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London’s New Year’s Day Parade & Festival
Information Pack
A Message from Robert Bone
Executive Director of London’s New Year’s Day Parade and Festival
London’s New Year’s Day Parade
and Festival – LNYDP can justifiably
claim to be one of the greatest
events in what is certainly one of the
greatest cities in the world. Since
the inaugural event in 1987 LNYDP
has focused the attention of the
world on the magnificent city of
London each New Year’s Day.
The route of London’s New Year’s
Day Parade is the famed ceremonial route which passes
along the great thoroughfares of Piccadilly, Regent Street
and Whitehall, passing by Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar
Square on its two mile path through the centre of the
historic city of Westminster, ending in Parliament Street in
the shadow of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. The
Parade is viewed by a live television audience of around
280 million people worldwide, whilst more than half a million
spectators pack London’s streets to catch a glimpse of the
spectacular procession.
The Festival’s Gala concert Series is the most significant
annual Festival of youth music in London. Once again
the Gala concert Series will feature a host of splendid
concerts in glittering and prestigious venues throughout
central London. Venues will include St. John’s Smith
Square, Southwark Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of St.
Augustine’s, and the fabulous Cadogan Hall, home of the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Patrons of the Parade include Her Majesty’s Lord
Lieutenant for Greater London, the Prime Minister, the
Bishop of London, the Archbishop of Westminster and
the British Minister for Culture, Media and Sport.The
Ambassador of the United States of America has been
an ardent supporter and has regularly attended the event
along with the ambassadors of many other countries from
around the world.The host of the Parade is the Lord Mayor
of the City of Westminster, who leads the Mayors of all of
London Boroughs in the procession.
We are very pleased to be able to heartily endorse the
programme presented to you by Youth Music of The World,
the world’s finest performance travel organizer. Youth Music
of the World works closely with us, the Parade organizers
and the event’s patrons, to produce a unique and exclusive
programme for participating musicians and performers from
around the world. The quality and educational value of the
programme is second to none.
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London’s New Year’s Day Parade & Festival | Information Pack
About Us
London’s New Year’s Day Parade and Festival works in an
exclusive agency agreement with the Youth music of the
World organisation for the creation and provision of the
Performance tour arrangements for groups appearing in
the Parade and Festival. Youth music employs a team of
dedicated professionals to represent the event throughout
the world.
Our Directors of International Participation are Mr. F Powell
Johann, Mr. William Northen, and Mr. Jonathan Whaley.
They are ably supported by a team of consultants and
advisors including Dr. Paula Crider, Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser,
Mr. D. Stanley Barnes, Mr. Gary Locke, Mr. Guy Wood and
Mr. W.L Whaley.
The Destination Events team in London is overseen by
the event’s Executive Director Robert Bone, and Director
Geraldine Bone. Theresa Davis has the role of Director of
administration whilst the key departments of Operations
and Production are controlled by Malcolm Chalk and
Nick Kidd respectively. The all important role of Director
of communications is fulfilled by Dan Kirkby who is ably
assisted by Sara Marinoni who specialises in social media.
Lizzie Bone is Director of Publications and Mayoral relations
for LNYDP and also manages the tour assistant Staff
for all of Destination Events portfolio, aided for LNYDP
by Dean Oblonsky. Joe Bone masterminds logistics and
merchandise for LNYDP.
Youth music of the World is not a travel company, and no
travel company can offer you participation in London’s New
Year’s Day Parade and Festival. Participation in the event is
strictly by invitation from the patrons and organisers.
The performance travel programme presented by Youth
music of the World has been prepared and refined over
a number of years by experienced staff. They provide
participants with a unique, culturally enriching, educational,
and hugely enjoyable experience. Everything that Youth
Music does is designed to make the programme easily
accessible to group leaders by removing much of the
administrative and organisational burden, thus allowing
group leaders the opportunity to devote their efforts to the
internal management and performance of their group.
F Powell
Johann
William
Northen
Jonathan
Whaley
D Stanley
Barnes
Dean
Oblonsky
Dr Paula
Crider
Tim
Lautzenheiser
Gary Locke
Geraldine
Bone
Theresa
Davis
Malcolm
Chalk
Nick Kidd
Dan Kirkby
Lizzie Bone
Sara
Marinoni
Joe Bone
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The Festival Events
Groups from overseas taking part in the Festival will be
contracted to perform at either the New Year’s Day Parade
or in one of the Festival’s Gala concerts. If groups who
perform in the Parade wish to perform with a suitable
musical ensemble at one of the Gala concerts in addition
to their Parade appearance, then, by negotiation, such a
performance opportunity can be offered. Similarly if groups
who are contracted to perform at a Gala concert wish
to present a second performance either with the same
ensemble or a different ensemble at another concert in the
Festival series, then this too can be negotiated. Our concert
venues are not suitable for marching band performances
but if marching bands with colour Guards wish to present
a second performance, we have opportunities in our
promotional lunchtime concerts in outdoor venues such as
Trafalgar Square.
Those groups appearing in one of the Gala concerts
and other presentations that are part of the Festival will
be performing in one of a number of iconic venues that
stage the Festival’s events. Venues will be chosen to best
suit the needs of each performing group. A professional
production team will work with each group to maximise
the quality of the performance and the enjoyment derived
from the performance by the individual performers. On the
day of the performance each group will be provided with
ample rehearsal time in the concert venue in which they
later perform. Each group will share a concert with other
performing groups and each individual group will receive
approximately 20 minutes of playing time. Concerts are
normally played to full houses and some of the Galas
are played to audiences of invited guests including event
Patrons and London’s Mayors. All concert performances
are reviewed by an international panel of adjudicators but
no concerts are competitive. All groups performing in our
concerts receive transportation to and from their hotels
for both rehearsal and performance. Every group member
who is not a performer in the concert group will receive a
complimentary ticket to the concert at which their group
performs.
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Venues regularly used for the Gala concerts include
Cadogan Hall, home of the royal Philharmonic orchestra.
St.John’s Smith Square, St. Mary’s Bourne Street,
St. Augustine’s Kilburn, St Andrew’s Fulham Fields,
Westminster central Hall and Westminster Cathedral.
Those groups performing in the world’s greatest Parade
– London’s New Year’s Day Parade, will begin the
parade route on the grand thoroughfare of Piccadilly
directly opposite the Ritz Hotel. The Parade route passes
down Piccadilly, past the Royal Academy and banks of
specially erected grandstands, to Piccadilly Circus known
throughout the world for its statue of Eros and as the centre
of London’s theatre district. From Piccadilly Circus the route
leads along regent Street, Pall Mall, and Cockspur Street,
before entering Trafalgar Square with its famous Nelson’s
column, the National Gallery, and St. Martin-in-the-Fields
– the Queen’s Parish church. From Trafalgar Square the
route moves to Whitehall, lined with Britain’s great Ministries
of State, the Cenotaph and Downing Street, the official
residence of the British Prime minister, to Parliament
Square. Here in the shadow of the Houses of Parliament,
Big Ben and Westminster abbey, in a specially created
arena in front of grandstands for dignitaries and VIPs, all
performers present a final performance both for the VIPs
and television cameras.
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Service
Our service is very special. The performance travel
programme in London offered and provided by Youth
Music of the World, through its agent Destination Events,
is carefully monitored and checked by the Festival Patrons
and Supporters. Destination Events has been granted
the right to be the exclusive organizer of the programme
because they fulfil stringent requirements. London’s New
Year’s Day Parade and Festival is an official event of the city
of Westminster and the London Mayors’ Association and
one of London’s premier annual showcases for the world.
As such the programme offered is of the highest quality.
Our team is comprised of the very best in the field.
Attention to detail is our mantra. We provide a service that
is second to none. In the summer before the event we
provide a Site Inspection tour for all group leaders. Every
facet of the performance tour programme is discussed
and demonstrated. We produce a customized and
comprehensive group organiser’s guide for each group. The
guide provides step by step instruction towards programme
participation. We have pioneered the concept of each of
our performing groups having a dedicated member of our
team stay with them and ‘live’ each programme with their
group as a permanent, ever present, resource. We do not
believe that our quality of care is matched by any other
organisation.
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Airlines
Youth Music uses only the world’s best airlines, each a
major scheduled carrier, and each operating to the highest
safety criteria in the aviation industry.
For travelling American groups we use a mixture of British
and American airlines. The British carriers used are Virgin
Atlantic airways and British Airways. The American carriers
used include United Airlines, Delta Airlines and American
Airlines.
All passengers will travel in coach class. On International
trans-atlantic flights this always includes at least one main
meal, and one snack meal in each direction, complimentary
soft drinks, and a full range of in-flight entertainment
including movies, TV programmes, and audio channels. On
some airlines it is necessary to pay a small amount for a
headset.
The main criteria in our selection of airlines is safety,
security, on time performance, back up provision in case of
problems, and a proven ability to fulfil the travelling needs of
musical performance groups.
Our airlines contracts are carefully managed and overseen
by fully licensed and bonded partner, Performance travel
Limited, which is based in Richmond, Virginia.
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Instrument and Equipment Transportation
One of the unique and very beneficial features of Youth
music’s Performance tours is the way in which we handle
band equipment, and large instrumentation.
We will have an international Freight Forwarding company
collect from you at school all of the band equipment and
large instrumentation that you need to ship to London
for your Performances in the LNYDP Festival. Your
large instruments and equipment will be delivered up to
your London hotel by event staff. The reverse process
will happen on the return journey. We will collect large
instrumentation and equipment from your hotel in London,
and return it directly to your school or other specified
address in the United States.
What can be included in the consignment?
We include in the consignment all instruments larger than
a trumpet in a standard case, and all equipment except for
uniforms, although we do ship hats/shakos.
What happens to items that we cannot include in the
consignment?
We strongly recommend that students take individual
uniforms in their suitcase. they have a free checked
baggage allowance of one item that may weigh up 50lbs.
this is a big piece of luggage for a week in London.
Instruments up to and including trumpets in their cases
should either be packed into the piece of checked luggage
or carried on board within the carry on allowance. If a
trumpet is carried on, then it is counts as the piece of carry
on luggage, and only a further purse or laptop case is
allowed.
Can I include things that are not normally in the
consignment?
We will be happy to give you a quotation that includes
uniforms, trumpets, and anything else not normally included
in the consignment. You will find the rates for any additional
items are very beneficial, but we must stress that it is not
necessary to move outside of our successful and proven
system.
What about really big equipment like timpanis?
We include sousaphones, and concert tubas within your
consignment because we are not able to rent those in the
numbers that might be required in London. However, we
provide within our programme, at no additional charge to
you, a certain amount of concert instrumentation in your
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London venue. In other words things like timpanis, string
bases, etc are always provided for you in London without
any additional charge, so you simply do not have to worry
about them.
There is very little doubt that the inclusion of this service
in the LNYDP Performance tour programme is a huge
enhancement to the service, and of incalculable benefit to
the group organiser.
Obviously, there are a few things that the group organiser
has to do himself to make this largely effortless process
successful. Accurate and timely completion of an
equipment manifest is a requirement, as is the timely
acquisition of a goods carnet (passport for the equipment
and instruments). However, we will lead you through this
process very carefully, and make it as painless as possible.
We hope you agree that this particular feature in the LNYDP
Performance tour is hugely significant, important, and
beneficial to the group organiser.
Hotels
The selection of accommodations is crucially
important to the success of the Performance
tour programme. All of our hotels are carefully
selected and rigorously checked at least twice a
year, to ensure that they meet the standards and
requirements of our performance groups.
Each of these hotels is in the Superior First class
category. All of the hotels that we use have
standards higher than the normal levels provided
to student groups. In our hotels, students are
generally accommodated two to a room although
in hotels where the rooms are larger we will offer
rooms for three and occasionally four people. We
never offer rooms for any more than four people.
All accompanying staff members, chaperones,
parents and supporters, are accommodated two
per room. In some hotels we have a number of
family rooms available that can sleep up to four
people.
All bedrooms in our Superior First class hotels
have the sort of facilities that you would expect
including en suite bathrooms, television, radio,
direct dial telephone, hair dryer, and much, much
more.
The standard of decor is high. The standard of
hotel services including restaurants, bars and
banqueting is equally high. We ensure that every
hotel that we use has sufficient banqueting space
for the group meals that are included in the
programme, for rehearsal space should rehearsal
be required, for full group meetings, for orientation
and other purposes. We also ensure that each
hotel provides lockable facilities for the storage of
instruments and equipment, and each hotel has
a specially designated full time hotel staff member
to satisfy the needs of Youth music clients.
The hotels that we will use over the New Year
period for marching Bands, concert Bands,
orchestras and other musical performing
ensemble from America are as follows:
From the Hilton Group
www.hilton.co.uk/
Hilton London Metropole
Hilton Kensington
Hilton Olympia
The Doubletree Westminster
From Park Plaza Hotels
www.parkplaza.com
Park Plaza Westminster Bridge
Park Plaza Riverbank
Park Plaza Victoria
From The Thistle Hotel Group
www.thistle.com
Thistle Marble Arch
Thistle Euston
From the Guoman Hotel Group
www.guoman.com
The Tower
The Cumberland
The Charing Cross
From the Doubletree Hotel
Group
www. doubletree3.hilton.com
The Doubletree Westminster
From the Holiday Inn Group
www.ihg.com
Holiday Inn Kensington
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Meals
Breakfast is provided every day in the group’s hotel. It is
offered in a buffet style and includes the following items.
A selection of fresh fruit juices. A selection of cereals. a
selection of pastries and breads such as croissant, pain
au raisin, pain au chocolat, brioche, bread rolls, baguette,
and bread for toasting. Butter, low fat spread, and an
assortment of preserves - jams (jellies), and marmalades.
there will be a selection of fresh and preserved fruit, as
well as yogurts of various types. In addition there will be a
selection of cheeses and hams to complete an enhanced
and substantial continental Breakfast. Hot beverages of tea,
coffee, and hot chocolate will be available, as will hot and
cold milk. Bakery items are varied on a regular basis.
The programme includes three dinners to be taken in the
hotel, one of which we recommend should always be taken
on the day of arrival in London. The meals in the hotel will
generally be served buffet style and will consist of two
courses, an entrée and a dessert, with a salad available
as a side dish. A considerable range of menu choice will
be given to allow group leaders to select the most suitable
menus for their groups.
For the other three dinners during the programme we are
able to offer a range of flexible options. these can include:
• Food vouchers, which can be used at a vast range
of restaurants in London, offering each student the
opportunity to have exactly what they would like from
the large amount of choice available, rather than being
limited by ‘set’ menus. We guarantee that there will
be a considerable number of restaurants that take the
vouchers within a few minutes walk of your hotel, and the
hotels themselves also take the vouchers. In addition our
staff are happy to give guidance as to restaurants that
would be most suitable and accept the vouchers.
• A large amount of other options can also be made
available for one of your dinners. Perhaps you may
like to sample a traditional British pub meal of fish and
chips or bangers and mash, followed up by sticky toffee
pudding or apple crumble and custard. Alternatively
the ethnic diversity of London means that we have an
excellent range of Indian, Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese
restaurants for if you are feeling adventurous. With the
Indian dish chicken tikka masala now being our national
dish it is well worth a try!
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Itinerary
Over many years we have developed a week long
programme that gives a near perfect balance of
performance and rehearsal time, educational sightseeing,
unstructured time in which to plan educational and cultural
visits of specific personal interest and some pure fun time.
All of our itineraries are individually constructed by
Destination Events Operations Director after consultation
with each group leader to ensure that every group has
exactly the itinerary that fulfils all of their specific needs and
aspirations. A sample itinerary from a performance tour
programme created for one of our previous groups can be
seen at the end of this pack.
On the following pages we describe each of the structured
components in our programme, but first a word about our
motor coaches and guides.
Whenever motor coach transportation is included in our
programme it is provided on luxury motor coaches, fully
certified to the highest levels of industry safety and security
and with experienced, safe and qualified drivers. Our motor
coach providers have to submit proof of insurance cover
to the equivalent of sixteen million dollars. Modern British
motor coaches have large panoramic windows, state of the
art sound systems, passenger seat belts and have effective
heating and ventilation. All motor coaches provide a smoke
free environment. From July 1st 2007 smoking has been
illegal in the workplace in England and is also banned in all
restaurants, bars and places of public gathering.
Our guides are all fully qualified members of the Guild of
Guide Lecturers and proudly display their qualification
by wearing the famous ‘Blue Badge’. We have carefully
selected all of the guides that we use from this elite Guild.
We choose guides who are able to provide stimulating and
interesting commentary and who can relate well to young
Americans.
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Tours
The following tours are included in the programme. In each
case you will be taken on the tour by motor coach and
have the services of a professional Blue Bade Guide.
• a half day tour of London
• a full day tour to the Tower of London and Greenwich
• a full day tour to Windsor and either Oxford or Hampton
Court
The London tour takes you around London’s historic
West End and the city passing many famous and historic
landmarks and well known areas including St. Paul’s
Cathedral, Westminster abbey, Buckingham Palace, the
Houses of Parliament, the London Eye, Trafalgar Square,
Piccadilly Circus, theatre land, Soho, Oxford Street and
much more. Although there are no guided interior visits
made during the tour the guide will arrange stops at the
most popular locations for photographs. The tour serves
to give historical perspective, to orientate and to whet the
appetite for further personal exploration later in the week.
The Tower of London is considered to be the foremost
‘must do’ activity in London. Despite its primary role as a
fortress, a Royal Palace and a prison, particularly for high
status and royal prisoners, such as the Princes in the tower
and the future Queen Elizabeth I, it has also served as a
place of execution and torture, an armoury, a treasury, a
zoo, the royal mint, a public records office, an observatory,
and since 1303, the home of the Crown Jewels. You will be
taken on a guided tour around all of the tower including a
visit to the Crown Jewels. Don’t forget to have your photo
taken with one of the Beefeaters at the Tower!
Greenwich and the 2012 Olympic Village. On the 3rd
February 2012 Greenwich became the Royal Borough of
Greenwich. Its new status was made official with a royal
charter signed by the Queen, in recognition of the close
links between Greenwich and royalty since the middle ages.
Greenwich is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home of
Greenwich mean time and the meridian Line. Other famous
landmarks include the National Maritime Museum, the
Royal Observatory, and Sir Christopher Wren’s old Royal
Naval College and the Cutty Sark.
Greenwich was also the home of the Olympic Village for the
2012 London Olympic Games. This tour to Greenwich and
the 2012 Olympic Park includes a Thames river cruise from
the Tower of London to Greenwich, and entrances to the
Royal Observatory including the ‘Prime meridian’ and the
Maritime Museum.
Windsor is located in the royal Borough of Windsor and
Maidenhead, approximately 20 miles outside of London,
with the river Thames running through the heart of the
town. The historic town is home to the world famous
Windsor Castle. The castle is almost 1000 years old and
since the time of William the Conqueror has served as the
residence and fortress for the British monarch. As home
to the British Royal Family the castle brings with it all the
pomp and ceremony of the Royal Household. The regular
changing of the guard ceremony, state visits of foreign
dignitaries and even the occasional Royal Wedding. The
visit to Windsor includes a guided tour of the castle and the
royal apartments and a walk through the cobbled streets
and shops of the market town.
Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire. The city is
renowned worldwide as a university town and home of the
University of Oxford, the oldest university in the country
and even in the English-speaking world. The architecture of
the city demonstrates examples of every period since the
Saxons, and Oxford is also known as the city of Dreaming
Spires referring to the architecture of the University College
buildings. Your visit to oxford will involve a guided tour
around the town and include entrance to one of the famous
University colleges.
Hampton Court Palace is a royal Palace in the London
Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in the historic county
of Middlesex. The Palace is most famously known as
having been the residence of King Henry VIII. Highlights
of the Palace include the great hall, the kitchens, the
chapel royal and the ‘real tennis’ royal courts. Your visit to
Hampton court will include entrance and a full tour of the
interior of the Palace as well as entrance to the gardens
and the famous maze.
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A Leadership Seminar with Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
LNYDP is very proud to count Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser of
‘Attitude Concepts for Today’ as one of its supporters and
advisors.
Uniquely for LNYDP Dr. Tim offers one of his highly
acclaimed leadership seminars during in the LNYDP
Performance tour programme. This seminar will be included
in your itinerary.
About Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
Tim Lautzenheiser’s career
involves ten years of successful
college band directing at Northern
Michigan University, the University
of Missouri, and New Mexico State
University. He presently serves
as Vice President of Education
for Conn-Selmer, Inc. In addition,
he continues his rigorous travel schedule presenting the
importance of arts education for every child.
His books, produced by G.I.A. Publications, Inc., continue
to be bestsellers in the educational world. He is also
co-author of popular band method, Essential Elements,
and is the Senior Educational consultant for Hal Leonard,
Inc. Tim is the Senior Educational advisor for Music
for All, and Namm (the International music Products
association). Tim holds degrees from Ball State University
and the University of Alabama; in 1995 he was awarded
an Honorary Doctorate from the Vandercook College
of Music. He is presently an adjunct faculty member at:
Ball State University (Earl Dunn Distinguished Lecturer),
Indiana-Purdue/Ft. Wayne University, and Butler University.
In addition, he serves on the Midwest Clinic Board of
Directors and the Western International Band Clinic/
American Band college Board of Directors.
In 1981, Tim created ‘Attitude Concepts for Today, Inc.’,
an organization designed to manage the many requests
for workshops, seminars, and convention speaking
engagements focusing on the area of positive attitude and
effective leadership training. Over two million students have
experienced his acclaimed student leadership workshops
over the last three decades.
Educational guided audio walks
The best of London can be seen on foot. In light of this
we have partnered with the market leader in audio guided
walking tours, audiotraveler Ltd, to exclusively create
special tours for participants on Youth Music programmes
in London, Madrid, Paris and Rome. Only participants on
our programmes have access to the fantastic tours which
are updated and made even better each year.
Audio Guided Walking Tours
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Each of the walks has been carefully prepared by a
knowledgeable team of historians and qualified London
guides whose material has then been developed by
professional script writers and finally performed by the
acclaimed radio actor Tyler Butterworth. Each of the walks
has a duration in total of approximately two hours from start
to finish, and the walks are delivered on a specially branded
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Day procession route. Discover where you’ll be marching,
what you’ll be passing, who will be watching and where
the crowds will be cheering from.
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Every group member will receive an MP3 player loaded with
a total of eight walks, five educational and three specialties.
The ‘Parade route’ walk and two other educational walks
selected by the group leader will be set into the itinerary.
The remaining two educational walks will be optional.
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‘London’s New Year’s Day Parade’ MP3 Player complete
with headphones and batteries, and with all the instructions
that you need to complete the walks successfully. Every
participant gets to take home their MP3 player as a
souvenir and superb educational resource.
London’s New Year’s Day Parade and Festival
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• Walk 2 ‘Princes, Palaces and Power’, Walk shoulder to
shoulder with over 1000 years of royalty. Sites include:
Palace of Westminster, Prince William’s London house
and the changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
• Walk 3 ‘Art-rageous London!’ Starting in glittering covent
Garden, we take in the world’s most haunted theatres
and talk to the stars as we explore the very heart of
London’s world famous theatreland and much, much
more.
• Walk 4 ‘The Guide and Seek treasure trail’, our specially
commissioned interactive audio treasure trail. All you
need is a pen, and the map sheet (provided) to unravel
the secret trail and find the hidden clues.
• Walk 5 ‘UK-USA-250’ this walk celebrates over 250
remarkable years of an unbreakable transatlantic
friendship. Sites include: Jimi Hendrix House, the famous
Christmas Windows of Selfridges Store and the beautiful
9/11 memorial.
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Speciality guided audio walks
Three fabulous speciality audio guided
walking tours are featured.
Two of the three speciality walks will be set
into the itinerary, with the remaining walk
being optional.
• Murder, Mystery and Mayhem in Old
London – Jack the Ripper and other
spooky stories of London.
• London, Rock and Roll Capital of the
World – The Beatles, The Rolling Stones,
The Swinging Sixties, Glam Rock, Punk
Rock, Brit Pop and more.
• Harry Potter’s London – The London
sights and sounds of the world’s most
famous fictional boy Wizard! *
* If Harry Potter is not your cup of tea we do
have one alternative walk that we can offer
to your group:
London and the Magic of the Silver
Screen – discover where in London many
scenes of some of your favourite movies
and TV shows were filmed.
Travel Cards
By far and away the best way to see London and travel
around the capital is on foot aided by London transport,
especially the ‘tube’ network. To help you get around
London and get the most out of London, high school
students participating in the programme are provided with
Group Day Travel Cards. Adults and university students
are provided with Oyster Cards. Both of these can be
used all over London to take you towards the shops in
Knightsbridge, the cafes and street performers in Covent
Garden, the museums in South Kensington, or to get you
to and from the start and finish points of your fabulous
audio walks.
Group Day Travel Cards
Group Day Travel Cards offer unlimited travel across
London on the tubes and trains. High school students will
be provided with a Group Day Travel Card for every day
that they will need it in London (4 days in total), meaning
that transport and unlimited journeys on the tube, DLR,
London Overground, and some National rail services will
be available to them at all times on these days. The paper
tickets are easy to use, simply put them into the ticket
barriers at the start of a journey to enter a station and again
put them to the ticket barriers at the end of the journey
to exit the station. At the end of the day the ticket can
be thrown away as it is valid for 1 day only, we are sure it
will be well used by then, and a new paper ticket will be
provided for the next day of tube travel. The main benefit of
these tickets is that they require travel in groups of no less
than 10 at all times. This group of 10 can be made up of
a combination of adults/students. We believe travelling in
this way is perfect to make sure that students are travelling
within their chaperone groups, meaning safe, sensible and
confident travel at all times. Remember travelling in groups
over 10 is fine so if your chaperone groups are 12/15
people it still works perfectly!
Oyster Cards
Oyster Cards offer cost effective travel around London for
single travelers as opposed to group travelers enabling
the city to be travelled around freely and easily. Adults and
university students will be provided with an Oyster Card
for the duration of their programme in London, making
London’s buses, trams, tube, DLR, London Overground,
National Rail and boats available to them. The oyster is
an electronic smartcard ticket. It will have a starter value
for a number of central zone journeys put on it for your
programme, but can be ‘topped up’ (money added to the
Oyster Card) at any time using the self-service machine
or the ticket counter at stations with cash, credit or debit
cards for additional journeys you may wish to take. The
Oyster Card is easy to use just simply touch your card on
the yellow reader on the ticket barrier at the start of your
journey and then again on the yellow reader on the ticket
barrier at the end of your journey. The Oyster cleverly
calculates the cheapest fare for all your journeys so you’ll
never pay more per day than the price of a day travel card
overall!
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New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Day
To celebrate the seeing in of the New Year, Destination
Events will arrange for your group to attend a special New
Year’s Eve celebration in your hotel or in a hotel close by
with other groups taking part in the programme.
For Performers
New Year’s Eve parties have always been successful and
enjoyed by the many young performers in the Parade and
Festival. The parties generally start around 9.00pm and last
until half an hour into the New Year giving you just enough
time to do the countdown to the New Year and sing Auld
Lang Syne before heading off to bed to get enough sleep
to give fabulous performances in the Parade the following
day.
A professional disco with a light show will be set up for the
party with a DJ playing a mix of new and classic music.
Students will have the chance to request songs and even
play tracks from their own iPod if they wish. Party favours,
of hats, party poppers, balloons, and more will also be
provided.
Complimentary pizza and a soft drink will be served.
Additional soft drinks will be available throughout the
evening from a cash bar that the hotel will have set up for
the party’s duration. Transport, where necessary, will also
be included.
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Year’s Day Parade organisers:
• a pre-packed lunch with bloomer sandwich, coleslaw,
33ml water, apple, brownie and chips;
• a specially struck London’s New Year’s Day Parade
medal;
• a 10”x8” print of the Group Photograph that is taken
on January 1st with the backdrop of the Houses of
Parliament and Big Ben. The photograph is presented to
each member of the performing group in a souvenir card
mount.
For Non-Performers
All supporters, parents, chaperones and band boosters in
a group will receive from London’s New Year’s Day Parade
organisers:
• a ticket for a seat in the highly coveted LNYDP
Grandstands to watch the Parade on January 1st.
Important notes
This information pack tells you about London’s New Year’s
Day Parade and Festival and the programme offered by
Youth Music of the World through the event’s organisers
Destination Events Ltd to enable North America Groups to
take part in this event. To be in receipt of the pack does not
constitute an invitation to perform in the event.
If you are selected for possible invitation by the Steering
committee of patrons and organisers you will be contacted
by one of Youth Music team of senior representatives and
consultants who will be able to answer any questions you
may have about the event and the performance tour. The
first official correspondence you will receive will be from the
organisers in London in the form of a letter telling you that
you have been recommended for participation and asking
if you would be able to accept an invitation to participate
should one be offered.
If you want to move forward from this stage you will
then work with Youth Music Senior representatives and
consultants to decide on the criteria of a performance tour
offer that will be made to you. Decisions will need to be
made on the following:
• number of places available
• dates of travel and departure airport
• exact performance programme features
• costs and payment schedules
Once you have agreed the above information you will
be asked to complete a confirmation of approvals form.
This form confirms that there is no known impediment to
your acceptance of an invitation – i.e. that permissions
from Principals, Superintendents, School Boards, Band
Boosters, and Parents have been granted. You will then
need to return the completed form, along with details of the
agreed performance travel programme offer, to your Youth
music representative or consultant. Once we receive the
above items from your representative or consultant, we will
create and send to you a formal contract based upon the
agreed parameters. At this stage you will be deemed to
have been officially invited. You will be expected to sign and
remit the contract by return.
We reserve the right to make alterations to the materials
contained in this information pack. We are always seeking
to improve our offers and our performance and to ensure
that our programmes are the very best available to
performance groups of young people from all over the
world.
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Sample Itinerary
Your Hotel
London’s New Year’s Day Parade and Festival prides itself in providing only superior first class
hotels, located in the very heart of London, and within walking distance of many of the places
you may wish to visit. Your accommodations will have en-suite facilities, including bath and/or
shower and W.C. and all of the usual amenities associated with a first class hotel, including full
housekeeping services with linen and towel change, room service, direct dial telephone, flat screen
TV with freeview, WIFI (charges may apply), personal safes etc.
Day 1
27 December
Depart on your flight(s) to London.
Flights may be multi-sectored. One main meal and one snack
meal will be served on your trans-atlantic flight, along with
complimentary soft drinks. Movies and audio entertainment will
also be available on your trans-atlantic flight.
Day 2
28 December
On your arrival in to London after clearing immigration and
customs you will be met in the arrivals area and taken by motor
coach to your hotel.
On arrival at your hotel your will be met by your tour assistant
who will assist with your hotel check-in. Depending on your
arrival time you may have to wait for your rooms to be ready.
During the day your tour assistant will present an orientation
meeting for you where you will receive your information and
itinerary book and learn all about your week in London.
You will also have time to explore the vicinity of your hotel
to find the nearest tube station, general stores and ATM
machines.
Your large instruments and equipment will also be delivered
to your hotel during the day and a team of helpers from your
group will need to be on hand to aid with the unloading and
storage in an instrument storage room in the hotel.
Later in the day you may have time to do the first of your audio
guided walks on your personal MP3 players.
7.00pm
Dinner will be served in your hotel.
The rest of the evening is free for you to acclimatise to
European time.
Day 3
29 December
A substantial buffet breakfast will be served each morning in
your hotel at the time indicated in your daily itinerary.
From 7.00am
Breakfast is served.
9.00am
This morning we will whisk you away on a spectacular tour
of London’s most famous landmarks, including the Palace
of Westminster, home of the two Houses of Parliament,
Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Tower of
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London. Soak up the atmosphere as your Blue Badge guide introduces
you to over 1,000 years of history. This is also your opportunity to look
out for the places you would like to visit during your unstructured time.
There will be a couple of stops for photographs.
1.00pm
Tour ends. Lunch at leisure.
Concert performers and staff will depart by motor coach to Cadogan
Hall, for a rehearsal in preparation for the concert this evening. A one
hour rehearsal begins.
Rehearsal ends. Leave your instruments in the hall in the safe keeping
of the stage management team.
Depart by Underground to Westminster Station on the District, Circle
and Jubilee Lines. As you exit the station you will be close to ‘Big
Ben’, where the ‘Princes, Palaces and Power’ audio walk begins. Walk
shoulder to shoulder with over 1,000 years of Royalty, as you learn
about the history of The Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey,
Clarence House, Buckingham Palace and much much more.
It is only a short walk from Buckingham Palace, through Green Park, to
Green Park Station, where the UK-USA 250 walk starts. Celebrate 250
remarkable years of an unbreakable transatlantic friendship.
Make you own way back to your hotel by Underground.
5.30pm
6.30pm
Depart for Cadogan Hall, the venue for your performance at this
evening’s LNYDP Festival Concert. Cadogan Hall is a 900-seat venue
on Sloane Terrace in Chelsea. Built as a church, it was completed in
1907 to designs by the architect Robert Fellowes Chisholm and is now
a Grade II listed building noted for its stained glass windows.
Since 2001 it has been a concert hall of some renown, and the home
of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It has also been used by Sir John
Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists as a recording venue
for the Mozart symphonies.
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The concert begins.
10.00pm
Your coach will be on hand to take you back to your hotel.
Day 4
30 December
From 6.30am
8.00am
Today you will experience the delights of the counties of Oxfordshire
and Berkshire with a visit to Oxford and Windsor. Arrive in Oxford,
known as the ‘city of dreaming spires’. The university buildings and the
40 colleges dominate the centre of the city. Your guide will take you on
a walk of the most famous streets and will include entrance to
Christchurch College.
12.30pm
Continue on to Windsor. This beautiful historic country town is
renowned for it’s cobbled lanes and narrow passages. At the
heart of the town is the castle which has for over 900 years,
been residence and fortress for the British monarch.
On arrival, your guide will take you up in to the town, where you
will have lunch at leisure.
Join your guide again for a walk of the town that will end at the
entrance to the castle. Enter and enjoy a self-guided audio tour
of the wonderful Royal Apartments, followed by a visit inside St.
George’s Chapel and a walk of the castle walls.
After, you will have some free time to discover the town, and
the fantastic shops, for yourself. Time to leave Windsor.
Arrive back in to London.
Dinner at leisure, using the vouchers provided.
This evening you may choose where you would like to dine
using the vouchers provided. Check the eating out section in
your itinerary book for more information.
Make your way by Underground to the venue for this evenings
exclusive student leadership workshop.
Join Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, a very well known name in
the music education world, as a teacher, clinician, author,
composer and adjudicator. He will talk to you this evening
about “building tomorrow’s leaders today”.
The LNYDP Pop Up Shop. There is a fabulous opportunity this
evening for you to check out all of the LNYDP branded clothing
in the adjacent suite. Our staff will be delighted to show you
all of the items that are normally only available on our web
site, saving you $ on postage and packing. We have a terrific
t-shirt, a super sweatshirt, a magnificent mug, a special scarf,
a brilliant beanie hat and loads more! Don’t forget to bring your
Dollars ($) and Pounds (£) tonight, as it’s cash only!
Make your way back to your hotel.
Evening at leisure.
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Day 5
31 December
From 6.30am
8.00am
Depart by motor coach to Westminster Pier.
8.30am
Board a Thames river boat for the 50 minute cruise to Greenwich. Your
guides will provide an historical commentary en-route. Greenwich,
in south-east London, is famous the world over as the home of time
(Greenwich Mean Time) and because Zero Longitude, the point where
the Eastern & Western hemispheres meet, runs through the town.
Today you will visit the Royal Observatory, the oldest scientific institution
in Britain and home to some of the most important timepieces ever
made. There will also be time to visit the Royal Naval College, one
of the finest palatial buildings in the country and home to the largest
maritime museum in the world, and to wander through the historic part
of the town.
Depart Greenwich by motor coach, and return via the Olympic Park.
1.00pm
Your tour ends at the Tower of London, where you may find an
independent lunch at one of a number of eateries in the area.
1.45pm
Join your Blue Badge Guide for a tour of The Tower.
The ancient stones reverberate with dark secrets, priceless jewels glint
in fortified vaults and ravens strut the grounds. The Tower of London,
founded by William the Conqueror in 1066, holds some of the most
remarkable stories from across the centuries. Despite a grim reputation
as a place of torture and death, this powerful and enduring fortress
has been enjoyed as a royal palace, served as an armoury and for a
number of years even housed a zoo!
Gaze up at the massive White Tower, tiptoe through a king’s medieval
bedchamber and marvel at the priceless Crown Jewels. The famous
Yeoman Warders have bloody tales to tell; stand where heads rolled
and prisoners wept.
The Tower held many famous prisoners from the highest levels of
society; some in astonishing comfort and others less so… visit the
places of their confinement and read the graffiti left by prisoners from
over 500 years ago.
When your tour is over, your guide will walk you to Aldgate East
Underground Station, which is the start of the ‘Jack The Ripper’ Audio
Walk. Walk in the very footsteps of the man who breathed sheer terror
in to the hearts of Londoners in Victorian Times.
Return to Tower Hill Underground Station on the Circle and District
Lines, and, using your Travel Card, journey back in to the West End.
7.00pm
8.30pm
Join fellow participants in a private room in your hotel, for a
specially arranged New Year’s Eve party.
The music will play until midnight when, after a brief celebration,
it will be time to get some sleep before your big day.
At around 10.00pm you will be served with pizza and a soft
drink as part of this evening’s celebrations.
Day 6
01 January
From 7.00am
Congregate in reception in your parade uniform and with your
instrument in preparation for your departure this morning.
Depart by motor coach to Millbank, where your resource
assistant will lead you to the location of your official group
photograph adjacent the Palace of Westminster.
Return to your coach and continue to the assembly area in
Berkeley Square. Please leave instrument boxes on the coach.
The team of stewards will have clearly marked where you need
to line up.
Depending on your position in the Parade, you may be waiting
here for as long as two hours, but there will be the opportunity
to warm up before you march off.
Toilet and first aid facilities are available.
Catering facilities are limited in the assembly area and so we
have arranged for you to receive an excellent packed lunch to
eat before you march off.
Warm ups will be collected before the Parade starts and
delivered back to your hotel.
Non performers will have the morning at leisure and will find
that shops and restaurants will be open as usual. They will then
make their way independently to the Parade Route, where
they will take their seat in one of the highly coveted LNYDP
Grandstands to watch the parade.
12.00 Midday
LNYDP. The running of London’s New Year’s Day Parade.
At exactly midday the parade starts and you will march two
miles down the most spectacular route in the world, before
an expected audience of half a million people and many more
watching the live satellite broadcast.
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As you reach the end of Whitehall, you will line up for the waiting
cameras that will be beaming your performance around the world. Tell
your friends at home to look out for you and don’t forget to tell them
about the time difference!
Enjoy this unique experience!
At Parliament Square your dedicated coaches will be on hand to take
you back to your hotel.
Dinner at leisure, using the vouchers provided. Evening at leisure.
This evening you may wish to travel by Underground to Tottenham
Court Road, the starting point for the ‘Guide and Seek’ interactive
treasure trail audio walk. Don’t forget to take a pencil and paper as you
try and unravel the secret trail and find the hidden clues.
Day 7
02 January
From 7.00am
You will be given a time when your musical equipment will be collected
this morning before your daytime activities begin. Ensure that each box
has been labelled correctly for the return journey, and ensure you have
enough people to load the truck outside your hotel.
Depart by Underground, using your travel card for today.
This morning you have the option of either going to King’s Cross
Station, the starting point for the Harry Potter’s London audio walk,
or to Tottenham Court Road station, the starting point for ‘London
Rocks!’. You’ve read the incredible books and seen the wonderful films,
well today you will follow in Harry Potter’s footsteps and discover the
actual locations used in the films. From the Leaky Cauldron, the third
hand book store, to Gringots Bank and platform 9¾.
If rock music is your thing, then no other city in the world has such a
rich rock and roll history as London. All the greats have performed here,
from Hendrix to the Stones, from the Beatles to Elton John. A highlight
will be the sight of Abbey Road studios and the actual zebra crossing
used by the Beatles for the iconic picture on their album cover for
Abbey Road.
If you have time, why not do both!
This afternoon is unstructured and an ideal opportunity to visit some
more of London’s most popular attractions and to do some shopping.
Don’t miss the British Museum and the National Gallery, they’re
free! Although you have to pay, a visit inside St. Paul’s Cathedral or
Westminster Abbey are a must.
In the shopping section we have included all of the most
popular places to hang out, along with some of the famous
department stores and shopping malls.
Remember you will need to change your money for those
important purchases! Advice on exchange rates and where
best to change your money can be found in the general
information section.
The most famous department stores are Harrods
(Knightsbridge), Liberty (Regent Street) and Selfridges (Oxford
Street), although there are many more wonderful shops to
choose from in Bond Street and Covent Garden.
The most popular places to hang out are Piccadilly Circus,
Leicester Square, Covent Garden, the Hard Rock Café (Hyde
Park Corner), the Trocadero (Piccadilly Circus) and Planet
Hollywood (Haymarket).
Dinner at leisure, using the vouchers provided.
Evening at leisure.
This evening you may wish to travel by Underground to Covent
Garden, the starting point for the ‘Art-rageous London’ audio
walk. Explore the heart of London’ famous theatreland and
enjoy some of the stories we have to tell you about the stars of
the stage.
Day 8
03 January
From 6.00am
Please ensure that you bring your own luggage down to
reception in preparation for boarding your coach to the airport.
Depart for Heathrow Airport to check in for your flight(s) back to
the US.
You will receive check in assistance from our experienced staff
at the airport.
Flight(s) depart.
Lunch and a snack will be served on-board your trans-atlantic
flight.
We wish you a safe journey home and hope very much that we
will see you again in our wonderful Capital City!
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