Studying British Broadcasting
In 2006 I was fortunate to join my mom and Troy University for a study abroad session with a focus on British Broadcasting. Here are my favorite moments.
Here I am with several London Police Officers in one of the many train stations we visited.
Me with Trey and JW / Lindsay and Kaetlin
The whole group after seeing Mary Poppins on the West End. The Mary Poppins Musical originated on the West End before moving to Broadway at the end of 2006.
The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England was a popular little jazz club that a lot of famous musicians got their start. The Beatles made 292 appearances there and other frequent performers include The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Queen and The Who.
Here is William Shakespeare’s wife Anne Hathaway’s cottage in Stratford-Upon-Avon. This little community south of Warwickshire, England is the birthplace of Shakespeare as well as the home to The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, one of Britain’s most important cultural venues.
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks.
While we were at Stonehenge there was a torrential downpour – it was hilarious.
Bath is a city in Somerset, South West England. The city became a spa when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon.
Getting a behind the scenes tour of the BBC was the highlight of the few weeks we were in London. We also had the unbelievable privilege to be in the studio audience of the very last live episode of Top of the Pops – the BBC’s iconic weekly music television program. We saw McFly sing “Don’t Stop Me Now”, Snow Patrol sing “Chasing Cars, Lemar’s “It’s Not That Easy”, The Strokes’ “You Only Live Once”, Alesha’s “Lipstick” and Gnarls Barkley’s “Smiley Faces”. If you look hard enough, you can see me right in-between the two hosts as they say their final farewells. That is a moment I will never forget.
British Parliament behind me at night.
The group after seeing Billy Elliot, which also made it’s debut on the West End in 2005, before coming to the States in 2008.
My mom and me next to the Penny Lane sign, a street in Liverpool, England that was made famous by The Beatles.
