Talent and Showmanship
(In order of appearance)
Talent - Chinese Dance with Fan
Comment - Looks a little like Miss Chinese New York 2003, Xian Lien. Not a memorable talent or performance.
Talent - Singing a Faye Wong Song and playing piano (Music translated herself)
Comment - Her dress had this backing to it, and she kept holding it. She started the song, Ok, but became out of tune. Her high notes were one word, "ouch"
Talent - Swing Dance (with a Partner)
Comment - The story was suppose to be about a girl and a boy and their romance. But her partner seemed more like her uncle (not really her fault or anything). She looked really good during her dance, but the dancing was not too interesting.
Talent - Violin to Concerto #8
Comment - The song was very nice, but I thought it was a little short. Her facial emotions didn't look elegant during her talent portion though.
Talent - Ribbon Dance to a Chinese Song
Comment - Her dance looked very easy.
Talent - Malaysian Lion Dance with a Partner
Comment - The talent was very acrobatic and animated. It was good, but doesn't show much elegance and we didn't see her much because she was under the lion costume. A cool thing she did was she had "food" in the lion's mouth, and when she let it go, she kicked the "food" to the audience.
Talent - Dancing to "Freedom"
Comment - Her sleeves were long, so it kind of looked like a ribbon dance. She did a wonderful ballet. Her costume was questionable, only because it didn't make her stomach look that great.
Talent - Chinese Folk Dance to "Once Upon a Blue Moon"
Comment - The dance was creative, but not amazing. I thought it was short.
Talent - Singing, "The Moon Represents My Heart"
Comment - Her gown made her look like a Princess. The song was good compared to some of the other girls. Her kept doing this weird thing with her voice, probably trying to imitate a real singer. It didn't make her sound better but a little out of tune.
Talent - Dancing to "Toxic"
Comment - Yes it is a Britney Spears song, but she make it look classy, even though she "stripped". She started with a pant suit (white top, black bottom) and a hat. She ended up with a cute black top, and her black pants. She choreographed the dance herself. The dance good and she did a cartwheel at the end.
Talent - Violin to "Journey to China" with a piano player
Comment - She deserved the talent award. She was the only REAL talent on that stage. It showed how long she's been practicing. At one part the tempo accelerated and the audience loved it.
Talent - Mongolian Folk Dance
Comment - It was unique, and an OK dance
Talent - Dance to Andy Lau's "Tomorrow's Fiesta" with a partner
Comment - I thought it was really cool. I was amazed since she was in heels and the song is pretty fast.
Talent - Singing to "Half the Moment"
Comment - She sang in English and her gown made her look really good. She amazed me by how BAD she sounded. For a girl who has competed for Miss Hawaii America, I'm surprised her talent wasn't better. She trys hard to sound broadway, but ended up being out of tune. The high notes were hard to stand. (02/05 Update - Turns out Dana-Li was sick while in San Francisco and was even taken to the hospital at some point)
Talent - Singing and Dancing to "My Heart Will Go On"
Comment - She sang the first part, which wasn't too bad for this song. She prerecorded the rest of the song for her to go a ballet routine to.