Travel Notes
When Music Means Family: How the Performing Arts Build Bonds and Change Lives
Music educators enjoy front row seats to their students’ lives, watching them grow through successes and failures, trials and...
Tournament of Roses Parade: Experience the Historic New Year’s Day Tradition
Southern California sunshine, enthusiastic crowds, and roses, roses, roses everywhere you look. It’s New Year’s Day in...
Thanksgiving Parade of Bands: An Inside Look (SBO+ Magazine Feature)
The following post was featured in the November 2025 issue of SBO+ Magazine and appears here with their permission. Picture...
Why I Still Take Student Groups on Overnight Trips (Even When It’s a Hassle)
Guest Contributor: Don Stinson, Director of Bands, Joliet Central High School, Joliet, IL The first time I ever took a group...
Our Thanksgiving Parade of Bands: An Exclusive Event Where You Matter
As the sun rises behind the spires of Cinderella Castle, excitement ripples through the gathering crowd on a beautiful...
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: A Dream Come True
Since 1924, New York City has been home to a Thanksgiving celebration that, in the minds of many, officially kicks off the...
Safety First: Our Commitment to Safe Travel for Students
For over 40 years, educators and parents have chosen us to make music and memories with their students, entrusting us with...
Disney Music in Storytelling: A New Soundtrack for Your Student Performers
Disney has been telling unforgettable stories for over a century. And music plays a central role in that storytelling –...
International Experience: St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
We’ve been taking students abroad for more than 40 years, traveling to destinations around the world that inspire...



















