2019

American Performing Arts International, LLC

In 2008 our company founder, a high school choir and theatre teacher, took his students to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. The provided tour package had many amazing opportunities, however, the individual cost was incredibly challenging, and made it impossible for many of his students to participate in the experience. Having a passion for travel and finding amazing travel deals, he decided to find a more affordable route for his students to perform at The Fringe.

Now, after eight years experience taking his own students to England and Scotland, he is excited to extend an affordable tour package to other well-deserving schools in all genres of the performing arts.

APAI MissionIt is the mission of APAI to provide performing arts students with an affordable opportunity to:

❖❖ Perform on an international stage❖❖ Experience an abundance of artistic and educational opportunities❖❖ Explore history❖❖ Experience cultures from around the world ❖❖ Grow artistically through both preparation to participation❖❖ Establish new collaborations worldwide❖❖ Create lifetime memories

Our goal is to provide students with a unique performance opportunity that creates a new level of confidence, growth, and maturity in their personal journey as artists. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will help your students learn that cooperation, dedication, discipline, and hard work will allow anyone to achieve their goals.

2019 Travel Dates

Group 1: July 25th - August 1st - London, England (6 Nights)

August 1st - August 9th - Edinburgh, Scotland (8 Nights)

Group 2: August 1st - August 8th - London, England (6 Nights)

August 8th - August 16th - Edinburgh, Scotland (8 Nights)

Group 3: August 8th - August 15th - London, England (6 Nights)

August 15th - August 23rd - Edinburgh, Scotland (8 Nights)

16 DaysEngland and Scotland

$3,995*/Participant

August 2019 Trip Inclusions:

• Round-trip airfare

• Six nights in London with accommodations & breakfast included

• Two West End shows

• Globe Theatre performance

• Guided bus tour of London

• Thames River cruise

• Five-day London tube pass

• Transportation from London to Edinburgh

• Eight nights in Edinburgh with accommodations & breakfast included

• Technical rehearsal at an APAI Fringe venue

• Three performances at an APAI Fringe venue

• Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo tickets

• Guided bus tour of Edinburgh

• 3 Day Explorer Pass - free admission to over 70 attractions (including Edinburgh Castle)

• Full day excursion to Stirling Castle, Monty Python’s Doune Castle and Loch Lomond

• Edinburgh Festival Fringe registration fees

• Official Fringe programme advertising

• One free Director Orientation Tour in Edinburgh in 2018 (seven days)

*Determined by airfare and currency rate - not to exceed $4,200

**Does not include: additional meals, optional tourist activities, non APAI shows in Scotland and passport fees.

APAI - Security❖❖ 24-hour on-call staff

❖❖ ID wristbands withemergency numbers

❖❖ Nationally certified tourguides and motorcoachdrivers

❖❖ On-call medical supportand relationships withlocal doctors and hospitalsin case of emergency

APAI has recommended policies for:

● Accommodation Safety● "Free Time"● Student Room Checks● Meeting Points● Emergency Procedures● APAI Contact Information● Chaperone Cell Phone Lists● Student Cell Phone Lists

London

London

London Accommodations❖❖ 6 Nights in London, England

❖❖ Single beds in shared rooms

❖❖ Breakfast provided daily

❖❖ On call staff available 24/7

❖❖ An easy walk to the “Tube” (London’s transit system)

London Sample Itinerary (some events listed require additional tour costs)

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

7:20am

Arrive in London!

8:30am

Load luggage into

"U-haul" truck

8:45am

Take Tube to

Piccadilly Circus

10:00am

Bus tour of London

Piccadilly Circus

12:00pm

Picnic in Hyde Park

1:00pm

Hyde Park &

Speakers Corner

2:00pm

Museum of London

4:00pm

St Paul's Cathedral

Evensong (5:00pm)

6:15pm

Dinner

7:30pm

Back to dorms

to rest

Breakfast at Dorms

7:00am

Portobello Market

(as early as

6:00am)

11:00am

Buckingham Palace

& Changing of the

Guard

1:00pm

Borough Market

(1:00pm-3:00pm

Lunch at market)

2:30pm

West End Show

2:30pm

British Library

(those not attending

show)

6:00pm

Dinner

7:00pm

Jack the Ripper

walking tour

Breakfast at Dorms

8:00am

Shakespeare

walking tour &

Tower Bridge

10:00am

Tate Modern

Museum &

Millennial Bridge

12:00pm

Lunch near Globe

Theatre

2:00pm

Globe Performance

5:30pm

Thames River cruise

(45 min.)

6:30pm

Dinner

7:30pm

Trafalgar Square

10:00pm

Walk along Thames

River - Southwark

Breakfast at Dorms

8:00am

Daytrip by train to Stratford-Upon-Avon

Visit Shakespeare's

birthplace

Visit Shakespeare's

gravesite

Visit the

Shakespeare

Museum

Visit the Anne

Hathaway's House

Royal Shakespeare

Company Tour

Dinner at the "Dirty

Duck"

Travel back to

London

Breakfast at Dorms

8:30am

Pictures of Big Ben

& Parliament

9:30am

Westminster Abbey

12:00

Harrods

Lunch at 12:00 at

Harrods or area

2:00pm

British Museum

4:30pm

Covent Garden

Market –

Make sure to watch

the street

performers

5:45pm

Dinner

at Covent Garden

7:30pm

West End Show

Breakfast at Dorms

8:00am

Guided Bus trip to

Stonehenge & Bath

Visit Stonehenge

Visit Bath, England

Visit Roman Bath's

Visit Bath Abbey

Visit the Royal

Crescent

Travel back to

London

Breakfast at Dorms

9:00am

Globe Theatre

Exhibition

10:30am

Globe Theatre

Workshop 90 min.

“Playing the Globe”

12:30pm

Lunch – at the ToL

1:00pm

Tower of London

4:00pm

National Gallery

6:30pm

Dinner

7:30pm

West End Show

London Options❖❖Sightseeing, shopping, Globe performance

and a West End Show

Suggested sites & things to see and do:

♦ ♦ ♦ Westminster Abbey

♦ ♦ ♦ Churchill War Rooms

♦ ♦ ♦ National Gallery*

♦ ♦ ♦ British Library*

♦ ♦ ♦ British Museum*

♦ ♦ ♦ Tower of London

♦ ♦ ♦ St. Paul's Cathedral

♦ ♦ ♦ Victoria and Albert Museum*

♦ ♦ Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster)

♦ ♦ Covent Garden*

♦ ♦ Trafalzar Square*

♦ ♦ Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace*

♦ ♦ London Eye

♦ ♦ Imperial War Museum

♦ ♦ Shakespeare's Globe*

♦ ♦ Tate Modern*

♦ ♦ Kensington Palace

♦ ♦ National Portrait Gallery*

♦ ♦ Natural History Museum*

♦ ♦ Greenwich

♦ ♦ The Docklands*

♦ ♦ Kew Gardens

♦ ♦ Borough Market*

♦ Piccadilly Circus*

♦ Museum of London*

♦ Madame Tussauds Waxworks

♦ Southwark Cathedral*

♦ Hyde Park and Speakers' Corner*

♦ Hampton Court Palace

Beatles Sights*

Sherlock Holmes Museum

Tower Bridge*

The Making of Harry Potter: Warner Bros.Studio Tour London

Guided Bus Tour of London*

Thames River Cruise*

Camden Market*

Portobello Market*

Harrods*

Workshops at Shakespeare’s Globe & at National Theatre

Walking Tours (Jack the Ripper, Shakespeare, etc.)*

Day trips outside of London:

● Stonehenge & Bath

● Stratford-Upon-Avon & Oxford

● Canterbury & Dover

*Free or included in tour package

England to Scotland❖❖ APAI transports all schools by train

from London to Edinburgh.❖❖ Enjoy England’s beautiful

countryside as we travel to Scotland!

Scotland

Scotland

Scotland❖❖ Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo❖❖ Guided bus tour to Stirling Castle

& Loch Lomond❖❖ Hike up Arthur’s Seat❖❖ Shows, shows & more shows!!!

Edinburgh Accommodations❖❖ 8 Nights in Edinburgh, Scotland

❖❖ Single beds in shared rooms

❖❖ Breakfast provided daily

❖❖ On call staff available 24/7

❖❖ An easy walk into the heart of Edinburgh and the Royal Mile

Edinburgh Options❖❖Sightseeing, shows, shopping and museums

Suggested sites & things to see and do:

♦ ♦ ♦ Fringe Shows

♦ ♦ ♦ Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo*

♦ ♦ ♦ Edinburgh Castle

♦ ♦ ♦ Royal Mile*

♦ ♦ ♦ National Museum of Scotland*

♦ ♦ Gladstone's Land

♦ ♦ St. Giles' Cathedral*

♦ ♦ Scottish Parliament Building*

♦ ♦ Palace of Holyroodhouse

♦ ♦ Georgian House

♦ ♦ National Gallery of Scotland*

♦ ♦ Royal Yacht Britannia

♦ Scotch Whisky Experience

♦ Mary King's Close

♦ Museum of Childhood*

♦ People's Story Museum*

♦ Museum of Edinburgh*

♦ Rosslyn Chapel

John Knox House

Scott Monument

Writers' Museum*

Camera Obscura and World of Illusions

Tartan Weaving Mill & Exhibition*

Museum on the Mound*

Hike Arthur’s Seat*

Haunted Edinburgh Tour

Ceilidh Dance

Pubs (for great food)

*Free or included in tour package

Scotland Sample Itinerary (some events listed require additional tour costs)SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

5:30am

Check out of Dorms

7:30am

Train to Edinburgh

1:00pm

Lunch in Edinburgh

2:00pm-4:00pm

Guided bus tour of

Edinburgh

4:30pm

Check into Flats

& Dinner

6:30pm

Depart for Venue

7:00pm

Technical rehearsal

at venue

9:00pm-12:00am

Free time

11:00pm Quiet

Hours

Midnight Curfew: In

own rooms

7:00am

Breakfast at Flat

8:00am-12:20pm

Free time

12:20pm

Depart for Venue

12:50pm

Setup

1:00pm

Your Performance

2:15-2:25pm

Take Down Set

2:35pm

Watch APAI

Show #2

3:50pm-12:00am

Free time

- See some shows –

11:00pm

Quiet Hours

Midnight Curfew

In own rooms

7:00am

Breakfast at Flat

8:00am-12:20pm

Free time

12:20pm

Depart for Venue

12:50pm

Setup

1:00pm

Your Performance

2:15-2:25pm

Take Down Set

2:25pm-12:00am

Free time

- See some shows -

11:00pm

Quiet Hours

Midnight Curfew

In own rooms

7:00am

Breakfast at Flat

8:00am-12:20pm

Free time

12:20pm

Depart for Venue

12:50pm

Setup

1:00pm

Your Performance

2:15-2:25pm

Take Down Set

2:25pm-12:00am

Free time

- See some shows -

11:00pm

Quiet Hours

Midnight Curfew

In own rooms

7:00am

Breakfast at Flat

8:00am-12:30pm

Free time

12:30pm

Depart for Venue

1:00pm

Watch APAI

Show #3

2:15pm-8:00pm

Free time

- See some shows -

8:00pm

Make your way to

the Castle

9:00pm

Edinburgh Tattoo

11:00pm

Quiet Hours

Midnight Curfew

In own rooms

7:00am

Breakfast at Flat

8:00am

Leave for Stirling

Castle

9:30am

Visit Castle Stirling

Castle

11:30pm

Lunch in Stirling

12:30pm

Travel to Castle

Doune

1:00pm

Visit Castle Doune

2:00pm

Travel to Luss/Loch

Lomond

3:30pm

Cruise on Loch

Lomond

5:30pm

Dinner in Luss

7:30pm

Travel to Edinburgh

Midnight Curfew

In own rooms

7:00am

Breakfast at Flat

***Last day in

Edinburgh***

Morning

Climb Arthur’s Seat

View of Edinburgh

Enjoy the City!

Hopefully you have

some money left! ☺

2:05pm

Depart for Venue

2:35pm

Watch APAI

Show #4

3:50pm-12:00am

Free time

- See some shows -

11:00pm

Quiet Hours

Midnight Curfew

In own rooms

The Festival Fringe❖❖ Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe - Established in 1947

❖❖ Takes place annually for three weeks in August

❖❖ Largest Performing Arts Festival in the world!

❖❖ Fringe 2016 featured 3,269 productions and 50,266performances from around the world

❖❖ Performances of all kinds in all venues

❖❖ Edinburgh triples in size during the Fringe.

Performing at the Fringe❖❖ Three performances at one of APAI’s venues

❖❖ Attend other APAI productions (In return, theywill attend and support your show!)

❖❖ A performance on the Royal Mile

LONGHORN PLAYERS PRODUCTION:

It’s a new millennium. Much has changed... in our world... and others. In a place thrown

upside down, Alice discovers the familiar is, sometimes, more alarming than the

extraordinary and the unknown has the caress of family. A Land of Wonder serves as

backdrop for this journey, at once recognizable and alien, where a young girl must

discover how little she knows of herself before she can embrace how much she

understands the universe. This modern re-imagining of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale is a

testament to the perseverance of story, power of music, and humanity's endurance.