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Day 1 : THURSDAY |
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Take a walk across the internationally recognized Golden Gate Bridge, which had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City |
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Free time for exploring downtown San Francisco near Union Square; shop at Nordstrom’s, Crocker Galleria, Saks Fifth Avenue, and a multitude of other specialty shops |
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Ride San Francisco’s cable cars “halfway to the stars”. The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last permanently operational manually-operated cable car system. In 1982 the cable car system was closed for a complete rebuild and re-opened in 1984 |
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Day 2 : FRIDAY |
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Music clinic at Stanford University or other bay area university* |
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Enjoy a guided tour of some of San Francisco’s neighborhoods on the Ride the Ducks, San Francisco’s Duck Tour! Then splash into San Francisco Bay on your amphibious vehicle! |
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Performance opportunity at Pier 39 or Union Square* |
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Free time to explore Pier 39: shopping, visit the sea lions & fun filled attractions! |
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Day 3 : SATURDAY |
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Participate in a Music Festival at a local school*
- Adjudication & mini clinic
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Spend the rest of the day at California’s Great America for a day of fun on exciting thrill rides, shows, & concerts. Experience 10 pulse-pounding coasters, plus the wet and wild water rides of Boomerang Bay, a 2.7-acre Australian-themed water park. Brave the senior coaster, The Demon, the fierce Delirium - a powerful spinning pendulum – and the world's tallest double-decker carousel |
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Festival Evening awards ceremony at California’s Great America* |
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Day 4 : SUNDAY |
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Visit Alcatraz Island by ferry; audio headset tour of the site of the first lighthouse & US fort on the West Coast; the famous federal penitentiary & the historic 18 month occupation in the late 60’s by Indians of all tribes! |
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WELCOME HOME! |
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* All clinics and performances are based on availability and acceptance. |
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OPTIONS: |
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Attend a Broadway Show in San Francisco – Wicked, Spamalot, Grease, Phantom and A Bronx Tale |
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Attend a performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music |
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Cable Car Museum |
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Discover the Exploratorium; a collage of hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote museums as informal education centers |
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Enjoy a guided tour of some of San Francisco’s neighborhoods on the Bay Quackers, San Francisco’s Duck Tour! Then splash into San Francisco Bay on your amphibious vehicle! |
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Exchange performance with Bay Area school |
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Financial District and Union Square |
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Fort Point, theatre productions |
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Ghirardelli Square; shops and restaurants in the Fisherman's Wharf area in addition to the Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop, known for its world famous ice cream sundaes |
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Legion of Honor displays an impressive collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art in an unforgettable setting overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. |
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Marine Mammal Center |
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Maritime National Historical Park |
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Monterey Bay Aquarium which is located on the site of a former sardine cannery on Cannery Row in Monterey, California, is one of the largest aquariums in the world |
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Perform at Grace Cathedral. Grace Cathedral presents a diverse program of music and events -- from their Choir of Men and Boys, carrying on a centuries-old Anglican musical tradition, to jazz legends like Pharaoh Sanders, to modern-day hit makers like Carlos Santana and Bonnie Raitt. Within the gothic walls, every event is truly once-in-a-lifetime. |
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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom |
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The awesome newly rebuilt California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest natural history museums in the world |
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The de Young Museum, newly re-opened in 2005, showcases priceless collections of American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries, and art of the native Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. |
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Visit the Tech Museum of Innovation, a hands-on high tech science museum. Check out the Tech Virtual Test Zone, a new area in the museum showcasing the world's first hands-on, interactive exhibits conceptualized and developed originally in the virtual world of Second Life ® |
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Walking tour of Chinatown and the fortune cookie factory |
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Custom Performing Travel programs include: |
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Roundtrip motorcoach transportation, driver’s hotel room and daily tip |
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Quality accommodations based on quad occupancy for students & double for adults |
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Breakfasts: 3 - Lunches: 1 - Dinners: 2 |
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One 24 hour-a-day tour escort per motorcoach |
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1 complimentary traveler for every 20 paying participants (can be changed at your request) |
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All performance and music clinic arrangements |
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All admissions, taxes, and gratuities per itinerary |
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Bulk billing to school OR individual invoicing to parents – your choice |
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Insurance and financial protection |
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Standard behavior guidelines |
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Group medical accident insurance upon request |
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Tiered pricing note: Tiered pricing gives you a smaller price per student as your group grows to fill more of your bus. At about 90 days before travel, we review your group for tiered pricing. Counting those who are on schedule with payments, we will decrease your price if you’ve reached a lower tiered price. Trips are usually billed on a higher tiered price. We hope for price decreases, rather than increases. Should you reach a lower tier, you and your group may decide to add something to the trip rather than have a price decrease. If there are overpayments, they are refunded before the trip travels. |
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EXCLUSIONS: |
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- Transportation to/from an your local airport
- Rollaway beds
- Meals not indicated in the itinerary (airline meal allowance can be included at your request)
- Airline baggage fees; excess or oversized baggage fees (allowance can be included at your request)
- Music equipment rental fees and transportation (allowance can be included at your request)
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