VIENNA BOYS CHOIR==>AWESOME!!

Good Monday morning my loyal and faithful readers.

I want to get right to important stuff, like Billi Pod’s report card on the VIENNA BOYS CHOIR @ Carnegie Hall==>AAA+<==like, AWESOME!! What an outstanding afternoon of traditional and modern Christmas music.

The house appeared to be sold-out and my seat was super-excellent, 4 rows from the stage in the center orchestra. Terrific. There were a lot of young people in my area and they all seemed to be enthralled with what was happening on stage. Everyone was extremely well-behaved.

What wonderful voices. You know, as I have mentioned before, I cannot imagine what it must feel like for a 12 year old boy to be performing in front of a packed house in Carnegie Hall, in the Greatest City In The World. Add to that the fact the several of them also performed solo pieces. Wow!!

I want to share with you just a bit of background information on the group, taken from my posting last year --

“The Vienna Boys Choir was formed in 1498 and was under the control of the ruling Kings until 1918, when they became an independent and private institution.

Today the Choir maintains its own boarding school where 250 male students, from all over the world, study and rehearse. All of the choir boys must live in this boarding school. From this group, 100 members between the ages of 10 and 14 are selected and divided into 4 touring choirs.

Together they give around 300 concerts world-wide in front of approximately 500,000 people. Each group spends 9 to 11 weeks of the school year on tour.”

Yes, my loyal and faithful readers this epic concert certainly got Billi Pod back into a festive holiday mood.

Unfortunately ... the festive holiday mood wasn’t maintained by the evening’s gloomy entertainment event ...

THE ROAD TO MECCA-==>B-<==outstanding acting, especially by Rosemary Harris, saves this overly-long exposition-driven drama from sinking into mediocrity.

The guy seated next to me had this to say at intermission - “Another f**king attempt by Athol Fugurd to become Ibsen.” Yeah ... I agree.

However, it is worth seeing, with a discounted ticket, simply for Rosemary Harris.

Today, being Monday, it will first be Billi Pod’s usual errands and stuff, and then ...

4:00==>meet up with Dian Crystal and Vera Olichney for an early dinner at Angus McIndoe, my favorite Theatre District restaurant. I am hosting. This is my 2011 birthday present to Dian.

Then ... for the evening ... the new musical starring Kerry Butler ...

7:00==>THROUGH THE DOOR - “Charlotte and Lenny love each other but lately it seems like their lives have been on different paths. He's working like crazy, while she's at home looking for a job and feeling like a failure. Then one day a mysterious portal opens in the kitchen pantry, bringing Charlotte face-to-face with Jean-Pierre, 17th-century French prince who thinks she's pretty hot.” (Off Broadway - free ticket)

This is a staged reading and it is being directed by my FaceBook friend David Lee.

Well, as you know, yesterday Tom Brady pretty much took Timmy Tebow and The Bronco’s to the cleaners, although the first half was very close and competitive. The game wasn’t carried locally but I was able to follow it on my iPhone’s ESPN app.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT==>if things go as expected/planned in just 30 days I will be a Great-Granddaddy!! Awesome!!!

OK ... got things and stuff to do ... so ...

GO YANKEES AND GO GATORS!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”

ALEX-117