How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

Carnegie Hall is a very famous concert hall in New York City. It was built in 1891, and many musicians want to perform there someday.

There is a popular English joke about Carnegie Hall:

“How do you get to Carnegie Hall?”
“Practice, practice, practice.”

People expect the answer to give directions, but it does not. It means that if you want to perform at Carnegie Hall, you must practice a lot and become very good.

One of our students recently went to New York. Her husband is a Noh actor, and he joined a special performance at Carnegie Hall. The show introduced traditional Japanese theater and music to the American audience.

After she came back to Japan, she told me that the theater was full and the performance was a big success. She also showed me a notebook she bought at the gift shop. The front said “Carnegie Hall,” and the back said “practice practice practice.” Many other items in the shop had the same phrase.

It was nice to see that this old joke is still famous and connected to Carnegie Hall today.