Winterfest Online 2006 - Talent Show
On January 15, 2006, a group of Beauty and the Beast fans gathered in a Yahoo! chat conference to participate in the talent show portion of Winterfest Online 2006.
Seven people, armed with microphones, offered their voices to read prose, recite poetry, and sing acapella music for all who were listening.
What follows are the audio files recorded during this event, spanning several hours.
Playlists:
| Ginger: | “I put new lyrics to the song ‘Agenais’ by Donna Lewis.” Song: “Below” (Lyrics) |
| Wayne: | “Vincent will introduce the selection…” Prose: “Merchant of Venice” (Text) |
| Sue and Eva: | Sue, “Apologies for my voice.” Prose: “You Darkness” (Text) |
| Ginger: | “Back story: when I first signed up to BBTV (and got into fandom), someone greeted me, ‘Welcome to Vincent’s Isle!’ I wrote something to the theme song of Gilligan’s Island…” Song: “Vincent’s Isle” (Lyrics) |
| Wayne: | “*bows to public pressure*” Prose: “Sonnet 29” (Text) |
| Elaine: | “Ok - taking a deep breath - this is what is called a cold reading - very cold.” Prose: “The Velveteen Rabbit” (Text) |
| Ginger: | “I’ve always loved hearing Kenny Rogers’ song ‘Twenty Years Ago’, it sounds sad but I like it anyway. I wrote lyrics to it a couple of years ago.” Song: “Nineteen Years Ago” (Lyrics) |
| Claire: | “‘Beautiful Eyes’, that seemed fitting…” Prose: “Beautiful Eyes” (Text) |
| Ginger: | “My last gift to you is something I wrote myself, based on no song, just my own.” Song: “I Need You” (Lyrics) |
| Wayne: | “I’ll regale you with a little tune from the musical ‘Oliver!’ I think it suits Vincent’s character well…from the pilot…song is called ‘Where Is Love?’” Song: “Where is Love” (Lyrics) |
| Claire and Eva: | Claire, “That was fun!” Prose: “Merry-Go-Round” (Text) |
| Eva: | “OK…*takes a deep breath*… It’s the end of Shakespeare’s Tempest, Propero’s speech, the music by Loreena Mckennitt.” Song: “The Tempest” (Lyrics) “The Tempest” (higher version) |
| Lynn: | “Okay okay, ya talked me into it. Can’t remember when I wrote it. Last year, maybe.” Prose: “Winterfest“ |
| Lynn: | “I could read the first verse of ‘To A Mouse’ by Robert Burns. It’s only six lines though!” Prose: “To a Mouse“ |
| Sue: | “I’ll read Dr. Seuss.” Prose: “Green Eggs and Ham“ |