The PRIDE Of Minerva

Minerva High School tuba and euphonium players will be traveling via school transportation Saturday, December 17th to EJ Thomas Hall on the campus of the University Of Akron for the 32nd annual “Tuba Christmas”. The van will be leaving the MHS parking lot at 8am. Cost of registration is $5. Students who need to purchase a songbook should bring an additional $18. Also bring a few dollars for lunch on the way back. The performance is FREE to the public and begins at noon so family and friends are encouraged to attend!

Merry Tuba Christmas!

Day 1 – July 3
6:00am Depart Minerva High School
1:00pm Arrival in Washington, D.C
Meet your Parade Tour Manager, who will escort you through the duration
of your activities
2:40pm Capitol Tour
Sightseeing may include a panoramic tour of the Capitol Hill area, the
Supreme Court Building, and the Library of Congress
5:30pm Check into Courtyard Marriott Crystal City
7:00pm Dinner at Phillip’s Restaurant
Evening walking tour of the Lincoln, Korean, and Vietnam Memorials
Return to the hotel for overnight

Day 2 – July 4
7:30am Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to parade staging area on the National Mall
12:00pm Participate in the National Independence Day Parade on historic
Constitution Avenue
Following the parade, bands are escorted to waiting motorcoaches where
box lunch is provided
Walking tour of the Jefferson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
5:00pm Dinner at King Street Blues
8:00pm Attend “A Capitol Fourth” celebration on the Capitol Lawn, featuring
the National Symphony concert and invited guest artists (seating is not
reserved but on a first-come first-serve basis)
9:10pm Grand finale fireworks display
10:30pm Return to the hotel for overnight

Day 3 – July 5
7:30am Breakfast at the hotel
Morning check-out and board motorcoach
Tour of Arlington National Cemetery and participate in the special U.S.
Military Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown (subject
to confirmation)
Visit the Iwo Jima Memorial
Visit the National Archives and The Peterson House, (where Lincoln died)
Lunch, on own
1:00pm Afternoon departure for home
8:00pm Arrival back at Minerva High School

Minerva HS Symphonic Band will be performing at Large Group District Adjudicated Event at Lake High School this Friday at 5:30pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Please come and support the band. They will be performing the following selections:

Overture for Winds by Charles Carter
Irish Tune from County Derry by Percy Grainger
Dreams and Proclamations by Roland Barrett

Payments for the three day, two night trip will be made in installments for a total amount of $600. The following amounts are due at the band office in a sealed, labeled envelope by the following dates. Participating in fundraisers will reduce or eliminate future installments.

$100.00…………….. Due:  September 15, 2009
$100.00 ……………. Due:  October 15, 2009
$100.00 ……………. Due:  November 15, 2009
$150.00 ……………. Due:  February 15, 2010
$150.00 ……………. Due:  April 15, 2010

Day 1 – July 3, 2010
Arrival in Washington, D.C.
Meet your Parade Tour Manager, who will escort you through the duration of
your activities
Sightseeing may include a panoramic tour of the Capitol Hill area, the Supreme
Court Building, and the Library of Congress
Check into Marriott or Hilton hotel property, or similar
Evening walking tour of the Jefferson, Lincoln, Korean,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Vietnam Memorials

Day 2 – July 4, 2010
Early morning breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to parade staging area on the National Mall
Participate in the National Independence Day Parade on historic Constitution
Avenue
Following the parade, bands are escorted to waiting motorcoaches where box
lunch is provided. Afternoon, depending on schedule, sightseeing continues and
may include one of the Smithsonian Institute Museums
Dinner at a local restaurant, at Union Station, or at the Old Post Office Pavilion
Attend “A Capitol Fourth” celebration on the Capitol Lawn, featuring the
National Symphony concert and invited guest artists (seating is not reserved
but on a first-come first-serve basis), followed by a grand finale fireworks
display

Day 3 – July 5, 2010
Breakfast at the hotel
Morning check-out and board motorcoach
Pending availability, site-seeing to include Ford’s Theater and the Peterson
House, (where Lincoln died)
Tour of Arlington National Cemetery and participate in the special U.S.
Military Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown (subject to
confirmation). Afternoon departure for home

The National Independence Day Parade takes place in our nation’s capital on the weekend of July 4th. One band from each state in the nation are invited to perform and in the year 2010 that honor has been bestowed on The Pride Of Minerva.

More details to come!