ALLENTOWN, Pa. ā If you weren't among those lucky enough to have been at the concert by hit a cappella group Pentatonix at Allentown Fair last week, you now can see one of its highlights.
And if you were at the show, you have a (slight) chance to see yourself watching that highlight and an even better chance to hear yourself singing along.
You can thank Pentatonix.
On Saturday, Aug. 31, Pentatonix put on an hour-and-37-minute concert of 13 full songs and five medleys of 70 others at the fair grandstand.
A highlight came late in Pentatonix's set, when they brought opening act David Archuleta, the 2008 runner-up on "American Idol," back out to perform Miley Cyrus' "The Climb" with Pentatonix frontman Scott Hoying.
The group enlisted the Allentown Fair audience, which it divided and asked alternative sides to hold up their lighted cell phones as Archultea and Hoying took turns singing phrases of the song.
It then asked the crowd to sing the final phrase, "It's the climb" with them.
Hoy told the crowd it was recording the song for a TikTok video.
@pentatonix Thank you @David Archuleta ā¬ original sound - Pentatonix
A 35-second video posted on Pentatonix's TikTok account on Wednesday with the comment, "Thank you @David Archuleta for touring with us!! You CRUSHED thisš Allentown, you were amazingā¤ļø."
As of noon Thursday, the video had almost 10,000 likes.
Pentatonix also posted a second TikTok video shot at Allentown Fair with Archuleta, in the area behind the grandstand stage, but it's a humorous video, not a performance.
@pentatonix Who wouldnāt cancel their plans for @David Archuleta ā¬ original sound - Pentatonix
Pentatonix late Tuesday also announced its biggest Christmas tour yet, Pentatonix: Hallelujah! It's A Christmas Tour.
The tour will kick off on Nov. 14 in Uncasville, Connecticut, and finish Dec. 2 in Dallas, Texas.
Its closest show to the Lehigh Valley will be Nov. 17 in Hershey, Dauphin County.
