February 13, 2006 at 9:47 PM

Back from New York, as of a few hours ago. We got stuck in the snowstorm. Apparently it was the #2 in NY history! It was BEAUTIFUL. Anyway, here's the whole story. Friday night, me and mom drove up (a day earlier than we usually do) so we could create the pre-recorded piece (an interview with an IMG agent, manages one of the kids on this particular show). She was very nice, open, and honest, and it was a good interview. Then, the next day, we didn't have to do anything until about 6-ish. So, with nothing else to do, we spent most of the day adventuring around Times Square and Broadway! I've been there before, but always in the car, admiring the scene from the window. So this was the first time I got to walk around. It was a lot of fun. There are sooooooo many people and big bright flashing things. There was a giant Toys R Us store with a ferris wheel inside of it! We did a lot of window-shopping. I got a caricature of myself done on a street corner. It's the first I've ever got and it's very cool. I'll post it up here later. We walked and saw all the theaters. "Fiddler on the Roof" just closed, oh well. For lunch we went into this place called Ellen's Stardust Diner, or something like that, which was 50's themed, and the waiters were all out-of-work Broadway actors! Every five minutes they would sing to the restaurant, karaoke-style. It was really fun. The pizza party was that night, then we went out to dinner with the staff. :-D By then it was snowing a little bit but not sticking. I didn't think it would amount to anything, but the next morning there was like a foot of snow on the ground! It was stressful getting around, but we managed.

Anyway, this show was special because John Corligiano was the guest artist, and all the music played on the show was written by him. I got to meet him! Pictures later.

Because of all the snow, the house was on the empty side, even though it was sold out before. But there were people there. The show went well, and we had to stay another night in the hotel when we had planned on driving home that night. Violin lesson this morning, went well. In school tomorrow we'll find out our parts for the play. Fingers crossed for Hodel. Wish me luck!

--alice

From Colleen Russo
Posted on February 13, 2006 at 10:51 PM

*fingers crossed*
im sure you'll get it!! you deserve it! :)

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