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CARIBBEAN CRUISE FUNDRAISERCOMPLIMENTS OF GRUENINGER MUSIC TOURS

To help in the process of raising funds for your trip, we created the Caribbean Cruise Fundraiser.

• The band prints tickets for your trip participants to sell “chances” to win thecruise-for-two prize.

• The raffle winner will receive a seven night Eastern or Western Caribbean cruise for two from Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa or Port Canaveral.

For more information please contact us at 800-844-4159or via e-mail at [email protected]. ON

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Contract with Grueninger Music Tours anytime in 2014 and receive a $600 credit towards a private, custom seminar for your marching band!

For more information please contact us at 800-844-4159or via e-mail at [email protected].

For almost a decade, Scott Lang has been educating and entertaining student and adult audiences of all ages throughhis workshops and keynote presentations. As a nationally known leadership trainer for the past seven years, Scottworks with some of America's top ensembles and conducts over 100 workshops annually. He is a G.I.A. sponsored

clinician and is the author of Leadership Success, Leadership Travel Guide, and Leadership Survival Guide.

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D E L I C I O U S F O O D . F U N T I M E S . G R E A T V A L U E .

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• Opening ceremony, St. Patrick’s Festival

• St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Explore the Eternal City and celebrate the New Yearby marching down the grand Via della Concilizione to St. Peter’s Square. Taste some of the best pizza,pasta and ice cream you’ve ever had. Make historycome alive.

March to the Celtic beat on O’Connell Street in Dublin’s Fair City. Explore the Connemara Region. Take Irish language and culture workshops.

Performance Opportunities

• St. Patrick’s Festival Funfair

• Connemara Region

• Irish language and cultureworkshops

• Private guided tour of Dublin,including Trinity College, The Book of Kells, St. Patrick’sCathedral

• Farewell dinner with traditionalmusic and Irish dancers

• Roundtrip commercial flight

• 4 nights hotel accommodations

• Motorcoach transportation & sightseeing

• Breakfast & dinner daily

• Fully escorted

Highlights & Inclusions

• Rome New Year’s Eve Parade

• Seasonal music in St. Peter’sSquare

• Concert in a charming villagein the Roman countryside


• Optional performance in St. Peter’s Square and see thePope visit the manger scene

• Papal Vespers & Te Deum atBasilica of St. Peter

• Half day city tour

• Vatican Museums

• New Year’s visit to Piazza delPopolo for outdoor classicalmusical concert and fireworksat midnight

• Optional Papal Mass andPope’s blessing in the square

• Roundtrip commercial flights


• Motorcoach transportationand sightseeing


• Fully escorted


irelandST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

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GRUENINGER MUSIC TOURS

Take a look inside for some great ideas—performance venues and opportunities,new destinations and new twists on some favorite classics.

Interested in the Tournament of Roses or Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? Talk with us and we can help you with and through the application process.

We custom design all our tours to meet your unique needs. All of our toursinclude transportation, hotel accommodations, events/attractions, meals, paradeseats and travel directions. We understand that price is very important. We do all we can to ensure that the students see more than the parade route, at a pricethey can afford. The fundraiser that we give you is yet another way we lower the price for each student. Historically, bands have raised up to $65,000.

What should you look for in a performance tour company? Experience and trust.2014 will be our 60th year in the travel business, Grueninger Music Tours offersthat and more. We’ve taken almost 50,000 high school students 2.5 millionmiles…and we’ve learned a few things along the way. We give our clients morevalue for the money.

We also believe in protecting our clients. We carry a $200,000 performance bondprotecting tour deposits; something few travel agencies offer.

Give us a call with any questions. We’re here to help.

Regards,

Michael E.O. Grueninger

President

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• Memorable performanceopportunities

• Coca-Cola Museum

• Underground Atlanta

• Stone Mountain

• Buckhead

• Zoo Atlanta

• Georgia Aquarium

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra

• Blue Man Group

• Field Museum

• Museum of Science andIndustry

• Shedd Aquarium

• Medieval Times

• Navy Pier

• Willis Tower Skydeck

• River/Lake Cruise

• Six Flags Great America

• The Art Institute of Chicago

• Lincoln Park Zoo

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• Music in the Parks Festival

• Silver Dollar City

• Twelve Irish Tenors

• Ducks Sightseeing Adventure

• Dixie Stampede

• Talking Rocks Cavern

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Great performance venues and opportunities! See the heart of the South, including the birthplace ofMartin Luther King.

©©Branson Lakes Area CVB

Large Crowd performance venues and opportunities!Lots to do!

atlantaSOUTHERN EXCITEMENT

bransonSHOWS & MORE

chicagoWINDY CITY TOURS

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• 6ABC IKEA ThanksgivingDay Parade

• Summer performance opportunities

• Liberty Bell

• Constitution Hall

• National Constitution Center

• Adventure Aquarium

• American HelicopterMuseum

• Philadelphia Zoo

• Battleship New Jersey tour

• World Trade Center Site

• Empire State Building

• Broadway show

Landmark performance venues and opportunity!See the Liberty Bell and march in thePhiladelphia Thanksgiving Parade. Take a driveto the bright lights of New York City.

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philadelphiaTHANKSGIVING DAY PARADE

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• Rock and Roll Hall of Fameand Museum

• Cedar Point Amusement Park


• Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

• Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton

• Lake cruise

• Scenic performance venue &opportunity

• Smoky Mountain Music Festival

• Recording Studio date

• Grand Ole Opry

• Ripley’s Aquarium of Smokies

• Smoky Mountain Tour

• Mackinac Music Clinic

• Memorial Day Pageant Parade

• Instruction provided by professional musicians and/oruniversity clinicians

• Band competition

• Private group instruction sessions for more individualized attention

• Carriage Ride

• Three Men and a Tenor

• Beaches

Cleveland rocks! Explore the city where rock & roll first got its name.

©©The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

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michiganMACKINAC MUSIC CLINIC

nashville &gatlinburg

MUSIC CITY & THE SMOKIES

Great clinic opportunity! Instruction provided by professional musicians and/or university clinicians. Ferry to an island recognized by National Geographic as one of the ten best state parks in America.

clevelandROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME

©Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau

Benchmark performance venues and opportunities.March in the famed Tournament of Roses Parade.See Universal Studios and Disneyland. Visit theMuseum of Tolerance. March on the Santa MonicaPier. Attend an all band dinner and dance party onNew Year’s Eve. Attend Bandfest. View the floats up close as the finishing touches are put on.

• City tour of Hollywood & Los Angeles

• Knott’s Berry Farm

• Medieval Times

• Disneyland or Disney’s California Adventure

• View 2011 Rose Parade Floats

• Photo of band in front of Rose Bowl Stadium

• Optional dinner dance cruiseon private yacht

• Optional dinner aboard the Queen Mary

• Hard Rock Café

• New Year’s Eve Ice Cream Sundae Bar at 9 p.m.

• Roundtrip commercial air

• Hotel accommodations

• Fully escorted

• Tournament of Roses Parade

• Bandfest

• Santa Monica Pier

• Universal Studios



tournament of roses paradeNEW YEAR’S TRADITION IN PASADENA

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• Perform on ship

• Clinic at sea

• 4-day Caribbean cruise toCozumel, Mexico

• Private tour of the French Quarter

• Dinner at Bubba Gump’s

• Volunteer Opportunities

• All meals on cruise portion

• Canada’s Wonderland

• Clinics at University of Michigan or Toronto

• Casa Loma

• CN Tower

• Ontario Science Centre

• Royal Alexandra Theatre

• Princess of Wales Theatre

• Eaton Centre

• Royal Ontario Museum

• Niagara Falls

Perform at sea! New Orleans offers historic sites andenough personality to make this a trip of a lifetime.

Landmark performance venue and opportunity! Visit hockey Hall of Fame. Take a close-up look at the thundering waters of Niagara Falls. Take clinics at the University of Michigan or University of Toronto.

©Louisiana Office of Tourism

toronto& NIAGARA FALLS

new orleansWITH 4-DAY CARIBBEAN CRUISE

• Gateway Arch

• Underground Museum

• Dinner on a Riverboat

• Saint Louis Zoo

• Six Flags over MidAmerica

• NASA shuttle at St. Louis Science Center

Memorable performance venue and opportunities!Visit the grand Mississippi and go wild at the St. Louis Zoo!

st. louisFRIENDLIEST CITY

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Ultimate performance venues andopportunity! March down Broadwaythrough the bright lights and bigcity. We arrange rehearsal space,special meals and great activities.

• Top of the Rock or Carnegie Hall Tour

• Exclusive Dinner & Tour of Yankee Stadium

• Group Photo in Times Square

• Two shows

• BB King’s Blues Club & Grill

• View blowing up the balloon floats

• Breakfast at Hard Rock

• CBS Early Show

• NBC Studio Tour or United Nations Tour

• Dinner in Chinatown

• Ferry to Ellis Island and Liberty Island

• Ground Zero & St. Paul’s Chapel

• Tour guides

• 3 meals per day, including a Thanksgiving mealwith Family & Friends

• Roundtrip commercial air

• Motorcoach and sightseeing

• Hotel accommodations

• March in the famed Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade



macy’s thanksgiving day paradeNEW YORK CITY

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• Freedom Trail

• USS Constitution

• Quincy Market& Faneuil Hall

• Lexington & Concord

• Minute Man National Historic Park

• Plimouth Plantation & Plymouth Rock

• Boston Symphony Orchestra & Boston Pops

• Berklee College of Music

• Fenway Park

• Blue Man Group

• Boston Harbor Cruise

• Boston Duck tour

• Winter Park Music Festival

• Opportunity to ski

• Street party

• Mount Rushmore

• Grand Tetons

• Badlands National Park

• Crazy Horse Memorial

Landmark performance venue & opportunity!See Mount Rushmore and participate in theWinter Park Music Festival.

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Great performance venues and opportunities!Learn more about the patriots of Boston, thewhalers of the North Shore and the pilgrims at Plymouth.

©Greater Boston CVB

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colorado & the west

WINTER PARK SKI-MUSIC FESTIVAL

bostonPILGRIMS & PERFORMANCES

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March in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the “day that will live in infamy,” the attack on Pearl Harbor.Discover new cultures through the Polynesian CulturalCenter and International Marketplace.

• Stay on the white-sandbeaches of Waikiki

• Circle Island Tour & see Diamond Head & the Banzai Pipeline

• Picnic on secluded beach

• Visit Pearl Harbor Museum, USS Arizona, Pacific AviationMuseum and USS Missouri

• International Marketplace

• Dole Pineapple Plantation

• Polynesian Cultural Center

• Breath of Life evening show &Rainbows of Paradise Pageant



• Motorcoach transportation &sightseeing


• Fully escorted

• USS Missouri Tribute Performance

• Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade



March in the famed King Kamehameha FestivalParade. Experience the Polynesian Paradise Hawaiioffers with surfing, beaches, luau and more.

• Stay on the white-sandbeaches of Waikiki

• Circle Island Tour

• Luau

• See Diamond Head & the Banzai Pipeline

• Picnic on secluded beach

• Visit Pearl Harbor Museum, USS Arizona, Pacific AviationMuseum and USS Missouri

• International Marketplace



• Breath of Life evening show &Rainbows of Paradise Pageant



• Motorcoach transportation & sightseeing


• Fully escorted

• King Kamehameha Festival Parade



©Oahu Visitors Bureau

king kamehameha paradeJUNE

pearl harborHONOLULU’S PEARL HARBORMEMORIAL PARADE • DECEMBER

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• King Kamehameha FestivalParade

• Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade

• Waikiki


• Rainbows of Paradise Pageant

• Pearl Harbor

• Battleship Missouri

• USS Arizona

• Lei Greetings

• Beach BBQ&

• Hawaiian Luau


• Hollywood Christmas ParadeOpportunity

• Tournament of Roses

• Universal Studios PerformanceOpportunity

• Clinic

• Santa Monica Pier & Performance Opportunity

• Disneyland

• Universal Studios

• City Tour

• J. Paul Getty Museum

• Sony Picture Studios

• Knott’s Berry Farm

• Museum of Tolerance

• Beach BBQ

Great performance venues and opportunities! So much to do and see, from Grauman’s ChineseTheatre and Disneyland to La Brea Tar Pits.

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©HCVB

Scenic performance venues and opportunities!Explore the best of Hawaii from a sunrise overHonolulu to a beach barbeque luau. Pay yourrespects at Pearl Harbor.

los angelesCITY OF ANGELS

hawaiiPARADES IN PARADISE

• Zurich

• Alps

• Lucerne

• Lake Constance

• Salzburg

• Birthplace of Mozart

• Prater Amusement Park

• Vienna State Opera House

• Majestic performance venues

• Parthenon & the Acropolis inAthens

• Islands of Santorini &Mykonos

• 4 Day / 3 Night Option

• 5 Day / 4 Night Option

• Galveston Departures

• New Orleans Departures

• Port Canaveral Departures

• Disney Combination Packages!

• Shipboard Performances

• Port of Call Performances

Landmark performance venues and opportunities!See the Alps, the lakes and Lucerne. In Salzburg,visit the birthplace of Mozart. In Vienna, have funat the Prater Amusement Park.

Memorable performance venues and opportunities!See the best of the ancient world from theParthenon to Santorini.

Bands, Choirs, & Orchestras, the time has never been better to

book your group aboard performance cruises! Make lasting

memories with your ensembles and programs by enjoying the sun

and fun onboard a beautiful ship, with exciting ports of call.

Performance CruiseFUN IN THE SUN

greeceANCIENT WONDERS

germany, switzerland & austriaALPINE MUSIC

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So much to see and do! Unforgettable performancevenues and opportunity. In the city so nice, theynamed it twice, there’s plenty to do, fromBroadway shows to the Metropolitan Museum ofArt. Take a subway ride, see the Statue of Liberty.Ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Hearthe symphony or opera at Lincoln Center. Walk theBrooklyn Bridge. Watch a Today Show taping. Payyour respects at Ground Zero.


• Veteran’s Day Parade

• Macy’s Thanksgiving DayParade

• Cathedral of St. John the Divine

• Lincoln Center

• New York Offstage Clinics

• Southstreet Seaport

• University Clinics

• Statue of Liberty

• Clinic


Highlights • Off-Broadway Shows

• Today Show viewing

• Brooklyn Bridge

• Central Park

• New York Stock Exchange

• Carnegie Hall

• NBC Studios tour

• Chinatown

• Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Times Square

• United NationsBuilding

• World Trade CenterSite

• Dinner Cruise

new york cityPERFORMING IN THE BIG APPLE

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• Library of Congress &National Archives

• Pentagon

• Arlington National Cemetery

• Holocaust Museum

• Smithsonian Institution

• Ford’s Theater

• National Cathedral

• Potomac River Cruise

• The John F. Kennedy Centerfor the Performing Arts

• Mount Vernon

• Colonial Williamsburg

Majestic performance opportunities! Visit ournation’s capital. White House, Capitol Building andMemorials.

washington, d.c.WITH COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG

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illiamsburg foundation

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• Marrowstone Summer MusicFestival

• Lions Club InternationalParade of Nations

• Macy’s Holiday Parade

• Underground Seattle

• Smith Tower ObservationDeck

• Pacific Science Center

• Woodland Park Zoo

• Brooke Museum

• Space Needle

• Pioneer Square

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©Seattle CVB

Participate in the leading summer music program inthe Pacific Northwest!

seattleMARROWSTONE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL

philadelphiaCRADLE OF LIBERTY

Landmark performance venues and opportunity! Seethe Liberty Bell and march in the PhiladelphiaThanksgiving Parade. Take a drive to the brightlights of New York City.

• Philadelphia ThanksgivingDay Parade

• Summer performance opportunities

• Liberty Bell

• Constitution Hall

• National Constitution Center

• Adventure Aquarium

• American HelicopterMuseum

• Philadelphia Zoo

• Battleship New Jersey tour

• World Trade Center Site

• Empire State Building

• Broadway show

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• Music Clinic at local college

• Theater under the Stars

• San Antonio Battle of Flowers Parade

• Six Flags Fiesta San Antonio

• Alamo & El Mercado Marketplace

• Riverwalk Cruise

• Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza

• Six Flags over Texas

• Dallas Symphony Orchestra

• Rodeo BBQ,

• George Bush PresidentialLibrary

• LBJ Presidential Library

• Pier 39 Performance Opportunity

• Clinic/Exchange

• Great America AmusementPark & Performance Opportunity

• San Francisco Symphony Performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9

• Fisherman’s Wharf

• Tour of Alcatraz

• City Tour

• Bicycle across the GoldenGate Bridge

• San Francisco Zoo

• San Francisco Dinner Cruise

• Dinner in China Town

• Bubba Gump’s

• Hard Rock Cafe

Majestic performance venues & opportunities!Explore the City on the Bay. Listen to the SanFrancisco Symphony perform. Ride a bike across theGolden Gate Bridge.

©San Antonio CVB

Unique performance venues and opportunities!Capture the spirit of Texas! Take a music clinic at a local college. Perform at the Theater Under the Stars.

texasSAN ANTONIO, DALLAS & AUSTIN

san franciscoSYMPHONY & THE SEA

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