I now officially understand the perks of being considered “the media”. As a Newton TAB reporter, I was able to snag floor seats to the Boston Symphony Orchestra last Thursday night (and the post-concert Project Runway fashion reception).
(The fabulous designs at the finale of the Project Mozart runway show...)
Funny thing that happened: I noticed someone sitting in front of me with a faux-hawk hairdo who was writing during the concert. I found out later that it was Jonathan Soroff of the Improper Bostonian, who ended up “hosting” the Project Mozart runway show after the concert. Weird, right? I felt sort-of important—for about 5 minutes—when I found out I had just as good of seats as he did.)
Thursday was the last night for Project Mozart, a fashion design competition that challenged participants to create a garment inspired by the work of Mozart. Five Lasell College students and one from Mount Ida were chosen for the competition so the TAB sent me there to cover it. It would have been a great local story if someone from Newton had won. But I still wrote the article anyway from a local angle (necessary for community journalism) and sent it to the editor for deadline day.
I opened the paper the next day and found that my article got bumped for a more regional piece (appearing in all the TABs) that didn’t just focus on the Newton students. Oh well, I learned that sometimes you write something for nothing except the experience, but hopefully it will end up on Newton’s website at least.
I wasn’t upset because just being able to go to the BSO was a great experience in itself (I had never been before). I even brought my ice fishing, flannel-hat-wearing boyfriend…who loved it.
Even if you aren’t a die-hard classical music fan, the BSO is a fun way to explore Boston and just do something different. It even has discounted tickets for students and is right on the MBTA line, so there are no excuses to do the same thing every night.
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