Syracuse in focus (SIF)

Take 6 on stage at Holy Cross Church

Multiple Grammy-award winners Take 6 came to the area last week and performed two concerts,  one at Hamilton College and another at Holy Cross Church in Dewitt.

Join the Band: Joey Kibble of Take 6 gets the crowd involved at Holy Cross Church

The Holy Cross performance was sponsored by LeMoyne College.

Take 6 newcomer Christian Dentley channels Jazzy Jeff on the turntables and then a 1980’s Michael Jackson.

Take 6 wowed the crowd with their vocal antics and stage show. Their set included songs from earlier albums as well as songs they did for films. The group also delighted fans by singing a medley of familiar pop music favorites Earth Wind& Fire, the Doobie Brothers and Michael Jackson.

Harmony: Alvin and Claude

During a break, Claude McKnight III and Alvin Chea encouraged everyone take out their phones and hit up Take 6 on Twitter and Facebook, which met the approval of both the young and old.

Please turn back on all cell phones

Local groups Gospel Music Workshop of America (Syracuse Chapter) and Fermata Nowhere served as a great appetizer.

GM Workshop of America’s LaRae Martin-Coore

LaRae Martin-Coore belted out a soulful solo for the GM Workshop and turned the crowd into a hallelujah chorus.

Fermata Nowhere, Lemonyne College’s a capella group, also didn’t disappoint, especially Albany junior Devon Barrett’s staccato human beatbox.

Fermata Nowhere (with Devon Barrett on the beatbox)