-Day 1 Arrival in Chicago
Hotel check-in after 4pm
Dinner
Details: AIM Experience master class
Start the weekend off on the right note with your own customized master class - the AIM Experience. Spend 60-90 minutes with a professional clinician perfecting your festival performance, fine tuning your skills, and reaffirming your classroom teachings.
Day 2 First day of festival performances
Breakfast
Dinner
Details: Festival performances
Please note performances will take place either on Friday or Saturday. Each ensemble will have 30-35 minutes on stage. A panel of three adjudicators will provide written and recorded feedback for each performance. Following your performance, a select adjudicator will conduct a clinic on stage with your group, providing valuable feedback and reinforcement for your classroom teachings. Groups will also have the opportunity to participate as an audience for other groups competing – giving your ensemble exposure to their peers.
Day 3 Continue festival performances
Breakfast
Details: Continue festival performances
Festival performances will continue throughout the day. Your performance time will be given to you weeks before the event, so you can plan your day accordingly.
Details: Exclusive awards ceremony
Celebrate with friends, new and old, at your festival's exclusive awards ceremony!
Day 4 Departure for home!
Tour Includes:
- Round-trip transportation
- 3 overnight stays in hotels
- Breakfast daily (except arrival day)
- Dinner daily (except departure day)
- Entrances and transportation to sites and activities described in your itinerary
- Internationally acclaimed adjudicators
- Meaningful awards and trophies
- Gift for the director
- Commemorative pin for each student
- Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees for any required passport or visa. Please visit our Fees FAQ page for a full list of items that may not be included in the cost of your tour.
- Free academic credit for students
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