Monday May 15, 2006
Departure from the USA via scheduled air service, including full meal, beverage service and in-flight entertainment. The destination is York, England, via the London airport.

Tuesday May 16, 2006
Groups arrive in York and check into hotels. Chorus members and non-singing participants gather for the Welcome Dinner with introductions, a brief orientation and local folk entertainment.

York - in AD 71, the Roman Ninth Legion built a fortress, Eboracum, later capital of the northern province. Here, in AD 306, Constantine the Great was proclaimed Emperor. In AD 866, the Vikings captured the city which became Jorvik. Scandinavian influence, custom and street names continued long after the Norman conquest. Medieval York, its prosperity based on wool, was a city of 10,000 people and forty churches, the richest city in the country after London.

Wednesday May 17, 2006
Morning guided city tour including entrance to the York Minster and the Jorvik Viking Center, a walk along the walls which embrace the whole of medieval York, a visit to the Shambles (the most visited among many streets with overhanging timber-framed houses), the ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey (founded in 1086), and many other attractions. Rehearsals with Bob Chilcott, Bill Carroll and Welborn Young begin after lunch in the York Minster Chapter House. Non-singing participants may enjoy additional sight-seeing opportunities. Individual group dinners are followed by evening rehearsals.

Thursday May 18, 2006
Morning rehearsals. Afternoon tour options include excursions either to Selby Abbey or the Harrogate Pump Room Museum. Individual group dinners are followed by evening rehearsals.

Friday May 19, 2006
Dress Rehearsal in the York Minster with chorus and soloists in the morning. Afternoon free for seeing more of York, shopping, and preparing for the concert. Dinner on own this evening. Festival Finale Performance at the York Minster.



Saturday May 20, 2006
Transfer to a London airport for the return flight to the USA. Return home in the evening of the same day.