Los Angeles Excursions

Optional Excursions Description:

September 6, Thursday Evening:
Hollywood Bowl Presents the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s rendition of Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (1869 version)

Schedule*
Bus departs Marriott at 4:00 pm
Bus arrives Hollywood Bowl at 5:30 pm
Concert begins at 8:00 pm
Bus departs Hollywood Bowl at 10:30 pm
Bus arrives Marriott 11:15 pm

Description
Rated as Pollstar Magazine's Best Major Outdoor Venue, the Hollywood Bowl is the largest natural outdoor amphitheater in the United States. The Bowl is a friendly sociable place where southern Californians gather to picnic and enjoy outstanding music under the stars. Food and beverages may be purchased at the Bowl, and picnic dinners are encouraged.

The Hollywood Bowl is the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which since its founding in 1919, has been hailed as Southern California's leading performing arts institution. Today, under the dynamic leadership of Esa-Pekka Salonen, who became the orchestra's tenth music director in 1992, the Philharmonic is recognized as one of the world's outstanding orchestras. Both at home and abroad it has, as Berliner Zeitung stated, “...proved that it belongs among the best in the United States.”

Boris Godunov (opera, 1868-72), was composed by Modest Mussorgsky, who led a turbulent life - his musical training was haphazard, he moved around frequently, and he left some of his most important works unfinished when he died from an infection brought on by alcoholism at the age of 42. As a member of the Mighty Five, a group of composers devoted to pioneering a Russian musical voice, Mussorgsky belongs among the musical nationalists of the late 19th century. He especially excelled as a composer of dramatic music for the voice, as his operas and songs confirm.

Dining under the stars has always been part of the Hollywood Bowl experience. Concert-goers are invited to bring dinner, snacks, wine and/or drinks into the Hollywood Bowl complex to eat at one of the picnic tables in the area, or at your seat. Boxed dinners will be for sale at the Marriott as you load the buses. In addition, a variety of refreshments, including hot dogs, enchiladas, chicken sandwiches, salads, snacks, soft drinks, beer, champagne, and wines, are available at concession stands located throughout the Bowl.

Since the Hollywood bowl is a located in the Los Angeles hillside, there are some moderate to steep inclines throughout the area. Electric carts, elevators and escalators are available to assist in taking you to your seat at the Hollywood Bowl. Handicap accessible seating is available upon advanced request only.

September 7, Friday Morning:
Warner Brothers VIP Studio Tour

Schedule*
Bus departs Marriott at 7:30 am
Bus arrives Warner Brothers at 8:20 am
10:40 am Free time for shopping at Studio Store and eating at the Studio Café
Warner Brothers Tour Begins at 9:00 am
11:30 pm Bus departs Warner Brothers Studio and returns to Marriott Hotel
12:30 pm Bus arrives at Marriott Hotel (in time for 1 pm Conference Opening)

Description
See “Behind-the scenes” and “into-the-scenes” of your favorite shows and movies at the world’s busiest motion picture and television studio.

Guest of the Warner Bros. Studios VIP Tour are offered a rare look into the world of entertainment. The 2 hour 15 minute tour via carts takes you through back lot streets, sound stages, set and craft shops - no two tours are ever the same.

Your personal tour guide will take you to where the action is: Walk on to a set of a hit television show, hear as Foley artist create sound effect for movies, see how sets are constructed, walk through rows and rows of costumes, watch a special effects demonstration, and the list goes on. But always, be on the lookout for a star as production is happening all around.

Attendees should plan to eat breakfast before boarding the tour bus. If necessary, please bring your own drinks and snacks on the tour bus. Boxed lunches will be available for purchase at Warner Brothers after the tour is over at the price of $12-$16/each.

There will be tight security at Warner Brothers Studio. All attendees must bring with them a valid Drivers License, State-issued Photo ID card or Passport.

September 9, Sunday Evening: 5pm
StarLine Tours of Hollywood

Schedule*

5:00 pm	Bus departs Marriott Hotel
6:15 pm	Dinner Stop at the World Famous LA Farmers Market
7:00 pm	Driving Tour of Hollywood including Grauman’s Chinese Theater, El Capitan, Egyptian, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Kodak Theater, Hollywood & Vine and Downtown sites such as Walt Disney Concert Hall, Bunker Hill and Financial District
8:30 pm	Bus arrives Marriott Hotel

Since 1935, Starline Tours of Hollywood has provided the most exciting guided tours to discover greater Los Angeles. A three hour custom-designed tour of the most famous and interesting sights in Los Angeles will be the perfect ending to your conference weekend.

The tour of the City of Angels will begin at the Los Angeles Marriott and begin by passing through Westwood village and UCLA . We continue through to Beverly Hills and past the homes of the rich and famous and onto Rodeo Drive. We continue through the heart of the city to the famed Farmers market, established in 1934, Over seventy years later, the Farmers Market is still one of the most popular sights in Los Angeles, an official Los Angeles Cultural and Historical Landmark. After a brief stop for dinner on your own at the market, we continue on to the heart of Hollywood, past the famed Grauman’s Chinese Theater, which opened in 1927 with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille’s King of Kings and is home to the Walk of Fame and handprints of the stars. We will see the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, a favorite haunt of Clark Gable, Carole Lombard and Marilyn Monroe and numerous old movie studios and famed Hollywood theaters, some of which are still in existence today including the Egyptian, El Capitan and Pantages. After passing through Hollywood and Vine, we will head through the gleaming towers of downtown Los Angeles and past the famed Frank Gehry’s Concert Hall on the way back home.

 

* Tour times are approximate and might change depending on outside factors such as traffic conditions. Please check for the final schedule in the Conference Materials upon arrival at the hotel or at the Conference Registration desk.

 

 

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