13/1/07 - Day 17
We had a Saturday morning rehearsal at Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square, affectionately known as Smokey Mary's. It gets its nickname from the rather large amount of incense used at services. One of its main claims is that it was the first church built with a steel frame, with concrete then added around this framework.
The view from the street
Some very funny things in their choir room....
A rather cute number plate...
...and bumper sticker...
...and the choir room.
After we went over all our music, we had the rest of the day to ourselves. Sean met me back at the hotel, and we went out in search of a haircut, as we were both beginning to look a bit untidy in the follicular department. $15 each later, we looked a lot better! We'd decided that we would like to see either Wicked (a new musical about the witches from the Wizard of Oz), Les Mis or Chicago. The first two were booked out, but we got very good tickets to Chicago for that night. A quick duck back to the hotel to get changed, charging through the crowds to get past and into a packed restaurant for dinner. It seems that everyone was there to eat before a show. The first place we tried (at about 6.40pm), Carmine's, had a 1.5 hr wait for a table! We shovelled down dinner, then pushed through the masses. We made it with time for a pee, and 1 minute or so until the show began. It was absolutely running. It didn't seem all that dated, even though it has (as of 2007) been running for 10 years straight. Admirable! We walked back to the hotel, but not before seeing Madonna come out of her hotel, in front of an adoring crowd that was blocking Broadway going North! Ooh, and they have really scrummy Haagen-Daz ice-cream here!
Sean was struck down though - the nasty tummybug that had been presenting itself to the rest of the choir had finally made its acquaintence with Sean. He spent most of the night going at both ends, a night which left both of us without much sleep :(
The view from the street
Some very funny things in their choir room....
A rather cute number plate...
...and bumper sticker...
...and the choir room.
After we went over all our music, we had the rest of the day to ourselves. Sean met me back at the hotel, and we went out in search of a haircut, as we were both beginning to look a bit untidy in the follicular department. $15 each later, we looked a lot better! We'd decided that we would like to see either Wicked (a new musical about the witches from the Wizard of Oz), Les Mis or Chicago. The first two were booked out, but we got very good tickets to Chicago for that night. A quick duck back to the hotel to get changed, charging through the crowds to get past and into a packed restaurant for dinner. It seems that everyone was there to eat before a show. The first place we tried (at about 6.40pm), Carmine's, had a 1.5 hr wait for a table! We shovelled down dinner, then pushed through the masses. We made it with time for a pee, and 1 minute or so until the show began. It was absolutely running. It didn't seem all that dated, even though it has (as of 2007) been running for 10 years straight. Admirable! We walked back to the hotel, but not before seeing Madonna come out of her hotel, in front of an adoring crowd that was blocking Broadway going North! Ooh, and they have really scrummy Haagen-Daz ice-cream here!
Sean was struck down though - the nasty tummybug that had been presenting itself to the rest of the choir had finally made its acquaintence with Sean. He spent most of the night going at both ends, a night which left both of us without much sleep :(
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