As part of their Whistle Stop Campaign ABC Good Morning America has been crossing Massachusetts and was in the Berkshires. But the lead up was much more and there have been train cars running through the rehearsals on the tracks, helicopters dashing around the sky all weekend testing satellite hookups and getting aerial views. A big stop was Stockbridge this morning with a visit to the Red Lion Inn. Since we have to go through Stockbridge each morning to get the kids to school this became a logistical questions of what did it mean when traffic is being rerouted around a downtown that consists of 2-3 streets and includes a main state highway.
So Sunday while I'm cooking dinner for friends who have a family member in the ICU and our own dinner my wife ventures down to Stockbridge to see what she can find out. Their she finds enough police to get the information we need then finds Yo Yo Ma and James Taylor sitting on the porch of the Red Lion doing rehearsals and sound checks. Probably 2 hours worth of playing and replaying songs for what eventually will be a few minutes of air time.
My daughter is also playing in the school band that will greet the train at the station so we have to be through Stockbridge and at the school at 6AM for them to suit up and get back to Stockbridge. It was a bit of a nuisance with traffic being rerouted and schedules being messed up a bit but there was some excitement in the air of being profiled on national TV if only for a few minutes.
and here is the link to the James Taylor spot.
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1797097629
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