by Sr. Philomena Anne, O.Carm.
On December
27, 2017, my novice director Sr. Helena and I went to New York City, to see The
Rockettes perform at Radio City Music Hall.
We left at 7:15 am for an 8:00 am bus schedule. The show started at 11:00 and it was amazing!
There was a part of the show in 3D and we got great seats up close. An organist
on the side played a carol that looked very cool and the organ looked very
complicated to play. On the sides of the
main stage, there were performers singing as they went up to the stage that you
would not see in a DVD recorded performance of the Rockettes. What cool special effects there were on stage
that you would not get to see on a DVD either! There was even a live nativity scene with live
sheep and a camel. It was definitely much more exciting to see in person! After the show, we got in line and Sr. Helena
and I got our pictures taken with one of the Rockettes. That was very cool. I told Sr. Helena I bet
that was the first time they ever had their picture taken with Sisters! We got
two hard copies- one for the Sisters’ pantry and one I sent to my family. We
went to the afternoon Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The sanctuary was decorated
beautifully for Christmas and the manger was huge. When Mass was over, we ate
lunch at the NBC News building that had places to eat and to shop in. After lunch, we went to the decorated windows of
Saks Fifth Avenue. The theme was the 100th
anniversary of Sleeping Beauty. The windows were dressed with scenes from
Sleeping Beauty. We took some pictures
next to some of the windows with a funny part of that one man who decided to
pose in our picture to be funny, and of course, we did not realize it until
after we already took the shot and he was there! We also visited the skating
rink at Rockefeller Center. We saw the
huge Christmas tree and took a few pictures. We had a few hours until our bus
home so we went to Time Square since I have never seen it. The buildings were
huge and there were so many giant, lighted up billboards. We then took the
subway train to the bus station and got some coffee on the bus home. The New York skyline at night with all the
buildings lit up was so pretty! Something I had only seen on postcards. It was
a wonderful experience to be there during the Christmas Season! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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| Posed with a Rockette |
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| Santa with the Rockette reindeers |
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| The Big Apple Trolley Bus |
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| Live Nativity Scene |
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| Saint Patrick's Cathedral |
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| Saks Fifth Avenue Sleeping Beauty windows |
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| A bite of the Big Apple |
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| The Rockefeller Center |
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| Times Square |
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