rippling of waves, and nice music wafting around.
Only this wasn't your average walk in the park or picnic by the beach. This was the setting for a performance by Vocapella, a local acapella group.
Held at the Blue Moo Cafe, rooftop of YMCA, Vocapella serenaded its hundred-odd audience - most of it friends and family members - with songs ranging from kpop, to english oldies to chinese pop.
In fact, the songs were so varied by genre and topic, that the members found it rather difficult to link the songs together, to great amusement and enjoyment from the audience.
I found it rather odd that an acapella group would have a concert on an open-air rooftop, and I was a little disappointed with their sound setup of just two tripod-mounted speakers.
Perhaps it was cause of the environment that I didn't enjoy the concert fully. Sure, there were a couple of renditions that were refreshing, but the banter between pieces was weak and often, cold. Or, it could be that I attended the second night concert thus the reason for their fatigued tones and rather lacking-in-enthusiam voices.
The concert started off with great expectations but failed to deliver. The first few pieces were flat, but the standard rose over time. Slowly but surely, the group managed to find their footing (or pitch) and climaxed with their encore.
Honestly, one of their best pieces was their encore choice; an ABBA medley. Maybe they put all their heart and soul in it because they knew it signalled the end of their two hour long concert.
While they should be applauded for a long (by my standards) concert, they might consider just having a one night concert in the future, at a bigger indoor venue.
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