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Thursday, March 06, 2008I Could've Sung At Carnegie HallOn Friday night, my college choir conductor will be directing a concert at Carnegie Hall, in honor of Susquehanna University's 150th anniversary. I could've been a part of the soprano section. Eric might've been one of the tenors. But, you know, nursing babies and NYC don't go well together. And so we stayed home. One of my mother's friends has always said, ever since I can remember, that I should play at Carnegie. Naturally, that wasn't going to happen, since my piano skills aren't exactly on par with Alicia de la Rocha. But this choir thing was a shoe-in for the less-than-optimally-talented. I mean, anyone can rent Carnegie these days and call it a "concert," right? And though I respect Mr. Stretansky and would have dearly enjoyed singing under his baton once more, I don't think that having done so would be a mark for the annals of history. Still. It would've made for pretty cool dinner conversation: "Well, last year when Eric and I performed at Carnegie...what? Didn't I tell you?" I sent my free alumni tickets to a family friend and have given the concern a mere, passing thought now and then ever since. Eric's taken it much harder than I have (must be that New York blood of his). It's just another one of those things that wasn't meant to be. Like the time Eric and I were invited to a concert at the Vatican. Yes, that's right -- Rome, Italy. The special guests of the composer, and present for the Pope's birthday celebration. I had nothing to wear, so we didn't go. Actually, it was the season of lots-of-very-small-children-with-nobody-to-watch-them. And we missed a truly unique opportunity. So I've almost done Carnegie and I've almost done Rome. Doesn't sound too impressive, does it? I think I'll get back to my writing. I can nurse my baby and wear jeans and Skechers and still get my writing done. I wonder if any of you have some impressive "near misses" in life. I'd surely love to hear about them... Labels: life |
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5of my readers are feeling chatty:
Hmm, no. I can't think of anything. Every day I marvel at the wonder of my life. If it had gone the way I'd planned the world would probably consider it glamourous but then I would have some "impressive near misses" - I just wouldn't know I'd missed them. :-)
Near misses...ummmmm...nope. Not one.
Now how sad is that?
I once performed an impressive driving maneuver to avoid an accident. That was a near miss, let me tell you!
Wait...maybe that's not quite what you meant. ;D
My closest thing to a near miss is selling my 7th row tickets to a Journey concert. What was I thinking?
DramaMama is actually in a Bon Jovi video.
Near misses, you ask?
I'm right there with you. An orchestra that I was once in played Carnegie, I was to be a part of the group. But that didn't happen.
I've also twice missed touring Europe with my HS and College Orchestra.
*sigh*
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