Bye, Mitch

Rockapella in Newtown III

Edmond Town Hall

Saturday, September 14, 8:00 p.m.

Newtown, CT

Dodie and I had seats again in the front row, this time on the rhythm section side.  Weff had 2nd row seats on the other side of the aisle.

I like that at the end of the video montage, the 2nd "A" in Rockapella looks like the one from the Avengers.  The guys changed their shirts since the last show, so that's a good thing.  All fresh and clean!

Rock Around the Clock

Jailhouse Rock

Scott:  "We're going to do a show in Newtown every night for 3 months.  We're trying to sell tickets."  I guess I need to move to CT, then?

Scott, regarding JT's throat mics:  "That always surprises me; never fails to get me.  He's so funky, that man."

Dancing in the Moonlight

I never noticed before that Cal and Bryant play off each other during this song.

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Satisfaction

Mitch chose Laurie to help him out.

Laurie:  "I just think I'm the worst singer ever..  I lip sync in church."

Mitch:  "That's the one place where you can't be judged."  He started to quote the Bible, then said, "That's for another day."

When Mitch got back to the stage and the guys set up to place their stools in position, Scott announced: Mitch has decided to take a position as a music minister, and this is his last night singing full time with us."  Much sighing ensued from the fan base, including the Posse, but he also received nice applause for his choice.  

Blessed

Yeah, we hate being right sometimes.  I sure am glad I bought that CD and had him sign it yesterday.

Moon River
Mitch complimented Calvin again, just between the two of them.  So cute.

Scott talked about Bryant's very full beard, and he just kept stroking it.

Scott talked about the records at his mom's house.   Mitch again gave him a quizzical look, to which Scott retorted, "You still haven't figured it out.  You're going to leave Rockapella not knowing what a record is.  All you do is shrug.  Google it."  Aw, Scott's gonna miss his young'un.

Paper Doll

Rock the Boat

L-O-V-E
Scott finally learned how to spell this with his fingers instead of using his entire body.

Middle
WAIT A MINUTE!  Mitch just pointed at me when he sang "Clowns to the Left".  What the heck, man?  He slapped Calvin on the back, and startled him.  Cal got him back, though, by taking Mitch's arm and entwining it with his so that he couldn't do any more than that.  They're so cute together.  Well, dangit, now I'm crying as I type this. 

Commercials
Bryant decided to sing "dark chocolate" a lot of times.
When Scott gave the pitch to the theme from the Today Show, he said to himself and everyone else, "That's the wrong key."
During "Ringworm", Scott kept on fake screaming, and yelled out, "HELP!"  Silliness.

Scott:  "I was singing about coffee so tremendously, and I got this lightning bolt."  He jumped off of the stage, and got distracted by the drinks in the buckets for the front row.  He called the beer "Rub Light".   He told us a story about Natalie coming home one day and telling him that her teacher was drinking "Rub Light" at school.  He asked her, "Bud Light?" 
Natalie: "Yeah, Bud Light."
Scott:  "It was Red Bull.  I thought we were going to have a scandal about a hopped-up teacher."

Scott picked Marilyn to go on stage with him.  She lives in Upper West Side of NYC.  Scott does, too, but not in her area.  He said that she wanted to sing. She said no.

Stand By Me
Marilyn sang:  "I don't know what to sing."  It was hilarious.  She knew the tune but not the words, even though Scott tried to mouth them for her.  She sang "Baby, Baby" instead of "Darlin', Darlin'", and then she sang, "I still don't know what to sing."  So funny!  

Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Mitch put his leg on her knee.  She was fine with it.  She hit Scott on top of his head.  Bryant almost knocked her off of the stool.  Then she started to dance with them, and when Mitch moved his butt toward her, she said, "I don't do that," and tried to walk away, to go to the stairs off stage.  So, of course, Mitch followed her... butt first.  Ladies and gentlemen of Mitch's church:  this is your new music minister!  

After they finally allowed Marilyn to go back to her seat, Bryant said, "Marilyn, I wanna hang out with you!"

Macklemore

JT is so excited about the new CD that he dropped his mic pack.  When he fills out his taxes, he notes his occupation as "Sad Clown".

Vocal Percussion Jam
I love this segment.

Carmen SanDiego
I love seeing Scott look at the screen to watch the clips from the TV show.  They were such babies!!!

Encore

Rapper's Delight

Scott:  Would you like to hear another song?
Random audience member: "Free Bird!"  Ah, good times.

Up On The Roof / Wonderful World  (off mic)

Meet and Greet

Mitch told us that his ministry is at Elevation Church in Melbourne, FL, which isn't too far from his current home in Coco Beach.  I said, "Mitch, one last time", and showed him my camera.  He didn't even need to ask me what I was requesting.  

This video was supposed to be longer, and would have included me singing backup for him, but when he flipped it around for a video selfie, the camera must have switched off.  

Wendy asked him to sign his arm.  I don't know how she was going to avoid washing it for a while, but he sweetly obliged.

Too bad we didn't have any tattoo equipment on hand.

I told Mitch what I almost said to him the day before about the thing in his pants melting.  JT overheard and said, "I beg your pardon?!"  
Sherry:  "They were going to pay me cash to say that to you, but I didn't get a chance to do so."
Mitch: "Well, I'm glad you didn't.  And now I think I wish you hadn't told me."
Sherry:  "I had to confess to you, though!  Because now you have your new job!"
Mitch: "You really didn't have to."

Mitch said that he also left his Monster Jam job, which made the Rockapella guys feel better because he was putting his whole heart into his new role, and he didn't choose Monster Jam over Pella.  

Bryant said that his beard was cut 3 inches from the side of his face recently, and said that the beard says evil things, like when BV calls Mitch an asshole (for leaving them).

Sherry, Bryant, and his evil beard

Scott wants to come to California, but they're not getting the gigs.  We need to get to work on our campaigning, PellaPosse!  Dodie told him that we made her go to a forest after watching "The Forest".  Scott said that those Japanese movies can be scary, and he told Dodie how much he loved living in Japan and learned the language.  Dodie needs to listen to the "Live In Japan" CD so that she can hear Scott speak fluent Japanese. It's really cool.

Sher and Scott Selfie!

Calvin said about Mitch: "Good riddance.  Nobody's going to pee on my leg anymore."  He said he got Mitch good when Mitch slapped him on the back tonight.

Typical.
I miss his mischief already.

JT is going on his second year living in Colorado, and is deciding if he wants to stay.  I think he should move to Los Angeles, but I didn't tell him because I'm shy.  (Shut up!)

He didn't want to be too close to the camera for this picture,
or I would have mad sure our faces were closer together.
Yes, I'm shy.

MJ wanted to get a picture with the West Coast Posse before everyone dispersed.

We also got one of the diehards with the Pella.

After giving lots of hugs to Mitch and the guys, we went back to the hotel.  We relaxed and had some tea before going upstairs and saying good night.

The next day, we had some time to spare between checkout time and airport time, so we drove around in our quest to find the Turtle XING sign.  We ended up at the same park we had been to in the rain the day before, but this time we were able to walk around.

I went through a gate to see if I could walk to the sign, but there was no sidewalk or pathway, so we had to drive around to get to where we needed.

Totally Worth It

Then I put the wrong airport into the Waze search.  Luckily, JeffEvs realized my error before we went too far out of the way, and we got to the airport with plenty of time to explore and eat lunch.

We didn't have to wait at Midway as long as we had the other day, thank goodness.  Our flights this time went much more smoothly, and we made it home safely.

I'm going to miss Mitch's energy, his smile, and his singing of "Sherry" to me every time he saw me.  I wish his successor the best, but I do hope he can sub whenever they need him.  Yes, I hope this for all of the former Rockapella guys.  :)   I hope to keep in touch with him because I have something to send him, and because he said I was Family.

Hi, Dodie!

Love you, Mitch.  Come back to California some time, and the Posse will show you a good time!  Hey, we have a Palladium for you if you'd like to sing worship songs for us.  :)

Mwah!