Vocal Point

Adam and I got to go to a Vocal Point concert in Salt Lake City at the Conference Center, and it was so much fun! I've been to see Vocal Point before, but this time, we were actually in the third row--and it was actually weird to be sitting close enough to the stage to know that the performers could actually make out your features if they took the time to look at you. I'm used to being in the back. It was interesting to note that VP has 4 new members, and this was their first performance with the new guys. I was a little wary, because I liked the guys who left (including a guy who used to go to church with us before we moved), but I think they did a good job.

Anyway, the concert was great--lots of good music but also so many funny moments.

The show, in case you were wondering, went as follows:
Celebration
Footloose
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Dare You to Move
The Way You Look Tonight
Trivia (This is not a song; this when two of the guys went out in the audience and picked people to answer VP trivia questions. And the first person who was chosen to answer a trivia question was a girl sitting in our row, so McKay Crockett had to climb over me and Adam to get over to her.)
Never Say Never
Elmo (Also not a song. This is when one of the guys starts to talk about girls and how they're confusing and then Elmo--or, rather Robert Seely imitating Elmo--steps up to give him some advice--like maybe he'll feel better if he sings a song. The funniest thing about this is that Robert Seely is a bass. That doesn't quite do it justice--is there a word for so, so, super low that you would never think he could get high-pitched enough to imitate Elmo? Well, anyway, he did a great Elmo imitation, and "Elmo" even volunteered to help sing the song to cheer up his buddy, adding that "When Elmo sings with the boys, Elmo likes to sing bass." He said that entire sentence in Elmo's voice, until he got to "bass" and then he got about as low as a human voice could get. I'm not doing this experience justice here, but it was SOOOOOOOOO funny.)
No, Not Much (I'd never heard of the musical this is from, Forever Plaid, but I loved the song!)
We All Need Saving
Life Is a Highway
Elvis Medley (Ah, loved it--although my favorite of the songs in the medley is "Fools Rush In" and I would have been content listening to that entire song instead of just a snippet from it).
Intermission
Game Day--this was mostly "instrumental"...except they're an a cappella group, so their instruments are their voices. But they really did instrumental songs, like "Charge." Very cool.
Higher and Higher
You Really Got Me (This is actually probably my least favorite, maybe because I don't necessarily like the song in the first place.)
12 Days--this is a funny Christmas medley, which starts, as you might guess, with the 12 Days of Christmas and branches into other songs but stays with the music/tune of the 12 Days. It's funny.
Savior, Redeemer of My Soul--Ah. Huge sigh of satisfaction. I love this particular version of this song, with the music by Rob Gardner, and I admit I was a little nervous when I saw they were letting one of the new guys sing it, but he did a phenomenal job. Beautiful.
Tanner's medley of noise--okay, that's not actually the title, but Tanner Nilsson, who is the main vocal percussionist (I think--I admit, I don't really know anything about music) did this incredible solo and you would NEVER think that all of those noises could come out of one person at the same time. It's amazing. No wonder he was chosen at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella as the best vocal percussionist in the world!
Jump, Jive an' Wail
At this point, VP left the stage, but luckily, they came back for an encore and performed:
Every Little Step
God Bless the USA

Ah. So much fun. I told Adam afterwards that I might have to turn into a Vocal Point groupie and start following them around to concert venues...as long as they're within about an hour's drive.