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Mar. 15th, 2009 11:17 amIt's certainly the best known way to get to Carnegie Hall, but it's not the only one. I had the pleasure of learning that on Sunday of last year's Boskone when Susan (who shares ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fredcritter's last name) mentioned a way I'd never considered before: I could follow their daughter Gavi there.
Tonight's the night!benyalow and I will be in the audience watching and listening as Gavi sings with her school choir on the fabled stage.
When I was a sophomore in high school, I rode with 42 other sophomores and juniors on a bus from Michigan to Gettysburg, DC, and New York. A brave history teacher organized and led the spring break trip each year. Graduating classes numbered 400+, which gives you an idea of the select group I was in.
Being in a select group may be the only similarity between Gavi's and my trips. We ate at Horn & Hardart's cafeteria, and walked along Broadway. I remember being shocked to see even the marquee for M*A*S*H -- all I knew about it was that it was a dirty movie. Ah, yup, small town girl.
Gavi flew to New York. Rather than seeing a movie marquee, she went to a Broadway play. Outings to Natural History and the Met are perhaps more standard student-trip fare, but the daily rehearsals in New York and tonight's performance at Carnegie Hall are a privilege fewer students enjoy. Though far more than I would have expected -- there are 10 choirs participating in tonight's concert, and this is just one of 16 concerts in this year's MidAmerica Productions' schedule. They've apparently been doing it for years;tr_renner sang there with her choir when she was in high school.
It's a neat opportunity, and one I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing in person. I've missed a lot of school plays and all of Gavi's fencing meets thanks to my moving east before she graduated (Susan told me I oughtn't move until Gavi went off to college and I appreciate everything we've all done to keep the connection firm in the intervening 5 years). Tonight, thanks to that same move, I get to be there.
Carnegie Hall, here I come!
fredcritter's last name) mentioned a way I'd never considered before: I could follow their daughter Gavi there.Tonight's the night!
benyalow and I will be in the audience watching and listening as Gavi sings with her school choir on the fabled stage.When I was a sophomore in high school, I rode with 42 other sophomores and juniors on a bus from Michigan to Gettysburg, DC, and New York. A brave history teacher organized and led the spring break trip each year. Graduating classes numbered 400+, which gives you an idea of the select group I was in.
Being in a select group may be the only similarity between Gavi's and my trips. We ate at Horn & Hardart's cafeteria, and walked along Broadway. I remember being shocked to see even the marquee for M*A*S*H -- all I knew about it was that it was a dirty movie. Ah, yup, small town girl.
Gavi flew to New York. Rather than seeing a movie marquee, she went to a Broadway play. Outings to Natural History and the Met are perhaps more standard student-trip fare, but the daily rehearsals in New York and tonight's performance at Carnegie Hall are a privilege fewer students enjoy. Though far more than I would have expected -- there are 10 choirs participating in tonight's concert, and this is just one of 16 concerts in this year's MidAmerica Productions' schedule. They've apparently been doing it for years;
tr_renner sang there with her choir when she was in high school.It's a neat opportunity, and one I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing in person. I've missed a lot of school plays and all of Gavi's fencing meets thanks to my moving east before she graduated (Susan told me I oughtn't move until Gavi went off to college and I appreciate everything we've all done to keep the connection firm in the intervening 5 years). Tonight, thanks to that same move, I get to be there.
Carnegie Hall, here I come!
