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     THE UPEI SUN,Thursday,March 15,1979,pa3e 9 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ' _by Mickey Place 
     
    

    
     As the University interL 
     
     collegiate sporting year - 
     
     has ended, at least as far 
     
     as U.P.E.I. is concerned, 
     
     We think aweek's layoff 
     
     ‘might enable us to gain 
     
     some perspective on the 
     
     season Just past and per- 
     
     haps we might look agead 
     
     in a future issue, to 
     
     next year's prospects. 
     
     However, Editor Maria de-‘ 
     
     mands a "Jock Talk" so 
     
     we think we will digress 
     
     and switch to a report on 
     
     our recent theatre trip 
     
     to New York. I. , 
     
    

    
     This year, prdaablybe— 
     
     cause of the depressed 
     
     Vaer of the Canadian dol- 
     
     lar in relation to its 
     
     American counterpart and 
     
    

    
     . the consequent minimum of 
     
     $39 0.00 only 20 took ad- 
     
     vantage of the opportun- 
     
     ity; less than half of 
     
     last year "s contingent. 
     
    

    
     Of course this cost covered 
     
    

    
     . transportation, theatre 
     
     tickets and hotel “accommo- 
     
     dation’ and was a real 
     
     bargain to those who could 
     
     scrape together the  
     
     quired funds. . 
     
    

    
     We left on Saturday 2L: Feb 
     
     and, aftera short stop 
     
     in antreal, arrived in 
     
     New York's Kennedy Air- 
     
     port around 11:00 p.m. 
     
     fortunately, lcw rain 
     
     clouds obscured Danhatt- 
     
     an's skyscrapers and we 
     
     were not able to enjoy 
     
     that unique View. We 
     
     werworried ab out the 
     
     best way to get to our’ 
     
     hotel and, as we Waited 
     
     at the baggage claiming 
     
     circle we went to the taxi 
     
     dispatcher telling himwe 
     
    

    
     were 20 and asking if 5 ,’ 
     
     could get in a cab and 
     
     he replied that they. could 
     
     in the Checker Line. We 
     
     passedth word around 
     
     and arrangements were 
     
     hastily made. Then the 
     
     rain came dam in torrents- 
     
     and.. "M’lrpm48 Lav" which 
     
     says that if confusion can 
     
     result in’ a: situation. . . 
     
     it will, held’true and 
     
     ab out 80 other travellers . 
     
     invaded our area clamoun— 
     
     ting for transportation 
     
     and there were no Check- 
     
     ers availab le and the 
     
     Others heldbut four. 
     
    

    
     We tried to adjust to 
     
     this and finally had all 
     
     en route, as we entered . 
     
    
   
   
    
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     the last taxi. We asked 
     
    

    
     the driver if hefhad tak- 
     
     en out bag and he assured 
     
     us that all was well. 
     
    

    
     Hov ever, upon arrival and 
     
     after the driver had been 
     
     paid we discoVered that; 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ no bagwith J.T.P. ini- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tials was in the trunk.‘ 
     
     The driver melted away ‘ 
     
     like abottle genie. 
     
     Worried, we made sure ev- 
     
     eryone was settled and 
     
     then set out by the only 
     
     means we could find to ‘» 
     
     reach Kennedy. . .it is not 
     
     easy to get a taxi in N.Y. 
     
    
   
   
    
     L. in a rainstorm and they 
     
    
   
   
    
     prefer short hauls. . .so 
     
     we took a smway. Ac- 
     
     tually it was simple. 
     
    

    
     And there was the big red 
     
    
   
   
    
     - bag close to where we 
     
    
   
   
    
     left it'. That night 
     
     some Went to "Elb ie" a 
     
     revue with singing and 
     
     music. The younger mem- 
     
     bers of out group some— 
     
    
   
   
    
     - hcw found a "Disco" and 
     
    
   
   
    
     reported they were very 
     
     well entertained at rea— 
     
     sonab le cost. This con- 
     
     tinued all week with the 
     
     older members going out -' 
     
     for gourmet foods, the" 
     
     others to (l’eenv ieh Vil— 
     
     lage or some such for 
     
     entertainment. On Sun- 
     
     day some went to Saint 
     
     Patrick's for High Bass 
     
     and all met, at noon, at 
     
     Lincoln Centre where we 
     
     were given a 145 minute 
     
     lecture explaining the 
     
     action and history of the 
     
     opera "Carmen"which we 
     
     saw at 1.00 dollar. It 
     
     was really a terrific show. 
     
     with Joy Davison singing 
     
     the title role. The mu- 
     
     sic will stay with us for 
     
     a long time we are sure. 
     
     That night, some went 'to 
     
     Luchov 's fordinner. It 
     
     is an old restaurant re- 
     
     named for its Cerman 
     
     food, beer and music. ~ . 
     
     Expensive b ut worthvhile. 
     
     ~On anday most went on a 
     
     tour of Wall Street and 
     
     the Stock Exchange. The 
     
    
   
   
    
     , latter, from the lectures 
     
    
   
   
    
     and movies which were pre- 
     
     sented to us, seems tobe 
     
     some sort of charitable 
     
     institution! It was rain- 
     
     ing hard so we decided not 
     
     to go on with sightseeing 
     
     but most went shopping. 
     
    

    
     We thought the prices 
     
     werevery close to those 
     
     in Charlotteth b ut we 
     
     did buy some (DOD coffee 
     
     for $3.25 per lb . and an 
     
     A.IVL/F:1V'. radio for 36.00. " 
     
     anday night we saw "Dea- 
     
    
   
   
    
     thtrap" a long'run thriller _ 
     
    
   
   
    
     with exceptional acting 
     
     which was a delightful 
     
    
   
   
    
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     . life . 
     
    
   
   
    
     v grossing . 
     
    
   
   
    
     cross beiw een comedy and 
     
     horror. Tuesday we went 
     
     to the Metropolitan M1- 
     
     seum of Art and Science 
     
     while spending a "day in 
     
     these magnificent surroun- 
     
     dings only eneb les one to 
     
     skim through it,it is a 
     
     wonderful way to spend a 
     
     few hours. Excellent 
     
     prints and plaques are 
     
    

    
     on. sale at very reasonab le 
     
     prices (average 85¢ to 
     
     2.00) and our favourite 
     
     (Renoir's "At the Seash- 
     
     ore"), ncw adorns our 
     
     wall. rIhat night we saw 
     
     "Annie" a long run musical 
     
     which isbased on the 
     
    

    
     old comic "little Orphan 
     
     Annie". It afforded a 
     
     nice change of pace and 
     
     the audience really loved 
     
     .it. Wednesday morning 
     
     we went to the Frick M1- 
     
     seum, which is located in 
     
     an old 5th Avenue man— 
     
     sion, somewent to the 
     
     Miseum of lbdern Art. On 
     
     our travels We went into 
     
     one of the expensive 5th 
     
     Avenue stores and one of 
     
     the very alert girls got 
     
     a $180.00 jacket marked 
     
     dovn to $35.00. On her it 
     
     looked like $180.00! Then 
     
     to "Da"which Dr. O'Grady 
     
     had revieved for us at 
     
     home. It is the story of 
     
     a dramatist, back from 
     
     London to Ireland for the 
     
     funeral of his father, 
     
    
   
   
    
     V who, is hauntedby the stu- 
     
    
   
   
    
     bb orn, funny corpse who 
     
    
   
   
    
     refuses to leave and pro: 
     
    
   
   
    
     mises to be with him for 
     
     Sounds gruesome 
     
     but it was\amusing and en- 
     
     ‘We have resol— 
     
     ved to get the script and 
     
    
   
   
    
     read it for there was a gr- 
     
    
   
   
    
     eat deal of truth in the 
     
     play and it was impossib le 
     
     to absoflo it all: That 
     
     night there was nothing 
     
     scheduled so some went to 
     
     Disco's (e.g. at nearby 
     
     Sheraton Hotel there was 
     
     no admission charge, dr- 
     
     inks were @2.00 andwe 
     
     were told very enjoyaa le) 
     
     \some went to Nadame But- 
     
     terfly and we went to Best 
     
     Little W.H. in-Texas. We 
     
     were told the latterwas 
     
     a little gross and very 
     
     funny. We found it very 
     
     gross and a little funny 
     
     but the music and singing 
     
     were very good. Thursday 
     
     we went dovntown 'andwent 
     
     . to the top of the Trade 
     
     Centre Building (10“ st- 
     
     ories) and some went from 
     
     there to the Statue of 
     
     Liberty, butwewent to 
     
     Fraunces Tavern where there 
     
     are a lot of Revolutionary 
     
    
   
   
    
     War arti facs (Washington 
     
    
   
   
    
     gave a farewell dinner to ’ 
     
     his top officers here at the 
     
     the end of the war) and 
     
    

    
     we are sure we puzzled 
     
    

    
     the very helpful guide as 
     
     we left him with a parting 
     
     comment "It was all abig 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ mistake, Wasn't it?") 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dinner at Chinath cost 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,ebout $6 andwas excel} 
     
    
   
   
    
     ent. Shopping there is 
     
     also interesting. 
     
    

    
     That night we saw "Dra- 
     
     cula" and the 500 year 
     
     old'Count from Transyl— 
     
     vania was tongue- in— cheek 
     
     treatment which made the 
     
     chills run up and down 
     
     our spine as we laughed. 
     
     Knov ing that the title 
     
     role was playedby Raul 
     
     Julia, a Canadian, added 
     
     to our enjoyment. Friday 
     
     was an unscheduled day so 
     
     we decided to top off the 
     
     trip in first class fash- 
     
     ion andwent to the Linco- 
     
     ln Centre to hear the New 
     
     York Philharmonic in the 
     
     afternoon and to the 
     
     same place at night for 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lucia De Laramoor at night.’ 
     
     On Saturday we headed 
     
    

    
     back for Charlottetcwn, all 
     
    

    
     luggage came through with- 
     
    

    
     out tr01b le and all ar- 
     
    

    
     rived home tired and 
     
    

    
     happy. New York is a 
     
    

    
     great place to visit but 
     
    

    
     for LIVING give us P.E.L 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘We might also do serve 
     
    
   
   
    
     that we left here as in— 
     
    
   
   
    
     ~ dividuals . . we returned 
     
    
   
   
    
     as a group of friends. 
     
     We'd like to comment 
     
     that‘the hotel, The Taft, 
     
     was convenient and very 
     
     satisfactory, food was 
     
     availeb 1e near) y, reason- 
     
     a) le Or expensive, depen- 
     
     ding on individual choice 
     
     andwe b elieve that ev- 
     
     eryone enjoyed the trip. 
     
     For this we'd like to ex— 
     
     tend special and grate- 
     
     ful thanks to Ian MacDon- 
     
     ald and Carol (lfiovenstein 
     
     who did all of the pre- ‘ 
     
     liminary work and arrange- 
     
     ments. Hope we can do it 
     
     again in '80. 
     
    
   
   
    
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