The DGN Fine Arts Department has begun planning a tour open to students who will register in 2022-2023 for a DGN Band or DGN Choir class. (This includes current 8th graders in the DGN Class of 2026.) Tour highlights will include performances by the Trojan Marching Band (2023 London New Year's Day Parade), the DGN Wind Ensemble (London New Year's Concert Festival), and the combined DGN Choirs (London International Choral Festival), as well as sight-seeing throughout the greater London metropolitan area.
The official invitations will be presented to students, faculty, and the Administration of Downers Grove North High School on Wednesday, November 17th, at 12:00 noon. A delegation of London dignitaries including Mr. Robert Bone (London New Year's Day Parade & Festival Executive Director) and Mr. Steve Summers (Chairman, London Mayors' Association & Past Lord Mayor, City of Westminster) are scheduled to speak at North High and present the formal invitation to the DGN Band and DGN Choir. The presentation will be live-streamed on the DGN Fine Arts YouTube Channel on November 17.
Current 9th, 10th, and 11th grade Band and Choir families, including families of current 8th grade students intending to enroll at North High in the Fall of 2022, are invited and encouraged to attend the TOUR KICK-OFF MEETING on Monday, December 13, 2021 at 7 PM in the Clarence Johnson Auditorium. Information about the tour, including costs, staggered payment schedules, and registration procedures will be covered.
This will be the third tour of the DGN Band to the United Kingdom (having previously performed in the LNYDP 2011 and LNYDP 2019), and the first for the DGN Choir. Click HERE for a video of the DGN Trojan Marching Band's 2019 performance in the London New Year's Day Parade.
