It’s not often that you go to a concert where the whole choir falls down like a stack of dominos and the director ends up with a pie in his face. But that’s what happened this weekend at the Barbershop Music Festival featuring the musical group Gotcha!

The audience could tell something unusual was happening at the festival when the men’s choir filed onto stage for their first number wearing dark-rimmed glasses with a fake nose and eyebrows attached. The men’s choir set the mood for the rest of the program with their swinging arms and kicking legs while singing “Zip-A-Dee Doo Dah” barbershop style.

The men’s choir finished their performance by singing “Make ‘em Laugh,” including a bright green sign that popped up on the back row with the words “I’ll make you laugh” and a phone number written on it with black marker.

“I absolutely loved singing barbershop. It was one of the most enjoyable experiences ever,” said Ryan Lundgren, a freshman from Sandy, Utah, and a member of the men’s choir.

Sprinkled throughout the program were student quartets, such as Refinement, FA 100 Approved and Prime Rib, which sang one song each.

“The choruses could go into competition and do really well,” said Jim Kline, a member of Gotcha!

The women’s choir continued the antics of the men’s choir by substituting the words “crazy men’s choir” for “old man trouble” in the song “I’ve Got Rhythm” and exiting the stage with their hands wobbling on imaginary canes after singing “When I’m 64.”

Gotcha!, a group that won the 2004-2005 international quartet championship, was the final performance of the evening. They bounded onto stage in their brightly colored suit jackets and introduced themselves by saying, “We are Gotcha! and we’re from sea level.”

The crowd cheered and clapped loudly after every song and gave the group a standing ovation. Gotcha! responded by coming back on stage and giving an encore.

“This audience was the most enthusiastic audience we have ever had. You guys make us feel like stars,” Kline said.

Three of the members of Gotcha! became involved in singing barbershop between the ages of 10 and 12 because their fathers sang in barbershop quartets.

“Watching Gotcha! was an incredible experience,” said Ryan Taylor, a sophomore from Salt Lake City.