I’m glad to hear that the wonderful Italian crossover tenor Andrea Bocelli will be performing again at Madison Square Garden later this month. My friend Vivian and I are big fans and had tickets to hear him sing there several years ago.
I remember that our seats were way up in that cavernous venue, and after the long climb we stopped to catch our breath before settling down to enjoy the concert.
As we and his 20,000 other fans waited in anticipation for Bocelli to take the stage, Vivian chatted with two very attractive young women who happened to be sitting next to her.
We had turned our attention back to the stage when we heard two ushers obviously flirting with our two pretty neighbors.
”Follow us ,” we heard one of them say, “and bring your two friends.”
Vivian’s neighbor tapped her on the shoulder. “Come on”, she said, “they’ve got front row seats for all of us!”
The ushers assumed we were four friends who had come to the concert together, and Vivian and I weren’t about to disabuse them. So down we all went in time to see Andrea Bocelli led on stage just a few feet from where we were now sitting.
How was the concert? Well, to tell you the truth, you haven’t heard Bocelli sing until you’ve heard him sing at Madison Square Garden from front row seats!
Dana Susan Lehrman
Another treat from you, Dana! Thank you!
Thanx Naomi! Come to New York and we’ll get tix!
LOL. It pays to be friendly.
Yes Vivian, and it pays to have friendly friends like you!
Way to go Dana!
Thanx Angela!
I am so jealous of those front row seats. I’ve loved Bocelli for years and he appears here in Las Vegas every year at holiday time. Although we try not to hit the strip at that time, we finally succumbed and got tickets a couple of years ago for a sold-out performance at a very large venue, the MGM arena.
We sat way, way up, but it was great!
Bravo Carol, he is great, and always a thrill to be at live shows at great venues!
Wow! A great New York story.
Thanx Renee/Gail, and MSG indeed an iconic New York venue!
Fun essay.
And fun night in those front row seats!
You absolutely deserved those seats! And it was great material!
Thanx! But confess I sent it first to the Metropolitan Diary editor who didn’t seem to think so!
I’m certain the ushers were rewarding the foursome’s collective pulchritude!
Thanx Mike but somehow I think those two young ushers were all eyes for those two slightly younger and more pulchritudinous gals!