OPTIONAL NEW YORK TOURS, SHOWS AND ACTIVITIES

Saturday, October 20, 2001:
New York City Tour
he tour will begin at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel where you will meet your guide, a true New Yorker, and begin your tour of the city. You will learn about the history of the hotel and New York City. During the tour you will learn about, visit or view Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Riverside Drive, Grant's Tomb, Riverside Church, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Fifth Avenue, Museum Mile, the fashionable Upper East Side, Times Square, Theater District, Broadway, SoHo, Battery Park, World Trade Center, Wall Street, South Street Seaport, Chinatown, Little Italy, The Bowery, Empire State Building and the United Nations. The tour will break for lunch at the historic South Street Seaport where shopping and lunch options are plentiful. Depending on time, we will stop at other sites along the way. Note: This tour will be repeated on Monday for accompanying persons.
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
COST: $70.00 Cost includes transportation and guide.

The Beat Goes On...
New York City is host to some of the best music and clubs in the world. Whether Jazz, Rhythm & Blues or World Beat, the choices are infinite and the artists who perform here are  world renowned. You will visit three of New York's hot spots (at this time, we cannot predict what clubs will be visited or artists performing but assure you that both the clubs and artists we will enjoy will not disappoint). A specialized Music Aficionado Guide, who is extremely knowledgeable about Jazz and Blues, will give insight into the New York music scene as well as lead you on this musical journey. You will enjoy live music and a drink at each club. 

TIME: 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
COST: $85 
Cost includes transportation, Music Aficionado Guide, a drink at each club.

Sunday, October 21, 2001:
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island 
Visit two worldwide attractions! You will travel to the Statue of Liberty by ferry. "The Lady", a gift from the people of France, represents freedom and independence, and the inscription "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" is forever inspirational. You will have time to explore Liberty Island and your guide will give you pointers. Then the group will visit Ellis Island, by ferry, as the immigrants did. The old immigration station located in New York Bay served the immigrants as their hopeful gateway to the "Promised Land" - the United States. The main building is now called The Ellis Island Immigration Museum and houses immigrants' artifacts, oral history and media presentations. Your guide will demonstrate the processing path which the immigrants themselves followed. Upon return to the mainland, we will finish up the tour with lunch in one of the city's most colorful areas, Little Italy, where the immigrants settled at the turn of the century. 
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TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
COST: $75 Cost includes transportation, guide and entrance fees.

Wednesday, October 24, 2001:
Hudson River Adventure
(Special Outing for Delegates and Companions)
What could be more spectacular than a cruise up the Hudson River at the height of this most glorious fall-foliage season? Aboard the private yacht, Royal Princess, we will travel past the length of Manhattan from the Statue of Liberty to the George Washington Bridge, through the imposing cliffs of the Palisades to the beautiful Tappan Zee. The boat will dock about noon at the Tarrytown Marina in the romantic Sleepy Hollow countryside of the Hudson Valley.  From there, by motor coach, we will go to the historic restaurant/inn, Beau-Rivage, for cocktails and a sumptuous luncheon with spectacular views, overlooking the river and colorful rolling hills of the beautiful Hudson Valley.  You will then have the option of touring one of three historic venues:  the charming 1855 country estate of the writer, Washington Irving (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle); the 1838 Gothic Revival mansion, Lyndhurst ("castle"), with its dramatic landscaped park on the banks of the Hudson River; or the meticulously restored 18th century Van Cortland Manor, home to the Van Cortland family for more than 260 years, where it is said that Benjamin Franklin, Lafayette and John Jay have visited or stayed. At approximately 3:30 p.m., we will return to New York by motor coach, touring across the Bear Mountain Bridge, through Bear Mountain State Park in all its fall splendor and back to Manhattan via the Garden State Parkway and George Washington Bridge. 
TIME: 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
COST: $175 Cost includes transportation by boat and motor coach to all venues mentioned, continental breakfast on board the Royal Princess, lunch and guides.

Friday, October 26, 2001:
Cabaret
New York is famous for its many cabarets. The range of 
subjects is diverse with many cabarets that offer full length shows. To New Yorkers "Cabaret" offers a wonderful evening. The decor matches the theme and you are enveloped from start to finish. You can enjoy a great dinner and see a top presentation.
TIME: 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. 
COST: $125 Cost includes transportation, guide, dinner and cabaret show

Saturday, October 27, 2001:
The Artist's Lifestyle: Greenwich Village & Soho
You will be introduced to Greenwich Village and SoHo in a way that few New Yorkers know. You will learn about the history, events, and activities of the famous people who have lived, visited and worked in these neighborhoods. Today, such celebrities as Robert deNiro, Richard Gere, and Susan Sarandon reside here. SoHo is an artists' colony in lower Manhattan which once was a neighborhood of factories housed in impressive cast-iron buildings which have turned into fashionable galleries and charming restaurants, coffeehouses and workrooms that have become home to some of the most creative people. In both neighborhoods, you will have a chance to visit the unusual galleries, shops and charming restaurants. Weather permitting, your visit will include a 
walking tour of Greenwich Village's meandering streets. 
TIME: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
COST: $38 Cost includes transportation and guide.

Twilight Tour
Welcome aboard your motorcoach at twilight, where an informative and entertaining guide will acquaint you with the highlights of New York City. View Times Square and the Theatre District, the Garment Center, and SoHo as you travel to lower Manhattan. Pass famous bridges, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queensboro, and Williamsburg. Enjoy a sparkling view of the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty as you cruise on the world famous Staten Island Ferry to Staten Island and back again. You will enjoy another spectacular view from the top of the Empire State Building. We will stop for dinner in Little Italy. 
TIME: 4:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. 
COST: $70 Cost includes transportation and guide.

Theatre Programs
Matinee tickets are $120 each and evening tickets are $125 each. When ordering tickets on the registration form, you must give name of show, date and your preference for matinee or evening performances. 
Suggested Shows:
"The Full Monty" - Musical Comedy... great reviews... Europeans would love this! Based on the movie of the same title only this takes place in Buffalo, New York.
"The Producers" - Based on the Mel Brooks' movie of the same title-rumor has it this new production is expected to be a smash hit-advance sales are zooming. Starring: Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.
"Follies" - A revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical starring, Blythe Danner and Judith Ivey.
"Bells Are Ringing" - Betty Comden and Adolph Green revival musical starring Faith Prince of "Guys and Dolls" fame in the Judy Holliday role.

Accompanying Person Tours

Monday, October 22, 2001:
New York City Tour
The tour will begin at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel where you will meet your guide, a true New Yorker, and begin your tour of the city. You will learn about the history of the hotel and New York City. During the tour you will learn about, visit or view Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Riverside Drive, Grant's Tomb, Riverside Church, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Fifth Avenue, Museum Mile, the fashionable Upper East Side, Times Square, Theatre District, Broadway, SoHo, Battery Park, World Trade Center, Wall Street, South Street Seaport, Chinatown, Little Italy, Bowery, Empire State Building and the United Nations. The tour will break for lunch at the historic South Street Seaport where shopping and lunch options are plentiful. Depending on time, we will stop at other sites along the way.
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
COST: $70 Cost includes transportation and guide.

Tuesday, October 23, 2001:
United Nations Tour & Luncheon
Your guide and private motorcoach will take you to the East River where the bright flags of the member nations add a colorful note to greet you. The United Nations Headquarters is the physical embodiment of the ideals and aspirations of the United Nations Charter. Your tour of the buildings and beautiful conference rooms includes information on the aims, organizations, and activities of the United Nations, as well as an explanation of the art and architecture. There will be time to visit the tax-free International Bazaar, the bookstore and the UN Post Office. Lunch will be served in the elegant, "Members Only" Delegates Dining Room. This unique room has floor to ceiling windows overlooking the East River with lovely views of Manhattan's bridges and the borough of Queens. The buffet menu will offer an assortment of continental and international dishes from which to select. The menu changes daily and the food is displayed elegantly. For security reasons, you must pre-register and all guests must have a form of ID (preferably photo). The dress code excludes sneakers and necessitates that gentlemen wear jackets.
TIME: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
COST: $90 Cost includes transportation, guide and lunch.

Thursday, October 25, 2001:
HARLEM…&THE NEW RENAISSANCE
Today you will explore Harlem's historical, cultural, and musical backgrounds. Your morning will begin with a drive uptown -- past Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts -- up Riverside Drive, the only planned Avenue in New York, past Grant's Tomb, Riverside Church. You will learn the history of Harlem discovering its neighborhood, its beautiful mansions and townhouses including Sugar Hill, Hamilton Terrace and Striver's Row where many noted celebrities still reside. You will also visit the Morris-Jumel Mansion, which was George Washington's headquarters during the battle with the English at Harlem Heights.

You will tour down Harlem's most active Street, "125th Street", pass the new offices of former President Clinton, the legendary "Apollo Theatre" and then a stop at the Studio Museum of Harlem, the current exhibition features 25 new African-American Modern Artists. We will have the privilege to attend a special presentation by the director of the Abyssinian Baptist Church Development Corporation who will address the group and discuss Harlem's second Renaissance.

After this special presentation, you will have lunch at one of the best Soul Food restaurants in New York, Londel's. Here you will savor a three-course soul-food luncheon of traditional Southern cuisine. After lunch, you will visit "The Brownstone", an original building from the 19th century, renovated and turned into an arts and crafts center. We will continue touring on our way back to the hotel.

TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
COST: $128 Cost includes transportation, Harlem Guide, Morris Jumel Mansion, Studio Museum, Soul-Food Luncheon, "The Brownstone" (all taxes and gratuity)

Friday, October 26, 2001:
Breakfast and Tour of The Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim Museum, a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece, houses an internationally acclaimed collection. The collection includes important pieces from several movements, including Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism. Wright uniquely designed the museum with a spiral effect to create a constant floor space from bottom to top with no stops. Changing exhibits spotlight the work of other internationally acclaimed artists. You will enter a private room where a continental breakfast will be served and a museum docent will discuss the current exhibit which will be, "Brazil...Body and Soul." This exhibit promises to be very exciting as the art is very dramatic, colorful and spiritual. After this informative program, you will then have an opportunity to tour the museum and the exhibit.
TIME: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm 
COST: Tour and Breakfast... $70 Cost includes transportation, guide and continental breakfast.

Pre & Post-Congress Tours/Trips
We have arranged several tours before and after the Congress. If you would like to make travel arrangements other than those listed, you may contact our official travel agency, Omega World Travel. A travel profile and detailed information on Omega World Travel is available on the website.
For more details and continuous updates on these tours, re-visit the website here or contact Meeting Partners at 703-329-8622. Register early to ensure availability.

Cancellation of any tour prior to departure will be refunded as follows: ninety-one days before departure - fully refundable, minus a $50 cancellation fee; between ninety and forty-five days before departure - fully refundable, minus a $250 cancellation fee and within forty-five days - an equitable refund will be given after calculating the costs for operators and agents.

Travel insurance, cancellation insurance and unscheduled transfers, meals and activities are the responsibility of the individual.

Note: Prices and scheduled tours are based on participation, availability and suppliers. They are subject to change and cancellation, in which case options or refunds will be granted.

New England and Canada Foliage Cruise
You will board your cruise ship, the Norwegian Sea, for eight days and seven nights of beautiful scenery, adventure, fine meals, activities and sight-seeing of exciting destinations from New York to Quebec. The ship includes many dining and entertainment options, a casino, state of the art spa and fitness facilities, swimming pools, hot tubs, sauna and children services. Various on-land excursions are available. 
Day One - Sunday, October 14
4:00 p.m.  Depart New York

Day Two - Monday, October 15
2:00 p.m. Arrive in Boston
8:00 p.m. Depart Boston
Boston is beautiful and historic. It was built along the banks of the Charles River and overlooks an island-studded harbor.

Day Three - Tuesday, October 16
8:00 a.m. Arrive Bar Harbor, Maine
4:00 p.m.  Depart Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Harbor has a beautiful landscape of towering coastal mountains, large lakes, streams, ponds and a glacial-carved fjord. 

Day Four - Wednesday, October 17
1:00 p.m.  Arrive Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 p.m.  Depart Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is spotted with lighthouses and tiny fishing villages tucked into coves along a rugged coastline. No point in Nova Scotia is more than 35 miles from the sea. 

Day Five - Thursday, October 18
Cruise Gulf of St Lawrence

Day Six - Friday, October 19
Cruise Saguenay River

Day Seven - Saturday, October 20
8:00 a.m.  Arrive Quebec City, Quebec 
6:00 p.m.  Depart Quebec City, Quebec 
Quebec City is the provincial capital. You may explore the cliffs in Upper Town, the famous Chateau Frontenac Hotel and the streets of Lower Town, which crowd the shore of the St Lawrence River.

Day Eight - Sunday, October 21
7:00 a.m.  Arrive Montreal, Quebec
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  Departures to New York City
Montreal is Canada's largest city where you will be greeted with French savoir-faire. From the top of Mont Royal, you will be able to see the old walled city of Vieux Montreal. You can take a fleece-lined carriage around the Place d'Armes, Notre Dame Cathedral and the walled Supican Seminary.
COST: $1,499 per person, based on double occupancy; $2,599 per person, based on single occupancy 

Triple and Quadruple accommodations are subject to availability.
Cost includes Oceanview Stateroom, meals, non-alcoholic beverages, Broadway and Vegas style productions, parties, and transfers from ship to pier and pier to airport, scheduled, one-way airfare from Quebec to New York City. 

Following, is a list of shows that will be playing in New York the week on ICMA XIV. Please note that tickets at quoted prices are based on availability. We no longer have tickets at this rate available to the Producers. If you would like more information about the shows, please contact Meredith at Viewpoint. If you would like to attend one of the shows that is not included on the registration form, please write the shows name on the form.

NEW YORK CITY individual tickets for current PLAYS:

AIDA - Palace Theatre
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm) and Sunday (3:00 pm)
Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday
Evenings at 8:00 pm
The epic musical about the love affair between a Nubian slave and a cute Egyptian, with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice, taken from the opera Aida.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm) and Sunday (1:00 pm)
Evenings: Wednesday through Saturday
Evenings at 8:00 pm
The family-friendly musical adaptation of Disney's film has been entertaining kids and adults by the busload. BLAST - Broadway Theatre Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm) and Sunday (3:00 pm) Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm The world's only half-time show with an intermission, this, brassy spectacle is performed by a 60-piece drum corps. Nothing like it has ever been done.

CABARET - Studio 54
Matinees: Saturday and Sunday (2:00 pm)
Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday
Evenings at 8:00 pm, Sunday at 7:00 pm
This gritty revival of Broadway's most decadent musical won four Tonys for it's portrayal of the world of pre-war Berlin cabaret.

CHICAGO - The Shubert
Matinees: Saturday (2:00 pm) and Sunday (2:00 pm)
Evenings: Mon., Weds., Thurs., Fri., Sat.,
Evenings at 8:00 pm - Sun. at 7:00 pm
This delightfully raunchy musical tribute to tough women and the men they murder won six Tonys.

CONTACT - Lincoln Center - Vivian Beaumont
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm) and Sunday (3:00 pm)
Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm
This sensational, Tony-slathered, and thankfully uncategorizable dance theater work by Broadway's reigning choreographer, Susan Stroman is a must see.

42ND STREET - Ford Center for the Performing Arts
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm) and Sunday (3:00 pm)
Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm
Come and meet those dancin' feet. This revival of the musical about the proverbial chorus girl who gets her big break is snappily directed, with exuberant choreography, and features a top-notch cast. THE

FULL MONTY - Eugene O'Neil Theatre
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm) Sunday at (3:00 pm)
Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm
The rambunctious musical adaptation of the 1997 film about desperate, destitute men who have nothing to lose but their underwear now takes place in Buffalo, New York and is even better.

KISS ME KATE - Martin Beck Theatre
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm) and Sunday (3:00 pm)
Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm
With a score jammed with some of the best-known theater songs ever written, it's no wonder each generation has rediscovered this musical gem since its 1948 Broadway premiere.

LES MISERABLES - Imperial Theatre
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm) Evenings: Monday through Saturday
Evenings at 8:00 pm
As one of the few Broadway megamusicals with a plot that's nearly as grand and sweeping as it's staging, this is a musical version of Victor Hugo's 1,200 page novel.

THE LION KING - New Amsterdam Theatre
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm) and Sunday (1:00 pm)
Evenings: Wednesday through Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm & Sunday 6:30 pm
It's sublimely inventive production that showcases some of the best experimental theater techniques of a generation, wrought with joyful mastery by experimental director extraordinaire Julie Taymor.

THE MUSIC MAN - Neil Simon Theatre
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm) and Sunday (3:00 pm)
Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm
Meredith Wilson's 1957 musical about a con man who charms the sleepy town of River City, Iowa, gets an inventive production at the hands of director-choreographer Susan Stroman. The ten minute curtain call alone is worth the price of admission.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Majestic Theatre
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm)
Evenings: Monday through Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm
Unlike Cats Andrew Lloyd Webber's other blockbuster refuses to give up the ghost. If you haven't seen it, you must.

PROOF - Walter Kerr Theatre
Matinees: Wednesday & Saturday (2:00 pm) and Sunday (3:00 pm)
Evenings: Tuesday through Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm
Recently crowned with a Pulitzer, David Auburn's Proof is a virtuoso piece of writing matched by Mary-Louise Parker's virtuoso performance.

RENT - Nederlander Theatre Matinees:
Saturday (2:00 pm) and Sunday (2:00 pm)
Evenings: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm & Sunday 7:00 pm
The late Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer-winning reimagining of Puccini's La Boheme as it might be lived by a gaggle of contemporary, hip types ensconced in the East Village. COST: Matinees: $120 Each - Evening: $125 Each