DeKALB - DeKalb High School music students traveled to southern California this past weekend to perform with school bands and orchestra ensembles in Los Angeles and San Diego.
The trip is the first travel opportunity for music students in more than two years.
According to a news release, students, staff, and fans flew out Sunday to visit and perform in Los Angeles and in San Diego at multiple amusement and educational sites. The group will return to Illinois on Friday.
Performances will include the DHS orchestra performing at Disney’s California Adventure, the DHS marching band performing in the Disneyland Parade and a joint performance at Spreckles Organ Pavilion. The students will have the opportunity to participate in a Disney Imagination Campus/Performing Arts workshop.
Students also will be able to tour and have fun at various locations, including Disneyland and California Adventure, The Grove and the Los Angeles Farmers’ Market, La Jolla Cove, Coronado Island and Old Town San Diego, the San Diego Zoo, Tuna Harbor Park and Seaport Village and a dinner cruise and dance.
The trip replaces the planned Prague trip that originally was scheduled to take place in the fall of 2020. For information, contact the DHS music department at 815-754-2120, or the DeKalb Band Parents Organization at 815-762-0364 or at dekalbbandparents@gmail.com.