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STOMPing Performance


I went to the STOMP performance last Sunday and man, I was impressed. There were only 8 of them but they gave a really A-class performance without break for almost 2 hours. Talk about stamina...talk about body coordination...and the RHYTHM!!

My eyes were glued to the performance lest I blink and miss something I shouldn't. The performance was well....beyond words. I never thought I'd have so much fun watching and laughing at their antics as well. I've watched Fame, Cats, Saturday Night Fever, Riverdance but this is the first time I ever went to such kind of performance where the audience were asked to participate and interact with the performers. After watching the show, you'll never look at your household utensils the same way again...nor your body.

It was just absolutely amazing watching the guys coordinating their hands and feet during the body percussion item. There were also anticipation as we wonder what other items they were going to use next. It started off with broomsticks, then sand and sticks, empty water coolers, paperbags, sinks filled with water....which comically looked like someone peeing when they released the stopper to let the water leak out into the pail, dustbins and lids...just to name a few. They must have did a lot of experimentation and practice to get the tone and dynamics just right and make music out of it. Never in my life would I thought that the water cooler sounded so nice as a drum...haha!

I think the main BIG attraction was when they switched off all the lights and with lights attached on their heads, they climbed up the stage to their giant percussion set consisting from all sorts of scrap metal parts to fire extinguishers. They were hanging from the ceiling to enable them to move from each part to each part in time. It was like a giant percussion orchestra!

They ended with an interactive item, asking us to stand up so that we can follow them in clapping and stomping to the rhythm with them...or at least attempt to. It was great fun and we left wanting more. That's what a good performance should do!

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