An amazing opportunity for your students to take part in the WW1 Centenary commemorations.
A school music tour to the WW1 battlefields provides an amazing opportunity for your students to be part of the commemorative events taking place to mark the First World War Centenary. As part of the tour your ensemble will be able to perform at the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate and at the Canadian Memorial in Vimy Ridge. This is a once in a lifetime experience that your students are unlikely to forget.
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Ypres Cloth Hall Colonnade
Perform an open air concert in the Ypres town square known as 'The Market Place'. Numerous markets and special events take plac...
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Last Post Ceremony, Menin Gate
Every evening since 1928 the Last Post has sounded at the Menin Gate at 20:00 in homage to the fallen British and Allied soldiers of Wo...Sample Itinerary
4 days/3 nights
From £244pp
Tour price includes:
- 3 nights' half-board accommodation
- Return ferry/Eurotunnel crossings
- Return executive coach travel
- Arrangement of 2 concerts inc. publicity
- Participation in the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate
- Detailed information pack
- Itinerary planning service
- Travel & medical insurance
- Free staff place ratio 1:8
| Morning | Afternoon | Evening | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Travel to Dover for crossing |
Arrive late afternoon Possibility to have a rehearsal at the accommodation |
Evening meal |
| Day 2 | Morning to explore Ypres | Concert in the Cloth Hall colonnades next to the In Flanders Fields Museum | Participation in the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate |
| Day 3 |
Travel to Vimy Ridge Recital at the Memorial |
Visit to Albert and perform an outdoor concert | Evening meal at the accommodation |
| Day 4 | Travel to Calais | Ferry crossing | Arrive back at school |
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