Talent Showcase and Talent Showcase: Sterling Scholar Special, 1979

The first episode of Talent Showcase stars the Oquirrh Ridge Drifters playing "The Snow Flake Reel" and "Air Mail Special" in bluegrass style, Shanna Lynn Reed singing "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" from My Fair Lady, The Dancing Grandmothers (Shirley Pryor and June Calder) tap dancing to "On the Sunny Side of the Street", Larry Pryor playing "Lover" by Rodgers and Hart on piano, and an interview with special celebrity guest Don Rickles. The following episode highlights Sterling Scholar recipients including Lynn Bennion playing Camille Saint-Saëns' Rondo Capriccioso on piano, Carl Herrium playing Alexander Glazunov's "Reverie" on French horn, Pauline Olyphant playing excerpts from Joseph Hayden's "Concerto in C Major" on cello, Janine Richards playing Cecile Chaminade's "Concertino" flute, Marianne Weed singing the aria from the opera La Boehme, Spencer Thompson playing Ravel's "Concerto for the Left Hand" on piano.