To all of our Pittsburgh area supporters –
This is Mike writing — most of you know me as that big guy who makes all the funny drum sounds with his mouth. This is my first time chiming in on the new blog. And I am what you’d call verbose, so while I won’t post on here all the time like some people, I will almost always be writing something pretty lengthy.
First, I wanted to take just a moment and write to all those of you on our mailing list. We received many calls and messages online following this past weekend, and I want to thank everyone for their many words of congratulation and support.
Second, a little recap:
We had three great shows last weekend, starting off before we hit the road at the Shadow Lounge where we got to see so many of our friends and make some new ones. We debuted our newest arrangement, Renegade by Styx, and we introduced everyone to our new guy, “D” (Diondre Johnson), by starting out our second set with him. (You’ll hear even more from D at our April 24th Club Cafe show!)
On Saturday it was off to the Mid-Atlantic Harmony Sweepstakes, where we had a great set (you can see the footage here) in front of a sold-out crowd of over five hundred at the legendary Birchmere.
Our showing at the Sweeps drew another great response from the crowd and an even better one from the judges — in what were apparently two of the closer judging and audience decisions in recent years, we finished as the First Runner-Up and received our second consecutive award in DC for Best Original Arrangement. DoubleShot! wants to extend our congratulations to 2009 Mid-Atlantic Champion MAXX Factor who will be advancing to the 2009 National Finals, as well as 2009 Mid-Atlantic Audience Favorites Cameron Station.
Our weekend concluded with us hosting the A Cappella Showcase Chorus concert in Frederick, MD which was another great time. I’d be amiss if I didn’t mention some greetings and thanks to our German friends vocaldente who we’ve now shared stages with five times over the past year. These guys are simply fantastic and they provide great inspiration to our act about what guys who love to sing can accomplish.
So that was the weekend. Our next show is Friday, April 24th at Club Cafe at 7:00 p.m., and we hope to see you guys all there. You can get tickets at this link or by contacting your favorite DoubleShot! dude. And that includes D, if he’s already replaced your existing favorite. We’re not offended. He’s an awesome guy.
That’s it for me for now — I’m working on my second post as we speak, but hopefully this gets me into the blogging mix.
See you all April 24th,
Mike (aka “Mike Y.”, “Yan”, “Yanny”, “That Beatbox Guy”, “The Human Beatbox”, “The Drummer”, “The Big Guy Who Makes Funny Sounds with his Mouth”, etc.)
