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Familiarization tours for group Leaders; Special concert opportunities March 2007
in this issue
  • Free Familiarization Tours to Europe this Spring
  • Voluntourism: Concert tours that Make A Better World
  • U.C. Peace Arts Festival • A Call to Ensembles
    Perform at the U.N. in August
  • The Sound of Baltics Cruise 2008

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    Special Offers Follow

    Fill out our online application form for an exclusive opportunity to visit Prague, Budapest or the Baltics FREE OF CHARGE on a working, familiarization tour sponsored by Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, Norwegian Cruise Lines, IcelandAir and local vendors in all three destinations.

    Travel to New Orleans with the Youth Symphony for United Nations (June) and perform at the United Nations and throughout New York City during the U.C. Peace performing arts festival (August).


    		Free Familiarization Tours to Europe this Spring

    Free travel grants will be offered to performing arts group directors in 2007. Grants will enable recipients to help familiarize themselves with Friendship Ambassadors Foundation (FAF) programs abroad. This grant is funded in part by FAF, Inc. Complete an online application form to Friendship Ambassadors Foundation by March 31, 2007 (call for extension if necessary). All directors and group leaders are eligible. Awardees must sign a letter of agreement (upon request of FAF at time of notification) stating that without any obligation they are accepting this opportunity in the name of their arts organization or academic institution.


    Please complete an application form by March 31, 2007 by completing the form online:



    www.faf.org/apply4famtour.htm

    Or contact us for further inquiries: Friendship Ambassadors Foundation • 299 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830 EMAIL: Friendlyam@faf.org • PHONE: 1-203-542-0652 FAX: 1-203-542-0661•

    		Voluntourism: Concert tours that Make A Better World

    JOIN US! YOUNG MUSICIANS, YOUTH ENSEMBLES & VOLUNTEERS—
    With lives still devastated and homes still lost, Louisiana needs your presence, support and performances much more now than ever.
    GIVE THEM A HAND

    A Performance & Reclamation Tour
    A project of the Youth Symphony for United Nations
    JOIN US! YOUNG MUSICIANS, YOUTH ENSEMBLES & VOLUNTEERS—



    25-30 June 2007

    Perform with the Youth Symphony for United Nations Orchestra, Band or Chorus (ages 13-18) during this concert tour that brings support to local residents and to volunteer workers in Houma and New Orleans

    • Travel as “tag-along” (high school juniors & seniors) and participate in volunteer reclamation efforts in New Orleans and Houma in partnership with local projects like the ACORN and Habitat Houses

    Make lifelong friendships with local youth & families—Join us in this VolunTourism effort now!

    		U.C. Peace Arts Festival • A Call to Ensembles
    Perform at the U.N. in August

    • Perform at the United Nations, in churches like St. Paul’s Cathedral, as well as other local venues in Manhattan
    • Participate in the Annual Youth Assembly at the UN and engage in exclusive cultural exchanges with hundreds of youth leaders from around the world
    • Experience special events at the UN and related Consulates in Manhattan and star in the special U.C. PEACE Festival celebrating world cultures
    • Learn how to use the arts to promote peace and mutual understanding in workshops designed especially for performance groups

    August 10-19, 2007

    Choir • Orchestra • Dance • Theater • Mime All performance styles welcome • Exclusively for Youth Groups ages 16-28

    INFORMATION AND APPLICATION:
    http://www.faf.org/programs/unyouthassembly2007/uc peace.htm
    Or, reply to this email and an FAF staff member will contact you!

    		The Sound of Baltics Cruise 2008

    Imagine visiting and performing in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Estonia, Stockholm, Tallinn, and St. Petersburg without having to change hotels, busses or trains!

    Enjoy a Concert Tour on a fine cruise line that visits the Baltic Countries at a leisurely pace and have real people-to-people exchange experiences Experience none of the hassles of loading, unloading, packing and unpacking that a normal concert tour in the Baltic region entails! Travel overnight while you sleep on board. Have plenty of time to prepare for your concerts in the privacy of your cabin all tour long...

    People-to-people relations, ON LAND & SEA!

    Contact Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, Inc. for more information and to sign up. For a quote request, please fill an application form at

    www.faf.org/qrf_sound-of-baltics.htm

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