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UPDATE October 20: Yes, you can still be registered for the parade w/Band Director approval. Write me for detail! Lee@usafest.org

Welcome to your amazing journey to Southern California and the 2022 Tournament of Roses Parade. What an honor to be selected and Congratulations again!

This trip site is for students and staff of each band only. Friends and Family have their own reservation site at the end of this paragraph!. CHAPERONES staying with and traveling with the band should also book here, ayt the student trip. Friends and family should book at the following link:  FRIENDS AND FAMILY

As you register, please enter your students name and email address as the traveler, your information (the parent or guardian) will be entered afterwards! Most students should select a "quad" room. Roommates will be established closer to the trip date by your band staff.

If you have questions relating to the band, contact your band contact (parents organization or band director). If you have questions relating to the trip, click the "contact trip coordinator" or write to Lee@usafest.org and we'll be back with you typically within a business day or two (thank you for your patience). For immediate emergency assistance, please call our number below 9-4PM EST.

A fun-filled performance driven itinerary awaits you in Southern California for this granddaddy of all parades. 

Payment plans have been updated for the 2022 parade. Only a $50. non-refundable deposit is required to reserve your place at the hotel with the band. Afterwards, payments of 25% of the total are due in 2021 on March 1, June 1, September 1, and November 1. 

Fundraising with the bands at school counts toward your quarterly payments and we'll post fundraising as quickly as we can after receiving it from each school; usually a couple of weeks before your payment is due.

Performing Arts Consultants has taken the best bands to their BIGGEST events for thirty-eight years and we look forward to guiding you through sunny Southern California in 2021/2022.

Your all-inclusive itinerary to the Tournament of Roses Parade with PAC includes the items listed below!

Thank you for trusting YOUR BIG EVENT to the student music tour company that has been to them all, Performing Arts Consultants.

Lee Lafleur

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1.800.USA.FEST

732.475.6200

***Update March 2021: We continue to receive positive news from the Rose Parade Committee and the great number of venues and restaurants we will be working with on your Rose Parade trip. The committee is confident that yes, there will be a parade! There is still time to sign-up new students subject to your band directors approval.

In December, before and during the trip Zoom call the bands hosted, we announced a small price increase of $30.00 per student to cover the price increases PAC was aware of year-over-year in rescheduling the trip. Those students signing-up after December 8, 2021 realized the slight increase. The majority of those registering before that date have not. The $30.00 adjustment will be added to your accounts prior to your July 1 payment, just so you know.

***Update December 2020: We at PAC look forward to our "newcomers"  to this fabulous opportunity to march in the now, 2022, Tournament of Roses Parade. Please take a few moments to read through the trip itinerary and inclusions as we prepare to welcome your band student to California!

***UPDATE July 2020: With the cancellation of the 2021 parade, we at PAC are excited to "roll-over" your trip to the 2022 Rose Parade! New reservations are also being accepted once cleared with your band director. If you need to cancel (you can't attend in 2022 and have already booked), please tell your band director then write Lee@usafest.org by Dec 31, 2020. All funds paid will be refunded, and fundraising amounts returned to the school (for graduating Seniors in 2020).  All other cancellations are subject to full refunds less, your initial $50. deposit.

No surprises, no extras. PAC includes everything you see here (bold represents the major items!).

♫ Round trip Charter Motorcoach from schools to Memphis or Nashville Airports 

♫ 6 Nights’ Hotel accommodations at Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa 

♫ Roundtrip Charter Air Transportation Memphis, TN – Los Angeles, CA 

♫ Dinner at Bubba Gump’s Shrimp Co* on the Santa Monica Pier & Beach  

♫ 2 Disneyland Gift Cards used for lunch and/or dinner ($15.00 each)  

♫ 2 In-N-Out Burger lunches provided by Tournament of Roses  

♫ 1 Day Park Hopper pass to Disneyland/California Adventure  

♫ New Year’s Eve Sundae Bar countdown at hotel 

♫ Photo of band in front of the Rose Bowl Stadium 

♫ March in Disneyland Main Street USA Parade 

♫ Dinner Cruise on board Hornblower Cruises  

♫ Santa Monica Pier & Beach Lunch coupon 

♫ Performing Arts Consultants tour escorts 

 ♫ Chartered Motorcoaches as per itinerary

♫ 2 Knott’s Theme Park Meal Coupon 

♫  Admission to Knott’s Berry Farm 

♫ Visit to Santa Monica Pier/Beach  

♫ Farewell Dinner Banquet on the Last Night! 

♫ 6 Breakfast buffets at the hotel  

♫ Box Lunch on day of arrival  

♫ Participation in Bandfest 

♫ Bandfest Performance 

♫ Private hotel check in  

♫ Banner for Band Hall 

♫ 2021 Float Barn Tour 

♫ Pizza Party at hotel 

♫ All Taxes and Tips 

*and SeaSide at the Pier!

*Please note that any fuel surcharge and/or deicing of the plane or is NOT included in the per person price and is the responsibility of the group. The bands have contracted the Charter Flights (not PAC) but PAC is collecting funds on behalf of the bands.

Based on the group size, some pre-selected venues MAY need to be adjusted closer to trip dates. Know that any change will be fully communicated to the group.

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For over 32 years, Performing Arts Consultants have orchestrated premier school music tours for junior high, senior high, and college-level students, providing the opportunity to perform in excellent concert facilities with America’s most dedicated adjudicators and music clinicians.

Specializing in music, sightseeing, social events, and fun, our school music tours serve as the annual highlight of music programs across the nation. Performing Arts Consultants is proud to be recognized as the festival company “in tune with your music program.”

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 OPTIONAL**We have secured 150 or so prime bleacher seats for the parade along Colorado Boulevard and the TV turn as well as proximity parking for 3 buses (150 capacity).  These are available "first come first served" for the parade. The bands typically always play along this stretch of the route.

Some chaperones will be asked to assist during the parade and may NOT be able to utilize these seats. Please check with your band director as to your assignment, or their need FIRST before buying a seat!

Everyone will be transported to the parade as part of your package and you are more than welcome to secure sidewalk viewing by walking from the buses, but with the crowds and the once in a lifetime opportunity to see and photograph your student(s) in the mass band!

If demand is greater than 110 tickets (there are 300 or so friends and family travelers), PAC will take refundable deposits for additional seats in these grandstands.

Please, if you've been waiting for the grandstand seats, make your purchases asap!

***Updated JULY 2020: The Rose Festival Committee has cancelled the 2021 parade.

All travelers have been moved to the 2022 parade. If you need to cancel, all but your initial $50.00 deposit is refundable to you by writing Lee@usafest.org Please let us know by December 31, 2020.

We hope you don't need to cancel but if you must...

CANCELLATION POLICY In consideration of non-refundable payments made by Performing Arts Consultants to tour operators, land operators, airlines and other agents associated with travel and/or festival arrangements, accommodations and/or services, the following will apply: 

✓ 60-46 DAYS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE – a $50.00 per person cancellation fee PLUS any cancellation charges and non-refundable payments levied by the various vendors mentioned above (including to the hotel, charter air company, theme parks, and entertainment/dining venues). 

✓ 45-31 DAYS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE – a $100.00 per person cancellation fee PLUS any cancellation charges and non-refundable payments levied by the various vendors mentioned above  (including to the hotel, charter air company, theme parks, and entertainment/dining venues). 

 ✓ 30 DAYS OR LESS DAYS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE – Absolutely NO refunds will be granted PAYMENT POLICY Upon receipt of your invoice, please mark the payment dates on your calendar to maintain a punctual payment schedule. 

If mailed, Please make ALL checks payable to: PERFORMING ARTS CONSULTANTS.

As we owe monies to our vendors for the trip at certain times, we do need your payments on a timely and scheduled basis.

As Fundraising dollars come in from the bands, we will apply these against your balance due.

You can pay by check online by entering your routing and checking account number when asked (PREFERRED) or by mailing your check to:

Performing Arts Consultants

Rose Parade attn: Lee Lafleur

807 Mantaloking Rd Suite 100

Brick, NJ 08723

Memo: Rose Parade

You will receive a receipt when processed and applied.

We don't want to charge you a late fee but late payments are subject to a $25.00 late fee penalty (sorry).

Credit Cards happily accepted.

Trip Insurance is available for students and staff signed-up on the student trip (this one) by Travel Insured. Typically, Covid related cancellation or "fear of Covid" is not covered under any policy.

You can contact Travel Insured direct for insurance purchase information at travelinsured.com

Reference:  128492 — Gibson County Mass Band 

PAC is not a licensed insurance agency and therefore cannot give you more information or advise on insurance for this trip. The experts at Travel Insured can!

Monday, December 27: Depart your school on our chartered Motor coaches to the Memphis airport then be off to famed Los Angeles, California. Arrive in this “City of Angels” to your Boxed Lunch as you immediately board your charter coaches to the Marriott Newport Beach Resort & Spa, one of the best hotels and locations in the region! 

Check-in, get organized, and meet us by the pools for your welcome to the Rose Parade Pizza Party. Then, pfeeew, get some sleep as it’s going to be an exciting and exhausting week!  

 Tuesday, December 28: Enjoy your full American Breakfast at the Marriott just for the bands then board your buses and depart for rehearsal on the field of Santa Monica High School (or similar). The field is yours! Afterwards, enjoy the world-famous Santa Monica Pier and its unique variety of entertainment, shopping, carnival rides, eateries, and ice cream, right on the Pacific Ocean. Yes, you can wet your feet in the water and walk in the California sand too as its all…right there! 

Ride all day with the Pacific Park’s Unlimited Ride Wristbands at Santa Monica Pier. Use your provided meal voucher for lunch. www.santamonicapier.org. At dinner, meet your friends and the rest of the bands on the Pier at either Bubba Gump’s Shrimp Company or SeaSide on the Pier. It takes two great restaurants to take care of a Rose Parade Band this BIG!. Enjoy your group meal then return to the hotel to prepare for Wednesday’s itinerary! 

Wednesday, December 29: Morning Band director “working breakfast” with drum Majors FOR THOSE INVOLVED (pending date confirmation) and for the rest of us, enjoy your Marriott buffet at the hotel.

This day will be epic! Board your motor coach for the “Happiest Place on Earth” no, not your band room, we mean Disneyland California! Visit Walt Disney's original theme park and celebrate the worlds of yesterday, fantasy, and tomorrow with timeless attractions, dazzling entertainment and magical moments that last a lifetime. Did we mention the new Star Wars attractions? Use your provided Disney gift card for lunch at your leisure then it’s time to show off as the Gibson County Mass Band parades down “Main Street USA” to the thousands of park visitors there this day.

Your Disney Park Hopper pass also provides access to Disney’s California Adventure, right next door, where Disney stories come to life in new and exciting ways. Use your SECOND Disney Gift Card for dinner at either park, at your leisure. After an enjoyable full day at park close, re-board your motor coaches for the relatively short trip back to the hotel. 

Friends and family coming with you? They'll be there traveling to Disneyland as well with PAC from the FF hotel!

 Wednesday, December 30, 2020: After another hearty buffet at the hotel, board your motor coach and arrive for a behind-the-scenes look at Rose Parade mechanics at the Rose Parade Float Barn. Here you can watch the last of millions of individual flowers being attached to the amazing Rose Parade floats by literally thousands of dedicated volunteers. You’ll be up-close and personal with the “pedal pushers” who attach sometimes even individual seeds and pedals to their impressive float presentations. We’ll tour one of the many float barns and see a dozen or more floats “in progress” while there.

Next, off the Rose Bowl Stadium for your official group photo of the combined bands and then a California classic, an In-N-Out Burger for lunch! (ever have an In-N-Out Burger? Just…wow!).

The Rose Parade Committee will determine this Summer your coveted performance spot for the typically sold-out Pasadena Bandfest (by REMO) Performance. PAC will take you there, from warm-up to dismissal, and be cheering you on with your Friends and Family from the stands! Most every Rose Parade band will perform in one of three performance blocks over two days! Give it “all you’ve got” on the field for the large crowd! At dismissal we’ll drive the Rose Parade Parade Route where hundreds of grandstands have been constructed for hundreds-of-thousands guests. Get a view of where you will be marching in just a couple of days.

Back at the hotel, change for an unforgettable evening on board the Hornblower Dinner Cruise Newport Beach. Your family members traveling w/PAC will join you onboard! Amazing views and delicious dining make the Hornblower's fleet of vessels the ideal way to celebrate your acceptance to march in the prestigious Rose Parade. Dress-up a little bit as this will be a lot of FUN! Disembark the yacht and return to the hotel for the night.

 Friday, December 31: Breakfast buffet at the hotel then board your buses for a fun day at Knott’s Berry Farm featuring over 165 rides, shows and attraction. With five themed areas, there is something at Knott's for everyone. Use your two meal coupons provided for lunch and dinner then, back at the hotel, enjoy our festive Ice Cream Party to welcome in the New Year Tennessee time, of course.

Your family members traveling have the option of joining you at Knott's with transportation from the Friends and Family hotel. The Ice Cream Party & pre-parade rally is just for you (no family please).

Saturday, January 1: This is your BIG day! Are you ready? 

Start the day early with our morning Buffet Breakfast at the hotel then load the motor coaches for the 2022 Tournament of Roses Parade!! Line-up with the other award-winning bands, equestrians, and those amazing floats you saw being built for your turn to step-off for the camera's and likely the largest parade crowds you have ever seen! The first turn onto Pasadena Boulevard in front of the towering grandstands and the dozen-or-so television cameras will stay in your memory for most of your life. Your family and friends will be seated there with their (optional) grandstand tickets to the parade.

Finish the parade, all 5.5 miles of it, to another In-N-Out Burger lunch provided by the Tournament of Roses for all marching members and staff then return to the hotel for a little well-deserved rest and “down time”. 

That evening, board your motor coach heading to your Farewell to California Dinner. Your family and friends traveling with PAC will see you there! What a fabulous week it has been!

Sunday, January 2: It’s so sad to say good bye but…pack, then enjoy your final breakfast at the hotel, load your luggage on to the motor coaches and begin your journey home! Welcome home! After your return charter flights to Memphis or Nashville, your buses will take you back to you school.

Thank you for putting your trust in Performing Arts Consultants!!  It is our goal that each and everyone of you experience treasured memories that will last a life time!