Woottons Got Talent, previously called TNL, will give students a chance to showcase their talent in front of a crowd in the auditorium, and also watch a masked singer, who will be one of the staff members here at school.

The event is happening at 7 p.m. on Feb. 26. Tickets are $10 and will be sold at the door and in the Commons. Snacks and drinks will be sold at the event. All money raised will go back to senior planning so they can plan future events. “All the money raised will go right back to us so we can hold events like prom and the winter ball,” senior class cosponsor Victoria McCarthy said

TNL has been a successful event in years previous to this, but the name had to be changed for this year. If senior planning had it on Thursday, it would have likely conflicted with a basketball game as it did last year. “We had to move the event from Thursday because it might have conflicted with a basketball game and It wouldn’t have made any sense to call it Thursday Night Live if it was on a Wednesday so we changed the name,” McCarthy said

Performers signed up about a month ago and have been practicing and rehearsing since then. This year, there will be singing, dancing, and lip-syncing performances similar to the performances last year. “I filled out a form and signed up like a month ago and I have been practicing since then but it has been pretty easy since we have already performed the song before so I am prepared,” sophomore Benedict Santos said

Despite there being a conflict last year of a playoff basketball game at the same time of the event, it was still a success, and, with it being moved to Wednesday this year, senior planning is looking to have an even better event this year. After last year’s TNL, senior class co-sponsor Keith Schwartz said, “I think considering there was a playoff basketball game at the same time the turnout was pretty good.”

Nearly the entire a capella group, who got first place at the SingStrong competition in New York, will be performing at Wootton’s Got Talent. They have been preparing for this for a month and are going to showcase their hard work at this event. “We are singing there and I am pretty excited because we all have been preparing and we know the song very well coming into the event,” Santos said.