In The Mood Reviewed by Younger Son

In The Mood

I saw In The Mood on February 12, 2007 at the Fine and Performing Arts Center located at Moraine Valley Community College.

Genre: 1940’s Musical Revue

This performance was 2½ hours long and I loved every bit of it. In the performance there was an orchestra called The String of Pearls Orchestra. In the orchestra were 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 3 saxophones, 1 bass saxophone, 1 drum player, a pianist, and a cello player. The 3 Saxes each had a clarinet and a flute with them and the bass sax had a regular saxophone and a clarinet. During the performance the trumpet players had a straight mute, a cup mute, and they also used hats to condense the sound. The trombone players also had a cup mute and they used the hats.

Singers and Dancers were in the performances. There were 3 men and 3 women that sang all through the performance. One of the guys was the narrator, who told a story of different things that happened in 1940. There was also a couple that swing danced a few times through the performance.

At the end of the performance all of the singers came onto the stage and they did a tribute to each branch of the military, by doing a medley about each of the different branches of the military. The singers went right down the list of the different branches and asked the people in the audience if they were part of that branch, than please rise. We had a lot of people who were in the military. I couldn’t believe how many there were.

***** I give this performance 5 out 5 stars. Out of all of the plays and other performances I have seen this performance is the best one. I would love to be part of the trumpets. I think anybody would like to see this performance especially people living in that era.