A tribute to the bald eagle won the day at the 57th annual Bird Calling Contest crown last Friday night in Alan Harvey Theater.
Piedmont High School students Theo Ferguson, Dinar Kidane, Diego Kuenke, Laurel Minor, and Matt Steimle performed a humorous skit that highlighted some of the raptor’s distinctive features.
Judges Jaime Chaves, Mercedes Foster, and Michael Poryes rated the groups on “authenticity of call,” “poise and delivery,” and “content of introduction.”
Second place went to the peacock team: Amelia Addington, Sasha Andrews, Alison Atanasio, Collin Cameron, Caleb Canada, Amelia Carter, Kirstin Fedor, Lila Schwab.
Third place went to the American woodcock group of Chaz Amit-Guite, Declan Murphy, and Ben Wakefield.
The Go Away Bird team: Charli Hale, Juliet Hinman, Adelina Mbise, Victoria Mbise, Ainsley Mullane
The Lyrebird team: Jack Herrlinger and Rowan Murphy
Students Skye Prata and Luke McAuliffe served as Masters of Ceremony and Randall Berger, PHS ’73, returned with his rendition of the red-headed duck.
Attachment Details Masters of Ceremony Luke McAuliffe and Skye Prata reveal the winners 
Randall Berger, Piedmont resident and PHS Class of 1973
Event producer Sally Baack 
PUSD Superintendent Jennifer Hawn and PHS Principal Yoshihara get into the spirit of the event 
Professor Jaime Chaves, PHS teacher Mercedes Foster, and PHS alum and entertainment industry veteran Michael Poryes
The PHS Jazz Trio of Noah Maximo Miller (piano), Deniz Radzik (drums), and Erik Venner (guitar) provided entertainment.
