| The group will consist of 80 students, ranging from ages 14 to 19. The students will come together in Fort Lauderdale to practice, perform, and to get to know each other. The band will leave Florida and visit London, Brussels, Geneva, Lugano, Vienna, Prague, and Munich.
In addition to performing and giving of themselves, the students will have the opportunity to do a great deal of sightseeing. Visits to London Bridge, Covent Garden, the mountains outside Prague, historical musical locations in Vienna and Prague, The Grand Plaza in Brussels, visits to the Olympic Stadium in Munich, as well as Dachau Concentration Camp , and Lugano are planned. The group will also cross the English Channel, visit outdoor Jazz Festivals, see a Broadway Musical in the London West End, as well as grant a wish in Vienna for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Austria.Invitations will be extended to Meritas Schools in Florida (Orlando and Fort Lauderdale), Las Vegas, Mexico, Houston, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. The price includes round trip airfare via American Airlines from South Florida, all ground transportation aboard a first class double-decker coach (pictured on right), lodging, tours, uniform shirt, theme parks, theater and two meals daily. Please note that Air transportation is from Ft. Lauderdale.
A VALID PASSPORT and VISA IS REQUIRED AND DUE IN HAND BY MARCH 1, 2011 to avoid the loss of deposit. |
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|  Daniel Lieberman has been leading students throughout Europe for two decades. He hopes that the students will want to give of themselves through the universal languages of music, art and dance. Throughout the tour students have the unique opportunity to “feed their souls” while progressing in acquiring 21st Century critical thinking, problem solving, and higher ordering reasoning skills. Past tours have included performances at The Cultural Center in Brussels, NATO headquarters, EURO Disney, The US Embassies in London and Belgium, hospitals in Holland, Austria, Belgium, France and Germany, and many schools. Over 1000 students have traveled on this tour and have granted wishes, for Clio in Belgium who wished for a saxophone (1998), Anne in Paris who wanted a birthday party (1999), Marco, in Vienna who wished for a piano (2005), and Leonie (2006), from Vienna who wished for a pink bedroom. Mr. Lieberman has served as a national board member and Vice President for Make-A-Wish of America, founded the Hudson Valley chapter of Make-A-Wish Foundation, and is a Past President of The International Make-A-Wish Foundation. He was the teacher of the year while at Coral Springs Middle School and was a finalist for Broward County as well as being a nominee for Florida Music Educator of the Year in 2002. In 1997 he was chosen by Broward County as the Arts Teacher of the Year. (Will be recognized again for this honor October 20th, 2010) Daniel is currently the Vice President of Fine Arts for Meritas International Schools The vision of this tour is to shape students’ thinking in relation to the future of humanity. The core values instilled are sensitivity to cultural diversity through music and giving of one’s self. Music, art and dance are gifts that must be shared, a truly universal language.
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