Iqaluit high school students have got talent

Students at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit showed off an array of talents recently during the school's annual talent show.

Daniel Kolola played guitar and sang several cover songs, including a number by Iqaluit’s own Jerry Cans.

“I did it last year and and I sang ‘Mamaqtuu’ and it was fun, but I thought I could do better this year and I think I did,” he says. “It was fun, just to help keep our tradition and keep our language going."

“Some of these kids really opened up a lot,” says Jennifer Taus, who organized the event. “You can tell it was therapeutic for them.”

Taus says the event was a good reminder that music is a universal language.

“We can all be moved by it and we can come together. We can move on from pain and suffering that we've all endured.”

Alexie Biag, who sang a song and played his guitar, came in first place.

A traditional performance with throat singing and drum dancing took second

A pair of masked choreographed dancers came in third.