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Table of Contents
1. Introduction Event History SFSS Organizing Committee Name, photo, about
2. Event Description Auditions – locations and selection Event time and location/venue Event itinerary – table form Contestants Selection procedure – voting and judges marks/call Voting System – how it works Performer Description Name, photo and expertise Judges Description Name, photo and about Prizes/award Ceremony
3. Facilities/Parking a) Rest rooms location b) Parking Locations and rates c) Food and drinks 4. After party 5. Our Sponsors
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INTRODUCTION:
SFU’S Got Talent: SFU’S Got Talent is a platform that showcases the talent that exists within the university.
While the event is now going into its third year, it is allowing capable talents to use the
platform to develop their talents professionally. This means live streaming the event,
increasing the compensation package as well as making sure we’re equipping the talents
with the necessary tools to succeed. The year we’re expecting over 400 students in
attendance with live streaming going to those interested in viewing the platform.
SFSS: Since its inception in 1965, the Simon Fraser Student Society has maintained a long tradition
of improving life for SFU students. Today, the SFSS plays an active role in students’ lives by
advocating for accessible education, coordinating student unions and clubs, and organizing
social events. SFSS objectives include promoting the interests of students and providing
needed services to our members.
Organizing Committee:
Kayode Fatoba – Project/Event Manager 4th year Health Science student at SFU
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Cristina Agatep – Entertainment Officer 2nd year Health Science student at SFU
Shipra Sharma – Marketing, Sales & Promotions Officer 3rd year Joint major Communications and Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) and Business Minor at SFU
Hassan Liaquat – Volunteer Officer 3rd year business student at SFU
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Karan Thukral – Logistics Officer 4th year business student at SFU
Shery Alam – Sponsorship & PR Officer 3rd year business Student
Archit Bansal – Marketing & Promotions Officer 2nd year business student at SFU
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EVENT DESCRIPTION Auditions: SFU’s Got Talent 2015 has been a revolutionary event of the year. It was the first time when
SFU’s Got Talent actually held auditions, with more than 50 people who participated. 10
contestants will make it to the final rounds, with the Top 8 selected by the judges, and 2
other talented individuals decided by Audience Choice.
Event Itinerary:
Check In 5:00 pm
Doors Open 5:30 pm
Guest performance – Boriz Safi 6:00 pm
Emcee’s Introduction 6:10 pm
First Round
6:15 - Andrew Baena
6:23 - Thea & Kellen
6:31 - Kevin Liu
6:39 - Rupendra
6:47 - Neelam Khare
6:55 - Jessie Tran
7:03 - Vivi Chen
7:11 - Alia Romeih
7:19 – Louise Ho
7:28 - Enoch, Douglas, Isaiah
6:15 pm – 7:37 pm
Intermission 7:38 pm - 7:45pm
Guest performance – D Kay 7:45 pm - 7:55pm
MC's - release the results of contestants 7:55 pm - 8:00pm
2nd round of contestants (4) 8:00 pm - 8:45 pm
MC's - release the results of contestants
8:45 pm – 8:50 pm
3rd round Contestants (2 contestants) 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
9:15 - Guest performance – Jason Bempong 9:20 pm to 9:25 pm
Results & Announcement of winner 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
After Party Announcement and Close 9:30 pm
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Our Contestants:
Andrew Baena & Dallas Turner
We will be performing metal covers of top pop songs! Andrew will be playing guitar and
Dallas will be playing drums. Andrew is a student at SFU's Surrey Campus in the School of
Interactive Art and Technology (SIAT). Often we cover top pop songs and put them on
YouTube, but this will be our first time ever playing these covers live!
Thea & Kellen
Not available
Kevin Liu
I am 18 years old and I am a first year business student. Graduated from Moscrop Secondary,
I have been dancing ever since grade 8. So as of this year, I'm on my 6th year of dancing. I
originally started dancing simply because it looked cool and I wanted to look cool. Without
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any experience or whatsoever I joined my high schools junior dance team and started
practicing. It wasn’t until later in my senior year that I realized that I was actually kind of
good at dancing. So I started to take it more seriously and began to search for outside of
school training. Since then, I have competed in many local high school competitions and
have even won several awards. I have also competed in Canadian Hip Hop International
Prelims and now I am currently training at Studio 604. My main goal with dance is to one day
be able to teach others how to look cool when dancing and share the same passion that I
have to others.
Rupendra
I wrote my first song around 8 years ago. I also love soccer and photography. I am studying
economics currently.
Jessie Tran
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Jessie Tran enjoys her downtime dancing and hopes she can make everyone smile by doing
what she loves. She also wishes turtles were appreciated more because they're such a good
symbol of patience and wisdom.
Vivi Chen
I started playing the piano when i was 4. Back to the first day I learned the piano, my
enlightened piano teacher realized that I got a wider hand and longer fingers comparing to
others and she encouraged me to learn the piano, and I did. But soon, I was tired of being
forced to practice the piano by my mom, so I decided to give it up. Until several years later,
by accident, I heard the BELL by liszt, it really touched me, at the same day, I restarted to
play the piano. Since then I am eager to play the piano and fall in love with music. Every
reward is a driving power to me. More rewards i get, I love the piano more and more. So, I
joined SFU orchestra. Besides that, I love playing flute, dancing, travelling and sleeping. I
love to try the new things. Today, the first song I'll be playing is WALTZ B IN MINOR by
Chopin. This song is the one that I played first time when I restarted playing the piano, so I
have a lot of memories with this song.
Louise Ho
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My name is Louise Ho! I will be singing and playing the guitar. I'm eighteen years old and
over the years I've become more interested in music and performing. One of the
instruments that I play frequently is the guitar, and I've been playing it when I have the time
since I was in Gr. 4. With singing, I did it as a little kid (such as in school and a song every now
and then at home) and my interest in it increased as I grew older; around 12-14 years old
(pre-teen years, essentially). I love music, and being able to get the opportunity to do what I
love is something that makes me very happy!
Enoch, Douglas, and Isaiah (Banana Boys Club)
These three boys have no idea what they're doing in life. But there's one thing they know,
their love for music and performance is what keeps them going. If you take it away, they will
die. But seriously, they will die. On another note, here's a little bit more detail about these
three clueless boys.
Douglas is a freestyle dancer who started off dancing in the SFU Hip Hop competitive crew
F.A.K, and has since then moved on to making a name for himself. He peed his pants from
stage fright before. We hope he doesn't it again.
Isaiah grew up like the typical Asian kid, learning piano and violin at an early age. He grew to
love the violin, and is now playing for weddings and other performances. By performances
we don't mean music.
Enoch loves to play jazz piano and jam with people. He's the current president of the SFU
Recital Society and encourages members to step out of their comfort zone and perform. He
has played piano for so long, that sometimes when he plays too hard he turns into a piano.
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Neelam Khare
Neelam Khare is an emerging artist with a passion for singing and songwriting. For the past
two years she has been learning music at Soulful Melody while majoring in communications
at SFU. SFU's Got Talent is the first competition she has entered and is excited to be
performing a cover medley accompanied by Sharon Bryson on the piano.
Alia Romeih
Alia is in first year engineering. Her first talent show audition was in grade 10 after many of
her friends pushed her to sing Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain.” Although that didn’t get her
into the show, a year later she sang on the same stage and hasn’t stopped singing ever
since.... literally... she sings all the time. Instead of submitting endless lab reports, Alia
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procrastinates through singing in between study sessions and at times down the hallway.
Singing If I ain't got you by Alicia Keys…
Voting procedure:
Judge
o There will be 3 judges, with each giving a score out of 10.
o The judges will constitute 75% of the rating score.
Audience
o Audience will vote on their top performers for each round.
o Voting will close at the end of each round.
o The audience will constitute 25% of the rating score.
Judges:
Chanel Sattara Viner
Chanel has been singing for the past few years, working with her neo-soul duo SOULTREE,
as well as working with local producers such as DJ Kemo, from the The Rascalz, Astrological,
& Mike James; who have recorded with artists such as: Kelly Rowland, & IIla J, etc. She is
also currently working as a backup vocalist, for soon to be international artist David Morin
from Vancouver, touring this 2015. Aiming to create happiness & positivity w/ her music, she
believes: "We all shine together", so supporting, & establishing relationships w/ other artists
in the local music scene in vancouver, is essential for all of our growth. She is very excited, &
feels very thankful to be a part of this year’s SFU's Got Talent Competition.
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Gio Levy
As much as Gio Levy is a musician, he is also a philanthropist. Not of monetary value, but of
words melodically sung. "Sexy Dance Pop" would be one way to describe Gio's most current
singles. Having written hundreds of songs since the birth of his first tune, his writing and
production style has transformed and continues to evolve. The mission behind every
performance and every song is to make an impact capture the audience melodically while
telling a story. After having released two EP's, 'When Boy Meets Girl(s)' and 'LIPS', Gio is as
ambitious as ever, releasing several singles on Soundcloud, free for download. The
investment he's putting towards creating music is out of pure love of the art. His desire for
worldwide reach far outweighs the desire for financial profit. Whether it makes money or
not, Gio's mantra has always been to "Keep making amazing music and the rest will follow.
Jason Bempong
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Founder of sleepless minds movement, Jason has been inspiring the Grassroots dance
movement of Vancouver with his style and personality. Working with talented dancers in the
city, the young performer and entrepreneur has an eye for talent.
Guest Performers:
DKAY
Born and raised in Alberta, Dkay’s a Vancouver transplant after receiving a university athletic
scholarship in track and field. A born competitor Dkay carries himself well beyond his 20
years of age. His successful athletic background provided him with much of the work ethic
and discipline that he approaches his music with. He began his music career recording
mixtapes he self-released with friends at his high school in Calgary. He quickly rose to the
top of the Calgary hip hop scene and began to catch the ears of many of his adoring female
fans through his relationship focused raps with an edge.
Boriz Safi
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Hailed for his charisma and beloved for his trademark 'radio voice', Boriz S. (a.k.a MC
Daydreamer) originated as part of a hip hip duo titled BB & G-Wize in his late teens. At age
20 he was picked up by a starting promotion company after witnessing a rap performance in
Gastown as an MC.
MC Daydreamer then founded production team and band RobotSexMusic hosting live
shows and running the dance/raves at Anime Revolution. Specializing in a Hip Hop/EDM/ and
Top 40 styles, Boriz continues his tenure with RobotSexMusic and hopes to strengthen his
network, provide his gift of stage charisma to hype the party people and help build a bigger-
better party scene in Vancouver.
He has begun working on a full length album as Daydreamer under RobotSexMusic with two
upcoming music video releases this season to launch the hype. This album will go back to his
hip hop roots which will contain more organic elements than the electronic based projects
he had released within the last two years.
Prizes & Awards:
1st place winner
$1000
2nd place winner
$500
3rd place winner
$150
Other Prices
performance opportunities with Sponsoring events
Recording opportunities with full production Mixing and Mastering
FACILITIES/PARKING Location:
SFU Theatre, located beside the Highland Pub (Burnaby Campus)
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Rest rooms:
Available inside the location. Volunteers will be available to escort you if there’s a
need for assistance.
Parking:
Parking services in convocation parking lot upper and lower floor will be free from
4:30 pm to 1 am
Volunteers will be there to provide parking slips to attendees for SFU’s Got Talent
AFTER PARTY Location: Highland Pub
Theme: Hollywood Party
DJs:
o Nu Be
o Yurie
Price: $5 Inclusive in SFUGT Ticket
$10 ONLY [Door Price]
DJ Yurie (11:00 pm - 1:00am)
NU BE (9:30pm - 11:00pm)
19+ event
SPONSORS Nesters Market - SFU (The HUB at Univercity)
SFU Communication department
SFU – 50 years Celebration project
SFU Relay For Life
SFU Fashion Week
Skynation
Compound Studios
Red Bull
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