Torch: U.S. LXXIII Fall 2023 | Page 19

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! · Fall 2023 · Torch: U.S.

Once again making an appearance, the MCs were tasked with answering five tossup questions to help save the bomb going off on the Certamen machine. An attempt was made, but unsuccessful.

Music continued into the late hours of the night when Petra Croom of Florida played the violin and Ella Williams of Indiana followed by singing “Once Upon a Convention”, a parody of “Once Upon a December” from Anastasia.

Before the final JCL act, there was, however, one last job for the SCL: to crack the mystery of the missing silver bowls that were presented during General Assembly III. Fortunately, the bowls were found and Sid Davis, Paul De, Bennett Henkel, and Megan Silver received their awards. 

Closing out the night of performances, Helen Lan of Texas showcased her talents on the flute by first playing Nikola Rimsky-Kosakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee” before dropping a beat to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Stars”. To close the night for the SCL, the Top 10 Canon Events of Convention were presented in a slideshow. Rumble shook throughout the WoodPEC Gym as the supposed number one event was the bleachers collapsing, before the slide changed to realizing that everyone was doing a Barbie-themed skit for role call.

As the night of laughter came to an end, Jenny Daley Peterson stepped on stage to deliver a heartfelt message about her friend, whom she met when she was a JCLer, longtime SCLer, and That's Entertainemnt! legend Hal Rather, who passed away in 1992 from bone marrow cancer. There is an SCL scholarship named after him, which covers the cost of convention for one individual. Daley Peterson urged the crowd to donate to the cause and join the “Be the Match” bone marrow registry in his honor.

With the results of That’s Entertainment! in hand, Mr. Cameron Ward of Georgia announced the results and gave out the prizes. Zhikai Huang won third place, Petra Croom won second place, and Helen Lan won first place! There was an encore, however, as Mr. Ward led and taught the crowd in Brown Squirrel, any seasoned expert of convention’s favorite.

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