Rhapsody Rotorua

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                      Rhapsody Rotorua
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                      Rhapsody Rotorua
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                      Rhapsody Rotorua

The Concept

Since its launch in 2001, Rhapsody Rotorua has become New Zealand’s premier youth music festival. Over 800 music enthusiasts from schools across Australia and New Zealand descend on Rotorua for this week-long festival celebrating music and some of the most thrilling adventure activities on offer.

Give your students the most exciting performance travel opportunity in the world! Rhapsody Rotorua will stimulate their musical development through performance, adjudication and professional coaching, whilst immersing them in the adrenaline-fueled activities of the North Island’s adventure capital. Picture your students walking through the enchanting, rolling hills of Hobbiton, build confidence as they perform in front of a live audience and create friendships, skills and memories to last a lifetime.

Check out the 2024 Rhapsody Rotorua wrap up video here.

Itinerary Day By Day

DAY 1: AUCKLAND - ROTORUA

Arrive in Auckland, board your coach and travel south to Rotorua.

DAY 2: ROTORUA

Begin your exciting Rotorua adventure. Today's program will include:

Your first performance, adjudication or workshop at a local school.

Visit the Hobbiton movie set for a guided sightseeing tour. Be entertained by your guide with tales of what went on during filming and how director Peter Jackson created illusions through the camera. End your tour at the Green Dragon Pub

Visit the Agrodome for a fun and educational world-famous show. Learn all about the various breeds of sheep of New Zealand and visit the Farmyard Nursery.

Tonight enjoy the Welcome Gala event, with dinner, presentations and a dance party.

DAY 3: ROTORUA

Today's program will include:

Performance, adjudication or workshop at a local school.

After lunch enjoy your first public concert.

Join your fellow classmates for your first honours specialist group rehearsal.

Tonight you will enjoy a Maori Cultural Experience and Hangi Feast. A powerful ceremony welcomes you onto sacred grounds and into a Maori village. Whilst here, experience the Wero (challenge), the Whaikorero (speeches) and the Hongi (greeting), pressing of noses. Learn the history of these proud people and enjoy the song, dance, poi and haka of the Maori. Dinner will be a buffet cooked the Maori way in a "Hangi" (a feast cooked beneath the ground on hot stones).

DAY 4: ROTORUA

Today's program will include:

Visit the iconic Skyline Rotorua for a gondola ride to the top for magnificent views (includes 3 luge rides). Visit the Jelly Belly Room and pick out your favourites along with enjoying the art gallery featuring jelly beans.

Performance, adjudication or workshop at a local school.

Join your fellow classmates for your second honours specialist group rehearsal.

After dinner perform at your second live public concert.

DAY 5: ROTORUA

Today's program will include:

Clinic Workshop 1 - choose from a list supplied by the music director.

Join your fellow classmates for your third honours specialist group rehearsal.

Clinic Workshop 2 - choose from a list supplied by the music director.

After dinner perform at your final public concert.

DAY 6: ROTORUA

Enjoy your last full day in Rotorua.Today's program will include:

Adrenaline rush experience at Velocity Valley with your choice of activities - will it be the Agrojet, Swoop, Shweeb Racer or the Freefall Xtreme.

Visit a geothermal reserve for a guided tour.

Return to Skyline Rotorua for a delicious dinner and Presentation Evening, then end your night with your new friends at an Evening Dance Party.

DAY 7: ROTORUA - AUSTRALIA

After your final breakfast in Rotorua, it's time to say goodbye to New Zealand as you board your flight back home.

Optional Auckland extension - extend your tour and spend the night in Auckland.

DAY 8 OPTIONAL EXTENSION: AUCKLAND - AUSTRALIA

Depart Auckland and return home.

Inclusions
  • Return economy airfares including prepaid taxes and charges
  • 6 nights accommodation
  • Adjudications, workshops, clinics and performances
  • Entrance fees where applicable
Have questions about the itinerary for the Rhapsody Rotorua tour? Need pricing info? Want to better understand how this tour could work for your students? The G.E.T Educational Tours team is happy to help! To get started, reach out to our experienced tour consultants.

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