Heart-thumping bass, ear-catching renditions of songs, flashing lights, catcalls, beat-boxing and a dj would be anything but normal descriptions of an acapella performance.
Indeed, AKA Fest was anything but normal. Featuring seven local acapella groups, AKA A Capella VI, returned after an 8 year hiatus. It was worth every minute of the 3 hour long vocal festival.
At times, the human voice seems limited by range and power; hampered by shortcomings and creativity that would make it such a great tool in life. AKA proved me wrong.
To express the eye opening experience in words is simply an impassable task. How can I describe the wondrous voices that sang notes, accompanied chords, beat boxed, mimicked instruments?
While I dare say that there were occasional dry moments where the emcee's joke fell flatter than any vocalist, and a group or two might need to work on not talking within themselves but to the audience while introducing their members, and several songs didn't really shine through, the exposure as well as highlighting the range of vocals definitely made it worthwhile.
I definitely look forward to their next performance, though three to four songs per group seems a tad too little. I wouldn't mind paying more for more songs, and hopefully more groups. :)
