Trey’s Blog

I bought two tickets for my eldest daughter’s birthday this year. She really enjoys listening to The Cheetah Girls and Hanna Montana, and fortunately for me, the concert featured both. It also featured an up-and-coming band named Everlife, which I had heard before without realizing it. Overall the concert was pretty good. Despite the generation gap of the performers and myself, the music was enjoyable. The sound engineers, however, must have had no training as the sound was horrendous. It was just enough over the comfortable limit that I started to feel guilty for subjecting my daughter to this. Maybe this is just a sign of my age, but I think the concert could have been better with someone monitoring the sound output from the stands. Everlife played about 5 songs over about 20 minutes. Miley Cyrus as Hanna Montana played 6 or 7 songs over 40 minutes. Despite the obvious presence of the background vocal track, like that used by Ashlee Simpson on SNL a couple of years ago, it was apparent that Miley was belting out her tracks. The Cheetah Girls finished the show playing for about an hour. Their performance contained a lot of choreography and simple storyline, but demonstrated talent easily obtained by years of practice and Disney promoting. Most of the songs from each performer were recognizable to anyone who has been in the room while the Disney Channel is on the tube. In fact, between performances, the side screens were utilized to promote other musicians seen on The Disney Channel. This was more proof that the Mouse will use every opportunity to promote anything. My daughter and I enjoyed the concert even after the awesomely overpriced seating options.

Ratings:

• Everlife: 3 out of 5
• Hanna Montana: 4 out of 5
• The Cheetah Girls: 4 out of 5