1. The National Cherry Blossom Festival along with Music Celebrations International cordially invite the Squalicum High School Music Department to be a representative of Washington in performance at the National Festival of the States WASHINGTON, D.C. celebrating the NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL CENTENNIAL March 20 – April 27, 2012

2. Produced by Music Celebrations International SQUALICUM HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT

3. Music Celebrations International is pleased to invite the S QUALICUM H IGH S CHOOL M USIC D EPARTMENT to participate in the 2012 N ATIONAL F ESTIVAL OF THE S TATES concert series in W ASHINGTON, D.C. as part of the N ATIONAL C HERRY B LOSSOM F ESTIVAL C ENTENNIAL : 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.

4.  MCI is a full-service concert and festival organizing company  John Wiscombe founded MCI in 1993. As a youth, he spent several years as a tour manager throughout Europe. He has now been in the music travel business for over 45 years.  Our Staff is composed of a unique blend of musicians and travel industry professionals  We are musicians serving musicians  MCI staff has a combined 200+ years experience in designing and operating concert tours About Music Celebrations MCI Concert Tours with Integrity

5. DAY 1: THURSDAY, MARCH 29 Morning arrival in Washington, D.C. following a red-eye flight leaving Wednesday evening, March 28 Meet your Tour Manager, who will escort your choir through the duration of your activities Take a panoramic motorcoach tour of Historic Washington, D.C. Check into your hotel Attend a free 6pm concert on the Millennium Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Dinner at the Kennedy Center Café Take an evening walking tour of the Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and National World War II Memorials, as well as the Washington Monument Return to your hotel for overnight DAY 2: FRIDAY, MARCH 30 Breakfast at the hotel Visit Ford’s Theater, where Lincoln was shot, and the Peterson House, where Lincoln passed away Lunch, on own Visit Arlington National Cemetery and participate in a special wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier* Dinner at a local restaurant Clinics for all ensembles as part of the National Festival of the States* Return to your hotel for overnight DAY 3: SATURDAY, MARCH 31 Breakfast at the hotel Take a tour of the Smithsonian Institute’s American History Museum, Natural History Museum, or Air & Space Museum Lunch, on own, at the Old Post Office Pavilion Take a walk along Pennsylvania Avenue for a view of the White House Take a walking tour of Capitol Hill and see the Supreme Court and Capitol buildings Visit the Library of Congress, the largest library in the world Dinner at a local restaurant Performance 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 Memorial Return to your hotel for overnight

6. DAY 4: SUNDAY, APRIL 1 Breakfast at the hotel Visit the new Martin Luther King Jr., National Memorial Spend more time at one of the Smithsonian Museums Performance 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 restaurant Return to your hotel for overnight DAY 5: MONDAY, APRIL 2 Breakfast at the hotel Spend the morning visiting the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Lunch, on own Take a driving tour passing by Embassy Row and the National Cathedral Performance 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 3 Breakfast at the hotel Board motorcoach for a 1-2 hour drive to Gettysburg, PA Arrive 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 battlefields Lunch on own Transfer to Baltimore Visit fort McHenry, site of the historic war of 1812 battle during which Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the Star Spangled Banner Evening dinner at the Inner Harbor Return to Washington D.C. for overnight DAY 7: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 Breakfast at the hotel Hotel check-out and board motorcoach Afternoon departure for home

7. Performance on the Sylvan Stage – The Official Stage of the Cherry Blossoms Festival

8. Hylton Performing Arts Center

9. Choir, Band & Orchestra Perform Individually at the Hylton

10. All groups combined for Concert Finale

11. Washington D.C. Sightseeing

12. CAPITOL BUILDING WHITE HOUSE

13. SUPREME COURT BUILDING NATIONAL CATHEDRAL

14. KENNEDY CENTER

15. FORD’S THEATRE

16. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM

17. ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

18. MEMORIALS JEFFERSON LINCOLNVIETNAM

19. MEMORIALS KOREAN WORLD WAR IIWASHINGTON MONUMENT

20. MEMORIALS IWO JIMA FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELTAIR FORCE

21. MEMORIALS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

22. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUE MUSEUMS (T O NAME A FEW) MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORYNATURAL HISTORY MUSUEM

23. AIR AND SPACE MUSEUMAMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUE MUSEUMS (T O NAME A FEW)

24. GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELDSVISITOR’S CENTRE GETTYSBURG SIGHTSEEING

25. INNER HARBORFORT MCHENRY BALTIMORE SIGHTSEEING

26. Music Celebrations International looks forward to providing the Squalicum High School Music Department with a truly memorable musical and cultural experience of a lifetime!