Cedar Mountain Singers concert tonight and tomorrow night

Sponge off your web feet, slip on some comfortable shoes and head on down to the Woodlands Auditorium tonight and/or tomorrow night for corny jokes, outrageously loud costumes and some really good singing. The Cedar Mountain Singers under the direction of flamboyant Randy Lusk present When You're Smiling.
Membership in the Cedar Mountain Singers is around 100 Villagers. The singers rehearse eight times and boom, they've got magic. They all love to sing and put on a show full of laughs and catchy tunes. This year's presentation is as dependable as years gone by, lots of laughs and lots of catchy tunes.
Nikki Saltmarsh helped Lusk prepare the group serving as the rehearsal accompanist. Saltmarsh assists in percussion during the concert. She gets to play all sorts of noise-making instruments, a jack-of-all-trades, master of many. Saltmarsh is a wonder and a real asset to the Village.
Cedar Mountain Singers' assistant director Hal Thompson shared the podium with Lusk and also soloed on his soprano saxophone. Good job on both.
Lee Beach once again served as the percussionist to the show. He adds a lot of umph to the title piece When You're Smiling. Beach keeps the Singers beat and always adds a laugh or two to the evening.
Ray Liebau provides accompaniment during the two concerts and penned the final number of the show, We're the Cedar Mountain Singers. It is obvious he loves what he is doing.
Steve Fetcko adds the flourishes on his electronic keyboard. I enjoyed the samba riffs in his collaboration with soloist Pam Turner on Somewhere Over the Rainbow. It was Sergio Mendez and his lovely Lani Hall on the stage at the Woodlands under the guise of Fetcko and Turner. Turner also sang my favorite popular Anne Murray tune,You Needed Me, the patriotic O, America! and the lovely Blue Moon. It is always a pleasure when Turner's lush, warm voice blesses the Woodlands stage.
As always Cedar Mountain Singers concert would not be complete without the corny patter of emcee Bill Lefler. He has such a great time and it is infectious. He and Lusk play off of each other with the silliest jokes and keep the concert moving from song to song.
The Cedar Mountain Singers themselves show a good grasp of dynamics and an unending supply of energy to get through the familiar tunes with a twist. They have a lot to smile about. My favs were a toss up between Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend and Rocking Pneumonia and the Booogie Woogie Flu.
Lusk stepped away from the podium to show off his pipes in a sweet rendition of Billy Joel's The Longest Time. It is always good to hear Randy sing. An enjoyable treat. Good job oohing and aahing Singers.
Village Big Band soloists Dave Major, father of Pam Turner, and the lovely Maureen Morgan fronted the group for the Dirty Dancing tune The Time of My Life. Kudos kids.
As a special treat for those heading to the concert tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. there is a sing-along, A Disney Silly Sing-Along. The audience will have to do a few mouth exercises first to keep up with the alliterative Disney tunes like Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo.
Tickets for the concert are just $10 and available at the Woodlands box office.