Mackinac Music Clinics

May 13-15, 2011
May 19-22, 2011
May 27-29, 2011
- Pageant Parade
The Mackinac Music Clinics promote musical growth and enrichment, for choirs bands and orchestras, without rankings or ratings. Students can focus on their individual skill level and concentrate their efforts on reaching a higher level of musical excellence.

Clinics are held on Mackinac Island, which surrounded by majestic Lake Huron, and has been recognized by National Geographic as one of the ten finest state parks in America. Once you set foot on the island, you will step back in time to an authentic Victorian setting where transportation is limited to horse and buggy, bicycle, or foot. No motorized vehicles are allowed.

Travel Adventures can create a customized itinerary designed to meet the educational needs of your student group!

 
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Learning Highlights:
  • Instruction provided by professional musicians and/or university clinicians
  • Private group instructional sessions to allow for more individualized attention
  • Optional public performance opportunity for choral and band groups
  • Optional band competition and participation in the Memorial weekend Pageant Parade 


Program Inclusions:
  • Music Clinic on Mackinac Island
  • Meals and lodging at Mission Point
  • Nighttime Security
  • Services of a Tour Director throughout
  • Motorcoach transportation and Shepler’s Ferry to the Island
  • “Three Men and a Tenor” Concert
  • Commemorative plaque
  • Optional Grand Hotel Buffet
  • Optional Carriage Tour and visits to other Island attractions


Expand your tour to include visits to the Mackinac Historic State Parks and St. Ignace, as well as a drive across the famous Mackinac Bridge.
Colonial Michilimackinac

Colonial Michilimackinac

In 1715 French soldiers constructed Fort St. Philippe de Michilimackinac.  This fortified community, commonly called Michilimackinac, became the great fur trade center of the Northwest until its relocation to nearby Mackinac Island in 1781.  It was here where fur traders and Indians rendezvoused, French and British officers organized war parties and explorers began their journeys into the vast western unknown.


Historic Mill Creek

Historic Mill Creek

Historic Mill Creek takes students back to the logging era of Michigan. There are daily water powered sawmill demonstrations, a log cutting saw pit,  and acres of nature to explore.
Fort Mackinac

Fort Mackinac

Fort Mackinac was founded during the American Revolution. Believing Fort Michilimackinac at what is now Mackinaw City was too vulnerable to American attack, the British moved the fort to Mackinac Island in 1780.
Today student visitors can experience nineteenth century military life through visits to the reconstructed Officer’s Barracks, and Military Hospital.  There are daily bugle demonstrations, as well as a rifle firing and cannon blast.

Maritime Museum

Maritime Museum

The museum, housed in an old observation tower, is filled with educational information.  There are four floors of exhibits on the themes of water, wind, waves, and wakes; shipwrecks of the straits; building the Mighty Mac; and lighthouses of the straits.  Students  will be thrilled by the view of the Island and Straits.
Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel

The Grand Hotel opened in July, 1887 and has a rich history. It is famous for having the world's largest porch, as well as for the notable visitors who have stayed there, including five U.S. Presidents, inventor Thomas Edison, and author Mark Twain.
Butterfly House

Butterfly House

The Original Mackinac Island Butterfly House is the first of its kind in Michigan, and the third oldest LIVE butterfly exhibit in the United States. The world renowned facility has 1800 square feet of tropical garden filled with hundreds of live butterflies from four continents.

Carriage Tours

Carriage Tours

Carriage men officially began providing tours of the Island in 1869 when the first city carriage license was issued. Today, Mackinac Island Carriage Tours, Inc. is the world's largest, oldest and continually operated horse and buggy livery, with approximately 100 carriages and over 400 horses.
Bicycle Rentals

Bicycle Rentals

A very popular activity for student groups is the bicycle rental and self-guided tour of the island. Vendors are located throughout the island and bicycles can be rented on an hourly basis.