Flights & Flight Groups Announced

This morning we received our flight information from Destination Events. Our students will be divided into two flight groups. Each flight group will be led by five adult chaperones. Please review a message sent to participant families via ParentSquare to view the flight itinerary, and to determine if your traveling musician is in Flight Group A (American Airlines) or Flight Group B (British Airways).

Outbound

Flight Group A: American Airlines Flight # 86 (Dec 27)

Arrive DGN  2:00 PM

Depart DGN  2:30 PM

Arrive O'Hare  3:15 PM

Depart O'Hare 6:14 PM

Arrive London 7:50 AM (Dec 28)

 

Flight Group B: British Airways Flight # 296 (Dec 27)

Arrive DGN  4:15 PM

Depart DGN  4:45 PM

Arrive O'Hare  5:30 PM

Depart O'Hare 8:30 PM

Arrive London 10:10 AM (Dec 28)

 

Inbound

Flight Group A: American Airlines Flight # 47 (Jan 3)

Depart London 11:55 AM

Arrive O'Hare 3:00 PM 

* Picked Up at O’Hare by Family or Friends 4:00 PM

 

Flight Group B: British Airways Flight # 297 (Jan 3)

Depart London 3:30 PM

Arrive O'Hare 6:20 PM 

* Picked Up at O’Hare by Family or Friends 7:20 PM

* Travelers must be picked up at O’Hare upon arrival back in the United States. There will be no bus transportation back to DGN.

Ordering London Tour Apparel

It is time to talk about London Tour Apparel! 

There are three different pieces of apparel that each traveling musician will need on tour:

1. Tour Shirt (Long sleeved black t-shirt, with printed logo)
2. Tour Jacket (Lined black rain coat, with embroidered logo)
3. Tour Beanie (Purple & Gray knit cap, with embroidered logo)

Thanks to generous underwriting by the DGN Friends of Fine Arts, as well as a private donor, we are able to completely cover the cost of both the Tour Jacket ($52) and the Tour Beanie ($10) for each traveling musician. These two items will be provided to each student at no additional cost. 

We learned recently that the cost of the Tour Shirt was not built-in to our tour package by Destination Events (something that had been included in previous London tours). For that reason, we must ask each participating family to order and pay for their Tour Shirt, online through Holy Cow Sports (a local business). The cost for the Tour Shirt will be $14 (tax included). Family members who would also like a shirt may feel free to order them at the same time the order is placed for their student!

What should you do next?

We have some very specific instructions that each traveling musician (and their guardians) should follow. Please CLICK HERE to access the instructions. 

Thank you for reading all of the instructions in the provided document, very carefully this weekend, and completing all steps by October 1st. 

Passport Copy - Submit to Fine Arts Office by September 9

Student Tour Participants and Tour Staff are asked to submit a photocopy of their passport to Mr. Hogg in the Fine Arts Office, beginning Tuesday, September 6. Please submit no later than Friday, September 9.

Please review the sample image HERE. (Do not cross out personal information in the copy you submit to our office.) Make sure to sign the passport before making and submitting the copy. Make sure that the copy you submit is clearly readable. 

We are aware of a small number of tour participants who are awaiting the arrival of their passport. If you have already communicated to us that you are waiting, you do not need to send another email or remind us. Please submit a copy of your passport to our office as soon as it arrives.

The Fine Arts Office is not collecting passport copies for adults participating in the Tag-Along tour. This request is only for student participants, and staff.