The organizers of Taste of Talent rolled the dice and decided that in 2023, meteorologists, with the help of sophisticated radar, are pretty darn accurate.
Phew!
Phew!
They rolled a Yahtzee .
Earlier in the day the weather folks were calling for a deluge, starting around 8 p.m.
That would give them an hour to get in ten performances.
Earlier in the day the weather folks were calling for a deluge, starting around 8 p.m.
That would give them an hour to get in ten performances.
Well the weather people were wrong, but luckily they were wrong in the positive direction for Taste.
Rain held off until about 8:30 p.m. giving them time to count the votes, announce who would not be returning next week and get most of the equipment picked up in the park.
Rain held off until about 8:30 p.m. giving them time to count the votes, announce who would not be returning next week and get most of the equipment picked up in the park.
Votes were being counted as Joey Lillard, a 2019 co-winner of the event, started entertaining the remnants of the crowd just after 8 p.m. Of the over 650 voters and likely another 100 or so additional spectators, only a few dozen elected to brave the wind, and small falling branches to listen for the result.
| It wasn't long after Jacob Kunselman was announced as the one not coming back next week that Franklin got hammered with rain and thunder. But they got it in and now they move into the home stretch down to nine of the original 12 contestants. Returning for next Wednesday's line up are Tim Craver of Franklin, Ruth Herrick of Greenville, Alexander Karg of Pittsburgh, Lindsey Crabtree of Oil City, Iris Callahan of Vowinkel, Jessica Gahr of Utica, Lexie Gilson of Mifflintown, Mathew Myers of Oil City and Alexis Jack of Franklin. After Wednesday the field will be down to eight and everyone will have just three days to prepare for the semi-finals on Saturday, August 5 where four will be eliminated. The four return less than 24 hours later where they will have to have two songs at the ready for the finals. Then the 2023 Taste of Talent champion will be added to this impressive list. 2010 Lyric McCommons 2011 Kevin Downey 2012 Rachel Mellor and Hunter Cook 2013 Lauren Snyder 2014 Nathaniel Licht 2015 Bailey Jones 2016 Randy Morehead 2017 Lauren Skelley 2018 Connor Raynond 2019 Joey Lillard and Joni Zacherl 2020 Gloria Mancilla-Balog 2021 Ian Best and Scott Gressley 2022 Kaleb Beichner The Sunday performance on August 6 will be gin at 4 p.m. All the events are free and open to the public. |     |
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More photos from 2023 Taste of Talent can be viewed and purchased at https://sayerrich.zenfolio.com/p966379420. (Tonight's photos will be added to the folder as soon as possible.
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