THE LONG,LONG RIDE TO ROCHESTER SEEMS TO GET A LITTLE EASIER EACH YEAR! IT'S STILL LONG, BUT WORTH THE BIG PAYOFF! THE WEATHER THIS YEAR FOR THE SATURDAY REHEARSAL & THE SUNDAY SHOW, COULD NOT HAVE BEEN CUSTOM ORDERED ANY FINER! THE THEME FOR THE LAST REHEARSAL WAS "CRAZIEST T-SHIRT SAYING." THE OVERALL REHEARSAL MOOD WAS HAPPY & FUN WHILE STILL GETTING THE WORK DONE! DIRECTOR, GEORGE LAVELLE SAID IT WAS THE BEST REHEARSAL TO DATE, WHICH WILL LEAD US TO THE BEST SHOW EVER! HE WAS RIGHT! IT WAS & IT DID!
CARMESTROS RESTAURANT,HILTON NY, WAS ONCE AGAIN THE POST REHEARSAL SITE FOR FOOD & FUN! THE TALENT SHOW THIS YEAR WAS PRECEDED BY THE NEWLY FORMED, SOCIAL COMMITTEES LONG LIST OF AWARDS GIVEN OUT TO THE BRIDGEMEN WHO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR UNKNOWINGLY WORKED VERY HARD TO EARN! THE SOCIAL COMMITTEES FINALE WAS A SLIDE SHOW OF OVER 300 PHOTOS THAT COVERED THIS ENTIRE, AMAZING YEAR IN BRIDGEMENLAND! IT WAS MET WITH SMILES,LAUGHS,OHH'S & AHH'S!
PARTY OVER,TIME FOR BED I DON'T THINK SO!
THE DOUBLETREE HOTEL BAR WAS IN DIRE NEED FOR A REDUCTION IN STOCK! THE BRIDGEMEN OBLIGED UNTIL WAY BEYOND CLOSING TIME OF SAID BAR!
SUNDAY, 8:30AM, THE TRADITIONAL PARKING LOT RUN THROUGH VOID OF INSTRUMENTS, MUCH TO THE PLEASURE OF SLEEPING HOTEL GUESTS & HUNG OVER BRIDGEMEN WENT AS WELL AS THE WEATHER IT WAS PERFORMED IN!
PAETEK PARK THROTTLED UP THE EXCITEMENT LEVER BEFORE THE BRIDGEMEN SET FOOT ON THE FIELD! A CRESCENDO OF GREAT MUSIC,GAGS,SURPRISES (SEE IF YOU CAN FIND WHAT INSTRUMENT THE DIRECTOR WAS PLAYING....DID YOU MISS THE PHOTOGRAPHER IN UNIFORM WITH A HORN?) ENTERTAINMENT WAS REWARDED WITH APPLAUSE,CHEERS,SCREAMS & STANDING OVATIONS!
2009 IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FOR THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS!
MAY THE HYPE BE WITH YOU..............JOHN