10th Anniversary Season Tour to Southeast Asia

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The mission of the Boston Children's Chorus is to harness the power and joy of music to unite Boston’s diverse communities and inspire social change. Our singers transcend social barriers in a celebration of shared humanity and love of music. Through intensive choral training and high-profile public performance experience, they learn discipline, develop leadership skills, and proudly represent the city of Boston as Ambassadors of Harmony.

In pursuit of this mission, BCC enhances its local programming with tours and excursions efforts to enable students to reach their highest potential of musical and social achievement and personal growth. Through cultural learning and travel, we develop informed students, citizens and young leaders who contribute to the advancement of their respective communities.

In celebration of our tenth anniversary, the Boston Children’s Chorus will be traveling to Vietnam and Cambodia on an approximately 2 week cultural exchange tour in June and July 2013. Its purpose is to bring together youth from the United States and Southeast Asia and give them the chance to learn from each other and form international friendships

ITINERARY

Sat Jun 22 IN FLIGHT

7:00 am Depart by coach for JFK airport (c. 5 hrs)

12:30 pm Arrive at airport and check in

3:25 pm Depart on China Eastern flight MU 588 to Shanghai

Sun Jun 23 HO CHI MINH

6:30 pm Arrive at Shanghai airport

10:00 pm Depart on China Eastern flight MU 281 to Ho Chi Minh

Mon Jun 24 HO CHI MINH

12:55 am Arrive at Ho Chi Minh airport

Clear immigration and customs and meet your couriers

Transfer to coach to hotel and check in

9:00 am Breakfast in the hotel

Guided sightseeing tour of Ho Chi Minh, during which you will see the Reunification Hall, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Hotel de Ville and the Binh Tay Market

Lunch in a restaurant

afternoon visit the War Remnants Museum

evening dinner in the hotel

Tue Jun 25 HO CHI MINH

morning Breakfast in the hotel Homestays

Excursion to the Organization for the Support and Education of Disadvantaged Children

Informal Performance with the musicians of OSEDC

Lunch in a restaurant

afternoon Entrance to the Cu Chi Tunnels

Meet hosts

evening Dinner with hosts

Wed Jun 26 HO CHI MINH

morning Breakfast with homestays

Morning at leisure with hosts

Lunch in a restaurant

afternoon Rehearsal

evening Dinner in a restaurant

CONCERT at the Ho Chi Minh Opera House

Thu Jun 27 HANOI

8:00 am Check in at Ho Chi Minh airport

10:30 am Depart on Vietnam Airlines flight VN 1178 for Hanoi

12:30 pm Arrive at Hanoi airport

Guided sightseeing tour of Hanoi, during which you will see the Hoa Lo Prison (known better as the Hanoi Hilton), the Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda, the Quan Thanh Temple, and the Museum of Ethnology (entrance included)

evening Dinner in the hotel and attend Traditional Water Puppet Show

Fri Jun 28 HANOI

Exchange with students of the Hanoi Academy

Visit a local orphanage with the students of Hanoi Academy

Lunch with students of Hanoi Academy

afternoon Concert at the Hanoi Academy

Meet hosts in Ciputra

evening Dinner with hosts

Sat Jun 29 HANOI

morning Breakfast with hosts

Lunch with hosts

afternoon Rehearsal

evening Dinner in a restaurant

CONCERT at Hanoi Opera House