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International Music Tours
       
ITINERARY
FOR THE TENTH INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL
"BARBERSHOP HARMONY"
Saint-Petersburg, August 17 - 24, 2009
 
August 16 Departure from USA
   
August 17 Arrival at Saint-Petersburg.Check in to the hotel***
Dinner before 9.00 P.M.
   
August 18 Presentation of the Festival
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Rehearsal at the hotel.
Guided excursion and free time at the famous Hermitage Museum.
Lunch. Presentation of the festival. Dinner at the restaurant down town.
   
August 19 Opening Concert at the State Academic Cappella Concert Hall
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Master Class at the Cappella Concert Hall.
Lunch at the hotel. Departure for rehearsal and concert.
Opening concert at the State Cappella Concert Hall. Late dinner.
   
August 20 Master Class. Russian Folk Show.
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Master Class at the Cappella Concert Hall. Lunch.
Guided tour of Peter and Paul Fortress. Shopping down town. Dinner.
Russian Folk Show.
   
August 21 Concert at the Rose Pavilion
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Visit WWII Memorial. Guided tour of Pavlovsk Museum.
Lunch. Concert of Choruses and Quartets at the Rose Pavilion. Dinner .
Back to the hotel.
   
August 22 Master Class for All Participants. Gala Concert at the Cappella Concert Hall
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Master Class at the Cappella Concert Hall. Lunch.
Gala Concert at the Cappella Concert Hall. Late dinner.
   
August 23 Petergoff. Barbershop Music in Petergoff
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Petergoff - Peter the First Summer
Residence. Guided tour of Park and Palace. Lunch. Concert of Barbershop Music
in Petergoff. Back to the city. Dinner.
Party for all participants from 8.00 till 11.00 p.m.
   
August 24 Closing Concert of the Festival at the Music Comedy Theater
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Depart for the Theater of Music Comedy.
Acoustic rehearsal. Snacks and bottle of water.
Closing Concert of the Festival. Late lunch. River Cruise with Russian
participants - "The Singing Fleet". Back to the hotel. Moscow extension group
check out from the hotel. Late dinner at the hotel.
Moscow extension group depart for the train.
   
August 25 Day of the departure to USA.
   
MOSCOW EXTENSION
   
August 25 Morning arrival at the train station. Breakfast at the hotel. Check in to the hotel.
Rest. Lunch. Guided city tour of Moscow. Dinner.
   
August 26 Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Guided tour of Kremlin and Red Square. Lunch.
Back to the hotel. Evening cultural program "The Swan Lake" Ballet.
Late dinner.
   
August 27 Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Visiting "Wooden Fortress" and shopping at the
Izmailovo Souvenir Market. Lunch in Izmailovo. Visit Old Arbat street.
Dinner. Back to the hotel by Moscow subway. Tour of Moscow metro.
   
August 28 Day of the departure to USA.