St. Pat’s kids put best foot forward at talent show, grad Mass

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St. Pat’s fifth grader Brianna Stone showed her talent as a quick-drawing sketcher during Monday afternoon’s talent show at St. Patrick School in Perry.

Fifth and sixth graders from St. Patrick Catholic School staged a talent show Monday afternoon in the school gymnasium.

Multi-talented participants included sixth graders Romeo Lepe-Godoy, Lauren Riley, Rafael Ferman-Nava and Hanna Sucher and fifth graders Maddie McDevitt, Brianna Stone, Amy Diaz, Kyle Hernandez, Luis Sandoval, Betzy Sandoval and Chloe Ohms.

A special musical number closed the talent show, with a choral rendition of the song, “This is Me,” from the movie, “The Greatest Showman.”

“This is Me”

I am not a stranger to the dark.
“Hide away,” they say,
“‘Cause we don’t want your broken parts.”
I’ve learned to be ashamed of all my scars.
“Run away,” they say,
“No one’ll love you as you are.”

But I won’t let them break me down to dust.
I know that there’s a place for us
For we are glorious.

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down,
I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out.
I am brave. I am bruised.
I am who I’m meant to be. This is me.
Look out ’cause here I come,
And I’m marching on to the beat I drum.
I’m not scared to be seen.
I make no apologies. This is me.

Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

Another round of bullets hits my skin.
Well, fire away ’cause today I won’t let the shame sink in.
We are bursting through the barricades
And reaching for the sun.
(We are warriors.)
Yeah, that’s what we’ve become.
(Yeah, that’s what we’ve become.)

Won’t let them break me down to dust.
I know that there’s a place for us
For we are glorious.

oh-oh, oh, oh
This is me.
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
And I know that I deserve your love.
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
There’s nothing I’m not worthy of.
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

Talent was also recognized Tuesday afternoon at a Mass for graduating eighth graders at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Reaching the St. Pat’s milestone were Sam Ridnour, Gerardo Rodriguez, Kaiden Summerson, David Roberts, Peyton Tunink, Jaybe Kenney, Victor Santis Nava, Khyler Carstarphen, Brian Hernandez, Marielena Ramirez and Ashley Macias.

Video courtesy AnneMarie McDevitt.

St. Patrick School graduating eighth graders who attended Tuesday’s graduation Mass included, front row from left, Victor Santis Nava, Khyler Carstarphen, Brian Hernandez, Marielena Ramirez and Ashley Macias; back row from left, Sam Ridnour, Gerardo Rodriguez, Kaiden Summerson, David Roberts, Peyton Tunink and Jayna Kenney.

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