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Summer 2008 - NYC Trip Photos
The Saint Francis Choir and Bell Ringers had an opportunity to sing in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on Friday, July 18, 2008! We also rehearsed at Christ Church United Methodist in Manhattan prior to the St. Patrick's Cathedral performance. Approximately 100 singers, ringers, and their families made the trip to New York City for this event. See the article about this trip in the Cary News. To see the program for this concert, click here. To hear St. Francis Choir perform a selection from this program, Gloria Patri by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, click the "play" button.
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Saint Francis Choir and Bellringers perform at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City: July 18, 2008 (Click on photos for larger image.)
Outside St. Patrick's Cathedral
Saint Francis Choir and Bellringers performance.
Saint Francis Choir and Bellringers performance (wide view).
Other pictures from the NYC Trip - July 17-20, 2008
Thursday - Bus trip from St. Francis to New Jersey
Loading the buses bright and early
Mary Jo, Barb, and Marylyn (with their coffee!)
Marc Brown (a Yankee fan) on the bus
JJ (aka "John the Baptist"), one of our bus drivers
A much-needed rest stop
The Dynamic Duo
Friday - Rehearsal at Christ Church UMC, performance at St. Patrick's Cathedral, visit to Top of the Rock, and dinner in Little Italy - a VERY busy day!
Christ Church United Methodist on Park Avenue
The beautiful tiled interior
More of the beautiful tiles above the side aisles
Scott sitting at the organ
Rehearsing at Christ Church UMC
The ringers were composed of adults, youth, and children
The Bellringers rehearse with the Choir
Bob and John
The group waits outside the church for the bus to take them to St. Patrick's
Laura, Shelley, and Carol
Our leaders, Jim and Scott
Our destination, St. Patrick's Cathedral
The buses unload in front of the Cathedral
The beautiful interior of St. Patrick's Cathedral. A Mass preceded our performance.
Waiting to perform in front of the high altar
Jim and the choir take a bow
Singers, ringers, and family members numbered 100 people!
Carolyn finds something funny while standing in front of the Cathedral
Top of the Rock is the observation deck on the top of Rockefeller Center's central skyscraper
St. Patrick's Cathedral from Top of the Rock
Central Park viewed from the observation deck
The Empire State Building and lower Manhattan
Gary and Sharon
Jeanette, Crystal, Mary Jo, and Barb
Our "tour guides", Liz and Bobbie
Lore, our Broadway show organizer, from atop the "Rock"
Mulberry Street in Little Italy
Da Nico's, where we had dinner
A table of happy diners!
Tim and Lisa
Another table of happy diners!
Bill, Shannon, and Ken
Marie and Rex
Yet another table of happy diners!!
The final "happy diner" picture. Our group took over the whole 2nd floor of the restaurant.
On Mulberry Street after dinner
Saturday - Sightseeing in Manhattan and Broadway shows
The group boards the ferry for the Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty from the ferry
The Statue of Liberty "up close and personal"
Looking up inside the statue from inside the pedestal
A view of Manhattan from Liberty Island
The New York Stock Exchange at the start of our walking tour of the World Trade Center area
A view of Trinity Church from Wall Street
The group walks through the cemetery of Trinity Church
Tree root art in the Trinity Church churchyard
Inside St. Paul's Chapel
One of many displays about 911 inside of St. Paul's Chapel
George Washington's pew in St. Paul's Chapel
The pulpit of St. Paul's
Ground Zero, under construction for the new memorial and World Trade Center buildings
Public art and fountain in the World Trade Center complex
Lore and Sally at City Hall Park
The tall ships at South Street Seaport
They named an entire building after our town!
Driving by the UN Headquarters
Old Glory hangs from the elaborate ceiling of Grand Central Terminal
Robin waiting to see Wicked
In addition to Wicked and The Lion King, members of the group also Spamalot
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine on the Upper West Side
Columbus Circle, our final destination on Saturday
The group rests and watches the street entertainment
Patti makes the mime in Central Park laugh!
Crystal, Don, Mary, and Bobbie
Another family group enjoying lunch
Looks like John bought Carolyn some flowers
Our fearless leader and family
Joan, Bob, and Carolyn
Lou Ann looks smug about something
After a long but very enjoyable day of sightseeing, the group waits for the buses
The last thing we did - drive down Broadway at night as we left Manhattan
