Kollaboration 9 is this Saturday, February 21st, at The Shrine Auditorium. Kollaboration is an annual talent show that showcases Asian Pacific Islander talent. This is the ninth year that the talent show has been produced and there’s a great line up.

The competitors this year are:

• Jane Lui – award-winning songwriter and performer with her rich and soulful voice
• Paul Dateh – hip hop violinist
• David Choi – Warner Chappell songwriter and David Bowie award-winning songwriter and performer.
• Kenichi Ebina – the only two-time Grand Champion of Showtime at the Apollo; actor and choreographer of the Japanese drama Manhattan Diaries
• Jazmin – the four-sister pop-group finalists of MTV’s Top Pop Group and NBC’s America’s Got Talent
• Kina Grannis – Interscope Record’s singer and songwriter
• Lilybeth Evardome – Concerto protégé of Andrew Robinson of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Here are the special guest performers:

• BoA(International Superstar)
• Jo Koy (Comedy Central)
• Kaba Modern (America’s Best Dance Crew 1)
• Fanny Pak (America’s Best Dance Crew 2)
• Team Millenia (America’s Best Dance Crew 3)
• Norman Ng (Magician)

It’s going to be quite a show and since I’m going, I’ll be doing a recap of it next week! In the meantime, check out this commercial short that I filmed, directed, and edited for Kollaboration. Fans of “The Office” may recognize some spoof on certain characters. Enjoy!