It was standing room only at Oak Harbor High School’s Parker Hall Thursday evening. Teenagers crammed into the room to see the talents of their fellow students.

The annual Hootenanny featured bands, dancers and soloists and provided a night full of laughs and cheers for local youth.

“It’s amazing,” said Greg Henshaw, who played Pikachu during a skit that took place between one of the acts. “It’s an awesome way for students to get together and see what they offer … and it’s hilarious, too.”

Students watched such bands as Shaggymane and Fergy and the Revolt. Dakota Camacho and Danica Humpries and Whitni Schurr and Eric Smits were some of the duos who performed.

Schurr wrote her own song to perform during the Hootenanny. Instead of the traditional lighters typically seen at rock concerts, several students waved their lit cell-phone screens in the darkened Parker Hall during Schurr’s performance.

“We’ve got a lot of different acts,” Schurr said, pointing out that last year’s Hootenanny featured mainly singers.

In addition to the singing, Red Cohen thrilled the crowd with his yo-yo tricks, Lip Sync lip-synched, AJD, a four-person dance group, and Cats, a five-person ballet group performed.

Students have been working on the Hootenanny since Homecoming, which took place in early October.

Twelve groups performed Thursday, but they weren’t the only ones who tried to win a chance to appear onstage at the annual talent show.

Molly Butler, ASB advisor, said a total of 40 acts auditioned for the show.

A committee made up of students and staff selected the teenagers who would perform.

“We get a whole array of students,” Butler said.

Hundreds of teenagers crammed into Parker Hall to see their classmates perform.

Approximately 1,000 tickets were sold for last year’s event, Butler said.

“We’re bursting at the seams,” Butler said of attendance numbers.

Even those who didn’t perform were still part of the Hootenanny, as a group of approximately 25 students worked together to sort out the behind-the-scenes details needed for the talent show.

“I’m working back stage and I’m having a blast,” said Robby White.

White participated in a skit to kick off the Hootenanny. The skit, which was based on The Price is Right, introduced the audience to the emcees for the event.