It&rsquo;s not every day you get to see your English teacher dressed in backwards clothes, a la Criss Cross, the hip-hop duo from the &rsquo;90s. But then again, it&rsquo;s not every day you see a glow-in-the-dark nunchuck demonstration, either.</p><p>Students at Blue Springs South High School got to witness both last week.</p><p>&ldquo;Our annual talent show is always a pretty popular event,&rdquo; said Susan Bubalo, one of the coordinators. &ldquo;This year we sold around 550 tickets.&rdquo;</p><p>Students paid $4 to see the show and skip their first-hour classes, Bubalo said. All the money raised will go to United Way.</p><p>&ldquo;This is always a big fundraiser for us during United Way Week,&rdquo; Bubalo said. &ldquo;And the kids love the talent show, both watching it and being in it.&rdquo;</p><p>The student senate, which organized the production, held auditions for performers. The show featured singers, dancers, rappers and even a harmonica player.</p><p>Ellen Sherman, a junior, performed &ldquo;Snail Aid,&rdquo; a prose piece by Andy Griffith.</p><p>&ldquo;People in the student senate know I&rsquo;m involved in forensics,&rdquo; Sherman said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve performed Snail Aid before and they sorta talked me into performing it today. I think I was more nervous about helping out backstage and making sure everything went smoothly than actually performing.&rdquo;</p><p>Seniors Dan Philyaw and Jacob Burns performed &ldquo;Out Loud&rdquo; and &ldquo;Whirlwind&rdquo; by the band Dispatch.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been involved in the talent show for three years,&rdquo; Philyaw said. &ldquo;We decided to perform the songs together because we both like the band and they&rsquo;re simple acoustic songs.&rdquo;Teachers even got into the act. History teacher Mike Moon and English teachers Laura Porter and Megan Montgomery performed a rendition of &ldquo;Jump,&rdquo; by Criss Cross.</p><p>As Porter and Montgomery rapped the song, Moon danced.</p><p>&ldquo;I try to make it a habit to embarrass myself on a regular basis,&rdquo; Moon said. &ldquo;Last year, Megan and I were supposed to rap but I forgot the words, so I just danced.&rdquo; </p><p>When Porter came from behind stage &mdash; wearing her clothing backwards &mdash; the students went wild. She and Montgomery rapped the entire song&mdash;no words missed.</p><p>&ldquo;We never have to talk the teachers into performing,&rdquo; Bubalo said. &ldquo;I think they like to show students their not-so-serious side.&rdquo;