After helping the community out the day before, Wongfu Productions and Far East Movement were more than ready for the next night where they would be in front of their fans at San Gabriel Mission’s Playhouse for ISA LA 2009 on September 6th.
Get ready for another picture heavy post.
The night started off well with the introduction of the artists to the press. All the artists seemed pumped up for the show and were feeding off the energy from the fans in the VIP line as screams and flashes (not necessarily from the press) went off each time an artist exited the door and into the press area.
MCs: Tom Ngo and Lydia Paek
GLP aka Gabe Bondoc, Leejay, and Passion: website Far East Movement: website & twitter
After a wrap up in the now sweltering San Gabriel heat, fans, some of whom were waiting since noon, and guests were finally allowed into the house where they would be able to finally enjoy the much anticipated show.
First up, the MCs of the show Tom Ngo and Lydia Paek pumped up the crowd by utilizing the theme of back to school.
GLP started the night off strong with a medley of songs. From “Power Rangers” to their personal favorites, the group fed off the crowd’s energy.
Next was the lovely Kina Grannis with her acoustics. She had a quiet presence on stage but that provided a change to the crazy fan girl status that came with GLP’s performance.
After Kina, it was none other than Quest Crew to pump up the crowd yet again with their powerful performance to not only their own mixtape but also to a medley of Black Eyed Peas songs. The acrobatics and choreography definitely made the performance worth watching. There’s no doubt that they deserved to be season 3 winners for MTV America’s Best Dance Crew.
During the brief intermission, the audience went out to get free glow sticks from the Verizon Wireless booth and also sign up for a raffle for a free EnV Touch. When they all came back, none other than KevJumba took the stage along with Tom Ngo to get the crowd’s energy back into the performances.
They did a nice job with David Choi as KevJumba carried him onto the stage and set him up nicely for his performance. Not only that, but Kina came back for an encore performance with David. David’s performance on the ukulele was unforgettably cute.
As David wrapped his performance up, a huge screen dropped down to start playing pictures of Wongfu Productions on the screen, which we found out they took inspiration from some Big Bang covers. As soon as these pictures went up, you couldn’t hear Tom nor KevJumba try to introduce them. As you know they don’t really perform, but they did give the crowd a special screening of a short that won’t be up for the general public for another month or so featuring HappySlip, KevJumba, and David Choi.
After the crowds shushed their way through the video, platinum artist Cassie Ventura hit the stage as a guest host introducing none other than Far East Movement, who gave a strong performance as well as a lot of free goods to the crowd who were all on their feet jumping and dancing to their performance.
Overall the night ended well with lines that ran down the block with fans waiting for their favorite artist’s signature.
So for those of you who missed the third ISA no fears, because according to a couple of little birdies the next one is already in the works somewhere.
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