Joined the Harlem Spiritual tour this morning. This was one of the many experiences we missed the last time we were here. It's always a good idea to do a tour with a native Manhattanite-New Yorker. I love listening to their take on life, US politics and celebrity news, general newsworthy affairs. Daryl, our tour guide, was very entertaining (thks, Daryl!) I don't have a photo of him and think that he'd be camera shy anyway. He reminds me of the late Gregory Hines (brilliant brilliant tap dancer and actor)
He joked about there being no black people in Harlem anymore as most would have realised gains with the high demand for Manhattan property. Lots of new migrant faces from Africa. We finished off late morning in the Shiloh Baptist Church and witnessed a baptism of a young boy. The choir was magnificent! We were standing and clapping along and as the service was going to be pretty long, Daryl ushered us out after an hour.
When we arrived in NYC on the 23rd, we had passed the BB King club on 42nd street and noted that James Brown was due to perform there New Year's Eve. And here we are in Harlem in front of the famous Apollo Theatre...
James Brown, may you rest in peace....
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