The Adams State University Samba Line will lead the way onto the stage as the curtain opens on the fourth annual Adams State University Gives Day Talent Show and Telethon. The evening’s entertainment will move along at a fast-pace with music, dance, storytelling, entertaining shorts, and recognition of student athletes’ accomplishments.
Centered around the theme of nostalgia, talented students and alumni will perform throughout the evening beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, live in Richardson Hall Auditorium or stream ASGD.
Tune in for special guest Freddie Jaquez, Adams State Class of 1976, who will play a couple of favorites and the colorful and talented Semillas de la Tierra dance troupe will show why that group has remained relevant on campus for 50 years. Gifted theatre majors will move the audience with dramatic interpretive readings created from actual letters of the very first Adams State freshman class.
Hosts Adams State School of Visual and Performing Arts Director John Taylor, Ph.D., and Alamosa Mayor Ty Coleman will read a heartfelt letter by John Tooker, M.D., Class of 1966 and San Luis Valley native, describing his fond memories growing up in the outskirts of Alamosa and attending his hometown college. Dr. Tooker received the Adams State Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2014. He was a former president of Alpha Omega Alpha, an honor medical society; and a former executive vice president and CEO of the American College of Physicians.
The spotlight will shine on Morgan Hollingsworth, freshman music major, who will perform, an almost forgotten song, “The Singing Sands of Alamosa,” once covered by Bing Crosby. The 2022 collective and individual national titles of the Adams State Women’s Cross-Country/Track & Field and Men’s Wrestling teams will be recognized on stage as well.
Light snacks will be provided for the in-person audience and there is no cost to attend online or in-person.
Adams State plays an important role in the San Luis Valley and across the region providing a quality, affordable education for all students. Donate early and then sit back and enjoy the show.
Students will staff a live telephone bank to accept pledges made during the talent show. Viewers can call in to make a gift or a pledge to 1-844-GIVE-ASU or 844-448-3278.
