 "Photo: Paul Chouy/The Daily Texan")
 "Photo: Paul Chouy/The Daily Texan")
Friday's story titled "UT performances take stage on Main Mall for Texas Revue" should have said that 2,200 people attended the event.
The Texan regrets the error.
On a windy and rain-threatening Thursday night came the beatboxing and Bollywood dancing, the sassy salsa and symphony pop, the lavish vocals and love story between an engineer and a business major.
These were just some of the highlights at the Texas Revue talent show, where a crowd of about 2,200 people filled the Main Mall to watch UT’s most talented students perform.
“I’m seriously stunned,” said business freshman and attendee Sia Mahajan. “It blows me away that there’s so much talent at UT.”
Longhorn Singers revved the crowd up as the first performers with a flirtatious rendition of “Feeling Good,” followed by a breakout into “Footloose.”
Solo singer/guitarists James Magown and Michael Hung each soothed the audience with their acoustic numbers. Hung wrote “Amy’s Song” in honor of a friend who had passed away.
Violins and other orchestral instruments made frequent appearances.
The miniature symphony Mother Falcon performed a creative blend of classical music and modern sounds. Singer Nick Gregg said the group had originally started as an electric band, but it moved toward a more acoustic and classical sound after writing a cello part.
It started with three of us when we were in high school orchestra, and during our free time we wrote music in the practice rooms,” Gregg said.
The Undergraduate Business Council and Student Engineering Council drew laughs with their skit “West Campus Story,” a spin on “West Side Story.” The comedic romance between an engineer major and her rival lover, the business major, poked fun at both colleges and even a student portraying UT President William Powers appeared, singing in the spirit of T.I. that they “can date whoever they like.”
The four-man band B tsk, with the help of Korean percussion group Da-ool, fused traditional Korean music with Western songs, such as Justin Timberlake’s “My Love” and Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out.”
“Our singer, Don, was really inspired by Sigur Ros,” said guitarist CJ Hong. “We hope people really enjoy it and open up their minds to the culture.”
Students will be able to vote online for 24 hours after the talent show. The performer with the most votes will win Student Favorite, which will be announced at the second talent show Saturday at Hogg Memorial Auditorium. Judges will vote on the Best Overall and Best Technical at Saturday’s show.
Texas Revue is hosted by the Student Events Center and sponsored by the University Co-Op.
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