UPDATE - NOVEMBER 20, 2021
Updated "tentative" itinerary (based on charter buses).
Tentative Itinerary:
Wednesday April 13
6:00pm Call time; Check-in for trip; load buses (eat dinner before you arrive)
7:00pm Depart DeLand HS
Thursday April 14
Breakfast stop; driver swap; lunch stop en route
3:00pm Arrive and check in at NYC hotel (time approximate)
(Sheraton Times Square is our confirmed hotel as of 11/29)
Unload luggage & instruments, check into room
Anyone arranging their own flight to NYC should arrive at the hotel by this time. Make sure your flight into the city arrives at the airport by noon to account for transportation to the hotel. If you are flying on your own (with an adult), please let Ms. Leimer know ASAP.
Afternoon Sight-seeing in Times Square with chaperone group
Early evening Dinner with chaperone group
Evening Walk to Top of the Rock OR Empire State Building
Visit Top of the Rock OR Empire State Building for skyscraper view of city
Walk back to hotel
Friday April 15
Morning Take subway downtown Battery Park; Visit Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
Lunch with chaperone group
Early Afternoon Walk to 9/11 Memorial area; Visit 9/11 Memorial area
Afternoon Bus back to hotel to prepare for rehearsal
Rehearsal for performance (Non-performers/chaperones have free time)
Early Evening Dinner with chaperone group in Times Square/Broadway area
Evening Attend current Broadway show; Walk back to hotel after show
Saturday April 16
Morning Sight-seeing/shopping with chaperone groups (5th Avenue, Rockefeller
Plaza, Radio City Music Hall, etc.)
Early Afternoon Lunch & more sight-seeing with chaperone group
Groups have the option to watch performances in Carnegie Hall all day
Late Afternoon Full band dinner at a Times Square restaurant
Early Evening Walk back to hotel to get dressed for performance
Charter bus transport to Carnegie Hall
Performance at Carnegie Hall
Late Evening Return to hotel from performance
Late night snack with chaperone group
Sunday April 17
Morning Check out of hotel
Load luggage & instruments onto buses
Afternoon Lunch with chaperone groups; Sight-seeing Central Park/Plaza Hotel area
4:00pm Depart NYC
Dinner stop & driver swap en route
Monday April 18
Breakfast stop en route
12:00pm Arrive back in DeLand (time approximate)
Tentative Itinerary:
Wednesday April 13
6:00pm Call time; Check-in for trip; load buses (eat dinner before you arrive)
7:00pm Depart DeLand HS
Thursday April 14
Breakfast stop; driver swap; lunch stop en route
3:00pm Arrive and check in at NYC hotel (time approximate)
(Sheraton Times Square is our confirmed hotel as of 11/29)
Unload luggage & instruments, check into room
Anyone arranging their own flight to NYC should arrive at the hotel by this time. Make sure your flight into the city arrives at the airport by noon to account for transportation to the hotel. If you are flying on your own (with an adult), please let Ms. Leimer know ASAP.
Afternoon Sight-seeing in Times Square with chaperone group
Early evening Dinner with chaperone group
Evening Walk to Top of the Rock OR Empire State Building
Visit Top of the Rock OR Empire State Building for skyscraper view of city
Walk back to hotel
Friday April 15
Morning Take subway downtown Battery Park; Visit Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
Lunch with chaperone group
Early Afternoon Walk to 9/11 Memorial area; Visit 9/11 Memorial area
Afternoon Bus back to hotel to prepare for rehearsal
Rehearsal for performance (Non-performers/chaperones have free time)
Early Evening Dinner with chaperone group in Times Square/Broadway area
Evening Attend current Broadway show; Walk back to hotel after show
Saturday April 16
Morning Sight-seeing/shopping with chaperone groups (5th Avenue, Rockefeller
Plaza, Radio City Music Hall, etc.)
Early Afternoon Lunch & more sight-seeing with chaperone group
Groups have the option to watch performances in Carnegie Hall all day
Late Afternoon Full band dinner at a Times Square restaurant
Early Evening Walk back to hotel to get dressed for performance
Charter bus transport to Carnegie Hall
Performance at Carnegie Hall
Late Evening Return to hotel from performance
Late night snack with chaperone group
Sunday April 17
Morning Check out of hotel
Load luggage & instruments onto buses
Afternoon Lunch with chaperone groups; Sight-seeing Central Park/Plaza Hotel area
4:00pm Depart NYC
Dinner stop & driver swap en route
Monday April 18
Breakfast stop en route
12:00pm Arrive back in DeLand (time approximate)
UPDATE - JULY 7, 2021
We are on track to perform at Carnegie Hall in April 2022!
CLICK HERE to view the latest information on the trip.
CLICK HERE to access the required "Performance Contract Agreement" for Wind Ensemble students. (Wind Ensemble roster is posted on the "students" page.)
CLICK HERE to view the latest information on the trip.
CLICK HERE to access the required "Performance Contract Agreement" for Wind Ensemble students. (Wind Ensemble roster is posted on the "students" page.)
2022 Trip Announcement
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Big announcement! Our Wind Ensemble has been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in NYC in April 2022!!!
This is a Wind Ensemble performance, but the trip itself will be open to ALL band members and parents as we will also be touring the city, taking in the sights, seeing a Broadway show, etc. More information will be coming out as soon as I have it from our festival coordinators, so watch your inbox.
This is a Wind Ensemble performance, but the trip itself will be open to ALL band members and parents as we will also be touring the city, taking in the sights, seeing a Broadway show, etc. More information will be coming out as soon as I have it from our festival coordinators, so watch your inbox.