i m in a new york state of mind who doesn t love that? no one puts us in a new york state of mind than the piano man himself. billy joel took the time to surprise hundreds of students at an elementary school on new york s long island. wabc s kristin thorne has the story. reporter: remember your school concert. well, if most likely you didn t have one like this where the singer you were paying tribute to actually showed up. in this case it was billy joel. a parent walked over and said, i just want to let you know, billy joel just walked into the auditorium and i m like i can t even handle this right now. let s just get the kids on the stage. i asked if he wanted to sit in the front where he wouldn t
made sure they got the shot. he stayed for about an hour. more than half the concert signed autographs and was on his way. the memories for the kids and parents lasting forever. in glen cove on long island, kristin thorne, channel 7, eyewitness news. i m impressed. that is going to be hard concert to follow next year. who else could they possibly invite? i m impressed kindergarteners knew how big of a deal it was. all those students, to have billy joel in the room there. by the way he s having these concerts, madison square garden. i am also headlining with him as you can see. well, the problem i would be right there with you but every time i sing i ve been told not to. you ll stay away. usually that happens to me too. but billy joel seems to love my voice so he keeps inviting me back. the kids did 15 songs like throughout his career. yeah. in their performance. it s just such a cool thing and did a tribute to the beatles but paul mccartney didn t show up so they
considering the fact that he was tucked away in the shadows and people were in his way and moved the camera and made sure they got the shot. he stayed for about an hour. more than half the concert signed autographs and was on his way. the memories for the kids and parents lasting forever. in glen cove on long island, kristin thorne, channel 7, eyewitness news. i m impressed. that is going to be hard concert to follow next year. who else could they possibly invite? i m impressed kindergarteners knew how big of a deal it was. all those students, to have billy joel in the room there. by the way he s having these concerts, madison square garden. i am also headlining with him as you can see. [ laughter ] well, the problem i would be right there with you but every time i sing i ve been told not to. you ll stay away. usually that happens to me too. but billy joel seems to love my voice so he keeps inviting me back. the kids did 15 songs like throughout his career. yeah. in
i m in a new york state of mind who doesn t love that? no one puts in a new york state of mind than the piano man himself. billy joel took the time to surprise hundreds of students at an elementary school on new york s long island. wabc s kristin thorne has the story. reporter: remember your school concert. well, if most likely you didn t have one like this where the singer you were paying tribute to actually showed up. in this case it was billy joel. a parent walked over and said, i just want to let you know, billy joel just walked into the auditorium and i m like i can t even handle this right now. let s just get the kids on the stage. i asked if he wanted to sit
high school sports administrators ruled he can play on the all-girls field hockey team. yes, and this overturned an earlier ruling even though there was no boys team. wabc s kristin thorne spoke with the young man. reporter: this smile on eighth grader keeling pilaro s face couldn t get any bigger. i ve been texting all my friends on the team. reporter: he s talking about the girls on the varsity field hockey team. for a while it wasn t certain he d be able to play with them next year after two years on the team. the local chapter of the state public high school athletic association said his superior skills had a, quote, significant adverse effect on the girls. you can judge for yourself looking at this video from last season. pilaro is on the back part of your screen. he was one of the top scorers in the league. well, the committee met, pilaro testified, and, in the end, the association decided his presence was not harmful to the girls. he will play this coming season, and w