#hospital entertainmet

[newyorkthegoldenage]

A fancy-stepping cowboy band and cowboys and cowgirls in their bright-colored shirts parade before child patients of Bellevue Hospital as they visit the hospital to stage their rodeo, which was then appearing at Madison Square Garden.,

Over 3,000 people, mostly children, watched this performance in the rear yard of Bellevue at 29th Street, facing the river on October 14, 1937. The East River (now FDR) Drive portion of the highway behind the hospital had not yet been built. The hospital grounds had lots of room to hold a rodeo.

According to the New York Herald-Tribune, this was the 12th annual rodeo held for the patients at Bellevue. The stars of the show in the eyes of many of the audience were juvenile ropers Don McLaughlin, aged 8, and his brother Gene, aged 7.

“Gee they were good,” said 11-year old Richard Orendach, a patient at Bellevue for two years. "Buck was awful good too, but I liked the McLaughlins the best. I don’t see how they can spin those ropes like they do.” By Buck, Richard was referring to Hardy Murphy and his trained horse Buck.

As can be seen in the photograph, every window and balcony was crowded with youngsters who watched with deep appreciation.

Besides the McLaughlin brothers, the kids were entertained by baton twirlers, high-stepping horses with colored flags, clowns, singers and a thirty-six piece band.

Rodeos were held at Bellevue into the 1950s.

Photo: World Wide Photos/Stuff Nobody Cares About

[cocochannel00]

Hi, I've been hooked on your posts about internships / music industry. Congratulations btw!! As a person studying a completely unrelated career (law student) I've been struggling to find a start point into the music / entertainmet industry. Could you give me any tips on how you started? And how did you manage to find transferable skills between your current degree and the positions you've been offered? I have so many questions and I'm so lost hahaha. Thanks for your time I really appreciate it.

Oh my god you are literally the sweetest, thank you! As for tips, the first thing you want to start to do is join facebook groups or linkedin groups with industry professionals or students interested in the field so that you can build your network. Entertainment and Music are both businesses that are heavily gate kept based on who you know so starting to connect with peoples is the best places to start. Girl's Behind the Rock Show (insta account and FB group), Color of Music Collective, She is The Music, Girls Who Listen, Women in Music, and All Access Community (Linkedin/Slack group and Insta account) are all great group or accounts to follow to get started with. Most of these host free Professional Panels and post internships/jobs as well which is great!

As for transferable skills, it's all about how you spin a situation. So for example, My major is in a health field so I spend time in hospitals so I usually use it as an example about how I'm good at multitasking, working under pressure, adapting to new situations, problem solving, etc. The best way is to always give an example (sometime you can even stretch the truth a bit- not make it up fully but work a situation to your advantage). A lot of times I don't even mention my major in interviews. I worked as a waitress (still do) for the past 3 years and customer services skills are super super important in music/entertainment because you're constantly dealing with people/clients so if you've ever worked a service job in any capacity (food service, lifeguard, camp counselor, custodial, secretary work, etc) talk about and make sure it's on your resume. Try and keep your experience within the last year or 2 if you can so that your work as well. I hope all of that was helpful and I'm always happy to answer any more questions on that subject if you'd like!!