I got back from the Atlanta Jingle Jam at about 3am this morning. It was a looonnnngggg, but amazing day!! I was not only in the 2nd row to hear David sing live, I was fortunate enough to be invited to a private meet and greet back stage. I am on staff at a David fan site and here are excerpts from what I blogged about after I got home:

David’s set was STELLAR!! He sang “Touch My Hand”, “Works For Me”, “A little To Not Over You”, “A Thousand Miles”, “Crush” and…”The Christmas Song”…A CAPELLA!!! As David was finishing “A Thousand Miles”, his band members brought out a birthday cake…w/o David knowing this. As David stood up from the piano to introduce his next song, he turned around and was very surprised at the sight of the band w/a cake and quite embarrassed too! One of the band members took the mic from David and said this would be the last time they see him before his birthday and they wanted to do for him. He also asked the audience to join them in singing happy birthday to David. After that, David TRIED to blow out the candles…but since they were TRICK candles…this was not possible!! It was a very cute, touching moment.

My mind is still mush right now from being both very tired and blown away, once again, by David’s ability to bring a song to life, make the audience feel the connection he has to a song and sing not only pitch perfect with his amazing voice, but enunciate every word so well and sing so clearly, that every audience member can understand and appreciate what he is singing. He truly is a great communicator through music!!

I saw David twice during the summer while he was on the AI tour and then at the Ford Day event. As amazing as I thought his previous performances were, I can not believe how much he as improved since then. His stage presence, his confidence and his voice getting richer…the whole package is beyond words!!

Here are four videos of the six songs David sang last night. This also includes the Happy Birthday surprise. The remaining two are being uploaded now.