20 May - Tuesday:
- 0900 Depart in super-posh NBNE vans to NYC - I'm a driver, cause I'm so cool.
- 1300 Arrive at Hotel - Hampton Inn, 116 W31st St. NY, NY 10001 212-947-9700
- my roommate is MU3 Audra Ratliff, who has the most beautiful melt-your-heart trumpet sound I've ever heard! And she sings vocals too with the Showband.
- FREE EVENING
- FREE MORNING
- 1630 travel to Yankee Stadium
- Escorting our vocalist, MU3 Gonzalez, to the Yankee/Oriole Game!!! Game time is 1900.
- 1000-1400: Serving as driver to a Ceremonial Band gig for veterans at the Metropolitan Club, 1 E 60th St. NY, NY 10022
- FREE EVENING
- FREE MORNING [our vocalist is singing at the NYSE opening bell!]
- FREE EVENING - showband performs in Times Square at 1700, I may be a driver but was going to go watch anyway
- FREE MORNING [Rock Band performs at Blue Angels show...cool]
- 1630 Depart for Staten Island Sunset parade (begins at 1900) where I will play my air clarinet - beautifully!
- 0600 depart for Memorial Day Parade in Greenpoint, NY (begins at 0800)
- [Rock Band plays in Times Square at 1400]
- FREE EVENING, plan to go to showband's 150th Brooklyn Bridge Concert - this is a big deal and will be on PBS and everything
- 0900 Driving the ceremonial band to a ceremony - go figure
- 1100 Depart for City Island Memorial Day Parade (begins at 1400) - again marching the clarinet, but not actually playing.
- FREE EVENING
- FREE MORNING
- 1530 Depart for Crosswinds Woodwind Quintet gig at The National Arts Club in NYC - gig starts at 1730
- FREE AFTER GIG - 1830
- 0900ish Depart for Newport
- Home again, home again, jiggity jig!
2 comments:
Woohoo, what an exciting week! Hope you have an awesome time (and especially hope all that driving around NYC isn't too stressful :).
Can't wait to see the photos!
Jenny,
I thought that the Navy made you play two instruments. Now I'm sure of it! An "air clarinet" huh!?
Looks like this is going to be a busy week! I'll look forward to seeing the pics too!
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