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Academic Travel Services will include a public, non-adjudicated performance for your group at no extra charge with any city itinerary. (Sample performance sites are listed below.) There are distinct advantages to this type of performance:

• No additional charge (adjudicated festivals will charge you an additional cost per person);
• You can travel on any date at any time (adjudicated festivals are only held on certain weekends);
• Your best performers don't necessarily need to travel (adjudicated festivals demand that you bring your best);
• There is much less stress since there are no judges to perform before.

However, we do recognize that certain groups are either required by their local school administration to perform competitively in order to receive permission to travel and/or desire an adjudicated competition. Therefore, although A.T.S. is not a festival company, we routinely add a quality adjudicated, competitive festival performance opportunity for your group with such distinguished festival companies as: Music In the Parks, American Classic Festivals, Festivals of Music, Festival Disney, Dixie Classics, FiestaVal, Music Showcase, Music Festivals, Heritage Music Festivals, Performing Arts Consultants, Smokey Mountain Music Festivals and many others for an additional cost per person. Why use A.T.S. to coordinate your festival trip?

• We include most of your meals in the package;
• We include attraction admission costs in your package;
• A local tour guide/escort is assigned solely to your group for the entire trip;
• We help you arrange your touring so that you maximize for your time and money;
• Since we work with several different festival companies, many times you have a choice of festival company on a given weekend.

2012 Festival Dates and Locations

Atlanta
Public performance at one (or more) of the following: Georgia Aquarium, Stone Mountain Park, Georgia State Capitol Building, local city parks and malls.

*Festival performance weekends:

      March 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11

Boston/Salem/Plymouth
Public performance at the following: Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall. JF Kennedy Museum, Museum of Science, etc.

Cleveland

Public performance at one (or more) of the following: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Great Lakes Science Museum, Cedar Point Amusement Park (bands only).

*Festival performance weekends: 

     May 11, 18, 25

Cruises

Public and/or adjudicated performance on a stage aboard the ship after you set sail for your destination. Additional locations "may" be available at various ports of call.

*Festival performance weekends:  Typically year round. Check with our office for specifics.

Dallas/Fort Worth

Public performance at one (or more) of the following: Selected City parks, Ranches, Grapevine Mills Mall, State Fair Grounds. Adjudicated events take place at the Meyerson Performing Arts Center, the Murchison Center for the Performing Arts and local high schools.

*Festival performance weekends:

     March 16, 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27, May 4

Denver

Public performance at locations suitable to the group. 

*Festival performance weekends: 

     April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, June 1

Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge 

Public performance at one (or more) of the following: Dollywood Theme Park, Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies.

Local theaters offer your groups an opportunity to  perform as the pre-show before a live audience. Also available are masters classes and tech tours.

*Festival performance weekends: 

    April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11

Houston

Public performance at one (or more) of the following: San Jacinto National Monument, Space Center Houston, Moody Gardens (Galveston).

*Festival performance weekends: 

     March 24

Louisville

Public performance at one (or more) of the following: Churchill Downs, Forth Street Live, Muhammad Ali Center, Derby Dinner Playhouse, or the Belle of Louisville. Master Classes available at local universities.

Los Angeles

Public performance at the following: Disneyland or Universal Studios!

*Festival performance weekends:

      March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1

Memphis

Public performance at locations suitable to the group. 

*Festival performance weekends: 

      March 30, April 20

Minneapolis

Public performance at locations suitable to the group. 

*Festival performance weekends: 

      May 12, 19

Montreal

Public performance at locations suitable to the group. 

Myrtle Beach

Public performance at locations suitable to the group. 

The Alabama  Theater offers your groups an opportunity to  perform  before a live audience. They also offer a professional  master's class and tech tour.

*Festival performance weekends: 

      March 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27, May 4

Nashville

Public performance at locations suitable to the group. 

*Festival performance weekends: 

      March 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27

New Orleans

Public performance at one (or more) of the following: On the Wharf, Hard Rock Cafe, and some of the public parks.  Adjudicated performances are held at local high schools. 

*Festival performance weekends:  

     March 23, April 20

New York City

Public performances at one (or more) of the following: South Street Seaport; Statue of Liberty; Lincoln Center Plaza; St. Patrick's Cathedral; Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine ; Intrepid Air, Space and Sea Museum.

Other offerings include Master's Classes, Performing Arts Clinics, Dance Clinics, Private After-Show Cast Parties, Career Development Packages, Meet-The-Artist programs, etc.

*Festival performance weekends: 

      March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25

Orlando

Public performances at one (or more) of the following: Walt Disney World^® Resort, Universal Studios Florida and Universal Islands of Adventure, Old Town, Sea World Adventure Park, Wet'n Wild Water Park,  Kennedy Space Center and local malls/shopping centers.

Adjudicated performances to be held at Saratoga Springs Performance Hall, Pleasure Island at Downtown Disney, inside Disney's Hollywood Studios, the Lakeland Performing Arts Center, local colleges and high schools depending upon your festival selection.

Other offerings include workshops and clinics.

*Festival performance weekends:

     March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1

Philadelphia

Public performance at locations suitable to the group. 

*Festival performance weekends: 

     April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1

Saint Louis

Public performance at the following: Six Flags theme park and/or St. Louis Science Center.

*Festival performance weekends:

     April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18

San Antonio

Public performances at one (or more) of the following: Sea World Adventure Park, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, various public parks throughout the city, The Alamo and The Arneson Outdoor Theater (smaller groups only).

*Festival performance weekends:

     March 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11

San Diego

Public performance at one (or more) of the following: Seaport Village, Old Town State Park.

*Festival performance weekends: 

     March 16, 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18

San Francisco

Public performances at one (or more) of the following: Paramount's Great America and/or Pier 39 at Fisherman's Wharf.

*Festival performance weekends:

     March 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25

Seattle

Public performance at locations suitable to the group. 

*Festival performance weekends: 

    March 30, April 13, 20, 27

Toronto/Niagara Falls

Public performances at one (or more) of the following: Canada's Wonderland theme park; Ontario Science Center; Black Creek Pioneer Village; Casa Loma Library (vocal and small instrumental groups).

*Festival performance weekends: 

    April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18

Washington, D.C./Baltimore

Public performances at one (or more) of the following: U.S. Capitol Building (west steps); The Lincoln Memorial; The Jefferson Memorial; Old Post Office/Pavilion Stage (vocal and small instrumental groups).

*Festival performance weekends:

     March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25

Williamsburg Tour Highlights/Richmond/Virginia Beach

Public performances at one (or more) of the following: Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens Amusement Park, and/or Kings Dominion Amusement Park.

*Festival performance weekends:

     March 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1

*Adjudicated festivals are additional cost and are available on the listed weekends. Public performances can be arranged for anytime.

Revised on November 22, 2011