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Musical Theater Heritage
December 1st-8th, 2008
Print
this registration form to sign up for this trip
See
our 8" x 14" flyer for this trip
TRIP
INCLUDES:
·
6 Nights at the Thistle Marble Arch Hotel
(across the street from Hyde Park)
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Roundtrip airfare aboard British Airways
· Private ground transportation in London
·
Prime seats to:
Cabaret, Les Contes d' Hoffman, and
an
additional West End show TBA
·
Private, London city sights and history tour
·
Dinner and Christmas party at Rules
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Fully escorted by MTH's Chad Gerlt and Liz Enea
(Chad is 36 years old, and is the Marketing
Director and Associate Producer at
Musical Theater Heritage, and Liz is his fiance and is the MTH
House Manager)
Plus
Optional Extras:
·
Charles Dickens home tour
· London pub crawl
·
Day trip to Stratford-upon-Avon:
Price
$3,195
Per Person / Double Occupancy. Airfare IS included
in the above price.
Trip is limited to 20 people. Restaurant venues, shows, and optional
activities listed
above are subject to change. Replacements will be of equal or
gereater value.
Monday,
December 1 -
Your airfare will be booked aboard British
Airways into London, Heathrow. You will meet your escorts, Chad
Gerlt and Liz Enea on departure in Kansas City. MTH will arrange
a mid-afternoon departure on Monday for arrival in London on Tuesday
morning. Round trip airfare is included in the trip cost. However,
please register early as our published trip price may increase
with airfare cost.
Tuesday,
December 2 -
Upon arrival we will board a private coach for transportation
into London and the Thistle Marble Arch Hotel. This superior class
hotel is next to Hyde Park and the Oxford Street shopping district.
The West End Theatre District, The Church of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields
and the National Gallery are nearby and easily available by tube
(subway). A London tube pass will be provided to each traveler.
The afternoon is then free to rest or explore.
This evening we will
travel by tube a short way to Simpsons-in-the-Strand at the Savoy
Hotel. Here we will get acquainted over cocktails and a traditional
British roast beef dinner, hosted by trip escorts Chad Gerlt &
Liz Enea.
Wednesday,
December 3 -
A full monty each morning is included in the trip cost
(WW II Brisish military slang for a full English breakfast). A
Blue Badge guide will join us this morning as we board private
transportation for a London city sights and history tour. Highlights
include Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Smithfield Market,
Covent Garden, Westminster Abby, St. Paul's Cathedral, Globe Theatre,
and more. After the tour, the rest of the afternoon is free.
This evening we have
tickets to see Cabaret, the 1966 classic by Kander &
Ebb, with its dark look at Berlin during its wide-open days before
the rise of fascism. It isn't often that one gets a chance to
see a fully staged, professional production of Cabaret,
and this London production has received rave reviews.
Thursday,
December 4 -
Optional: join
Chad and Liz this morning for a visit to the home of Charles Dickens
and its collection of material relating to the great Victorian
novelist and social commentator,. Visitors can see paintings,
rare editions, manuscripts, original furniture, and many items
relating to Dickens home life and London during the Victorian
era.
Afterwards, it's
a London pub crawl beginning with a fish & chips lunch at
The Cittie of Yorke pub. From here, Chad and Liz will
lead you to two other historic London pubs for a pint: The
Cheshire Cheese, for its literary traditions on Fleet Street,
and The Red Lion, a favorite of MPs near the Houses of
Parliament.
This evening we will
meet in the lobby of the hotel for our theater outing tonight.
The London theater seasons for December have not yet been announced,
so we are watching the trades for available musicals in the West
End, or a new play with a leading star. On our last trip we happened
to catch Kevin Spacey in A Moon for the Misbegotten.
Friday,
December 5 -
Optional: at 9:00 AM we will board a train and travel together
to Stratford-upon-Avon for the day. We will enjoy the beautiful
English countryside along the way arriving at 11:15 AM. Of course,
this is the birthplace of the greatest writer of the English language:
William Shakespeare. Travelers with us today can visit his birthplace
in the heart of this charming town and walk alongside the River
Avon to Trinity Church were the Bard's remains where interred
upon his death in 1616.
At 5:00 PM we will
return to London arriving back at 7:15 PM. The evening is free
for dinner plans, relaxing, or a night out in London.
Saturday,
December 6 -
Today will
be an excellent opportunity to tour London's museums and art galleries.
Or you could visit Harrods and Christmas shop along High Holborn
and Bond Street. London holds a great variety of things, which
inpired Dr. Samuel Johnson to once write: "When one is tired
of London, one is tired of life".
This evening we will
travel to the very prestigious Royal Opera House for a performance
of Les Contes d' Hoffmann, starring Rolando Villazón
in the title role. This will be one of the very few full, lavish
treatments of Jacque Offenbach's only true opera, in which the
poet Hoffmann awaits his lover in a tavern while he recalls the
disturbing stories of three lost loves; The first a mechanical
doll, the second a deceiving courtesan, and the third a consumtive
singer.
Sunday,
December 7 -
Today is left
open for you to attend services at Saint Martin-in-the-Fields
or St. Paul's Church and take-in one of the many free Christmas
Season concerts at churches and halls around London.
Tonight we will travel
together to Rules, the famous literary haunt of Charles Dickens
and London's oldest restaurant. We'll have a Christmas party and
dinner to celebrate our time together. After dinner we'll enjoy
a small gift exchange and a reading from Dicken' "A Christmas
Carol".
Monday,
December 8 -
Check out of
the hotel this morning and we'll board a private coach for Heathrow
in plenty of time for our flight home.
Price
$3,195
Per Person / Double Occupancy. Airfare IS included
in the above price.
Trip is limited to 20 people. Restaurant venues, shows, and optional
activities listed
above are subject to change. Replacements will be of equal or
gereater value.
Print
this registration form to sign up for this trip
See
our 8" x 14" flyer for this trip
Questions???
1-816-221-6987
An $800 per person deposit is due to reserve space on this tour,
and may be paid by check or credit card. A confirmation will be
sent by mail. This deposit will be used to book your airfare and
therefore cannot be refunded (most air carriers allow for tickets
to be used within one year of purchase, with certain restrictions).
The balance of the tour cost will be due August 15th. Refunds
after then are contingent on resold components of the trip. Walking
on this trip could be lengthy at times (up to 1/4 mile).
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