For two years running the Eisteddfod was held at Metrotech Center in Brooklyn. The music was exceptionally good, and the people were friendly enough. The physical environment looked fine, but the inside temperature was unbearable. One year the main auditorium was freezing cold because the air conditioning was set full blast and there was no one present who could turn it down. The following year it was stifling hot because the air conditioning was shut off completely and there was no one who knew how to turn it on. Hedy West, in her last public performance before she passed away, remarked, "Now you know how it feels like working in a cotton mill." Let's hope the building engineers at the new location know how to keep the temperature within a comfortable range.