The National Cherry Blossom Festival along with Music Celebrations International cordially invite the Squalicum High School Music Department to be a representative.

TheNational Cherry Blossom Festival

along with Music Celebrations International

cordially invite the

Squalicum High School Music Departmentto be a representative of

Washingtonin performance at the

National Festival of the States

WASHINGTON, D.C.celebrating the

NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVALCENTENNIAL

March 20 – April 27, 2012

Produced by Music Celebrations International

SQUALICUM HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Music Celebrations International is pleased to invite the SQUALICUM HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT to participate in the 2012 NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE STATES concert series in WASHINGTON, D.C. as part of the NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL CENTENNIAL: March 20 – April 27, 2012.

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual event celebrating the friendship of the American and Japanese people.  The 2012 festival will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the gift of trees from Tokyo to Washington, D.C.

Music Celebrations is proud to join with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, the United States Navy Memorial Foundation, the National Park Service, Cultural Tourism D.C., and the office of the Mayor in welcoming you as a participant in this concert series.  Performances arranged through Music Celebrations International are official events of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial.

Music Celebrations International is pleased to invite the SQUALICUM HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT to participate in the 2012 NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE STATES concert series in WASHINGTON, D.C. as part of the NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL CENTENNIAL: March 20 – April 27, 2012.

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual event celebrating the friendship of the American and Japanese people.  The 2012 festival will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the gift of trees from Tokyo to Washington, D.C.

Music Celebrations is proud to join with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, the United States Navy Memorial Foundation, the National Park Service, Cultural Tourism D.C., and the office of the Mayor in welcoming you as a participant in this concert series.  Performances arranged through Music Celebrations International are official events of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial.

About Music Celebrations

MCI Concert Tours with Integrity

DAY 1: THURSDAY, MARCH 29Morning arrival in Washington, D.C. following a red-eye flight leaving Wednesday evening, March 28Meet your Tour Manager, who will escort your choir through the duration of your activitiesTake a panoramic motorcoach tour of Historic Washington, D.C.Check into your hotelAttend a free 6pm concert on the Millennium Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsDinner at the Kennedy Center CaféTake an evening walking tour of the Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and National World War II Memorials, as well as the Washington MonumentReturn to your hotel for overnight

DAY 2: FRIDAY, MARCH 30Breakfast at the hotelVisit Ford’s Theater, where Lincoln was shot, and the Peterson House, where Lincoln passed awayLunch, on ownVisit Arlington National Cemetery and participate in a special wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier*Dinner at a local restaurantClinics for all ensembles as part of the National Festival of the States*Return to your hotel for overnight

DAY 3: SATURDAY, MARCH 31Breakfast at the hotelTake a tour of the Smithsonian Institute’s American History Museum, Natural History Museum, or Air & Space MuseumLunch, on own, at the Old Post Office PavilionTake a walk along Pennsylvania Avenue for a view of the White HouseTake a walking tour of Capitol Hill and see the Supreme Court and Capitol buildingsVisit the Library of Congress, the largest library in the worldDinner at a local restaurantPerformance at Sylvan Stage as part of the National Festival of the States celebration of the Cherry Blossom Centennial*Take an evening walking tour of the Jefferson Memorial and the Iwo Jima Marine MemorialReturn to your hotel for overnight

DAY 4: SUNDAY, APRIL 1Breakfast at the hotelVisit the new Martin Luther King Jr., National MemorialSpend more time at one of the Smithsonian MuseumsPerformance at Hylton Performing Arts Center (or similar) as part of the National Festival of the States celebration of the Cherry Blossom Centennial*Dinner at a local restaurantReturn to your hotel for overnight 

DAY 5: MONDAY, APRIL 2Breakfast at the hotel Spend the morning visiting the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumLunch, on ownTake a driving tour passing by Embassy Row and the National CathedralPerformance at a National Memorial or for Retired Veterans as part of the National Festival of the States celebration of the Cherry Blossom Centennial*Return to your hotel for overnight 

DAY 6: TUESDAY, APRIL 3Breakfast at the hotelBoard motorcoach for a 1-2 hour drive to Gettysburg, PAArrive in Gettysburg and stop at the Visitors Center where a member of the licensed battlefield guides will escort you (on your bus) on a tour of the Gettysburg battlefieldsLunch on ownTransfer to BaltimoreVisit fort McHenry, site of the historic war of 1812 battle during which Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the Star Spangled BannerEvening dinner at the Inner HarborReturn to Washington D.C. for overnight 

DAY 7: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4Breakfast at the hotelHotel check-out and board motorcoach Afternoon departure for home

Performance on the Sylvan Stage –

The Official Stage of the Cherry Blossoms Festival

Hylton Performing Arts Center

Choir, Band & Orchestra

Perform Individually at the Hylton

All groups combined for Concert Finale

Washington D.C. Sightseeing

CAPITOL BUILDING

WHITE HOUSE

SUPREME COURT SUPREME COURT BUILDINGBUILDING

NATIONAL NATIONAL CATHEDRALCATHEDRAL

KENNEDY KENNEDY CENTERCENTER

FORD’S THEATRE

HOLOCAUST MUSEUMHOLOCAUST MUSEUM

ARLINGTON NATIONAL ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERYCEMETERY

MEMORIALSMEMORIALS

JEFFERSON

LINCOLNVIETNAM

MEMORIALSMEMORIALS

KOREAN

WORLD WAR II

WASHINGTON MONUMENT

MEMORIALSMEMORIALS

IWO JIMA

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELTAIR FORCE

MEMORIALSMEMORIALS

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUE MUSEUMS SMITHSONIAN INSTITUE MUSEUMS (T O (T O NAME A FEW)NAME A FEW)

MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY

NATURAL HISTORY MUSUEM

AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUE MUSEUMS SMITHSONIAN INSTITUE MUSEUMS (T O (T O NAME A FEW)NAME A FEW)

GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELDS

VISITOR’S CENTRE

GETTYSBURG SIGHTSEEINGGETTYSBURG SIGHTSEEING

INNER HARBORFORT MCHENRY

BALTIMORE SIGHTSEEINGBALTIMORE SIGHTSEEING

Music Celebrations International

looks forward to providing theSqualicum High School

Music Departmentwith a truly memorable

musical and cultural experienceof a lifetime!