Jenna Little
Staff Reporter
The bustling of the large city was a great contrast to the quiet and less chaotic atmosphere of Westminster or what many students are used to.
On Saturday, October 18th the college activities board hosted a day trip to New York City to see the Broadway play Mamma Mia! Before and after the play, students were able to walk around the city since the play was at 2 in the afternoon. A total of 56 people went on the trip.
For some students, the trip to New York City was a new experience. Dan Green thought it was a great trip and said, “It was my first trip ever going to New York City, and it was amazing and big.” For others, they were excited to return to a city they already liked.
Additionally, for some people like Tiffani Scott, this trip proved to be better than their first experience. Tiffani said, “This was my second trip to NYC, but I enjoyed it a lot more than the first time.” The Broadway show was also a first experience for many other students including Tiffani, since some students have previously lived in the country where they could not see such large productions. Whether they had been to New York before or not, all could agree that the city was very different from other cities they had visited.
The majority of students really did like the show; however, some students had already seen the movie that came out during the summer and did not think the play was as good.
Lauren Hamby, a freshmen, although liking the show, did not like the play as much as the movie. “I had seen the movie before so it wasn’t much of a surprise. Also, the part where Harry comes out, I felt that was better in the movie.”
Comparisons between the show and the movie caused some opposing views of the play. On the other hand, Tiffani Scott was one of the students who liked the show. She said, “I liked the actors and actresses, I think they did a really good job. I would definitely recommend the play to someone else.”
Dan Green also agreed; he said that, “The musical was really good, it was my first. It was very funny and the people in the show were really great.”
Yet, the trip did not just provide an opportunity to see a Broadway show, but also to explore the large city. Students went to many locations such as Times Square, the Upper West Side, Battery Park, Rockefeller Center, NBC studios, and numerous restaurants and stores. Students ate at a variety of restaurants from the Hard Rock Cafe, Ellen’s Stardust Diner to Ollie’s which is a Chinese food restaurant.
Some popular stores that people went into included the M&M World, Hershey’s, and H&M. No matter what everyone did, the trip provided a new experience that is different from Westminster and any other cities students have been to.