I cannot get enough of a cappella music! Straight No Chaser was amazing live last night… but first we must back up to dinner!
Dinner
Ryan and I had plans to join his family for a special holiday dinner and were greeted with delicious homemade holiday drinks when we arrived.
All I know is that there was wine, some kind of alcohol and cranberry juice in there and it was delicious!
We sipped our drinks and chatted for a while until it was time to eat.
Ryan’s mom made a three-course meal and we began with wedge salads, topped with blue cheese and tomatoes.
I cleared my plate!
Plus more drinks!
Dinner was the star of the show and I had prime rib, green beans with almonds and a baked potato.
I had another half of a slice of the prime rib because I couldn’t get enough of the seasoned outside edges of the meat. So good!
Dessert came next with strawberry shortcake.
We were able to hang out for a bit longer before we had to hit the road to make it to the Straight No Chaser concert.
Straight No Chaser
Ryan and I had the pleasure of seeing Straight No Chaser in concert once before in Orlando and were so impressed by the energy they had on stage.
Ryan bought us tickets to see them again as an anniversary present for me and I’ve been anxiously waiting to see them again ever since!
The show started at 8 p.m. and lasted right around two hours. I think I had a smile on my face the entire time.
They are such captivating and enthusiastic performers!
Straight No Chaser is awesome in that they encourage you to take pictures and video, so here’s a little clip of them performing “Shout” during the first half of the show.
Even just watching that video back it’s hard for me to believe that they are only using their voices to make that music. So cool!
They performed a great mix of songs from all different decades and a plethora of Christmas music which was fun to hear as well. I highly recommend checking them out if they ever come to your town!
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Ryan looks so much like his mom! Love the idea of almonds with green beans- I think I may have to replicate it on Sunday!
Looks like a fun night!
PS – I keep forgetting to email you about possibly doing dinner when I’m in Orlando. I have the 5th or 6th open at night to do dinner. If you could, that would be awesome. If not, no biggie!
How funn!! I’ve always wanted to see them 🙂
Dinner looks delish!
Wow, Straight No Chaser is soo talented! 🙂
WOW! I remember you mentioning Straight No Chaser a while ago and they are awesome! Sounds like you had a great night!
What a fun evening! Looks like it was a blast! 🙂
Oh that sounds like the perfect, festive evening to me! How awesome. I think it’s amazing that they can sing and do all the ‘back’ noise together. TOtally rocks!
Great! You must have had a great time, and I love the wine glasses, they are so cute!
I couldn’t help but dance around while watching that video, it looks like so much fun! I’d love to see them live someday 🙂
Wow! You guys had awesome seats for that concert!!! Thanks for the video – they are a fun group to watch!
Dinner and the Strawberry Shortcake looks FANTASTIC!!
Straight No Chaser are a great group. I love their holiday albums!
I love groups like Straight No Chaser. We had a few acapella groups at JMU, and we loved going to their concerts. I still listen to one of the group’s CDs! So impressive.
Oh, I’m so jealous! I love Straight No Chaser!
That dessert looks so good!
I’ve never heard of them, but they are awesome!! Sounds like a great night!
I love Straight No Chaser! Especially their Christmas music 🙂
All of that food looks delicious! 🙂 I still need to check out Straight No Chaser. They sound awesome!
You look beautiful..luv that orange color on you! What a fun time!!! Happy Friday! 🙂
In another life I think I was supposed to be a singer. I just love these types of singing routines and performing!!
Sounds like you had a blast!!
I’d love to get to see them one day!
your dinner looks fantastic!
i’ve honestly never even heard of Straight No Chaser, but from the video clip you posted, they sound amazing! i always have to admire such talented musicians. very neat!
I’m a huge fan of Motown, and to me acapella groups sound a lot like that, so I’m sure I would have been groovin’ right along with the best of them at that show!
Wow, they’re awesome! I’ve heard so many people talk about them but had never heard them perform. Looks like a great night!
awww I get so sappy at things like that!!
I’m glad you guys had fun!
I hope they will come back to Florida in 2012, I would love to see them. I went to their website and watched some of their videos. It looks like it would be such a fun concert/show. Hope you and Ryan have a very Merry Christmas enjoying your families.
I’ve heard some of their music, I bet they are amazing in person! What a good anniversary present!
I love their 12 Days of Christmas medley. Did they perform that last night?
My Mom and I were just saying last night that we wanted to go see them! They are so good! And get this – my mom saw them before she knew who they were because they opened for a Barry Manilow concert she went to 🙂 Haha!
The holiday drink sounds fantastic!
I’ve never seen Straight No Chaser live, but I LOVE their music. They’re so incredible.
Mmmm I get prime rib tomorrow and I’m so excited!! I’m completely with you–the seasoned edges are to die for!
Fun! If you like them, you should check out Naturally 7 – they open for Michael Buble all the time and they also use only their voices to simulate instruments. They’re really great!
I ABSOLUTELY love how family oriented you and Ryan are. Amazing, amazing amazing 🙂
Teehee I always think it’s sooo cute when the son is wayyyyy more ginormous than his mom 😛 Ryan’s like, 2 heads taller? lol. And I agree that a capella music is awesome!! It can also be so soothing…
As soon as I left the show, I started looking up future tour dates on my phone to find a time to see them again! AMAZING!!
How fun! I’d love to see them in concert!
What a fun night! They’re awesome! So glad you got to enjoy!
That looks like a blast!
wow they are amazing! I wonder if they come to st louis?!?!
They look awesome and they definitely seem like they have tons of energy! At my school we have an acapello group as well and they are good..
Wow! I love Straight No Chaser’s energy! Looks like a fun show.
What a fun night! Straight No Chaser and prime rib are probably two of my favorite holiday treats!
That looks like a great “pre-SNC Dinner”!! I love great food especially if it looks as great as your pics – just ask my fellow and fellow-ett “Chasers”.
So glad you had a great time at the show in Sarasota. Love you pics and video.
For your blog fans that want to know more information about Straight No Chaser and where they will be appearing, simply go to http://www.sncmusic.com/shows/ as the will be doing a short Spring tour in the U.S. Don’t fret if your city isn’t listed, as the fun is constantly updated with more cities and more tours!
Happy Holidays!
Dave
Thank you so much for sharing that song! I knew it from Coldplay but never heard that version before. It made me look them up on youtube and I listened to a bunch of other songs. I never knew I liked a capella. I love the Christmas Can Can song..very realistic.
VERY cool. Would love to see them live!!
Dinner looks delicious! Happy Holidays, Julie!
Love the picture of my Uncle Bernie and Jan.