Wandered down to the Luna Bar & Grill again for breakfast after meeting some of the boys in the foyer. For once there wasn’t much Chorus politics discussed.
When we got back to the hotel I lay down and didn’t want to get up again, so Brett headed out by himself to see the new World War II memorial, which was the last thing on his ‘to-do’ list. I slept for over an hour and then bumbled around making an attempt at packing until Brett got back.
Then it was time to get sorted for the show so we headed out to the Kennedy Centre by taxi. I’d never been there before and was most impressed by the venue. While it was built in the seventies, it hasn’t dated much. It is massive, grandiose and immaculately kept. It certainly does Washington proud as their premier arts venue. We were the ‘pre-show entertainment’. There is a small stage at either end of the Grand Foyer where they put on free entertainment between 6-7pm for people arriving to see shows at the three major theatres in the building. We attracted a crowd of over three hundred and put on a superb show for them, which was simultaneously webcast. You can find the archive via http://www.kennedy-center.org/millennium
While we were warming up for the show Brett had persuaded me to go see the musical ‘The Producers’ which was playing in the Opera House at the centre. I had been somewhat indifferent, but the show is excellent – it’s by Mel Brooks and is very much his humour, which I enjoy. I look forward to catching it again when it comes to London.
After the show though, we headed straight back to the hotel to that inevitability of travelling: packing. You know my feelings.
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