Recently, Super Holiday Tours took a North Carolina group to California, traveling from toe to tip across the Golden State. Across eight days of travel, the Union Academy Charter School’s wind ensemble experienced as much as they could in California, including theme...

Traveling to a big city is an exciting and unique opportunity, but of course, it comes with its own challenges. Issues like theft, health and keeping track of each other are made more difficult by large crowds and public transport, so it takes a bit of extra...

Band, chorus, orchestra—Simpson Middle School does it all. Despite being three separate classes and performing ensembles, the Simpson Music Department is one big family, and they collaborate whenever possible. Recently, that collaboration took the form of a group trip...

In 2023, festivals and venues are back in full-force, ready for student groups to come perform in parades, on stages and anywhere else they can. Whether you have a choir, marching band or youth symphony, this is the year to push your students to be their best and put...

As a veteran and career educator, Wesley Locke knows the importance of student travel. Locke’s been taking students to Washington, DC since 1999, meaning his connection to Super Holiday Tours goes back nearly 25 years. Now principal of Spring Creek Charter School in...

Your students have likely spent hours and hours perfecting their competition orchestral pieces. When the time comes to take your performance on the road, don’t let silly mistakes stand in the way. Though traveling with musical instruments can be stressful, it doesn’t...

This March, Super Holiday Tours is taking two groups on special St. Patrick’s Day trips in two different countries. At the high school level, the Riverview High School Kiltie Band is a unique ensemble from Sarasota, Florida that consists of over 200 students,...

Chaperones are a crucial part of any school trip—one teacher simply can’t keep track of dozens of excited and energized students. That said, you don’t always get to pick who your chaperones are, unless you’re lucky enough to have a flood of volunteers. So before you...

For 18 years, Jason Richins has led the band at Dodge City High School, and he’s not planning on leaving anytime soon. What began as a local job offer fresh out of college in 2005 has turned into a career-long legacy, and now Richins and his wife have really invested...