On Monday at Premier Tourism Marketing I was working on a story about the top 5 music cities to travel.
My story caters to teachers that are looking for class trips for musical students. I couldn’t help but reminisce on my many class trips in high school. I went to Disney World twice to perform with the band in the color guard in the Magic Kingdom parade. One of the trips we attended a workshop at the University of Florida to learn from their color guard. I don’t remember if it was the same trip, but another time we toured Sun Studio in Memphis and performed in front of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
Another class trip through choir we went to New York City. We performed in a cathedral and I remember sightseeing and viewing the Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts building for ballet, the NY Philharmonic’s stage and toured parts of Juliard School. That was unbelievable My favorite memory was, on the first day we were in New York. Everyone was exhausted because we spent 24 hours on a bus to get there as well as did some sightseeing that day in our nice clothes. At the end of the day, we had the option to see Catherine Zeta Jones in a little night music or to go to the Metropolitan Opera to see La Traviatta. I chose the later. It was an amazing performance even though my company was asleep, and we had a view that I could see the performers as the size of a fingernail. It was something I couldn’t forget because I love opera and I loved the protagonist, an opera singer named Angela Gheorghiu. She was 45 at the time and had the most beautiful sopranic voice and was able to carry the character of her young character, Violetta.
I think my article about music cities for students to travel is important because it really hits home for me. I couldn’t forget the experience I had on those trips and I’d love to be able to share with someone how to give his or her student’s a fond memory.
KC Digital Marketing | Becky Neems 