PTX Live

We went last night to see an A Capella group called the Pentatonix. My daughter is a choir nerd, and all choir nerds seem to proudly stick together. This group ( I keep wanting to call them a band but that is clearly a misnomer in this case) acquired a following on an alleged tv show called The Singoff. I had neither seen the show nor been aware of it in any other way. There are lots of singing shows now. They are cheap to make ("I know, let's make a show with free talent!") and some of them get good ratings.

I believe this particular bandImeangroup won the singoff on the Singoff, and they have a very popular YouTube channel and a rabid fan base, my daughter among them. And they are truthfully very good.

The concert was at a place called Bogarts, which is similar to TLA in Philly. Because my daughter is such a fan, she and my wife had VIP access, which included a meet and greet and first dibs on getting into the theater. It was a waste for me to do that, so I met them there later,(I went for a walk and ate Skyline Chili). Of course, they were at the very front and center of a big room full of people standing for the show and it was a challenge for me to join them. My progress was aided, however, by the two of them jumping up and down and waving wildly, which amused the people I was trying to squeeze in front of enough that they got out of my way.

Standing isn't that much fun, but the audience was busy singing along with the screaming goat part of Taylor Swift's I Knew You Were Trouble. So the time passed quickly.

The show was great fun, the highlight being cello boxing, which is like beat boxing but done while playing the cello. That particular group member also was premed at Yale, so no talent there. At one point they divided the audience into 3 and had them each sing a part. Not only could pretty much everyone in the audience sing on key, but they remembered their parts without any reinforcement. Very impressive, really, and confirming the choir nerd chops of their fans. One of the performers got ill and was unable to come out on stage for the encore, and the entire audience sang his part, on key and on beat. Okay then.