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Itinerary Southside High School Band St. Patrick’s Day Parade - Chicago, IL March 12 –15, 2020 Day 1 Thursday, March 12, 2020 – Travel Day / Connie’s Pizza 5:00 am Meet at Southside Bandroom Meeting & load buses

First Class Charter – 931-762-5778 6:00 am Depart Southside High School for Chicago, IL USE THE BATHROM BEFORE WE LEAVE!

Pack a snack for the bus. 12:00 pm Lunch – Clarksville, IL (included)

Golden Corral, 1402 Cedar Street, Clarksville, IN – Mgr. Todd Schoene 812-258-2540

1:00 pm Depart for Downer’s Grove 7:00 pm Dinner at Connie’s Pizza

2373 S. Archer Avenue Chicago – 312-326-3443

9:00 pm Arrive at hotel *about 25 mi to downtown Doubletree Downer’s Grove 2111 Butterfield Road, Downers Grove, IL 630-971-2000 – Jose Camacho

Bus 1 is reserved for all equipment needed for the parade. Luggage will be loaded underneath buses 2 & 3

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Day 2 Friday, March 13, 2020 – Explore Chicago 7:00 am Breakfast at hotel (included) 8:30 AM Depart Chicago Zoo 9:30 AM Lincoln Park Zoo,

2001 North Clark Street, Chicago 312-742-2000

11: 00 AM Depart for photo ops at The Bean

Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St. Chicago, IL 60601 and

1:00 pm Depart for Water Tower Place – (cash given for lunch)

Water Tower Place for Shopping - $15.00 3:00 pm Depart Water Tower Place 4:00 pm Blue Man Group (backstage passes + on stage performance)

6:30 pm Dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe (included) 63 W. Ontario St., Chicago, IL – 312-943-2252

8:30 pm Sears Tower

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Day 3 Saturday, March 14, 2020 – Performance / Dinner Cruise 7:00 am Breakfast at hotel (included)

(Jason’s Deli – deliver meals to hotel/buses at 8:30/9/00 AM. Put meals and bottle water Underneath the buses for lunch)

8:00 am Depart for Field Museum,

1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago 312-665-7300

9:00 am Arrive at Field Museum 9:30 am Performance Field Museum 10:00 - Museum 12:00 PM 12:30 PM Depart for Adler Planetarium,

1300 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605 1:00 PM Arrive at Adler Planetarium Chicago

This time period will be done on site according to how long it takes the group To do a group photo. 4:00 pm Depart for Navy Pier 6:30 pm Board the Odyssey - 10:00 pm Dinner Cruise on Lake Michigan

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Day 4 Sunday, March 15, 2020 – Travel Day 6:30 am Breakfast at hotel (included) / Check Out

7:30 am Depart for home 1:30 pm (EST) Lunch – Clarksville, IL (included)

Golden Corral, 1402 Cedar Street, Clarksville, IN – Mgr. Todd Schoene 812-258-2540

2:30 am (EST) Depart for home

7:30 pm (CST) Approx. arrive home

(extra time is added for rest stops)