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NYC Itinerary SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19

7:30 AM Arrive in at ! 600 , New York, New York 10111 **You will be greeted by your Professional Tour Director, Elise Dworkin, here** You will have a $10 meal card to use toward breakfast at Cucina & Co. in Rockefeller Center. 30 Rockefeller Center

9:30 AM Tour St. Patrick’s Cathedral. 460 11:00 AM Experience a ninety‐minute Musical Theater Song & Movement Workshop. Pearl Studios, 500 Eighth Avenue, between 35th & 36th Streets, 12th floor

You will have a $10 cash back for lunch today.

2:30 PM Take the Backstage Tour at Rockefeller Center. 1260 Avenue of the Americas  2:30 PM Group #1 (28 people)  2:45 PM Group #2 (28 people)  3:00 PM Group #3 (28 people)  3:15 PM Group #4 (28 people)  3:30 PM Group #5 (11 people) Please have groups divided ahead of time and meet in the lobby 15 minutes prior to tour time.

Following your tour, have some time to shop and explore in the area. &

6:00 PM Enjoy an Italian dinner at Café Centro. 200

8:00 PM Experience Top of the Rock, Rockefeller Center 9:30 PM Transfer to your hotel to check‐in for the evening. Courtyard by Marriott Lyndhurst – Meadowlands 1 Polito Avenue, Lynhurst, New Jersey 07001 201‐896‐6666

1 Private Security Guard on duty – 11:00 PM‐6:00 AM

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20

8:00 AM Breakfast included at the hotel.

9:00 AM Transfer into the city.

10:00 AM Visit the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. 180 Greenwich Street  10:00 AM Group #1 (61 people)  10:30 AM Group #2 (62 people) Please have groups divided ahead of time and meet outside 15 minutes prior to tour time.

12:30 PM Following the memorial, have time in the Financial District for lunch on your own in the area surrounding the new One World Trade Center, which at 1,776 feet, is America's tallest building, and a brand new New York landmark. You will have a $10 cash back for lunch today. Walk over to Battery Park. Battery Place, State Street & Whitehall Street, New York, New York 10004

2:30 PM Transfer to the Little Italy and Chinatown area. You will have time to shop for New York City souvenirs and experience the many different ethnic tastes of these neighborhoods. Lafayette & Canal Streets

4:30 PM Enjoy dinner at Planet Hollywood – Times Square. 1540 Broadway

Walk to the New Amsterdam Theater for today’s show.

6:30 PM The curtain rises on Aladdin at the New Amsterdam Theater. 214 West 42nd Street

Following the show, have some time to explore the Times Square area.

10:00 PM Gather in Times Square for your group photo!

10:30 PM Transfer to the hotel for the evening.

1 Private Security Guard on duty – 11:00 PM‐6:00 AM

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21

8:00 AM Breakfast included at the hotel. Check out of the hotel.

9:00 AM Transfer into the city and up West, traveling the length of beautiful Central Park, to Morningside Heights, and home to St. John the Divine.

10:45 AM Have a Special Performance by the Troy HS Choir at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The largest cathedral in the world, the 601‐foot‐long nave is the length of two football fields, holding 5,000 worshippers, and the 162‐foot‐tall dome crossing, could comfortably contain the Statue of Liberty. 1047 Amsterdam Avenue

11:30 AM Following your performance, transfer to Grand Central Station for lunch on your own. One of the world’s great rail terminals, is New York’s most visited with 500,000 people passing through it daily. It features 15 restaurants and over 40 shops, the New York City Transit Museum and a gourmet food market. 42nd Street, between Park & Lexington Avenues

1:30 PM Meet your guides and depart for an afternoon sightseeing tour of . The tour will take you to the sites that made the Big Apple famous! The tour will be customized to meet your group’s interests, perhaps including such things as: Lincoln Center, Columbia University, the Dakota and the John Lennon Memorial, “Strawberry Fields” in Central Park, Greenwich Village, and the Financial District and former site of the World Trade Center.

5:30 PM Enjoy dinner at Ellen’s Stardust Diner. This 1950’s themed diner features a singing wait staff and variety shows that are performed nightly. 1650 Broadway at

Walk to Radio City Music Hall for today’s performance.

7:30 PM The curtain rises on the Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the world famous Radio City Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. 1260 Avenue of the Americas

9:30 PM Depart for home. (10 ½ hours has been allotted plus 1 hour for breaks and a driver change.)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22

9:00 AM Arrive at Troy High School.