Friday, October 09, 2009

From Paul Gutheil #1


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Buckles: Yesterday at 2PM Bello walked an inclined wire from the David L. Koch Theatre,
over the fountain, to the top of Avery Fisher Hall. There was quite a crowd there
and we know ABC TV and CBS TV broadcast a snippet later in the day.
Nicholas Wallenda Troffer was there to set the rigging, having done a great
walk himself in Newark, NJ awhile back.

Thinking of you all,

Paul

PS Would have been 110% perfect
if they'd had an elephant.

Posted by Buckles at 10/09/2009 06:08:00 AM

3 comments:

John Goodall said...

This was at Lincoln Center, New York City

09 October, 2009 08:34
Buckles said...

My old stomping grounds!
The building at left was the home of the NY Ballet where I saw
"Nutcracker", "Pinafore", "New Moon", etc. I see it is now named for Mayor Koch. I wonder if any funds were raised during it's renaming?
In the center is the Met where I had the pleasure of hearing numerous fat ladies sing.
The New York Philharmonic resides in the building at right, Barbara attended a Julio Inglasias concert
there one evening.
The smaller building in the background is the Vivian Beaumont Theater that specialized in Broadway revivals and out of sight to the right of it, is the Julliard School of Music.
Big Apple set up in the wooded area seen at left along side the Met.
I remember one move out night when one of the house trailers while pulling out, clipped a marble tree planter and ruptured the septic tank sending an odiferous stream down toward the fountain.
As the patrons in tuxedos and mink coats were tip-toeing thru this I heard one lady say, "Look the circus artists are leaving, how exciting!"

09 October, 2009 22:03
Anonymous said...

Buckles: It's named for David L.
Koch (whom we may safely assume has ALOT of money, not for former Mayor Ed Koch. A shame, we've met The Mayor and are very fond of him.

Paul

PS Carson & Barnes bit on Good Day NY ABC TV was terrific, a plus for the Circus in America. Our Compliments to the Byrds and all, just wish it had been longer.

10 October, 2009 19:57

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