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Aldersgate at The Carnegie

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Carnegie Concert Hall 57th St & 7th Ave

First of all we give thanks to God for everything that made this experience a joyful and fulfilling one.
From a successful engagement at the world famous Carnegie Hall, members of our Aldersgate Chorale enjoyed a once in a lifetime opportunity to perform in New York City as guests of the Cypress College Masterworks Chorale and by kind invitation from their director, Dr. Sheridan Ball.

With a history beginning in 1891, Carnegie hall has stood at the forefront of history and the musical arts. Extensively renovated during the early 80's, it continues a long tradition in the arts and training future artists. Want to know more? Click on their official website: www.carnegiehall.org.
Mid-America Productions was in charge of the logistics and paved the way by providing airline and hotel reservations, including a rehearsal hall at a nearby Catholic Church, and of course, the arrangements at The Carnegie. Except for rehearsal and performance schedules on Friday and Saturday we were on our own to come and go, to see and do as much as we pleased.

We stayed at the Grand Hyatt on 42nd. St. right next to Grand Central Station in Mid-town Manhattan, This made it easy to choose from a large variety of attractions including the New York City Public Library a scant few blocks away. The Chrysler building is across the street.

Hansom Cab

Thursday afternoon we held our first rehearsal followed by a second one on Friday morning. After the Thursday rehearsal we walked from the hotel to Blake's restaurant on 48th. St. for dinner, and followed that with a walk to 52nd. St. to see the Music Man play at the Neil Simon Theater. To quote one critic: "one of the greatest musical revivals in Broadway history."