SING TO THE LORD: PRICE GOD WITH

SONG IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

A combination of singing and sightseeing organized especially for the amateur chorister who

wants perform sacred music in some of the finest late Gothic and Baroque churches while at

the same time experiencing the beauties and magic of Prague and Southern Bohemia.

DATE:

WINTER PROGRAM: December 27, 2003 � January 5, 2004

SUMMER PROGRAM: June 27, 2004 � July 10, 2004*

*(Part of the International Dvorak Festival celebrating the 100th Anniversary

of the composer�s death)

TARGET GROUP:

Member of church and community choirs, their families and friends,looking for an aesthetic,

fun-filled and affordable holiday in one of the most beautiful countries in Europe.

Musical requirements:

There are no auditions. All who register as singers will be members of the choir. However,

in order to achieve the musical objectives of the director and to ensure personal satisfaction,

those enrolling as singers should be able to read music, have current or recent choral or solo

singing experience, and be comfortable singing serious sacred music.

REPERTOIRE:

The major works initially selected for both tours are:

Winter: Riba � A christmass Mass

Summer: Dvorak � Te Deum

Other repertoire may be added to complement these works.

MINIMUM REGISTRATION:

25 Singers for each tour. In order to ensure a good musical balance, competent amateur

singers from the Czech Republic and neighboring countries will join the choir and participate

fully in the rehearsals and the tour.

Spouses, partners, children and friends are welcome on the tour. However, non-singers

must be aware that the tour is built around the rehearsal and performance schedule of the choir.

Every effort will be made to plan complementary events for non-singers during the time that the

singers are rehearsaling.

CONCEPT:

When singers tour, they usually do so as a pre-rehearsed ensemble. However, many singers

are in choirs which have neither the organizational resourses nor the financial capability to

arrange tours. This program allows that individual singer to make a decision to tour for him or

her self. Under this scheme, partcipants arrange and pay for their own transport to and from

Prague as they would for any other vacation. They would arrange surface transport

to a destignated hotel, in which accommodation has been booked for them to their specifications

by the tour organizers. At this point, they become members of a touring musical ensemble,

joining other singers from various countries who have the same objective.

The music for the tour will have been distributed or acquired i advance. Singers will have

been expected to do some home study and preparation prior to starting the trip. For the first

5-6 days of the trip, between 10:00am and 1:00pm, Singers will rehearse the repertoire.

Every afternoon and evening, they will sightsee and visit some of the marvelous sights of

Prague and Southern Bohemia. (The Winter Tour Program is appended to this information

sheet.) During the tour, participants will have a chance to hear many fine free or modestly

priced concerts in Prague and other communities.

Once the first performance is given, any additional rehearsals will occur only with

the consent of the choir director and the singers. All performancess will be in held in

churches and cathedrals. They will be advertised in the local parishes and communities

and will raise funds for various church and community programs. The venues and concert

dates are guaranteed,the size of audience is not.

SPONSORING AGENCY:

Club Tours Agentur � Prague�s oldest and most experienced organizers of cultural tours

of the Czech Republic. Check out their website www.choirs.cz

MUSICAL DIRECTION:

Mr. Michal �varc of Club Tours Agentur is pleased to confirm that Mr. Peter Dent of

Vancouver, Canada will continue as musical director. Mr. Dent has conducted musical

ensembles on two tours of the Czech Republic in 1998 and again in 2002. He has developed

a close working relationship with Club Tours Agentur. Mr. Dent is well known in Canada

as both a choral conductor and a jazz musician.

In 2002, Mr. Dent�s choir, the Pacific Singers received the highest mark in this category

during the inaugural Prague International Folk Song Festival.

This summer (2003), Mr. Dent will lead over 50 registered Canadian (from Quebec to British

Columbia) and European Singers in the first "Sing to the Lord" Tour.

COST:

WINTER: CzK 18.000,- (approx. CAD 900,-)

SUMMER: CzK 26.000,- (approx. CAD 1.300,-)

Cost includes ***hotel, breakfast and either lunch or dinner with complementary beer or wine,

concerts and trip transfers, the services of a certifed guide, sight seeing fees, special events,

Moldau river boat trip "Prague by Night" and concert venues and organization.

REGISRATION AND INFO:

Club Tours Agentur cta@iol.cz

Tel: +420 284 826 608

Peter Dent peterdent@telus.net

Tel. 604-266-7650