The 24th annual “Puttin’ On the Hits” presented by students and staff from the Caribou Middle School has always been an event worth attending and this year was no different.
Mistress of Ceremonies Victoria Keaton, sits on her Mom during the opening act of the annual “Puttin’ On the Hits” presented by the Caribou Middle School students and staff. The opening song was “Your Momma Don’t Dance.”
Victoria Keaton, mistress of ceremonies, kept things rolling right along during the evening, as relaxed and at home behind the podium more so than most adults would be. The evenings program listed 19 acts with a special surprise act taking place at the beginning.The students, rocked, sang, jumped, twirled, danced and were outright outrageously funny as they traded their school books and classrooms for the stage, air guitars and make believe microphones.
Taking part in this year’s performances were:
• “Kryptonite,” staring Builder’s Club members Dana McLeod, Kassie Belk, Sarah McQuade, Rachel Wasson, Julie Deveau and Robert Blanchard.
• “Umbrella,” with Danielle Chase and Victoria Frazier
• “Girls Just Want to Have Lunch,” Kaleb Corriveau, Kenny Kimball, Hunter Willette, Michael Flannery, Aaron Simon and Damiano Pizzuti.
• “Funky Town,” with Caleb Gordon, Cody Martin and Dylan Berkoski
• “Best of Both Worlds,” Desiree Lavallee, Jamie St. Peter, Jessica Devoe and Amber Ayotte
• “I Wanna Be”; Madison Doody, Freem Cyr, Lacy Cyr and Emilee Susi
• “Back in Black”, Cory Ketch, Ryan Reiff and Jason Soares
• “Our Song,”Katelyn Hewitt
• “Holaback Girl,” Freem Cyr, Madison Doody and Emilee Susi
• “Harder, Badder, Faster, Stronger,” with Gabi Ingersoll and Abby Holcombe
• “Nothing but a Good Time,” by Alex Scott, Lucas Kinney, Caleb Gordon and Dylan Berkoski
• “Apple Bottom Jeans,” with Ginger Kieffer, Mallory Cyr, Gabby Gorence and Sabrina Haney
• “Proud Mary,” Paige Small, Demarre Doody Corriveau; Kjetil Rossignol, Chad Caverhill and Nick Pucci
• “Remix,” Natasha Bishop, Erin Kinney, Kelly Kashian and Ashley Clark
• “Then I Woke Up,”Builders Club members Haley Shaw, Harley Bouchard, Jazmine Hooey, Chantal Bittle, Jasmine King and Robert Blanchard
• “Man I Feel Like a Woman,” Sarae Sager, Elsa Thibodeau, Cory Marrett and Renee Dube
• “What I Like About You,”Alex Scott, Lucas Kinney and Dylan Berkoski
• “It’s Raining Men,” Delaney Williams, Sammy Camy, Samantha Adams, Alana Sirois and Clara Collins.
• “Twist and Shout,” Peter Schuster, Nick Jackson, Matt Frost, Kameron Manter, Adam Collins, Breen Blackstone, Michael Boone, Emmanuel Bouchard and Derek Richardson.
“Harder, Badder, Faster, Stronger,” performed by Gabi Ingersoll and Abby Holcombe, during “Puttin’ On the Hits,” staged a mock competiton between the two participants during their stage time of the annual show.
“Proud Mary” got everyone’s attention during “Puttin’ On the Hits,” presented by the Caribou Middle School. Rocking to Tina Turner’s most memorable song, were Paige Small, Demarre Doody Corriveau, Kjetil Rossignol, Chad Caverhill and Nick Pucci.
“Twist and Shout”, the final act of the annual Caribou Middle School’s “Puttin’ On the Hits” wrapped up the evening’s festivities with a wonderfully choreographed and “coolly performed” version of the Beatles’ “Twist and Shout.” Twisting away were Peter Schuster, Nick Jackson, Matt Frost, Kameron Manter, Adam Collins, Breen Blackstone, Michael Boone, Emmanuel Bouchard and Derek Richardson.
“Girls Just Want to Have Lunch”, a take-off from the popular “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” brought lots of whistles and calls as Kaleb Corriveau, Kenny Kimball, Hunter Willette, Michael Flannery, Aaron Simon and Damiano Pizzuti, dressed in their own fashion ideas, performed recently during the annual “Puttin’ On the Hits”, staged at the Performing Arts Center.
Middle School students, at left, tried to say their mothers couldn’t dance but the “Moms” proved otherwise during the opening act of the annual “Puttin’ On the Hits” variety show. Once again the annual event included a large number of participating students and staff members.
