After The Grammys

Barry and Lorna caught a cab for the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. That's where Barry was hosting his first ever after the Grammys party. The ballroom was being transformed into the famous New York City night spot called the Copacabana. The waiters would be in nineteen forties waiters attire. Waitress would be dressed like Carmen Miranda but without the fruit headdresses. A fifty piece orchestra would play during the evening. When you came in there would be cocktails and hor dourves. Then dinner would start off with your choice of asparagus soup or a spinach salad with a dinner roll.  You had your choice of one of the following entries strip steak with wild mushrooms, grilled salmon with lemon butter and ratatouille. Your entrée came with wild rice pilaf and broccoli. Desert was shaped like a gramophone. A square of devils food cake covered in dark chocolate fondant topped with a white chocolate shaped gramophone covered in eatable gold. Those who were allergic to chocolate or didn't like it. There was raspberry white chocolate cheesecake with a small white chocolate  forty- five covered in eatable gold. Barry had invited record executives, recording artist and songwriting friends. Brian Murphy came over to Barry's table. Congratulations on your Grammy win he said. Thanks said Barry. Sorry you lost to Tony Bennett said Barry. Brain said did you hear there's a new
hotel and casino coming to Las Vegas called Resort World. Resort World has a Chinese theme  to it. Resort World opens in two thousand eighteen. Are you thinking about going back to Las Vegas to headline? asked Barry. Yeah said Brian I was thinking about it. Because I'm getting tired of the hotels and the hotel food. Why haven't you ever played Las Vegas? asked Brian. Why? said Barry because I'm not real crazy about Las Vegas. I've played Atlantic City many times. Mostly Caesars' showroom now a theatre. This last time I was there I played The Music box at the Borgata. That was last year during the first leg of my Brooklyn Blues Tour. I'm taking the tour over to London to do the West End for a short three month run. I'll be back here between the sixth and the fifteenth of June since I'm hosting the two thousand sixteen Tony Awards. The Tony Awards is on June twelfth at the Beacon Theatre. In November it's my first ever Barry Manilow, Friends and Fans Cruise at sea. We'll be aboard Royal Caribbean's MS Ovation for an Asian cruise. China, Japan, Vietnam and Singapore are the ports of call. That's November eighteenth thru November twenty-ninth. At the end of the year it's NYE, NYC, RCMH, 5S, D28, D29, D30, D31 and J1 said Barry. New Years Eve, New York City, Radio City Music Hall, five shows December twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, thirtieth, thirty-first and January first. Your fans will have fun decoding your cryptic Facebook post said Brian. Then in two thousand seventeen March I'm heading down under to Australia and New Zealand. In September I'm hoping to do a Canadian tour. When we go to Canada we're going by tour bus like we did last year here in the US. How about some Asian countries? asked Brian. Brian I'm not popular over in those countries said Barry. That's why I've never done concerts in any Asian countries. Nor am I popular in Mexico and South America. The only places I'm popular is in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US, UK and Europe. You know what we should get together and record an album said Brian. Yes we should said Barry. I'll have my manager Marc called your manager Gregory to figure out when we can do it said Barry. Mean while back in Brooklyn Heights at Barry's house Carly and her BFF's were enjoying the Grammy Awards.   I found out Barry bought an old run down theatre on the main street in Scarsdale. Oh really he did said Susie. Now what's he going to do with it? she asked. Well right now being refurbished back to it's original glory. The theatre seats one thousand eight hundred and fifty people. It's being called The Manilow Center For the Performing Arts.  The Manilow Center is where music artists and music groups can perform. Where musicals and plays can be mounted or put on. Oh really said Vick. Yes really said Carly.  Oh come on now your  kidding aren't you said Janice. No I'm not kidding said Carly. Two weeks ago Barry and I went up to Scarsdale New York for the weekend. We actually stayed at a bed and breakfast in Warwick New York called The Inn At Stony Creek. We stayed in the Fox and Hound suite mainly because that one had a shower only. Barry's not a bathtub kind of guy. Then we went to Scarsdale to take a look at this theatre. Barry said I bought this theatre. I said you did. He said yes I did. I always wanted to own a theatre like this. It seats one thousand eight hundred and fifty people Barry said. The renovations will be done by the end of September.  The Manilow Center For the Performing Arts as I'm calling it. Ken Newman my sound guy is the brains behind the acoustics. No matter where you sit from front row to last row your going to feel like your at Carnegie Hall. The acoustics are going to be that good. Anywhere you sit you will have an unobstructed view. No poles anywhere to ubstruct your view of the stage.  The Manilow Center will officially open on Sunday October second with a benefit concert. The concert is going to  benefit Scarsdale Senior High. Barry's will have a musical instrument drive at this concert. Just like he does at all his concerts. You can bring gently used musical instruments and they will fix them up. The instruments will then be given to Scarsdale Senior High. Barry's also not keeping the ticket sales from the show. That too is also going to Scarsdale Senior High.Barry's giving tickets to the principal and vice principal of Scarsdale Senior High.  Plus the band director and the drama teacher. The four of them don't have any idea what's going on. Their just being told they got complementary tickets to the official opening of The Manilow Center For the Performing Arts. Then what will happen during the show Barry will bring the principle, vice principle band director and drama teacher up on stage. He's going to explain to them he usually gets paid for every show he dose. However this time he, the band and backup singers are not getting paid for the show. Instead the money is being split evenly between the drama department and the music department.  He's also going to help the drama teacher direct Copacabana for this years musical.