As you can see below, they have a pretty large group and are complete with a 10 member band to accompany them (2 trumpets, trombone, 2 keyboard artists, drums, guitar, two saxaphones). They spent about 90 minutes entertaining us with show tunes, pop songs and patriotic classics.
They arrived at 0400 that morning, but by the evening they had set up the stage and all the sound equipment and had plenty of energy to 'blow us away.' It was incredible how much energy they had, given the grueling schedule they keep for a year (After our show they packed away their pallets of equipment and got onto another plane to head to Balad at about midnight)! These men and women are not only talented, they are amazingly tough and resiliant. I don't think many performers could keep up with them on or off stage!
Their act is similar in nature to the "Music USA" group at Lagoon (or some of the performing groups at other amusement parks), except the performers have to pack, carry, and unpack all of their equipment with them as they go from place to place. They have no stage crew and are their own equipment handlers - with the kind of crazy schedule that I mentioned above! Pretty impressive group!
They came out among the audience and embarassed a few people....
Unfortunately I didn't get the camera out in time when Greg was sitting in the 'hot spot,' but I took this picture of him immediately after his moment of fame.
We really enjoyed the performance - they did a great job - and it was nice to be in a situation that you could almost forget that you were deployed 10,000 miles away from home and your family.
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