This show is all about having FUN! We do our best to facilitate a great party, but the reality is, YOU (the audiance) are the most important part to a successful show.
There are a few rules that will make your TAVERNACLE Dueling Piano experience the best it can be.
This is an ALL request piano show. We need your songs to make it a party. Pick good, fun, sing-a-long songs that everyone will enjoy. In order to make your song "suggestion" a "request" a little love goes a long way. (Tips are what turn a "suggestion" into a "request")
You don't have to listen to any song you don't want to! For $1 more than the original request, you can TRUMP any song. (Example... If we are playing "Lady Gaga" and you would rather hear "AC/DC" for $1 more than the Gaga request, we'll stop playing Gaga and start playing AC/DC, no questions asked)
Of course a song can always be started back up again for $1 more than the "trump"
It's all about having a good time. And we want to make everyone comfortable. So we've put into place a PG-13 rating from 9:00-11:00. We know it's a bar, but we want all to feel warm and welcome.
After 11:00 we turn it over to a pure NC-21 rating and just about anything goes. (you've been warned)
That's about it, so make sure to sing loud, stomp your feet, and bring cash, because nobody wants to hear Gaga!!! |
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Kirk comes to us from Yosemite, California. He's the consumate classic piano
performer and knows all the old stuff. He keeps us in line. |
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Troy's a veteran
player and has the most guts to try a song he's just heard. Troy has been singing
since the age of 7, where he performed with a children's group called "Terry
Tots". He loves music, and has a natural ability to hear a song and play
it. Troy studied vocal performance at the University of Utah, and traveled the
world in various show groups. He performed for several years at Lagoon (a Utah
amusement park), singing in "Music USA" and has since been playing
and singing in multiple dueling piano shows for the last 10 years. |
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Jeremy comes from Northern Utah and began playing the piano around the age of
five. He took lessons for a few years, and by the time he was eight - he could
play by ear. He, like most of our piano players, has played in local Utah bands
over the years. He even toured a bit around Hawaii and Florida (rough gig!).
Like Troy Baldwin, Jeremy also performed at the Utah amusement park; Lagoon
for six years. |
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For Rebecca, performing comes naturally. As the daughter of Golden Globe Nominee and Composer/Producer Lex de Azevedo (The Swan Princess, Jackson Five, Sonny & Cher Show and others) and granddaughter of Alyce King of the famed 1940's female vocal group The King Sisters, Rebecca has been singing, playing, piano, performing and entertaining for as long as she can remember. She began piano lessons at age seven, and recorded her first studio backup vocals at age ten. Rebecca has performed in musicals and live concerts, on national television, in churches all over the place, and currently sings lead vocals and plays keyboard in a Salt Lake City cover band, First Things First. And if you’re really lucky, you might see her crank out a few pop tunes on the ukulele.
Never one to shy away from the stage, Rebecca hijacked a piano one Friday night while visiting the Tavernacle and gave the boys a run for their money. The rest, they say, is history. |
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Eric tends to be the most uncontrolled, most likely to wind up in a
straight-jacket. He adds guitar and saxophone to the mix (he also bangs on a
couple of spoons). Eric grew up in Salt Lake (no matter what the other guys
say), but because he spends so much time in front of a computer - he acts more
like he was raised in cyberspace.
He's played piano since he was five years old, started on saxophone in the
sixth grade, and picked up the guitar in high school because he thought it was
cool. |
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