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Gallery: Freshmen showcase talent in Follies

September 22, 2019 by Megan Holley

Over 300 freshmen in leadership and performance roles worked together on two performances of Freshman Follies on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Eight women’s acts, two men’s acts and seven talent acts entertained audience members.

Freshmen Jackson Eades, Dillon Gutierrez, Marco Perez and Nathan White perform The Temptations’ “My Girl.” (Photo by Megan Holley)
Freshman Isabella Dumo dresses as a referee in her hall’s Follies act. (Photo by Megan Holley)
Freshmen Jackson Long and Davis Arnold battle with lightsabers. (Photo by Megan Holley)

Freshman Morgan Newman engages the audience with a powerful performance of Adele’s “Don’t You Remember.” (Photo by Megan Holley)
Freshmen Sage Lauderback and Mollie Hodgkiss perform as doctor and patient in “Sikes Anatomy.” (Photo by Megan Holley)
Patients from “Sikes Anatomy” join hands during their act. (Photo by Megan Holley)

Freshman Daizja Martinez sings “Tightrope” from “The Greatest Showman.” (Photo by Megan Holley)
The women of Gardner second west perform as the Queens of Campus. (Photo by Megan Holley)
The women of Sikes second south dance to an 80’s melody. (Photo by Megan Holley)

Talent act Logan Burton plays “Counting Stars” by OneRepublic. (Photo by Megan Holley)
The “Feral Cats of ACU” step together during their act. (Photo by Megan Holley)
The men of Mabee dance with each other during their act.(Photo by Megan Holley)

Freshman Joan Lavaki plays her ukelele and sings an original mashup during her talent act. (Photo by Megan Holley)
Freshmen girls from Nelson Hall perform “We Wish You a Nelly Christmas.” (Photo by Megan Holley)
Freshman Karlina Hindman sings “When He Sees Me” as the first talent act of the show. (Photo by Megan Holley)

The women of Gardner third east open the show dressed as characters from different TV shows. (Photo by Megan Holley)

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