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Itinerary for the UNO Jazz Festival

February 24th

11:00 amDepart Kearney High School
12:00 pmArrive at GISH
12:30 pmExchange concert at GISH
2:00 pmDepart GISH
4:30 pmCheck-in, and Supper
6:30 pmTransfer to Orpheum Theater
7:30 pm Opera at Orpheum Theater (dress nice!)
9:30 pmTransfer to SONESTA
11:00 pmLights Out!

February 25th

7:00 amWake up, breakfast, enjoy hotel
8:00 amDepart for Holland Center
9:00 amWarm up for Jazz Lab Band
9:30 amPerformance at Scott Recital Hall for Jazz Lab Band
10:00 amClinic
11:00 amJazz Ensemble warm up
11:30 amJazz Ensemble performance
12:00 pmClinic
12:30 pmLunch in Downtown Omaha
3:30 pmBria Skonberg Clinic at Holland Center
4:30 pmAwards Concert with UNO Jazz 2
5:30 pmSupper in Old Market Downtown Omaha
8:00 pmFinal Concert at Holland Center
10:00 pmDepart Omaha for Kearney
1:00 am, Feb 26Arrive in Kearney

Each student needs to pay $50 for their hotel room at Sonesta (breakfast is included).  

You will need to bring money for 3 meals – supper on Friday and lunch and supper on Friday. Please bring a sack lunch for Friday.  

You will want to have nice dress clothes for your performance on Friday and you should wear nice clothes for the concert on Saturday.  There will not be a good place to change and you will need nice clothes for the concert Saturday night. 

As always we expect the VERY BEST BEHAVIOR from our students when out in public.

Nathan LeFeber