(8 pm. – promoted by ek hornbeck)
Hi, everybody:
I got home last evening from a weekend out in Western Massachusetts, in the Berkshires, where I attended a fabulously spectacular Boston Symphony Orchestra/West Side Story concert, at Tanglewood. The Boston Symphony orchestra played a fantastic live rendition of the musical score to the film West Side Story, which added a new dimension to an already-great classic movie, of which a beautifully restored, digital, HD, reprinted, cleaned up and remastered version was shown, along with the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s live rendition of the musical score. Word had it that there were at least 20, 000 people in all at Tanglewood last night. I did know that this particular concert sold out, big time, despite at least a couple of lawn benches being added on.
Since I had a ticket for a seat inside the shed at Tanglewood, and had ordered a bag-lunch/dinner to go, way in advance, everything was great, and I didn’t have to worry about anything. This fabulous evening, however, on my part, was preceded by sort of a (mis)adventure; the unexpected break-down of my car, at a service plaza 26 miles from Tanglewood. At the advice of the guy behind the counter, I called the State Police, after being given their number, and they, in turn gave me the number of a towing company to call, known as Red’s Towing, who I called immediately. 3/4 of an hour later, a young guy driving a flatbed tow truck came to the plaza where I was, after having told them where I was. The young man who was driving the tow truck asked me where I was going and what I was going to see, so I told him. Aftter calling afew places and finding them closed, he called a Munro Car repair place not far from the place where I’d stayed last night after the Tanglewood concert, and towed my now-dead car, and gave me a ride to the place where I was staying.
It was a great concert, and exuberant crowd, and much applause took place after each WSS number, leading me to believe that there were a great many New Yorkers in this audience. Boston audiences, btw, enjoy West Side Story just as much as New Yorkers, despite being a bit more reserved, so that’s okay.
The movie/concert was 2.5 hours long, and ended at about 11:00 that night. What a way to spend a Saturday night; seeing one’s favorite movie and hearing a live rendition of the musical score played by a famous Orchestra (i. e. the Boston Symphony Orchestra, to boot!)! Everything was crowded, traffic was high, and, having had to take a taxi to the concert due to my not having a car, it was all very well that I didn’t have my car that night. So, I hoofed it partway back to the inn where I was staying for the night, and, believe it or not, when I asked a cop how far it was to where I was staying and answered that I had a least 3-4 miles to go before reaching my overnight destination, he gave me a ride the rest of the way.
It had been a fabulous night.
Getting back home to Boston the next day was far more ardous; I called afew towing companies and afew car-rental places. Unfortunately, no car rental places, especially nearby were open, and none of the Berkshires area towing companies would tow all the way from Lenox, MA, to Boston, MA. I finally got a towing and a ride back to Boston with the towing guy, after a 4 hour wait, as opposed to a 2.5 hour wait as had been predicted earlier. It was a very good crowd, and word had it that there were 20, 000 people there. Not surprisingly, this concert sold out, big time, despite the addition of afew lawn benches. I was glad to have been able to attend the special Boston Symphony Orchestra/West Side Story concert out at Tanglewood that I’d so been looking forward to after having bought my ticket and made my room reservation back in late January of this year!
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