What if ......?

Leonard Slatkin, music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, was asked the same question. What did he think would occur, hypothetically, if one of the world's great violinists had performed incognito before a traveling rush-hour audience of 1,000-odd people?

The Washington Post wanted to find out. They got Joshua Bell to be just your average (excellent) street musician in a Metro station for an hour during rush-hour. Interesting to read the results. Even more interesting to see the video capsule of what happened.

On a more seasonal note ..... they apparently also had a Peeps Diorama Contest.