The Big Apple: “Who conducts the spring orchestra?"/"May-stro.”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

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Entry from May 25, 2023

“Who conducts the spring orchestra?"/"May-stro.”

A riddle for the month of May is:

Q: Who conducts the spring orchestra?
A: May-stro.

“May-stro” is a joke on “maestro.” The riddle was posted on Fun Kids Jokes on March 20, 2019, and printed in the Fairfield (MT) Sun Times on May 2, 2019.

Fun Kids Jokes
May Jokes
March 20, 2019
(...)
Q: Who conducts the spring orchestra?
A: May-stro.

Newspapers.com
2 May 2019, Fairfield (MT) Sun Times, “Bo’s Choteau Tales” by Botella Rudolph, pg. 3, col. 1:
Q: Who conducts the spring orchestra? A: May-stro.

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Dan🔥
@V3Nandan
Who conducts the spring orchestra? May-stro.
8:21 AM · Apr 11, 2020

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Peter Tork Tribute
@TorkTweet
Your #SundaySillies. 😁 Enjoy! ❤️ ~ptfb team
#ShineOn #TorkTorch
Q: Which crime fighter likes May the most?
A: Robin

Q: Who conducts the spring orchestra?
A: May-stro.

Q: What season is it when you are on a trampoline in May?
A: Spring-time.
12:03 PM · May 3, 2020

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Funny Teacher
@SchoolJokesK_12
Who conducts the #spring #orchestra?... May-stro. https://bit.ly/2XTvOJa #HelloMay #May #music
7:21 PM · May 12, 2022

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Jimmy RevJim Olsen
@mybuddyjimmy
Who conducts the spring orchestra? May-stro! #LaughoftheDay
12:25 PM · May 26, 2023

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