John Tesh
Went to the 6:00 p.m. show last night. It was a mixed bag of a show that could never keep a train of thought. People on stage included a top notch band, a decent female singer, a hip hop dancer, some audience participation, his reformed crackhead brother-inlaw and his wife, and a homeless couple with their one year old baby. Before the show there was a shameless huckster working the audience in order to sell cd's, t-shirts etc. She referred to the audience as Lake people (as in Lady Lake). The hip hop dancer had a nice solo, but for the rest of the night he hip hopped randomly across the stage like the ticker symbols on CNBC. Tesh told tedious stories about his sixteen year old daughter at various intervals in the show and even rapped a story about her.
When the show stuck to music it was good. There was a fun Twelve Days of Christmas segment and some really good contemporary Christmas tunes. But it ended on a somber (think downer) note, and the last number was a Mexican/Spanish/Flamenco cantina ditty. Good, but hardly the way to end a show billed as Christmas With John Tesh. It was a two hour show that was an hour too long.
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