Mesa Does Debbie

This sounds worse than it was! Actually, it was a lot of fun! We sang a doo-wop set for Deb Duvall at her retirement party/roast last Friday night at the Mesa Hilton, and it truly was a blast.

It was a classy black-tie affair, although we went with more of a "greaser" look to fit in with our doo-wop set for the night.

At one point Deb Duvall joined us on stage and sang "In the Still of the Night" duet-style with Paul.

We ended the show with a proper "roasting" send-off of "Since You've Been Gone" (not the Kelly Clarkson version - think Weird Al!)

All-in-all, a fun show, and a great crowd. Props to Jim McAllister, our sound engineer (foreground), for an excellent audio set-up and mix.

Congrats to Dr. Duvall on her retirement. We wish her well in this next chapter of her life.

Mesa Does Debbie

We are very excited to be a part of the retirement party / roast for Debbie Duvall, the soon-to-be retiring superintendent of the Mesa Public School district. Her favorite music style is doo-wop, so we have been hired to give her and her friends / colleagues a throw-back show tomorrow night at the Mesa Hilton. Now, don't tell her - it's a surprise! More later...

everything sounds better a cappella...right?

Happy Valentines Day!

OK, admittedly, this is showing up a little late, but we just got the pictures back from the photographer, and that reminded us that we should probably write about the event. So...

We were invited to entertain at a Valentine's Day party at Word of Faith Family Church, in Chandler, and it was a fabulous show. We have performed twice for them now, and both times we were blown away by the awesome crowd! So gracious and appreciative...and lively, and FUN! Probably one of our favorite places to perform - the audience really makes a difference. Plus, their sound system rocks!

We were asked to prepare a mix of "love songs" for this show, it being a Valentine's party and all, so we had to hustle and add a couple of new songs to our repertoire. Given that, there were 2 songs we did that night that we had never performed before. For one of them (So Much In Love), we hammered out the ending about 10 minutes before going on stage!

Dan came up with a fun way to introduce a couple of our less-traditional love songs by identifying the "Steps to Recovery" from a bad breakup or broken heart (I Go To Pieces and Since You've Been Gone). The crowd really got a kick out of that, and I think we'll expand on that for future shows.

Jackson rocked the house as usual with his vocal percussion grooves, especially on The Lion Sleeps, and when we wrapped up the show, the crowd wanted more. Since we had exhausted our repertoire of love songs, we went into our doo-wop collection and dusted off Little Deuce Coupe to a standing ovation.

We could have kept going, but we knew they had some other entertainment and activities planned for the night and we didn't want to step on any toes, so we took our bows and then exited the stage to mingle with the audience for a while. Again, what a fun group of folks! Many thanks to Pastor White and Pastor Don for the invitation and for their great support.

Seeking new music

We would like to make it known that we are seeking new and interesting pieces of music to add to our repertoire. We are looking for pieces that cover a wide range of styles, from sacred/gospel/spiritual to doo-wop to children's music to satirical/funny to contemporary/jazz. If there is anyone out there who has an original arrangement, or would like to create an original arrangement that they would like for us to perform, we'd love to hear from you.

Thx,
mc6

Post-Christmas Blues

Now that the busy Christmas season is past and life is returning again to somewhat of a normal state, there comes the typical post-Christmas emotional let-down of sorts. We of MC6 were so busy this past December that the month simply flew by! We averaged 3-4 shows each week from Thanksgiving to Christmas, and now that Christmas is over we're not quite sure what to do with ourselves!

First and foremost, though, we want to thank all those who made this past holiday season such a success for us. We released our debut album at the beginning of December, and we'd like to thank Richard Talbot, of Talmage Studios and Euphony Sound Studio for helping us put the album together and get it ready in time for the holiday release. The CD has been a smashing success and we are very proud of what we accomplished in creating it. Now, if we could only sell more of them....

Special thankyou's go out to Darin & Jennifer Hughes for inviting us to open for Jon Schmidt at his annual Christmas concert. Thanks also to Jon for agreeing to share the stage with us for the night. He's a great talent and it was a real privilege to open up his show. That was a real treat for us.

We'd also like to thank the Desert Club Christmas Idea House committee and the LDS Temple Christmas Lights Concert organizers for allowing us to perform at their venues. It was a lot of fun to be a part of their events, and the crowds were awesome.

Lastly, we'd like to thank our many loyal fans who came out to see us perform, often multiple times. Your energy and enthusiasm are what make performing so much fun!

As we head into 2009, our focus now turns to getting back to and polishing our non-Christmas repertoire, as well as working on some new material. We have designs on producing a new album in the not-too-distant future featuring a collection of sacred hymns and spirituals, so we're starting to gather material and funding for that project as well.

May the new year bring you all much peace, happiness and success. Keep an eye out for our upcoming events, and come out to see us when you get a chance.

Opening for Jon Schmidt!

We are proud to announce that we have just accepted an invitation to be the opening performance for Jon Schmidt's Christmas concert on December 19th at Gilbert High School's auditorium!


Jon is a very accomplished pianist who has thrilled audiences all over the West for the past several years with his powerful, exhilarating sound. We are honored to have the opportunity to share the stage with him at next month's show.

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased either directly from us (MC6) at any of our upcoming shows, or via this website. Hurry, b/c it's selling out fast!

It will also be an excellent opportunity to pick up our new CD, "Christmas", which will be on sale in the lobby during intermission as well as after the show.

We hope to see you there!