Showcasing Camosun College’s rich diversity, the annual cultural talent show is back for another year. International students come to the college from all over the world with their unique talents, and Peer Connections and Camosun’s International department are presenting the talent show for the fifth year.
“We realize that international students at Camosun play a more and more important role and we have a lot of different students coming from every part of the world every year,” says talent show stage manager and Camosun student Geng Wang. “We want to gather them together and give them an opportunity to get an idea about other cultures.”
The talent show will have a variety of acts from the international students currently attending Camosun, many of whom will be performing their musical talents, including playing instruments, singing, and dancing.
“We have many different performers from different cultures and they come to our show to perform things from their own countries,” says Wang. “Some people will choose singing, some people will choose dancing… there’s performers where one plays violin and the other plays piano, they will play a song together.”
This will be Wang’s second time as stage manager, a role he took on last year to become a part of this event, which is important to the international students of Camosun. Instead of contributing a performance to the event, he used his talents in organizing and leadership to take part.
“Last year we didn’t have any people from the previous years to guide us,” says Wang. “I wanted to provide my abilities, and I just want to be involved in this event.”
The success of the event holds a special place for Wang, who likes to see the talents of international students showcased.
“Last year people said it was successful and I felt so proud of the volunteers,” says Wang. “They put a lot of effort and time into it. Sometimes I want to say the cultural talent show is kind of my child.”
Cultural Talent Show
6:30 pm Monday, March 18
Young 216, Lansdowne, free
peerconnections@camosun.bc.ca