,"  I was "Mother Guzzler," and Brian was "Big Swig."  Starting with Jack we all chugged a drink of choice (milk, chocolate milk, root beer, and tea.)  The whole act all led up to the grand finale where Brian downed 38 ounces of tea in less than 4 seconds!  (more than a quart, two and a half bottles of water, three bottles of beer, or however you want to look at it)

Brian was narrating at this time which is why he isn't in the picture

the names on our shirts

Halle and I also did a hula hoop routine that we made up that day to the song, Call Me Maybe.  We both did cartwheels toward the end of the song.  I sprained my ankle doing the cartwheel.  Brian had to massage it that night along with icing it down.  Old ladies should not do cartwheels! 

 

Arden decided to get up on stage during intermission and sing songs.  We could not get her off of the stage!   She was hogging the mike.  She doesn't have a shy bone in her body.  We loved it! 

Our family won three prizes:  we won the trophy for the best trophy, our hula routine won the trophy for best dance moves, and the hula routine won 2nd place overall!  As a prize for 2nd place we got a duck call, candy, and a gift card to Cold Stone Creamery. 

First place and the $90 cash prize went to the Greens.  Their act was well rehearsed and really funny.  Four year old Myleigh recited all of the fifty states, and then the whole family (sans Nik) recited every single country in the world!  We decided as a family to give them our You Tube trophy because it was really impressive. 

 

Third place went to Sarah and her sister.  They sang Weenie Man and wore hot dogs on their head. Ha!



trophies for the kids, the boxes are second and third place gifts, and the cash prize was in the green bone 

Each kid got a participation "thumbs up" trophy.  Arden loved her trophy and even slept with it that night.  Jack thought it was a real thumb and sucked on it.

 

It was a fun evening.  Watch out Greens!  Next year we're gonna bring it and take first place!