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Marching Band wins Cayman’s Got Talent

The Cayman Islands Marching Band

The Mary Miller Hall was filled with hundreds of excited supporters as the final of this year’s Cayman’s Got Talent got underway

Despite great performances from all the other fourteen ‘stars’ who had been selected from all Cayman’s districts during previous rounds, it was the Cayman Islands Marching Band who won, with a total of 497 points.  They stole the show, grabbing everyone’s attention as they marched with military precision from the back of the auditorium.

Their unique act consists of marching while playing drums and other instruments while dancing. As usual, the band love to do things a little differently and this time a set of ultra violet lights set up by the stage showed off the band members’ white gloves which to glowed and danced in the dark.

An expert singer with a powerful voice, Jamesette Anglin came second with 478 points. Another singer, Orvin Palacio came third, with 477 points.

East End’s very own country superstar, Samantha Gourzong, came in fourth with a great performance of Shania Twain’s song, ‘Any Man of Mine’.

A group of three very talented young ladies known as Las Picantes sang and danced their way through a smoldering version of the Christina Aguilera number, ‘Express’.

All the way from Cayman Brac, Georgette Isaac sang the gospel favorite How Great Thou Art, her voice soaring ever higher as the song reached its climax.

Christopher Rankine sang a jazzy, bluesy ballad all about love, in his smooth, sultry soul voice.

Dressed in a bright red dress, Cheyenne Tibbetts seemed the epitome of all-knowing sophistication. “Who You Are Is Not What You Appear,” she sang.

Oscar Calidonio made the audience clap and cheer as he sang the song, “I Believe in the Impossible.”

Mercita Dunkley, who had been struggling with the flu, nevertheless didn’t let it get the better of her. She sang the Crystal Willis song, ‘Lord of the Evening’ with her very own powerful and pure voice.

Guest performers included Soraya Fernandez, who was also one of the judges. She came onstage to give the audience a taste of authentic Arabian belly-dancing.

Cayman’s Got Talent Winner 2010, Andy Blake, also performed a song he had written.

There was also a performance from Young Talented Stars winner, Ashley Ebanks-Hoybia who accompanies herself on the guitar and writes her own songs.

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