Post by Melody E on Nov 16, 2004 20:23:41 GMT -5
Although the doors opened late, the show was definitely worth my ten dollars. For adults, the tickets were twelve dollars, for students, they were ten.
The show itself started off right on time.
The Masters of Ceremony for the night were none other than Fat Cat Production’s own, Chris Martin and Trent Funk. The two cracked jokes about stopping touring to sit around the office all day, and how they didn’t want to be thirty year olds pretending to be twenty-one; an obvious poke at Tony Hughes, the third part to their company. The two picked up guitars and continued with singing two songs. The first about everyone wanting their autograph so they would become egotistical. The second was a song that Chris said his new brother-in-law had sung to Kendra, Chris’ sister, to ask her out. The entire song was about how good of a guy Chris was and how he (the brother-in-law) wished he was more like Chris. This song had Chris playing a small green ukulele. This song was in the key of D.
They then introduced their first performer Nathan D. a comical juggler. He began with describing what he does, and thanking everyone for coming out. His first feat was to throw a ball ten feet into the air and have it land on the dent in his forehead. The ball bounced on his forehead about thirty times before he managed to make it stop. He cracked jokes about how European soccer plays respected him because of this. He juggled three white balls whilst balancing the ball on his head. After applause, he took the ball down and juggled the four balls together. He got rid of the basketball and continued to juggle the other three balls. He managed to successfully drop the balls a few times then he picked up a stool and juggled that along with them. For his next feat, Nathan asked for an audience member to join him onstage. He chose a girl to my left, who’s name was Brittany. He had her hold a five-foot pole with what looked like a plunger head on top. He asked that she hold it still and steady. He balanced a tray on the plunger-like top and then proceeded to pour three cups of coffee from a decanter. He continued to make dry jokes about coffee drinkers. He balanced the three cups of coffee on the tray and then let the girl borrow an umbrella to take back to her seat. He, under the influence of a cheering audience, lengthened the pole to approximately fifteen feet. He then lifted the pole and attempted to balance it on his forehead. When it had balanced, he juggled three then four plastic rings. For his final feat, he pulled out a sharp axe, an unlit torch, and a rotator saw. He turned on the saw to prove it was operational. He attempted to light the torch, but to no avail. He then went backstage with the torch for about thirty seconds, and reentered the stage with a lit torch. He proceeded to juggle the three with no injury. He had poked jokes about how the audience enjoyed watching dangerous things and hand no emotions for the fact that he could get hurt. Although, he made some very funny jokes poking fun at jail bird Martha Stuart.
Trent and Chris returned, this time with some microphone difficulty. Aaron Check, a member of HOJA, gave a small wave to the audience while he tried to fix Trent’s microphone. The two silly MCs sang another two songs. The first song Trent had written for his girlfriend of six months. The song was about how she tried to kill or maim him several times, and he was getting the feeling she didn’t love him anymore. This song was in the key of D. The second was after Trent had praised Chris about his song writing skills. Chris offered to help Trent write and perform a song about something that had happened to Trent. Trent offered the suggestion that they sing about when he had fallen into a vat of chocolate. The song went along about how he had fallen into a vat of chocolate because there was no railing, then how he had to hurry home to dinner, the second verse was finally about how he had yelled “FIRE!” to get out of the vat of chocolate. Chris asked him why he yelled, “FIRE!” and Trent explained, “No one would come if I yelled CHOCOLATE!!!”<br>
<< 10-15 Minute Intermission>>
Trent returned to the stage to introduce HOJA. Chris remained in the sound booth because Tony was performing with HOJA in place of an absent Pete Oldridge, and Trent had to introduce HOJA. The group sang approximately 15 songs, which included some short versions of songs for examples of teaching the different sounds that go into performing a cappella. After an encore, the group returned to perform two more songs. The members hung around the stage afterwards to sign autographs for fans that remained. I managed to catch up with (chase after) Tony, Trent, and Chris and get a picture with the three. I regret deeply not getting a picture with HOJA. All in all, I enjoyed the show, and had a blast singing along with all of the songs.
Some of the songs HOJA performed:
Hey Ya - Outkast
This Love - Maroon 5
ABC - Jackson 5
The Last Saskatchewan Pirate - Arrogant Worms
General Taylor - Great Big Sea
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Pretty Woman (This tired Aaron B and Tony out...)
I'm a Believer
Toxic - Britney Spears
I believe in a thing called love - The Darkness
500 Miles - The Proclaimers
BBQ Stain - Tim McGraw
Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
4 Naked Men
Hooked on a Feeling - Mark James
Goodbye My Cony (Tony, HAHA Jen) Island
Kiss Him Goodbye - The Nylons
The profits went to The Kids Help Phone
The show itself started off right on time.
The Masters of Ceremony for the night were none other than Fat Cat Production’s own, Chris Martin and Trent Funk. The two cracked jokes about stopping touring to sit around the office all day, and how they didn’t want to be thirty year olds pretending to be twenty-one; an obvious poke at Tony Hughes, the third part to their company. The two picked up guitars and continued with singing two songs. The first about everyone wanting their autograph so they would become egotistical. The second was a song that Chris said his new brother-in-law had sung to Kendra, Chris’ sister, to ask her out. The entire song was about how good of a guy Chris was and how he (the brother-in-law) wished he was more like Chris. This song had Chris playing a small green ukulele. This song was in the key of D.
They then introduced their first performer Nathan D. a comical juggler. He began with describing what he does, and thanking everyone for coming out. His first feat was to throw a ball ten feet into the air and have it land on the dent in his forehead. The ball bounced on his forehead about thirty times before he managed to make it stop. He cracked jokes about how European soccer plays respected him because of this. He juggled three white balls whilst balancing the ball on his head. After applause, he took the ball down and juggled the four balls together. He got rid of the basketball and continued to juggle the other three balls. He managed to successfully drop the balls a few times then he picked up a stool and juggled that along with them. For his next feat, Nathan asked for an audience member to join him onstage. He chose a girl to my left, who’s name was Brittany. He had her hold a five-foot pole with what looked like a plunger head on top. He asked that she hold it still and steady. He balanced a tray on the plunger-like top and then proceeded to pour three cups of coffee from a decanter. He continued to make dry jokes about coffee drinkers. He balanced the three cups of coffee on the tray and then let the girl borrow an umbrella to take back to her seat. He, under the influence of a cheering audience, lengthened the pole to approximately fifteen feet. He then lifted the pole and attempted to balance it on his forehead. When it had balanced, he juggled three then four plastic rings. For his final feat, he pulled out a sharp axe, an unlit torch, and a rotator saw. He turned on the saw to prove it was operational. He attempted to light the torch, but to no avail. He then went backstage with the torch for about thirty seconds, and reentered the stage with a lit torch. He proceeded to juggle the three with no injury. He had poked jokes about how the audience enjoyed watching dangerous things and hand no emotions for the fact that he could get hurt. Although, he made some very funny jokes poking fun at jail bird Martha Stuart.
Trent and Chris returned, this time with some microphone difficulty. Aaron Check, a member of HOJA, gave a small wave to the audience while he tried to fix Trent’s microphone. The two silly MCs sang another two songs. The first song Trent had written for his girlfriend of six months. The song was about how she tried to kill or maim him several times, and he was getting the feeling she didn’t love him anymore. This song was in the key of D. The second was after Trent had praised Chris about his song writing skills. Chris offered to help Trent write and perform a song about something that had happened to Trent. Trent offered the suggestion that they sing about when he had fallen into a vat of chocolate. The song went along about how he had fallen into a vat of chocolate because there was no railing, then how he had to hurry home to dinner, the second verse was finally about how he had yelled “FIRE!” to get out of the vat of chocolate. Chris asked him why he yelled, “FIRE!” and Trent explained, “No one would come if I yelled CHOCOLATE!!!”<br>
<< 10-15 Minute Intermission>>
Trent returned to the stage to introduce HOJA. Chris remained in the sound booth because Tony was performing with HOJA in place of an absent Pete Oldridge, and Trent had to introduce HOJA. The group sang approximately 15 songs, which included some short versions of songs for examples of teaching the different sounds that go into performing a cappella. After an encore, the group returned to perform two more songs. The members hung around the stage afterwards to sign autographs for fans that remained. I managed to catch up with (chase after) Tony, Trent, and Chris and get a picture with the three. I regret deeply not getting a picture with HOJA. All in all, I enjoyed the show, and had a blast singing along with all of the songs.
Some of the songs HOJA performed:
Hey Ya - Outkast
This Love - Maroon 5
ABC - Jackson 5
The Last Saskatchewan Pirate - Arrogant Worms
General Taylor - Great Big Sea
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Pretty Woman (This tired Aaron B and Tony out...)
I'm a Believer
Toxic - Britney Spears
I believe in a thing called love - The Darkness
500 Miles - The Proclaimers
BBQ Stain - Tim McGraw
Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
4 Naked Men
Hooked on a Feeling - Mark James
Goodbye My Cony (Tony, HAHA Jen) Island
Kiss Him Goodbye - The Nylons
The profits went to The Kids Help Phone
