C.W. Post Department of Music

Concert Tour 2006. Spain and France

Long Island University • C.W. Post Campus • School of Visual and Performing Arts

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Agenda for May 24

From the Tour Itinerary

7:30 a.m.	Breakfast at hotel
8:45 a.m.	Board coach and depart Padres
9:00 a.m.	A short stop will be made at the Abbey of St. Miguel de Cuixa where the annual music festival in honor of Pau Casals is held. The Abbot will welcome the tour
9:30 a.m.	Reboard coach and continue on
12:00 p.m.	Arrive in Carcassonne. The perfectly restored citadel offers a glimpse into life during the Middle Ages. Walk together into the "Cite," an enclave of medieval buildings surrounded by a moat and 52 stone towers. Free time for independent lunch
2:30 p.m.	Reboard coach and continue on
5:30 p.m.	A stop will be made at the famous Roman aqueduct, the Pont du Gard. This 2,000-year-old structure was in continuous use, transporting water from a source near Uzes to the city of Nîmes, for 400-500 years.
6:30 p.m.	Reboard coach and continue on to hotel located in a recreated hilltop village (with beautiful views, swimming pool and golf course)
7:30 p.m.	Check into rooms
8:30 p.m.	Dinner at the holiday village

Links

• About Prades
• Pictures of Prades
• About the Abbey of St. Miguel de Cuixa (Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa)
• Pau Casals Foundation
• A Portrait of Pablo Casals
• About Carcassonne. More... And more... And more
• La Cité de Carcassonne
• About the Pont du Gard (Look for the English version link in the top right corner)

Notes

• Artifacts from the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa are housed at The Cloisters in New York City
• Carcassone is a board game named after the town the tour is visiting today
• Pont du Gard is a Roman aqueduct close to the city of Nîmes, in southern France. Standing just under 49 m (160 ft) above the Gard River, it is the highest of all Roman aqueducts and one of the greatest and best-preserved pieces of Roman architecture in France. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved

Department of Music
C.W. Post Campus
Long Island University
720 Northern Boulevard
Brookville, NY 11548
(516) 299-2474
music@cwpost.liu.edu
C. Culver, Chairman