Midland Center for the Arts Center Stage Choirs American Celebration of Music the Czech Republic...

Midland Center for the Arts Center Stage Choirs

American Celebration of Music the Czech Republic & Germany

Followed by Participation in the 2014 World Choir Games in Riga, LatviaProduced by Music Celebrations

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Airline Transportation (base fare) U.S. Government airline taxes, fees, and estimated fuel surcharge up to $600 Transportation within Europe by modern deluxe motorcoach (not including Riga) Transportation within Riga Including:

Arrival and/or departure airport transfers Access pass for use on all designated public transportation

Participation in the World Choir Games Including: Participation in one category of the Open Competition Evaluation performance Individual coaching One friendship concert Scheduled stage rehearsal(s) for your choir (placement in additional rehearsal space “as available”) Complimentary copy of the official jurors evaluation documents (one per choir) Qualification certificate, indicating your choir – according to your results – to perform in future INTERKULTUR

events Complimentary copies of the official program book (1 for 10 persons) Official event pass with access to: competition and friendship concerts (seating as available), closing ceremony,

and your awards ceremony Concert Arrangements Accommodations in excellent 3 and 4 star hotels based on double occupancy, all rooms with

private facilities Meals include daily breakfasts and dinners Guided Excursions guided by professional guides (not including Riga) Entrance fees to major attractions (not including Riga) Full-time, multi-lingual Tour Manager with the group the entire tour (not including Riga) Pre-departure travel notes Printed tour itineraries Tips to hotel personnel (including meals) Flight bag, luggage tags, a souvenir Photo Video and a t-shirt for each participant Insurance

Airline Transportation (base fare) U.S. Government airline taxes, fees, and estimated fuel surcharge up to $600 Transportation within Europe by modern deluxe motorcoach (not including Riga) Transportation within Riga Including:

Arrival and/or departure airport transfers Access pass for use on all designated public transportation

Participation in the World Choir Games Including: Participation in one category of the Open Competition Evaluation performance Individual coaching One friendship concert Scheduled stage rehearsal(s) for your choir (placement in additional rehearsal space “as available”) Complimentary copy of the official jurors evaluation documents (one per choir) Qualification certificate, indicating your choir – according to your results – to perform in future INTERKULTUR

events Complimentary copies of the official program book (1 for 10 persons) Official event pass with access to: competition and friendship concerts (seating as available), closing ceremony,

and your awards ceremony Concert Arrangements Accommodations in excellent 3 and 4 star hotels based on double occupancy, all rooms with

private facilities Meals include daily breakfasts and dinners Guided Excursions guided by professional guides (not including Riga) Entrance fees to major attractions (not including Riga) Full-time, multi-lingual Tour Manager with the group the entire tour (not including Riga) Pre-departure travel notes Printed tour itineraries Tips to hotel personnel (including meals) Flight bag, luggage tags, a souvenir Photo Video and a t-shirt for each participant Insurance

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Tour Itinerary Part 1

July 5 (Sa) – Flight to Prague, Czech Republic

Overnight in the Air

July 6 (S) – Prague SightseeingHighlights: See Charles Bridge and Old Town

Square

Overnight in Prague

July 7 (M) – Prague SightseeingHighlights: Entrance to Hradcany Castle and St.

Vitus Cathedral

Overnight in Prague

July 8 (T) – Prague SightseeingHighlights: Entrance to the Mozart Museum

July 8 (T) – Prague SightseeingHighlights: Entrance to Dvorak Museum,

Concert

Overnight in Prague

St. Nicholas Church (possible venue)

July 9 (W) – Terezin SightseeingHighlights: Entrance to Fortress and Museum of

the Ghetto

Overnight in Dresden

July 10 (Th) – Dresden Sightseeing

Highlights: See Dresden Cathedral and Frauenkirche

July 10 (Th) – Dresden Sightseeing

Highlights: See Semperoper

July 10 (Th) – Dresden Sightseeing

Highlights: Entrance to Zwinger Palace, Concert

Overnight in Leipzig

St. Nicholas Church (possible venue)

St. Nicholas Church (possible venue)

July 11 (F) – Leipzig SightseeingHighlights: Entrance to the Bach Museum

July 11 (F) – Leipzig SightseeingHighlights: See Augustusplatz

July 11 (F) – Leipzig SightseeingHighlights: See the Former Town Hall and St.

Thomas Church

July 11 (F) – Leipzig SightseeingHighlights: See Wagner Memorial and Leipzig

Opera House

Overnight in Leipzig

July 12 (Sa) – Halle SightseeingHighlights: Entrance to Handelhaus, Concert

Overnight in Berlin

Kaiser-Wilhelm Church (possible venue)

July 13 (S) – Berlin SightseeingHighlights: See Unter den Linden and

Brandenburg Gate

July 13 (S) – Berlin SightseeingHighlights: See Kurfürstendamm and Berlin

Dom

July 13 (S) – Berlin SightseeingHighlights: See the Reichstag and the

Holocaust Memorial, Concert

Overnight in Berlin

July 14 (M) – Depart for home

Tour Itinerary Part 2

Riga

Optional Sightseeing – Riga City Tour

Optional Sightseeing – Visit the Ethnographic Open Air

Museum

Optional Sightseeing – Excursion to Jurmala

Optional Sightseeing – Visit Turaida Castle in Gauja

National Park

Optional Sightseeing – Excursion to Rundale Palace

Optional Sightseeing – Riga Opera Backstage Tour

Optional Sightseeing – Excursion to Riga Central

Market

July 20 (S) – Depart for home

Music Celebrations International

looks forward to providing theMidland Center for the Arts

Center Stage Choirswith a truly memorable

musical and cultural experience

of a lifetime!