Day 4 - Leaving Boston for New York City

Day 4 began slightly more leisurely (we didn't leave until 9am) as we needed to make the 3 1/2 hour transfer to New York City.
Everyone was up and ready on time and we left Boston on time, a stop en route to NYC in Connecticut for lunch and we eventually hit New York city just before 3pm.
My idea was to pull up along side the Dakota Building and show the students the John Lennon memorial in Central Park. When Lennon was assassinated in 1980, Yoko Ono (who still lives in the same apartment in the Dakota building) decided there would be no funeral but instead she would scatter his ashes in the park - this eventually became the Strawberry fields memorial. I also promised the students we would call in FAO Schwartz (the best toy shop in the world - http://www.fao.com/home/index.jsp ) and the Apple Shop on 5th Avenue. The students loved all of these things. After a late check in we are at the Double Tree Metropolitan on Lexington and all is good. An evening meal at HB Burger and a quick trip to Times Square before heading back to the Hotel and bed......
Busy day tomorrow.......early workshop with a fine Choir and two Choral directors in the morning.......
Below are today's highlight.....plus a picture of the students singing at Harvard last night......

St Paul's Harvard

Strawberry Fields Forever NYC

The best toy store on the planet...

Outside the Hotel on Lexington

The Choir enjoying Times Square