New York 2011
October 19 - 20
KEEP TRACK OF JERRY
Jerry writes on the ‘Jerry’s News’ page. Extracts placed in ‘pages’.
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Report for each city
ITINERARY AMERICA 2011
October 19, 2011 (Wednesday)
Dublin - London - New York
October 20 - 21, 2011
NEW YORK REPORT click for more
October 22 - 23, 2011
WASHINGTON REPORT click for more
October 24 - 25 - 26, 2011
CHICAGO REPORT click for more
October 26 - 27, 2011
DENVER REPORT click for more
October 28, 2011
GRAND JUNCTION click for more
October 29, 2011
DURANGO click for more
October 30 - 31 Nov 1, 2011
FLAGSTAFF click for more
November 1 - 2, 2011
LOS ANGELES click for more
November 3 - 4 - 5, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO click for more
November 5, 2011
San Francisco - London - Dublin
November 6, 2011
Return to Dublin
NEW YORK CITY
October 20th : Early morning! 1.55am (local time)
Flight to New York
Well I’ve got here after a very long day.
The flight from Dublin to London was uneventful, but Heathrow Airport is a nightmare to negotiate.
Got the flight to New York, which was really nice, with very pleasant cabin crew. JFK Airport was another nightmare. We had to stand in line for over an hour to clear immigration.
Several flights arrived together and there were only 5 staff to process them. Then, the bags of one of the tour group had gone missing which meant we had to hang around in the arrivals hall for another hour while her problem was sorted.
I’m writing this at 1.55am local time which means I’ve been on the go for almost 24 hours and am exhausted.
Just looking at NYC on the way in from the airport it seems to be an amazing city.
More about this later!
Jerry, New York 1.55am local time
October 20 : Early Evening, 6.00pm (local time)
New York
GALLERY - 25 images
Operate gallery: top left corner, click ‘view’
then, click on ‘slideshow’ for bigger images
Jerry arrives in New York to meet Dan Milner
Singing for the students on the ethnomusicology course, New York University
Thursday 20th October New York City
Well I did the thing with Dan Milner at NYU and it went very well. Nice attentive students who were well prepared for my visit. Dan had given them all the web address of my website and they all knew exactly who I was and what I was about.
They seemed to really enjoy the songs and me talking about my influences including Frank Harte.
After that it was off to McSorley’s for a beer and then to Swifts for a sandwich. Both very nice!
Managed to see all of Little Italy and Chinatown, buy a digital sound recorder and get to the South Street Seaport Museum and to see a four masted sailing ship, The Peking, a fantastic piece of engineering.
Up bright and early in the morning for our departure to Washington. More from there tomorrow!
Jerry
Skyscraper to Mammon (?), New York style
Buskers, New York style, Ebony Hillbillies!
Buskers, New York style
Grand Central Station : three magnificent windows
Earlier traveller
and more
Jerry’s Blog : 19th October 2011
Up bright and early to finish my packing for my ‘trip of a lifetime’.
Dan Milner from New York has already been on and will call to bring me to NYU and show me around Manhattan. Stan Scott and Dora, are coming into Grand Central Station from Connecticut to have dinner with me on Thursday evening.
Dan is a superb singer with a long history to him. His mother is from Brosna Co. Kerry and like my own mother worked in the midlands of England during the Second World War. His seminal collection of songs, ‘The Bonny Bunch of Roses’ has been required reading for anyone interested in how songs travel across the Atlantic.
Stan and Dora are great ethnomusicologists who published their great book "Music in Ireland" experiencing music, expressing culture in 2004. They have a deep understanding of ethnic music and singing. Stan is a brilliant singer in his own right and was a great friend of my late brother-in-law Tom Munnelly Ireland’s greatest folksong collector in the English language. More to come!!
Jerry
October 11th
Jerry’s Blog : 11th October 2011
Well here we are on the cusp of the great adventure.
My coast to coast rail trip across the U.S.A. I’m really looking forward to this.
I’ll be visiting New York, Washington, Chicago, Denver, Grand Junction, Durango, Flagstaff, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The trip of a lifetime!
I’ve never been to Chicago, Denver,Grand Junction, Durango - hope I don’t run into the Kid!- Flagstaff or the west coast of the States before.
New experiences to be enjoyed and savoured.
I’ll keep you updated!
Jerry
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