Costs are divided into three payments, and invoices will be sent by message at the appropriate times:

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1 Dear Guild Members, February 18, 2018 The 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein s birth seems the appropriate time for the Guild to visit the Glimmerglass Festival, Cooperstown with West Side Story being one of the offerings. Our subscription covers the entire schedule for this cultural and social experience about music, theater, opera and an exploration of Cooperstown region. The Guild style is to add a few extra moments at local art venues, restaurants, historic sites, etc. We are offering a complete program for 5 days and 4 nights, arriving Thursday, August 16, and departing at noon on Monday, August 20. We will see four performances, hear novelist Margaret Atwood talk about her work and attend a new Glimmerglass venture, led by world famous baritone Thomas Hampson. We are making it easy to travel from our area by air (at your expense) and then providing coach transportation from/to Albany International airport and all the venues. And we offer two hotels at two different rates and styles. Costs are divided into three payments, and invoices will be sent by message at the appropriate times: Ø A deposit of $700 per person, described in this itinerary, is due by March 2. Ø A second payment for performance tickets is due by March 23. Ø Final payment for hotels and transportation is due June 2. We hope to fill both hotels and make a difference to the success of the Glimmerglass Festival. And remember that a $200 per person donation goes to Washington Concert Opera. Peggy Jones President, Guild for WCO Clemmer Montague Tour Organizer c.l.montague@verizon.net

2 Guild for Washington, D.C., Concert Opera Glimmerglass Festival, August 16-20, 2018 PROPOSED ITINERARY* Thursday, August 16 Arriving flights 12 noon and 12:45 p.m. Southwest and American. Unless otherwise indicated, transportation is included. Airline tickets not included. 1-1:30 p.m. Transfers from Albany airport for Otesaga Resort and Lakefront Hotels, Cooperstown. Transfers included. Lodging not included. 3:45 p.m. Depart Lakefront and Otesaga Resort Hotels for Sharon Springs. ** 4:45 p.m. Dinner at American Hotel, Sharon Springs, NY. Included. 6:30 p.m. Depart for Glimmerglass Festival. 7:30 p.m. The Cunning Little Vixen. Janácek/Tesnohlídek and Lolek Janácek s The Cunning Little Vixen will make its Glimmerglass debut in a new production directed by E. Loren Meeker with a new English translation by Kelley Rourke. The production will be choreographed by Eric Sean Fogel. In this fresh look at Janácek s woodland fable, a forester, sung by Eric Owens, stumbles upon a vixen cub and takes her home. Both have their assumptions about the world challenged. Heidi Stober will sing the role of The Vixen. Conductor Joseph Colaneri, Director E. Loren Meeker. Tickets not included. 10 p.m. Depart Glimmerglass Festival for Otesaga Resort and Lakefront Hotels. Friday, August 17 10:45 a.m. Meet at boat ramp at Lakefront Hotel for cruise on Lake Otesaga. Cruise not included. Rates vary. Not included. 12:15 p.m. Pick up at Lakefront and Otesaga Resort Hotels. Included. 1:30 p.m. Arrive at Origins Café for lunch, 558 Beaver Meadow Road. Included. 3 p.m. Pickup 558 Beaver Meadow Road and depart for Glimmerglass Festival 4 p.m. Discussion by Margaret Atwood at Glimmerglass opera. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid s Tale, makes her debut Glimmerglass appearance offering a wide-ranging talk. The Handmaid s Tale has inspired a film and an opera, and the hit television series of the same name will return for a second season in GWCO members were at the Minneapolis Opera s world premiere of the opera by this name in May 2003 with Antony Walker conducting. Tickets not included. 5:30 p.m. Festival dinner at Glimmerglass. Included 7:30 p.m. West Side Story. This hip, urban take on Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet will feature the original Jerome Robbins choreography. David Charles Abell, who made his Glimmerglass debut with a new production of Cole Porter s Kiss Me, Kate, will return to conduct. Francesca Zambello will direct the Leonard Bernstein musical with associate direction by Eric Sean Fogel. Choreographer Julio Monge, whose Broadway credits include Fosse and Jerome Robbins Broadway among others, will bring the Tony Award-winning Jerome Robbins choreography to the stage. West Side Story is a co-production with Houston Grand Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Conductor David Charles Abell, Director Francesca Zambello. Tickets not included. 10 p.m. Depart theater for Otesaga Resort and Lakefront Hotels.

3 Saturday, August 18 *****morning times are tentative now 10 a.m. Showtalk w/james B. Stewart, NY Times columnist, Otesaga Resort Hotel, Tickets $25. Your choice. Not included. 9:45 a.m. Pickup Lakefront and Otesaga Hotels for Glimmerglass Festival. Included. 11 a.m. Lunch with Francesca, followed by Glimmerglass tour. Included. 2 p.m. Depart Glimmerglass Festival for Otesaga Resort and Lakefront Hotels. Free time 5 p.m. Pick up Lakefront and Otesaga Hotels to depart for Glimmerglass Festival. 6 p.m. Picnic with guests. Included 8 p.m. Silent Night. Kevin Puts/Mark Campbell. Observing the centenary of the end of World War I, Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell s Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night will take the stage, telling the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 when Scottish, French and German soldiers came together in the holiday spirit during a legendary ceasefire. Tomer Zvulun, the General and Artistic Director of Atlanta Opera, will make his Glimmerglass debut as director. Conductor Nicole Paiement, Director Tomer Zvulun. Tickets not included. 10 p.m. Depart Glimmerglass Festival for Otesaga Resort and Lakefront Hotels. Sunday, August noon Pick up Lakefront, then Otesaga Hotels to depart for Glimmerglass Festival. 1:30 p.m. Barber of Seville. Gioachino Rossini/Cesare Sterbini. Rossini s comic bel canto masterpiece The Barber of Seville will be presented in a production directed by Francesca Zambello and conducted by Glimmerglass Festival Music Director Joseph Colaneri. Figaro Joshua Hopkins, Rosina Emily D'Angelo, Count Almaviva David Walton, Doctor Bartolo Dale Travis. I think you all know the story very well. Tickets not included. 5:15 p.m. Thomas Hampson: Beyond Liberty. The legendary American baritone Thomas Hampson brings a theatrical performance of American song to communities across the country. Under the dramaturgy and direction of Francesca Zambello, and in collaboration with writer Royce Vavrek, Hampson will premiere this project at the 2018 Glimmerglass Festival. Following its premiere August 19, the theatrical performance exploring the American experience will travel to all 50 states. Songs are the poetry of American history. The stories told through Beyond Liberty are a diary of the American experience. Tickets not included. 7 p.m. Dinner at local restaurant TBA. Transportation from Glimmerglass to restaurant and dinner, both included. We will not return to the hotels until after dinner. 9:30 p.m. Depart restaurant for Otesaga Resort and Lakefront Hotels. Monday, August 20 9:15 a.m. Check out of hotels and load bus with luggage. Pickup at Lakefront, then Otesaga Hotels for departure to Albany International Airport for noon departures. Transfer included. Or you are on your own for further explore the Cooperstown area. *See What does it cost and how do we pay for all? for definition of what s included and not included. * Subject to change. **All pickups begin at Lakefront Hotel then Otesaga Resort. Reverse for dropping off.

4 What does it cost and how do we pay for all? It s about time the Guild for Washington Concert Opera paid a visit to the artistic and general director Francesca Zambello s summer home at the Glimmerglass Festival. From August 16-20, we become a part of an exclusive group of music lovers who appreciate world-class performing arts and the welcoming, relaxed atmosphere of the Glimmerglass experience. Our subscription is more than just a few tickets: it s a cultural and social experience about music, theater, opera and a getaway to the scenic Cooperstown region. As usual we add the Guild s touch with wonderful venues at local restaurants and sights as well as share lunch with the Festival s artistic and general director. In addition, the Guild for Washington Concert Opera now has status as a New York state tax exempt nonprofit - the Guild does not pay taxes on services; however, in the case of the Otesaga and Lakefront Hotels, the Guild must collect the costs of the hotel in advance. (Gratuities are not included at the Otesaga.) Uber or Lyft services are in Cooperstown as of late 2017 summer. Cost is $950 per person ($1,000 for nonmembers). This includes: four dinners, two lunches and a $200 tax deductible nonrefundable donation to Washington Concert Opera, and all transportation including transfers from/to Albany airport and to all events as listed. Cost for those who do not use airport transfers is $900 per person ($950 per person for nonmembers) and includes all the above except airport transfers only. Not included are: hotels, tickets to opera performances, boat ride, a talk, a concert and the show talk. These are purchased separately based on your choice of seats, performances and hotel. A nonrefundable deposit of $700 ($750 for nonmembers) per person is due by March 2. The deposit covers the donation, hotel and bus deposits. An invoice for tickets will be distributed once we know guests choices, due March 23. An invoice for the remainder of the costs (bus and hotel) will be sent out in May, due June 8. Please indicate your choice for airport transfers from/to the Albany International Airport. We/I will use transfers from/to the Albany International Airport on August 16 and 20. We/I will not use airport transfers. Please indicate your choices and the number in your party: Tour tickets (Seats are based on availability.) Due with March 2 $700 per person x number in your party (deposit) =$ $750 per person x (non-members) (deposit) =$ Glimmerglass Festival tickets. August 16-20, 2018 (See attached seat chart.) Due March 23. Seats Cost Number Total (Seat choices are based on availability at time of booking.) The Cunning Little Vixen, Thursday, August 16 7:30 p.m. Level I $119 each x =$ 5 seats Level II $101 each x =$ 9 seats Discussion with Margaret Atwood, Friday, August 17 4 p.m. Level III $80 each x =$ 20 seats West Side Story Friday, August 17 7:30 p.m. Level II $101 each x =$ 14 seats Silent Night, Saturday, August 18 8 p.m. Level II $101 each x =$ 14 seats The Barber of Seville, Sunday, August 19 1:30 p.m. Level III $ 79 each x =$ 20 seats Thomas Hampson Beyond Liberty, Sunday, August 19 5:15 p.m. Level III $40 each x =$ 20 seats

5 Lakefront Hotel with breakfast/gratuities (no taxes) 10 rooms available Due June 8. 3 rooms 2 people 2 queen beds 2 nd $270 per night x (number nights) = $ 2 rooms 2 people 2 queen beds 1st $270 per night x (number nights) = $ 2 rooms w/king bed, 1st floor One person $215 x (number nights) = $ Two people $227 x (number nights) = $ I WANT TO SHARE A ROOM WITH At Otesaga or Lakefront Hotel. (Circle hotel choice.) TOTAL COST: Operas/lecture/concert, tour, hotel x =$ Cancellation: Some refunds may apply. All hotel cancellation policies and penalties apply. Cancellations must be in writing or by message. To be announced later. Guild for Washington, D.C., Concert Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, August 16-20, 2018 Application for the tour and tickets: We are/i am a Guild member. We are/i am not a Guild member. Please indicate your choices and return the application form with a check payable to: Guild for WCO by March 2 for deposit of $700 ($750 for nonmembers) per person. Or you may confirm your reservation by and follow with a check. Invoices for the final payment for the tour, all events and the hotel room will be sent later this spring with a final payment due June 2. Write a check and mail with the application form to: Guild for WCO Ingrid Meyer 9520 Sagamore Spring Road Great Falls, VA Imeyer11@me.com We ask that you provide your mailing address and address for office use. NAME(S) Address: City State ZIP Preferred for contact: Telephone: Home: Cell Cancellation policies/responsibilities will follow. Highly recommend purchase of travel insurance. For Guild use only: Date check received: Check number THESE ARE ESTIMATED COSTS ONLY BASED ON EARLY RESEARCH. Refer any questions about the trip to Clemmer Montague, c.l.montague@verizon.net,