Audiences have a very limited attention span. If you don’t capture it in the first minute, it is hard to gain them back. Throughout the presentation, your voice, your eyes, your body language, RELEVANCY TO THE AUDIENCES, the amount of interaction all come into play.

Here are some tips to capture audiences attention (from Financial Post):

7 excellent ways to start a presentation and capture your audiences attention

A couple of old blogs:
Preparation for yearly showcase (2012)
Preparation for performances (2013)

Exercise
Write down your plan for whatever you are going to present for the year end show. We will do a trial run and then refine it.

Presentation skills