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A room full of "Arch Angels" received a Christmas present with the arrival of David Archuleta on Wednesday night.

The approximately 18-year-old singer brought his youthful spirit and tenor use the Grove of Anaheim as part of a 17-city tour of the United States in support of his second album, Christmas comes from the heart, with a 90-minute show split into two distinct parts.

For the first 40 minutes, Archuleta made eight song set of hits and roofing material before taking a short break to change into a suit jacket - and then reappear to sing eight songs from his album Holiday in October.

It took a few minutes to watch the concert to cement the idea that the Miami native who grew up in Utah, a finalist for the seventh season of American Idol, continues to be personality shy and modest appearance, it revealed in the popular reality show. However, Archuleta - who turns 19 December 28 - and also has an impressive voice. Here, he used this instrument in support of an effective dosage of the most upbeat dance numbers, R & B-tinged pop songs and traditional Christmas songs.

In addition to hits from his eponymous debut album, like "Crush," Archuleta made more effective hedges to give another dimension to the show. Highlights included taking five for "Fighting The Riddle", where Archuleta also played the piano and acoustic take on Sting "Fields of Gold", dedicated to the late singer Eva Cassidy.

The last half of the night proved to be the most artistically satisfying, with the singer performing a song he co-wrote ( "Melodies of Christmas") and challenges the conventional material (including "Ave Maria") and numbers for which he sang in French ( "Pat-a-Pan") and Spanish ( "Riu Riu Chiu").

My biggest complaint, however, has to do with the arrangements, as there were a few instrumental parts in a song when Archuleta would not sing the music of bands alone could have shined or clever sequences available in the following verse or chorus....

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