Concerts

I was fortunate to attend several concerts this fall at the Mesa Arts Center (MAC). The MAC is a great venue to attend concerts and musicals. They also have a gift shop, museum, and education center. They offer a full line of classes in a multitude of classes in everything from glass blowing, ceramics, and jewelry making to blacksmithing.

The first concert that we attended was for an Irish Pub Band called Gaelic Storm. You may know them from the movie Titanic, they were the steerage band. Well after that performance they were signed to a record deal and have been touring and recording albums ever since. This group is a fantastic group to see live, they are true performers. They are a great mix of good music, great chemistry among the members and a very tongue and cheek sense of humor.

The next concert we attended was for Straight No Chaser, which is a 10 person, all male A Cappella group that started at Indiana University. One of their members posted a video of them doing their version of ’12 days of Christmas’ on YouTube. It went Viral to say the least. These 10 guys have so much fun on stage that it is contagious! This was an awesome concert and one heck of a show. I will catch them whenever I can.

The last concert we attended was last night. We saw King’s singers perform.  The king’s Singers is one of the oldest A Cappella groups in the UK. They do humorous takes on all types of music. Last night’s concert was there Christmas special, so all of the music was Christmas related. I could not believe that that 6 guys could produce such awe inspiring music. They did a variety of music, from medieval to contemporary, from Latin to German, to Dutch and in The Queen’s English.