Fundraising talent show in Carson City to feature South Shore dancers

Carson’s Got Talent, a talent show featuring performers from Reno, Lake Tahoe, Carson City, Douglas County, Dayton and Yerington, hits the stage at the Bob Boldrick Theater in Carson City on Saturday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m.

The show, which will be emceed by local comedian Roger Diez, is a fundraiser for Meals on Wheels Carson City.

Judging the competition is a star-studded line up of regional celebrities:

Mark Estee, chef and restaurateur
Sierra Scott, grants director for the Nevada Arts Council
Rebecca Kitchen, KOLO 8 reporter
Stephanie Arrigotti, Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company producer and director Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell
Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong

Cash will be awarded to the top three acts. Audience-purchased votes will account for 25 percent of total scores, with a trophy going to the act that raises the most money at the show.

Carson City Meals on Wheels provides meals for nearly 300 home-bound seniors daily. In the period between Oct. 2016 through Sept. 2017, Meals on Wheels Carson City provided over 79,500 meals to local seniors, and Warner said that number is expected to reach 90,000 this reporting period.

“Carson's Got Talent is a great example of the community coming together to celebrate the arts and help our own,” said Courtney Warner, director of the Carson City Senior Center. “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support we've received for the show.”

Carson’s Got Talent 2018 Lineup:
Cassia Giustra & Alexa Haight, Musical Theater – Carson City
Chucky Forester, Poi – Carson City
Amara Tedford, Dance – Carson City
Alina Munsdeane, Broadway Musical – Douglas County
See You Again (Mia Roper, Olive Hamner-Jilson, Jaslene Prieto, Kianna Nelson), Dance (quartet) – Zephyr Cove
Arely Sanabria Solis, Singing – Carson City
Lilyann Lee, Singing – Carson City
Black or White Dance Duo (Bella Flynn and Alayna LaPorte), Dance Duo – South Lake Tahoe
Alivia Aschenbach, Piano/Singing – Carson City
Cooper & Eleanor, Dance Duo - Reno
Heavy Rotation (Corinne Novotny & Ashlan Galaviz), Jazz Dance duo – Minden and Zephyr Cove
Jade Nguyen, Contemporary Dance Solo - Reno
Laura Bennett, Singing – Carson City
Makayla Taylor, Singing - Yerington
Brittany Vanzura, Dance Solo - Dayton
Kyra Gonzalez, Dance Solo – Carson City
Joey Calderon, Guitar – Carson City
Chloe Walt, Dance (tumbling) and silks – Carson City
Stacy Kennison, Latin Dance Solo – Carson City

Tickets are available at the door or online at www.carsonsgottalent.com. For more information on the show or Meals on Wheels, email Courtney Warner, executive director of the Carson City Senior Center, at CWarner@carson.org

The Bob Boldrick Theater is located at 851 E. William Street in Carson City, Nev.