WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
1:00 PM
All marching band students early out
3:30 PM
Peoria Charter Motor
coaches
arrive at Champaign Central H.S.
4:00 PM Begin Loading Buses
4:30 PM
Depart for Battery Park, NY
Evening Dinner en route ($10 meal money)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8
11:30 AM
Arrive in New York at Battery Park
12:00 PM
Depart on a ferry at Battery Park
Visit the Statue of
Liberty and
Ellis Islan
Lunch on own ($10 meal money)
2:50 PM
Ferry departs for Battery Park
3:00 PM
Return to Battery Park
3:30 PM
Load motor coaches; depart for Ground Zero
Afternoon
Visit St. Paul’s
Chapel
5:30 PM
Load motor coaches; depart for The Sheraton Newark Airport Hotel
128 Frontage Road
Newark, NJ
(973) 690-5500
www.sheraton.com/Newark
6:30 PM
Check-in to the hotel
7:30 PM
Pizza dinner at the hotel
Evening
Free time to use the pool and relax with your friends.
(Nighttime security guard on duty
10:30 pm-5:30 am)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9
7:30 AM
Buffet breakfast at the hotel
8:30 AM
Load motor coaches; depart for Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue
10:00 AM Group
enjoys guided tour of Carnegie Hall
11:00 AM
Walk over to Rockefeller Center
11:30 AM
Lunch in food court ($10 meal money)
12:30 PM
Walk over to the NBC Studios Tour (212) 664-7174
3:00 PM
Free time in Times Square
4:45 PM
Walk over to Dallas BBQ
132 West 43rd Street (212) 221-9000
5:00 PM
Group dinner at New York’s most popular barbecue.
6:30 PM
Meet up with buses to unload packages and change if needed
7:00 PM
Walk over to the Shubert Theatre
225 West 44th Street
8:00 PM
Enjoy Broadway
Performance
– Spamalot
10:30 PM Load motor coaches; return to the hotel
(Nighttime security guard on duty
10:30 pm-5:30 am)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10
9:30 AM
Buffet breakfast at the hotel
11:00 AM
Load motor coaches and depart for NJ Meadowlands Complex
Afternoon
Lunch at the competition ($10 meal money)
2:46 PM
USSBA competition to be held at Giant's Stadium in the
Meadowlands.
(High School Band Competition)
3:30 PM
Load motor coaches; return to the hotel and change for the evening
5:45 PM
Load coaches and depart for the Spirit of
New Jersey Cruise
(11 miles)
Spirit of New Jersey, 1500 Harbor Blvd., Weehawken, NJ 07086.
6:45 PM
Arrive at the Gala Dinner site and board
7:00 PM
Awards presentation before ship sets sail
7:30 PM
Enjoy the Gala Dinner and DJ Dance
Afterwards
DJ will play music for dancing
10:30 PM
Load motor coaches; return to the hotel
(Nighttime security guard on duty
10:30 pm-5:30 am)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11
8:00
AM Buffet
breakfast at the hotel
9:00
AM
Check-out of the hotel; begin loading motor coaches
9:30 AM
Depart for Manhattan
11:00 AM
Champaign Central H.S. Band moves to the staging area for the
parade
TBA Champaign Central H.S. Band
marches
in the Nation’s Parade
Your group will march up Fifth
Avenue, past the reviewing stand, to 59th Street and
Central Park.
(Exact step off time TBD.) The parade route is
approximately 1.8 miles long.
Watch the band march via webcam
http://nyctmc.org/xmanhattan.asp . Go to Streaming Video section
and select 5th Ave @ 42 St
PM Lunch on own ($10 meal money).
3:00 PM
Load motor coaches; depart for
Empire State Building
4:00 PM
Enjoy fantastic views of New York City’s skyline
5:15 PM
Load coaches and depart for the Hard Rock Café
1501 Broadway
New York, NY
(212) 343-3355
6:00 PM
Enjoy group dinner
7:00 PM
Load motor coaches; depart for home
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Morning
Breakfast en route ($10 meal money)
11:00 AM
Arrive at Champaign Central H.S.
