ANGELO ELIA
SENIOR REPORTER

The Humber’s Got Talent show had students crowd the student-centre as they eagerly watched and cheered the finalists.

The $1,000 first prize winner of the show was the Gavin Dance Crew who rocked the crowd with Indian dance moves with traditional Indian attire. Students and onlookers screamed and cheered throughout their entire performance.

Gavin Anand, the leader of the Gavin Dance Crew, said the group performed an Indian fusion dance and was proud of receiving the first prize.

“It feels great,” he said. “We really worked hard on this.”

Anand said the group will be using the prize money for their Guelph-Humber club event – the South Asian Alliance culture show. It will be used to fund production, props and costumes, he said.

Anand said he’s been dancing since elementary school and he plans on performing at Humber again given the chance. He said he brought the Gavin Dance Crew together and met his fellow crew members at Humber College’s North and Guelph-Humber campus.

Kenny Adjetey, 17, a first-year business marketing student, won the second place prize of $500. He rapped on a track he wrote about women who struggle in life, encouraging them to lift their spirits.

“I was trying to put more of a positive aspect and show people that don’t know about rap that there are some positive aspects,” he said.

Adjetey said one of the verses on the track is about a female he knows, using a pen name to keep her identity safe. During the performance he ignited the crowd by jumping off the stage and grabbing a female student’s hand. He also said rapping isn’t his only talent.

“I sing and dance and act. I don’t just rap,” he said.

Sofia Yeh, a first-year media production student, beat boxed her way to the judge’s ears and won $250 in third place.

Yeh said she feels very proud of winning and explained how she’s been beat boxing for three years, learning a lot of her skills watching other beat boxers over the internet.

Rachel Horton, a second-year early childhood education student at Guelph Humber said she enjoyed Yeh’s performance. “She was really cool. She’s different. She’s good at what she does.”

First-year business students at Guelph-Humber, Mikey B. and Coco Edwards, performed their reggae dancing skills.

Mikey B. said she’s been dancing for seven years. She also teaches dance to children at community centres and churches.

Coco Edwards said she began dancing throughout her school years.

“I started off doing it in front of schools for talent shows. Then outside of school we did competitions like Toronto’s You Got Served competition and other competitions around the GTA,” said Edwards.

Despite Edwards being a bit nervous because she and her partner couldn’t devote much practice time due to exams, the crowd cheered them on. She also said this won’t be their last either.

Adam Clarke, a third-year game programming student, played the guitar and sang a cover as well as an original song. He is part of a band called Black On Black but performed solo.

“I first performed when I was four years old at my pre-school or kindergarten for a Christmas performance,” he said.