I'm going to New York tomorrow with the school band (band geeks ftw!) until Monday. I'm so excited right now that it's all I can think about. We'll be doing most of the touristy stuff, such as:

• Visiting the Empire State building


• Getting a tour of Radio City Music Hall


• Going to Time Square


• Watching a musical on Broadway


• Seeing the Statue of Liberty


• Lots of shopping

Other not-so-touristy things include:

• Competing in the "Festivals of Music" competition at Montclair State University in NJ and awards ceremony at Planet Hollywood.



• Listening to the New York Philharmonic Orchestra perform at the Lincoln Centre (yes, I am Canadian and will spell it with -re). They'll be playing Ravel's Concerto in G Major and Schubert's Symphony No 9 "Great".

So for the next five days I'll look like the typical nerdy tourist with my gigantic camera and backpack. But it'll be fun so I don't really care. :P Now I've gotta go and finish packing!