The deadline for Knoxville auditions for Morning Pointe Foundation’s 4th Annual Seniors Got Talent, show is approaching next Friday, Oct. 4.
The show, presented in partnership with Morning Pointe Senior Living, will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m., at The Bijou Theatre at 803 S. Gay Street. Tryouts are open to all seniors ages 60+ with any kind of performing talent. Knoxville auditions are being accepted online at morningpointefoundation.com/seniorsgottalent/. The Foundation will choose the best 10 acts to perform on stage at the big show.
The grand-prize winner will receive $1,000, with $500 for second place and $250 for third place. Contestants will be judged on technical ability, stage presence and professionalism, appearance/costume, difficulty of act and originality/creativity. Audience members will vote for the People’s Choice winner at $1 per vote, with proceeds going to the Morning Pointe Foundation.
“If you are 60 or up and have a dream of performing at the Bijou Theatre, don’t let this opportunity pass you by,” said Miranda Perez, Morning Pointe Foundation executive director. “We look forward to our Knoxville show and giving seniors here in East Tennessee a chance to prove that age is just a number.”
So far, auditions have included singers, dancers, guitarists, a pianist, an accordion player, a ukulele player, and a musical saw player.
Tickets are $10 and are available now on The Bijou Theatre website.
Proceeds from Seniors Got Talent go to the Morning Pointe Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit public service organization, to support nursing and other college scholarships. The Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Morning Pointe Senior Living founded by senior healthcare entrepreneurs Greg A. Vital and J. Franklin Farrow. It was created in 2014 to provide caregiver support programs, sponsor educational awareness events and fund scholarships that advance the care of seniors throughout the Southeast.
Ted Hall, evening anchor and managing editor for WVLT-TV Channel 8, will be the emcee for the show for the third year in a row.
The Morning Pointe Foundation hosts four Seniors Got Talent shows each year. Besides Knoxville, shows are held in Chattanooga and Franklin, Tennessee, as well as Lexington, Kentucky.
The presenting sponsor this year is ETPS – a Guardian Pharmacy. Other sponsors so far include Propel Insurance, First Horizon Bank, Yardi, HealthPRO Heritage, MedForce Staffing Professionals, Life Care Center of Blount County, Clinch River Home Health, Alzheimer’s Tennessee, LifeLoop, APHIX Lawn Service, Chick-fil-A, Hillcrest Healthcare, Shalom Hospice, Light Chapel, Hope Springs Adult Day Care Center, Care Around the Block, Caring Senior Move, Iron Rock Life & Safety, HouseCall Primary Care, Volunteer Hearing, Sherwin-Williams, Right at Home and Always Best Care.
Founded in 1997 by healthcare entrepreneurs Greg A. Vital and Franklin Farrow, Morning Pointe Senior Living operates 39 assisted living and Alzheimer’s memory care communities in five southeastern states. Local Morning Pointe campuses include communities in Knoxville, Hardin Valley, Powell, Clinton and Lenoir City. Each provides access to clinical care; meals with dietician oversight and an emphasis on fresh, local produce; a full life enrichment activity program; engaging community partnerships; and on-site physical, occupational and speech therapy services.
Morning Pointe Senior Living plans to open a new memory care community in Knoxville in early 2025: The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence, Hardin Valley.
