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Concert Critique
I chose to do my Concert Critique on a local classic rock band, VIVA. The

live concert took place on Friday, June 24, 2005 at 8:30 p.m. at Bayside Market Place.

The concert was held outdoors on a stage overlooking the water. The audience was

seated on concrete benches facing the stage and there were some patrons who were seated

on plastic chairs that they had pulled away from the nearby bar. The lighting was not

very extravagant, not many bells and whistles, just enough lighting to light the stage and

the band members. The acoustics were fairly good considering it was outdoors. VIVA

is one of the very few local groups that can play music from the 50's, 60's, 70's & 80's,

including the Disco Era, up to hits from the recent decade.

VIVA consists of four members: a bassist/lead singer, a keyboardist/back-up

singer, a guitarist/back-up singer and a drummer. The drummer also sings back-up, but

on several songs, The Eagles Hotel California for example, he is the lead singer. The

band members were dressed in very casual attire, they were all in jeans and causal shirts

except for the drummer which was in shorts and a tee shirt. The band members ages

seemed to range from the their early 40's to the their late 50's. The ages of the audience

mostly mirrored those of the band members although there were some patrons who were

of a younger age like myself. They were playing to a pretty packed house, there were

even several people standing because there were no more seats available.

They opened their first set with their rendition of the 1960's Beatles classic, Saw

Her Standing There. They followed that with the hit from Los Bravos, Black is Black.

They continued on their 1960's tour with a song form The Grass Roots, Temptation Eyes.

They followed their 1960's medley with some 1950's Doo Wop in the hit from Dion,

Run Around Sue. These first few songs were played very well and the

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