Part 10 Carnegie Hall NYC The Performance and After-Party

After leaving the NBC Studio Tour about 5:30p, we went back to the hotel to rest. Singers weren't to arrive at the Stage Door of Carnegie Hall until 8:15p, but Margie had a ticket to go watch the whole concert so she left about 6:30p

We got cleaned up and headed back to the 5th floor rehearsal hall to wait to be called to the stage. There was a monitor in the room but we really couldn't see or hear what was going on on-stage that well. Butterflies, but great ones! I wondered how full the hall would actually be? I'd been told it might be mostly friends and families of the performers.

But on Presidents' Day for a concert titled "Who Are the Brave?" Carnegie Hall was full except for the top balcony. Wow! New Yorkers are patriotic.What an experience! Seems like it was happening and over in a minute.

Here's a review of the concert.

I didn't even realize we'd gotten a standing ovation after singing "My Country Tis of Thee" because I was so busy looking at Dr. Wilberg's smile and thumbs up to the choir and orchestra.

Grabbed our coats and headed back to the hotel to get purses and wallets and head down the block to Rosie O'Grady's for a 2-hour "after-party" in an upstairs room that reminded me of a wedding reception or the 2nd floor of Antoine's in New Orleans.  After another full day and 15,000+ steps I went back to the hotel and slept soundly, anticipating our visit to Ground Zero before the bus picks us up tomorrow afternoon to head back to the airport.