On behalf of the students of music at Williams Bay High School, we want to express our deepest appreciation for all of your hard work to help make our tour to New York City a wonderful and highly memorable experience. Your efforts have helped us immeasurably in generating enthusiasm for our small, but growing music department. As the students and parents relay to their friends about what a positive experience this trip has been, more people will want to become involved with our music department in the future.

Robert Semanza, our tour guide, was incredible. He really knew his city like the back of his hand and it was obvious that he enjoyed showing people his “town.” The students and parents absolutely loved him.

All of our coach drivers did an amazing job hauling us around. They did their best to make sure our ride was as smooth and comfortable as possible. Tom, our driver in the city, did things with that coach that most people with little sedans couldn’t do. Spectacular!

The clinicians, Ira Shankman and Bill Silvester, were both terrific. It was very kind of them to spend their morning working with us. They were very knowledgeable, professional, and personable. They challenged our ensembles to be better than they were.

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine was a wonderful place to play. It was fun watching the students’ eyes widen in amazement as the reverberation of their sound washed over their ears. One parent was even moved to tears (in a good way) by the emotional strength of our performance.

Really, we can’t say enough about how wonderful the entire experience was. As soon as the bus took off, I felt like I could just sit back and enjoy the ride. All of the many months of fundraising and planning really paid off. We will certainly be using Music Celebrations International for our future touring needs!

Most Sincerely,

David Johnson
Director of Instrumental Music

Kenneth Church
Director of Choral Music / Theater