Conductor Finds His Way to Carnegie Hall

From: Albuquerque Journal | Date: May 30, 2008| Author: JIM BELSHAW Of the Journal | Copyright information

Old joke: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice!

In Manhattan last week, somebody sold a lot of black Tshirts with that old joke printed on the front and back. Every time I stepped into the hotel hallway, someone came along wearing one.

Not me, though. I am limited by Belshaw Travel Law to one T- shirt per out-of-town visit, and this time I went with a tree- huggingly green Central Park Conservancy fashion choice.

But then, I wasn't singing in Ca...

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