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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Laughter, cheers and gracious rounds of applause filled the Windjammer Ballroom Saturday night as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay’s junior enlisted association hosted the base’s first ever “GTMO’s Got Talent.“
“We wanted to give the community something fun to do,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathalie Bellofatto, NAVSTA JEA president.
Bellofatto came up with the idea during a previous deployment and with the assistance of Katie Stanley, the Morale, Welfare and Recreation representative, they made that vision come to light.
With seven acts in total, the event brought not only a variety of talent but also a crowd of nearly 100 people along with them.
“I was not expecting that many people to be there,” said Spc. Raul Sanchez, from the JTF command element and first-place winner of “GTMO’s Got Talent.” “I didn’t think that anyone was going to know about it, especially when it hit 6 o’clock when the show was about to start and there was maybe a total of 30 people there. And then when 6:20 came along, the whole room was filled, I was even more excited, way more excited!”
With a handful of talented people in one room, the final decision for the winners was as close a call as ever. They were announced as follows: third place, performing magic was Maj. Howard Capps; Alex Wallace took second place singing “When I was your man” by Bruno Mars; and Spc. Raul Sanchez took first place singing “This is the moment” from Jekyll and Hyde the musical.
“I wasn’t at all shocked when they announced Raul the winner,” Bellofatto said. “I think that when he came to sound check wearing the cutest little kitten T-shirt I fell in love and then he performed and I fell even more in love.”
Modesty overtook Sanchez when asked who he thought gave him a run for his money in the competition.
“Alex was my biggest competition, he had an awesome voice and then got down on his knee, which gave even more emotional perspective and everyone loved it. Alex brought down the show,” Sanchez said.
The GTMO community supports and encourages each other to be themselves and share their emotions through the talent of their choice.
As the night came to a close, Bellofatto was asked what her proudest moment of the event was, she replied very earnestly, “Seeing this event from start to finish would have to be it.”
| Date Taken: | 11.29.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 12.08.2014 15:46 |
| Story ID: | 149689 |
| Location: | GUANTANAMO BAY, CU |
| Hometown: | PHOENIX, AZ, US |
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