2019 American Performing Arts International, LLC In 2008 our company founder, a high school choir and theatre teacher, took his students to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. The provided tour package had many amazing opportunities, however, the individual cost was incredibly challenging, and made it impossible for many of his students to participate in the experience. Having a passion for travel and finding amazing travel deals, he decided to find a more affordable route for his students to perform at The Fringe.
Now, after eight years experience taking his own students to England and Scotland, he is excited to extend an affordable tour package to other well-deserving schools in all genres of the performing arts. APAI Mission
It is the mission of APAI is to provide performing arts students with an affordable opportunity to:
❖❖ Perform on an international stage ❖❖ Experience an abundance of artistic and educational opportunities ❖❖ Explore history ❖❖ Experience cultures from around the world ❖❖ Grow artistically through both preparation to participation ❖❖ Establish new collaborations worldwide ❖❖ Create lifetime memories
Our goal is to provide students with a unique performance opportunity that creates a new level of confidence, growth, and maturity in their personal journey as an artist. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will help your students learn that cooperation, dedication, discipline, and hard work will allow anyone to achieve their goals. 2019 Travel Dates
Group 1: July 25th - August 1st - London, England (6 Nights) August 1st - August 9th - Edinburgh, Scotland (8 Nights)
Group 2: August 1st - August 8th - London, England (6 Nights) August 8th - August 16th - Edinburgh, Scotland (8 Nights)
Group 3: August 8th - August 15th - London, England (6 Nights) August 15th - August 23rd - Edinburgh, Scotland (8 Nights) 16 Days England and Scotland $3,995*/Participant August 2019 Trip Inclusions: • Round-trip airfare • Six nights in London with accommodations & breakfast included • Two West End shows • Globe Theatre performance • Guided bus tour of London • Thames River cruise • Five-day London tube pass • Transportation from London to Edinburgh • Eight nights in Edinburgh with accommodations & breakfast included • Technical rehearsal at an APAI Fringe venue • Three performances at an APAI Fringe venue • Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo tickets • Guided bus tour of Edinburgh • 3 Day Explorer Pass - free admission to over 70 attractions (including Edinburgh Castle) • Full day excursion to Stirling Castle, Monty Python’s Doune Castle and Loch Lomond • Edinburgh Festival Fringe registration fees • Official Fringe programme advertising • One free Director Orientation Tour in Edinburgh in 2018 (seven days) *Determined by airfare and currency rate - not to exceed $4,200 **Does not include: additional meals, optional tourist activities, non APAI shows in Scotland and passport fees. APAI - Security
❖❖ 24-hour on-call staff
❖❖ ID wristbands with emergency numbers
❖❖ Nationally certified tour guides and motorcoach drivers
❖❖ On-call medical support and relationships with local doctors and hospitals in case of emergency APAI has recommended policies for:
● Accommodation Safety ● "Free Time" ● Student Room Checks ● Meeting Points ● Emergency Procedures ● APAI Contact Information ● Chaperone Cell Phone Lists ● Student Cell Phone Lists London London London Accommodations
❖❖ 6 Nights in London, England ❖❖ Single beds in shared rooms ❖❖ Breakfast provided daily ❖❖ On call staff available 24/7 ❖❖ An easy walk to the “Tube” (London’s transit system) London Sample Itinerary (some events listed require additional tour costs)
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
7:20am Breakfast at Dorms Breakfast at Dorms Breakfast at Dorms Breakfast at Dorms Breakfast at Dorms Breakfast at Dorms Arrive in London! 7:00am 8:00am 8:00am 8:30am 8:00am 9:00am 8:30am Portobello Market Shakespeare walking Daytrip by train to Pictures of Big Ben Guided Bus trip to Globe Theatre Load luggage into (as early as tour & Tower Bridge Stratford-Upon-Avon & Parliament Stonehenge & Bath Exhibition "U-haul" truck 6:00am) 10:00am Visit Shakespeare's 9:30am Visit Stonehenge 10:30am 8:45am 11:00am Tate Modern birthplace Westminster Abbey Globe Theatre Take Tube to Buckingham Palace Museum & Visit Bath, England Workshop 90 min. Piccadilly Circus & Changing of the Millennial Bridge Visit Shakespeare's 12:00 “Playing the Globe” Guard gravesite Harrods Visit Roman Bath's 10:00am 12:00pm 12:30pm Bus tour of London 1:00pm Lunch near Globe Visit the Lunch at 12:00 at Visit Bath Abbey Lunch – at the ToL Piccadilly Circus Borough Market Theatre Shakespeare Harrods or area (1:00pm-3:00pm Museum Visit the Royal 1:00pm 12:00pm Lunch at market) 2:00pm 2:00pm Crescent Tower of London Picnic in Hyde Park Globe Performance Visit the Anne British Museum 2:30pm Hathaway's House Travel back to 4:00pm 1:00pm West End Show 5:30pm 4:30pm London National Gallery Hyde Park & Thames River cruise Royal Shakespeare Covent Garden Speakers Corner 2:30pm (45 min.) Company Tour Market – 6:30pm British Library Make sure to watch Dinner 2:00pm (those not attending 6:30pm Dinner at the "Dirty the street performers Museum of London show) Dinner Duck" 7:30pm 5:45pm West End Show 4:00pm 6:00pm 7:30pm Travel back to Dinner St Paul's Cathedral Dinner Trafalgar Square London at Covent Garden Evensong (5:00pm) 7:00pm 10:00pm 7:30pm 6:15pm Jack the Ripper Walk along Thames West End Show Dinner walking tour River - Southwark
7:30pm Back to dorms to rest London Options
❖❖ Sightseeing, shopping, Globe performance and a West End Show
Suggested sites & things to see and do:
♦ ♦ ♦ Westminster Abbey ♦ Piccadilly Circus* ♦ ♦ ♦ Churchill War Rooms ♦ Museum of London* ♦ ♦ ♦ National Gallery* ♦ Madame Tussauds Waxworks ♦ ♦ ♦ British Library* ♦ Southwark Cathedral* ♦ ♦ ♦ British Museum* ♦ Hyde Park and Speakers' Corner* ♦ ♦ ♦ Tower of London ♦ Hampton Court Palace ♦ ♦ ♦ St. Paul's Cathedral Beatles Sights* ♦ ♦ ♦ Victoria and Albert Museum* Sherlock Holmes Museum ♦ ♦ Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster) Tower Bridge* ♦ ♦ Covent Garden* The Making of Harry Potter: Warner Bros.Studio Tour London ♦ ♦ Trafalzar Square* Guided Bus Tour of London* ♦ ♦ Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace* Thames River Cruise* ♦ ♦ London Eye Camden Market* ♦ ♦ Imperial War Museum Portobello Market* ♦ ♦ Shakespeare's Globe* Harrods* ♦ ♦ Tate Modern* Workshops at Shakespeare’s Globe & at National Theatre ♦ ♦ Kensington Palace Walking Tours (Jack the Ripper, Shakespeare, etc.)* ♦ ♦ National Portrait Gallery* Day trips outside of London: ♦ ♦ Natural History Museum* ● Stonehenge & Bath ♦ ♦ Greenwich ● Stratford-Upon-Avon & Oxford ♦ ♦ The Docklands* ● Canterbury & Dover ♦ ♦ Kew Gardens ♦ ♦ Borough Market* *Free or included in tour package
England to Scotland
❖❖ APAI transports all schools by train from London to Edinburgh. ❖❖ Enjoy England’s beautiful countryside as we travel to Scotland! Scotland Scotland Scotland ❖❖ Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo ❖❖ Guided bus tour to Stirling Castle & Loch Lomond ❖❖ Hike up Arthur’s Seat ❖❖ Shows, shows & more shows!!! Edinburgh Accommodations
❖❖ 8 Nights in Edinburgh, Scotland ❖❖ Single beds in shared rooms ❖❖ Breakfast provided daily ❖❖ On call staff available 24/7 ❖❖ An easy walk into the heart of Edinburgh and the Royal Mile Edinburgh Options
❖❖ Sightseeing, shows, shopping and museums
Suggested sites & things to see and do:
♦ ♦ ♦ Fringe Shows ♦ Museum of Childhood* ♦ ♦ ♦ Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo* ♦ People's Story Museum* ♦ ♦ ♦ Edinburgh Castle ♦ Museum of Edinburgh* ♦ ♦ ♦ Royal Mile* ♦ Rosslyn Chapel ♦ ♦ ♦ National Museum of Scotland* John Knox House ♦ ♦ Gladstone's Land Scott Monument ♦ ♦ St. Giles' Cathedral* Writers' Museum* ♦ ♦ Scottish Parliament Building* Camera Obscura and World of Illusions ♦ ♦ Palace of Holyroodhouse Tartan Weaving Mill & Exhibition* ♦ ♦ Georgian House Museum on the Mound* ♦ ♦ National Gallery of Scotland* Hike Arthur’s Seat* ♦ ♦ Royal Yacht Britannia Haunted Edinburgh Tour ♦ Scotch Whisky Experience Ceilidh Dance ♦ Mary King's Close Pubs (for great food)
*Free or included in tour package Scotland Sample Itinerary (some events listed require additional tour costs) SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
5:30am 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am Check out of Dorms Breakfast at Flat Breakfast at Flat Breakfast at Flat Breakfast at Flat Breakfast at Flat Breakfast at Flat
7:30am 8:00am-12:20pm 8:00am-12:20pm 8:00am-12:20pm 8:00am-12:30pm 8:00am ***Last day in Train to Edinburgh Free time Free time Free time Free time Leave for Stirling Edinburgh*** Castle 1:00pm 12:20pm 12:20pm 12:20pm 12:30pm Morning Lunch in Edinburgh Depart for Venue Depart for Venue Depart for Venue Depart for Venue 9:30am Climb Arthur’s Seat Visit Castle Stirling View of Edinburgh 2:00pm-4:00pm 12:50pm 12:50pm 12:50pm 1:00pm Castle Guided bus tour of Setup Setup Setup Watch APAI Enjoy the City! Edinburgh Show #3 11:30pm Hopefully you have 1:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm Lunch in Stirling some money left! ☺ 4:30pm Your Performance Your Performance Your Performance 2:15pm-8:00pm Check into Flats Free time 12:30pm 2:05pm & Dinner 2:15-2:25pm 2:15-2:25pm 2:15-2:25pm - See some shows - Travel to Castle Depart for Venue Take Down Set Take Down Set Take Down Set Doune 6:30pm 8:00pm 2:35pm Depart for Venue 2:35pm 2:25pm-12:00am 2:25pm-12:00am Make your way to 1:00pm Watch APAI Watch APAI Free time Free time the Castle Visit Castle Doune Show #4 7:00pm Show #2 - See some shows - - See some shows - Technical rehearsal 9:00pm 2:00pm 3:50pm-12:00am at venue 3:50pm-12:00am 11:00pm 11:00pm Edinburgh Tattoo Travel to Luss/Loch Free time Free time Quiet Hours Quiet Hours Lomond - See some shows - 9:00pm-12:00am - See some shows – 11:00pm Free time Midnight Curfew Midnight Curfew Quiet Hours 3:30pm 11:00pm 11:00pm In own rooms In own rooms Cruise on Loch Quiet Hours 11:00pm Quiet Quiet Hours Midnight Curfew Lomond Hours In own rooms Midnight Curfew Midnight Curfew 5:30pm In own rooms Midnight Curfew: In In own rooms Dinner in Luss own rooms 7:30pm Travel to Edinburgh
Midnight Curfew In own rooms
The Festival Fringe
❖❖ Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe - Established in 1947
❖❖ Takes place annually for three weeks in August
❖❖ Largest Performing Arts Festival in the world!
❖❖ Fringe 2016 featured 3,269 productions and 50,266 performances from around the world
❖❖ Performances of all kinds in all venues
❖❖ Edinburgh triples in size during the Fringe. Performing at the Fringe ❖❖ Three performances at one of APAI’s venues ❖❖ Attend other APAI productions (In return, they will attend and support your show!) ❖❖ A performance on the Royal Mile The Production ❖❖ Mount a full show ❖❖ Student actors and technicians ❖❖ Box office staff
❖❖ Backstage storage ❖❖ Technical rehearsal
❖❖ Official Fringe Programme advertising
2019 Payment Structure
!! Aug-18 $3,000 APAI 2018 UK Tour Deposit !! This deposit is non refundable and will be applied to your group’s final balance. This deposit secures your program’s enrollment and gives priority for preferred travel dates. !! 14-Dec $600 per participant payment is due to APAI. !! 14-Jan $600 per participant payment is due to APAI. !! 14-Feb $600 per participant payment is due to APAI. !! 14-Mar $600 per participant payment is due to APAI. !! 14-Apr $600 per participant payment is due to APAI. !! 14-May $600 per participant payment is due to APAI. !! 14-Jun Balance due. !! Schools/groups make one payment on behalf of the entire group on or before each established due date. Payments are made by check, money order, cashiers check, and/or bank wire transfer (credit card payments are not accepted). For every 20 full-paying participants, one adult trip will be complimentary. Any payment not made by an established due date is subject to a $250.00 late fee. Cancellation Policy (2018-2019) !! If a participant cancels: !! December 2, 2018 – January 10, 2019 - Should a participant cancel, APAI will retain $500. !! January 11 – February 28, 2019 - Should a participant cancel, 35% of the total tour cost for that individual will be retained by APAI.
!! March 1 – May 2, 2019 - Should a participant cancel, 50% of the total tour cost required for that individual will be retained by APAI. !! May 3 – June 14, 2019 - Should a participant cancel, 75% of the total tour cost for that individual will be retained by APAI. !! June 15, 2019 or after - Should a participant cancel, no refund will be made. APAI purchases a Student Protection Plan in behalf of all student travelers. Thank you! We look forward to working with you this coming year!