Semi final of Chopin competition
Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Recital Hall
5513 San Amaro Dr
Coral Gables, FL 33146
… more pix on Google Maps.
… the final; contestants are predominantly Asian
Will NOT return
This is the most unenjoyable event I’ve attended.
Beautiful music – credit to Chopin, but everything else sucked.
Finding the venue is hard. We followed Google Maps in the big campus with vacant parking lots, that led us to a dead end, one side of a huge construction.
Parking is $12. But paying for it is difficult. The sign at Lot #331504 says pay by phone or call, neither works. The staff showed us a little yellow Post It that has identical info as the sign. They said it’s problematic.
Putting things in perspective 客观看待事物: paying for parking for event is normal. Miami Open $40, and Lincoln Center in New York $50. But these are professionally managed and it’s a breeze to pay. A school with so many vacant parking lot, they choose to charge and MAKE paying so difficult. Why would anyone want to return? Are they that desperate for fund?
When all this was conquered, the semi final competition was done to the last competitor, a young woman who grimace 鬼脸 and made hiss sounds with her mouth that …
The traffic getting there from Miami Beach is horrible, took us nearly two hours for the 14 miles.
