What a night of fun and talent! Our first annual??? 'Rotary Has Talent?' evening came off without a hitch, although it may not have totally removed the '?' from the end of the word Talent in the title. Not a bad looking group to start.
President Ron led us in a toast to Queen, Canada and Rotary and then we watched/sang along to a lovely version of O'Canada, reminding us we are very lucky people to live where we live!!
Next up Jen took us through a brilliant slide show of our clubs year 2020 in review;
Some great reminders about a surprisingly busy year.
Then on to the talent portion of the evening ... but first the prizes. Some fun ones and some lovely gift baskets prepared by Lynne Thompson;
Our MC for the evening Rob Saunders, joined by his lovely wife Beth, introduced the judges;
Mr Kirwin was able to secure a day pass from one of our local institutions to assist us with the evenings festivities. Our other judge seemed to have some teeth issues but, living north of Novar, it hasn't really been a problem to date (if I'm reprimanded for that comment I will say it was taken out of context ... fake news!)
Our first act featured a singing dog, ably supported by a brass trio consisting of Jen S, Lou and Bryan
Next up Carol Gibson showed her talent combining with her twin sister for a piano/french horn carol. She was joined by husband Will for the next number, and it wasn't hard to see why Will may be getting 'nuttin for Christmas'.
Closing out the set, a lovely recording of Danny Boy, sung by Lynne Strickland. There wasn't a dry eye in the house!
The judges were hard at work trying to make sense of the many talents they had just experienced. Judge Kirwin seemed to be particularly challenged;
Next set opened with Henri Audet performing a lovely song, Mary Did You Know (we all know she did so it wasn't really a question)
A hard act to follow but Hugh surprised a few with his talents on harmonica and keyboards. When you think about it, a musical score is kind of like a spreadsheet, so it makes sense!
Closing out the set, a reading by Dolores, written by long time Rotarian Doug Stone, reminding us that school hasn't changed a whole bunch over the years.
Once again the judges were hard at work assessing the talented group;
... at least one of them was 
On to set three and what better way to open than a saucy tale that included sex, espionage, fraud and the lovely voice of Jen Simpson
Speaking of sexy, next up Bill Sibeon crooned a lovely version of 'What A Wonderful World'
And speaking of Sax, new Satellite member Sharon Wallace shared a song performed by the Muskoka Concert Band, with whom she performs 
Last but not least Mary and Rasleigh showed they can spar with the best of them, performing a live version of a poem by Lewis Carrol
Judge Katy revealed a bit of a bias for her man Bill S but didn't outright commit the prize too early. As for her co-judge ...
After Judge Kirwin inquired if we were almost done, MC Rob revealed the final trio of performers;
First up a "Ladies Ensemble' performing a 'revised' and particularly pointed version of 'Nuttin For Christmas'.
I think we can take some pride in knowing that our ADG Brandy and Incoming Pres Mary have mastered the ability to 'armpit fart' the Four Way Test!
and who can forget Deb's brief cameo as a horse, bolting across the screen. Character acting at its finest!
On a more serious note Henri returned with a lovely version of Hallalejuh and Jen & Bill closed the performances with a rendition of 'Baby It's Cold Outside'.
While the judges sequestered young Huntsville talent Meeda Berg performed a couple of songs solo and with her Dad Frank. Thanks Meeda!
After additional judging deliberations (or was that libations) 
the awards were announced
the awards were announcedPerformance Most Likely to Break Glass Henri Audet
Performance Most Likely To Make You Pee Yourself The Ladies Ensemble
Performance Most Likely To Cause and Earworm Jen & Bill (Baby It's Cold Outside)
Thanks again to Lynne Thompson for creating gift baskets (which are the real prize)
Bill Sibeon, doing a fairly weak Santa impersonation (right hat but what's with the St Paddy's tie?), gave a lovely recap of how the club has dealt with the year's challenges and come out on top. He recognized the leadership of Ron in making that happen, and magically delivered Ron a 'thank you' gift.
What followed should be deleted from every video copy of this broadcast. A Zoom version of a number of people singing a couple of Christmas Carols. It can be stated with certainty that at no time was anyone of the participants on key or at the same part of the song as any other!
In any event we may have limped a bit at the finish but it was a great night. Sometimes Covid has forced us all to experience things through new lenses. Have a Great Holiday Season!!
I'll be watching you all in 2021. You've got big shoes to fill.