It was an AMAZING 4 days of musical genius...... and shopping.
There were 47 of us, and a few chaperones thrown in the mix.
We had a great time hanging around the city, seeing Phantom of the Opera on broadway, visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, walking through central park, and having crazy pillow fights in the hotel rooms.
We had a fun time discovering the importance of keeping your purses zipped, and your wallets in the front pocket of your pants.
We also discovered the tremendous amount of money needed to buy a simple hamburger.
We stayed up late, woke up early, and goofed around.
We found our favorite restaurant ( Astro's somewhere on 57th or 56th) where we ate like 3 times.
We took the subway, walked in the rain, and took a limo ride (just three of us did that) and performed a puppet show out the window of our 34th floor hotel room (it's illegal in NYC to perform a puppet show in the window, yeah we're rebels).
We celebrated Easter in St. Patricks Cathedral and planned an easter egg hunt in central park.
And why may you ask did we go for the fun four days to the city that never sleeps?
Our orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall along with 8 other orchestras and 9 other bands out of 200 that applied to play.
It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life, and brought tears to our directors eyes, not to mention my blubbering mother.
Now that it is all done and over, a few things came to mind as i got back to school:
we worked so hard for that, and now we're done. We've performed at Carnegie Hall, an acoustically perfect stage.
I also figured out that after spending 24 hours a day with these kids for 4 days straight it was very weird not to see them for a full 13-14 hours so seeing them at school was a relief!!
Anyway. Overall it was a blast, and i miss the city already.
