On the Road with Joanne Robinson: Show 262, Greensburg, PA

All of the young musicians posing with host Chris O’Riley after their impromptu performance!

Towards the end of October we were in Greensburg, Pennsylvania for a taping at the Palace Theatre. It was a great show and the young musicians really bonded and had fun together– as evidenced by what happened during curtain call!

In what has to be one of the most unexpected moments in From the Top history, the entire group of young performers decided to treat the audience to a little Gangnam Style.

Haven’t heard of that? Have no fear – I hadn’t either until being schooled by the kids! Basically, “Gangnam Style” is the name of a catchy pop tune with a video that features the singer doing highly comical dance moves, and it has become a huge Youtube sensation.

Anyway, right before the show was to begin, we were all backstage getting ready to go on ­– and in From the Top land, that generally means laughing and goofing around. There’s always an atmosphere of excitement and energy before the show starts, and on this particular occasion several of the kids were having fun showing off their “Gangnam Style” dance moves to each other. And then they came up with this crazy idea…

Flash forward to the end of the show. It’s curtain call and all of the young performers have walked onstage to take their final bows. They bow as per usual, and the audience cheers, and then, without warning, the “Gangnam Style” song comes on over the speakers, and all of the kids start dancing! It definitely made for a fun and unique end to one of our shows.

I found out afterwards that the kids had stormed the control room with their curtain call idea – and as one of them happened to have an mp3 of the song handy (and as our producers happen to be extremely cool), they made it happen!

Of course we managed to capture some of this on Flipcam, and you can see it at the end of this week’s sneak peek! Enjoy, and make sure to tune in when this show airs the first week of January 2013.