• Five days of intensive music rehearsal and trip orientation at Dickinson College
• "All you can eat" breakfast, lunch and dinner each day while at Dickinson College
• Modern air-conditioned room accommodations, dining room, rehearsal and performance areas while on Dickinson College campus
• Transfer by chartered bus from Carlisle to New York
• Roundtrip transatlantic flight aboard a regularly scheduled flight from U.S. to Europe
• All international departure taxes and customs taxes
• Extensive concert tour through six European countries
• Transportation via deluxe air conditioned motorcoach throughout the European continent
• First Class and Superior Tourist Class hotels with private bath
• 24 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 24 dinners
• An English-speaking Tour Escort on each bus throughout the tour
• Special guided tour with local professional English- speaking Guides in Venice and Paris
• All entrance fees and transfers to:Salt Mines, Disneyland Paris, Verona Coliseum, Trummelbach Falls, Seine River Cruise, choice of Louvre Museum or Palace of Versailles
• A roundtrip, chartered vaporetto boat rides while in Venice
• Commemorative Disneyland Paris T-shirt
• Special manuscript arrangements written for the Honor Band & Chorus
• Chartered truck with hydraulic lift for transporting all instruments, risers and PA equipment throughout the tour
• A full-time American physician to handle medical situations throughout the European Tour
• Ten concert performances as listed in the itinerary, including publicity and promotion
• Farewell Party last night
• All tips and taxes normally found on hotel / restaurant bills
• The convenience of making tour payments by credit card (Visa & MasterCard only)
• Pre-tour packets containing detailed information concerning passports, clothing, foreign currency, etc.
• Special Information designed for maximum use of time
• A detailed packet outlining SOA's fund-raising plan

TOUR EXCLUSIONS

The tour price of $3297* does not include:

Excess baggage charges, the $60 Application Fee, baggage or other personal insurance, transportation to and from points of departure and arrival, passport expenses, laundry, beverages or foods that are not part of the menu of included meals, bus driver gratuities, concert uniform and all other expenses of a purely personal nature.

* Price based upon air costs and currency exchange rate in effect as of December 2001 and may be subject to change.

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