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New York Philharmonic
Avery Fisher Hall

All-Beethoven with Radu Lupu, piano, and Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor.

Beethoven
Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus

 

Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1

Beethoven
Symphony No. 5

 

 

PHILADELPHIA

A 3 day trip to Philadelphia to survey an ophthalmology surgery center.  Riding Amtrak.

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Juilliard
Leann Osterkamp - Student Recital
Paul Recital Hall

Brahms
Klavierstucke, Op.19

Vine
Sonata No. 1 for Piano

Schubert
Fantasy in C Major, D. 760. Op. 15 "Der Wanderer"

FAMILY FRIDAY AT PS276

The morning was a touch warmer.

We headed out for "Family Friday" at PS276.

 

The view of the New York Harbor from their school window.

 

The school's roof-top playground.

 

IN ACTING SHAKESPEARE

Pearl Theater

"This rich one-man show explores the beauty of words, the power of memory, and the profound impact art can have on the course of a single life."


The day started out pretty chilly.

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Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard
Pipe Dreams

Featuring the organ as a chamber music partner

SMETANA - Overture to The Bartered Bride
BACH - Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
VITALI - Chaconne for Organ and Violin
LAURIN - Fantasia for Organ and Harp, Op. 52
HINDEMITH - Sonata No. 3
WEAVER - Sine Nomine
COCHEREAU - Bolero for Organ and Percussion
KREBS - Three Pieces for Organ and Obbligato Instruments
MARTIN - Two Preludes and Fugues
WAGNER - Ride of the Valkyries for two organists

THREE DAYS OF WALKING

We have walked to run errands and we have walked just to see things.  We are literally walking hours each day.  We have not ridden a taxi other than to get to and from the airport.  We are riding and learning the subway system.

Central Park

China Town

Little Italy

Just looking



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New York City Ballet
David H, Koch Theater



All Balanchine
Seranade
Mozartiana
Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2

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New York Philharmonic
Avery Fisher Hall



Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
Yefim Bronfman
Piano

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2
Lorin Maazel

Conductor

OKLAHOMA CITY

A 4 day trip to Oklahoma City to perform a survey for accreditation of a multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center.

MASON'S 7TH BIRTHDAY

Mason celebrated her 7th Birthday attending a Broadway performance of Mary Poppins.

Those attending included Mason, Parker, Kate, and Mia (Carolyn).



CIRQUE DU SOLEIL BECOMES "CIRCUS SO OLD"

This evening we walked northward from our apartment located on 32nd street up 5th Avenue to 55th street.  We even spent several minutes inside St. Patrick's Cathedral.  After dinner near 7th & 55th, we started our walk home, southward along 7th Avenue.

We reached Times Square, which was packed, and considered walking around all the confusion.

Then it happened!  A street performer yelled out that he needed Carolyn to be a part of his act.

We came to NYC for performance art but we never considered that Carolyn would become part of the show.

See for yourself.

A SCHOOL BUS IS A SCHOOL BUS IS A SCHOOL BUS


Yes, all school buses are the same, but the settings where they operate vary greatly.  Seeing a yellow school bus literally on Wall Street is different.

And by the way, even a kindergardener and a 1st grader want to sit in the back of the bus because "that's where all the crazy, fun people are."

THE DRIVE
 

January 1st, 2013, we loaded our 16' Penske and left the Peveto's house.  Bonnie and Johnnie prepared a full South Texas breakfast, loaded our truck with drinks and snacks for the trip, and got us on the road at 8:04 AM.



We have lived our entire lives in Texas.  As we drove into Louisiana on our way to New York, we realized that we were leaving Texas.

On our 1st day we drove 10 hours, traveled 660 miles, and spent the 1st night in Hattiesburg, MS.

The 1st day we left Texas as our home.  The 2nd day, we left the Central Time Zone and ended our day in Knoxville, TN.  These are interesting changes to our lives.

On our 2nd day we drove 490 miles in 8 hours.

On our 3rd day we drove 480 miles in 7 1/2 hours.  That landed us in Hagerstown, MD.

This was our 1st day with sunshine.  It came out around noon and at the same time we began seeing snow on the ground from the previous evening.

Our 4th day was 210 miles.  The day was sunny and the country side was completely covered with snow.  Thankfully, the highway was free of snow and ice.  That landed us in Scranton, PA.  The temperatures that night were in the low 20s.

Our 5th day covered 200 miles and brought us to Teaneck, NJ.  Importantly, we arrived at our 1st destination, Claryville, NY, and left items there.

On this day of driving we saw ice fishing, ground completely covered with snow, and many small villages.

The previous time we left Claryville it looked like this.

When we arrived this time, the farmhouse looked like this.

The memory rocks we stacked together a year ago were difficult to find in the snow.

For the older members of the Tankersley Family, we delivered Shella and Cleon Thornton's bed and love seat in Abilene, Texas to Claryville in the Catskills of New York.

 

The evening of the 5th day we staged ourselves at the entrance of the George Washington Bridge for our final 16' Penske assault on Manhattan.

Day 6, Sunday, January 6th, 2013, was the day for the 16' Penske to assault Manhattan!

All went well driving and parking in the city and we delivered "The Beast", the Penske, to a facility high in Harlem.  Now, completely void of a motorized vehicle, we walked to Sylvia's Soul Food Restaurant in Harlem for lunch.

www.sylviasrestaurant.com

We found more Southern comfort food than we could eat.  A woman walks around the restaurant from noon until 4:00 PM singing spirituals with live musical backup.  She announced where people in the restaurant are from and we heard from every continent except Antarctica.

The drive summarized is: We drove 2,070 miles, slept 5 nights on the road, saw lots of beautiful country, and accomplished our goal.

We are now at home at: 885 6th Avenue, #34D, New York, NY  10001.