This week has been a harrowing week of storms, blizzards and piles and piles of snow on the streets.
When Gavin and I went out to Strawberry Fields on Tuesday morning, the entire park was encased in ice. Someone had scraped away just enough of it so that you could see the mosaic, but the benches were covered, the ground was covered. So what did we do?
We brushed off the snow from the bench, laid down two cheap orange rain panchos for the equipment to sit on, and we sang to an empty park filled with snow.
Occasionally, tourists would come through and they really appreciated us being out there. Many singing along and enjoying an absolutely stunningly beautiful -- if cold and icy -- morning.
But the ice on the ground was a foot thick.
Suddenly, we heard the sound of a snow plow. It came from the south and dug up huge plates of ice, scraping along and driving right in front of us, passing us by. Followed by a man with a shovel, I asked if we should clear out. He said, "Yes."
The plow finally got stuck in the ice near the 72nd street entrance. So we weren't sure what was happening.
Then, after many shovels of salt and digging, the plow was freed and it turned around and was coming right at us.
We jumped up and began winding up cords and unplugging and packing because that plow was not going to stop (we thought).
And that was it. We ran for the entrance. No. We walked gingerly on the ice and went home.
MONDAY NIGHT
This Monday night, March 2, Blake Lee Zolfo and I will be singing "My New York Life," for a show filled -- I mean, packed -- with great Broadway stars. Produced and hosted by critic and author Peter Filichia, who reportedly has seen more productions of every musical ever written, named our song as "Song of the year" in his podcast review. And now, we get to present it as part of a Best of Broadway show. Link to show tickets: https://54below.org/events/peter-filichia-friends-broadway-tales-and-tunes-2/
I am so excited about this! To be getting new recognition this late in life (I'm 72), as if I were some new kid on the block, is really fun. I like being the new kid on the block. Truth is, most people still have not heard my music or my name. And that's okay. It is what it is. What really matters is that the work itself is what's drawing attention.
If you want to relive that moment on stage this past December, from the show, here is the YouTube link that will bring you directly to that song:
I'm sorry to say that it won't be livestreamed. They did such great work on last week's "How Do You Fall Back In Love" that I was really hoping they would.
And that's this week's newsletter.
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