PREPARED FOR THE: MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR OF BANDS: MR. WILLIAM OWENS DESTINATION: THE BIG APPLE / NEW YORK CITY TOUR DATES: APRIL

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1 PREPARED FOR THE: MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR OF BANDS: MR. WILLIAM OWENS DESTINATION: THE BIG APPLE / NEW YORK CITY TOUR DATES: APRIL 6 10, 2015 FINAL ITINERARY MONDAY, APRIL 6 TH Meals Included Today: None / all meals en route are on your own 12:30 PM Your privately chartered motor coach (KINGSMEN COACH LINES) arrives for loading: Mountain View High School 2351 Sunny Hill Road Lawrenceville, GA (678) :30 PM Coach departs for the BIG APPLE! The estimated driving distance is 836 miles; the calculated drive time is approximately 14 hours without stops. 2 ½ hours of additional time has been factored into your travel for driver changes, rest & meal stops and traffic delays. TUESDAY, APRIL 7 TH Meals Included Today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 6:00 AM Arrive in New Jersey at your hotel: Holiday Inn Secaucus Meadowlands 300 Plaza Drive Secaucus, NJ (201) Upon your arrival you ll unload the coach and store your luggage with the hotel. If the hotel can t accommodate your luggage you ll leave it on the coach. Please note, you will not be able to check in to your rooms until later tonight. 8 Changing Rooms will be provided for your group to freshen up before staring your first full day in NYC. You ll split into two separate groups, while one group is freshening up the other will have breakfast and then you ll switch. Morning Enjoy an American breakfast buffet at your hotel this morning. 9:30 AM Board the coach (KINGSMEN COACH LINES) and transfer into the city and the 9/11 Memorial. Please don t leave any personal items on the coach that you ll need today as your driver will return to the hotel for required downtime.

2 10:45 11 AM Visit the National September 11 th Memorial. This 16 acre site features two enormous waterfalls and reflecting pools, each about an acre in size, set within the footprints of the original twin towers. Its design conveys a spirit of hope and renewal, and creates a contemplative space separate from the usual sights and sounds of a bustling metropolis. With more than 400 trees, the Memorial Plaza is one of the most ecofriendly plazas ever constructed. Bob Rogers Travel is a Charter Member and Memorial Builder for the National September 11 Memorial. 11:30 AM Timed visit for the 9/11 Memorial Museum. The Museum is an educational and historical institution honoring the victims and examining 9/11 and its continued global significance. Bob Rogers Travel is a Charter Member and Memorial Builder for the National September 11 Memorial. One $15.00 Cash Back will be provided to go towards lunch this afternoon. You ll have lunch at South Street Seaport or in the Times Square area. Optional Afternoon Walk to the Staten Island Ferry for a roundtrip cruise, from the deck you will have a perfect view of The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. You'll see the skyscrapers and bridges of Lower Manhattan receding as you pull away. IF YOU CHOOSE TO SKIP THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY YOU LL HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME IN TIMES SQUARE. Transfer to the Times Square area via the New York City Subway. Stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. Times Square is known as the "The Crossroads of the World" and the "The Great White Way" which is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway theater district. One of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. You will never find another place like it! 5:30 PM Board your locally hired coach (ACADEMY LINES) at a predetermined location and transfer to Chelsea Pier. THE LOCATION WHERE THE COACH WILL PICK YOU UP WILL BE DETERMINED BY TIM COX. 6:30 PM Boarding begins. 7:00 PM Set sail for your Dinner / DJ Dance Harbor Cruise on the Spirit of New York. The best sights of New York are from the water and the Spirit of New York will deliver all of New York Harbors to your tableside. Get up close to the Statue of Liberty. Cruise under the breath taking Brooklyn Bridge. Admire the South Street Seaport and the Financial District. No other place in New York will show you the city like this. 9:45 PM Board your locally hired coach (ACADEMY LINES) and return to your hotel, upon your arrival you ll secure your luggage either from the hotel or the off the coach and check in to your rooms.

3 One privately hired security guard on duty at your hotel from 10:30 PM 5:30 AM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 TH Meals Included Today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 8:00 AM Enjoy an American breakfast buffet at your hotel this morning. 9:00 AM Board the coach (KINGSMEN COACH LINES) dressed in your performance attire and transfer to the: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum One Intrepid Square Pier 86 at 12 th Avenue & 46 th Street (646) :00 AM Arrive at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and prepare for your performance. 10:30 AM The Mountain View High School Band performs on board The Intrepid :15 AM After your performance you ll change into your street clothes enjoy general admission to the museum which includes admission to the Intrepid Aircraft carrier, the Growler, the Concorde, and the Space Shuttle. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is dedicated to the exhibition and interpretation of history, science, and service as related to its home aboard the aircraft carrier Intrepid, a National Historic Landmark. As you explore the Museum you will be able to examine original artifacts, view historic video footage, and explore interactive exhibits. 12:30 PM Board the coach (KINGSMEN COACH LINES) and transfer to lunch at: Tick Tock Diner 481 Eighth Avenue at 34 th Street (212) :00 PM Enjoy lunch at the Tick Tock Diner. 2:00 PM Your local step on guide will meet you at the Tick Tock Diner for your guided tour of New York City aboard your coach (KINGSMEN COACH LINES). The Tour will take you on the sites that made the Big Apple famous! The tour will be customized to meet your group s interests, perhaps including such things as: Lincoln Center, Columbia University, the Dakota and then John Lennon Memorial, Strawberry Fields in Central Park, Greenwich Village, and the Financial District and former site of the World Trade Center. 5:30 PM Your tour will end for dinner at: Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

4 1501 Broadway (212) :00 PM Board the coach (KINGSMEN COACH LINES) or walk depending on weather and transfer to Rockefeller Center. 7:30 PM Experience Top of the Rock, the six level observatory atop the Art Deco skyscraper, 30 Rockefeller Plaza which offers fantastic 360 degree views of the New York City skyline! 9:00 PM Board the coach (KINGSMEN COACH LINES) and return to your hotel for the evening. One privately hired security guard on duty at your hotel from 10:30 PM 5:30 AM THURSDAY, APRIL 9 TH Meals Included Today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 7:00 AM Enjoy an American breakfast buffet at your hotel this morning. 8:00 AM Check out of your rooms and load your luggage onto the KINGSMEN S coach. Please don t leave anything on this coach that you ll need for today as you won t see it until later today. 8:30 AM Board your locally hired coach (ACADEMY LINES) and transfer to your Broadway Workshop at: Dany Studios 305 West 38 TH Street COLOR GUARD 9:30 AM Arrive for your workshop, the color guard will be dropped off first. 10:00 AM Your Broadway Workshop Step by Step begins. Participants have the opportunity to experience many different Broadway dance styles. This session can be taught by a performer from the show the group is seeing and feature choreography from that show. Other options for this workshop include a professional dance audition or a specific type of dance (modern, hip hop, Tap, etc). 11:30 AM Your locally hired coach (ACADEMY LINES) will pick you up the color guard and transfer to Carroll Music Studios to pick up the band. BAND

5 9:30 AM You ll stay on the coach and transfer to your workshop located at: Carroll Music Studio 625 West 55 TH Street (6 TH Floor) 10:00 AM Your Broadway Instrumental Workshop begins. Place your students directly in the world of a Broadway pit musician, playing for Broadway s best performers. Work with a Broadway musician, your students will sight read and prepare a special performance of a selected piece of Broadway music provided by Music Theatre International. After 90 minutes of work on the piece, your group will be joined by a Broadway performer who will discuss interpretation of the material and then perform it, accompanied by your students. COLOR GUARD & BAND 12:00 PM Board your locally hired coach (ACADEMY LINES) and transfer to lunch at: John s Pizzeria of Times Square 260 West 44 TH Street (212) PLEASE NOTE; AFTER YOUR GROUP HAS BEEN DROPPED OFF FOR LUNCH AT JOHN S PIZZERIA THE DRIVER FROM ACADEMY LINES WILL RETURN THE BAND INSTRUMENTS TO THE HOTEL WHERE THE DRIVER FROM KINGSMEN WILL LOAD THEM ONTO HIS/HER COACH. 12:45 PM Enjoy lunch at John s. 2:00 PM After lunch enjoy exploring the Fifth Avenue and Times Square areas. 5:00 PM Your group will meet at a predetermined location and walk to dinner at: Hard Rock Café / Times Square 1501 Broadway (212) :30 PM Enjoy dinner at Hard Rock Café. 7:00 PM After dinner you ll walk to the: Gershwin Theatre 222 West 51 ST Street 8:00 PM Curtain Rises on Wicked, The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz! Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emeraldgreen skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

6 11:00 PM Board the coach (KINGSMEN COACH LINES) for your return trip home. FRIDAY, APRIL 10 TH Meals Included Today: None / all meals en route are on your own Breakfast and Lunch stops en route at your own expense. 3:30 PM Approximate arrival at time Mountain View High School. WELCOME HOME AND THANK YOU FOR TRAVELING WITH BOB ROGERS TRAVEL. WE HOPE YOU HAVE MADE MANY SPECIAL MEMORIES!