BOC Cruise XII
"Nuts About Ringing"
January 6 – 13, 2013
Destination: Southern Caribbean
Clinician: Fred Gramann
Holland America;
ms Westerdam
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Date |
Port |
Arrive |
Depart |
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Jan 6, 2013 |
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5:00 PM |
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Jan 7, 2013 |
8:00 AM |
3:00 PM |
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Jan 8, 2013 |
At Sea |
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Jan 9, 2013 |
1:00 PM |
11:00 PM |
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Jan 10, 2013 |
8:00 AM |
5:00 PM |
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Jan 11, 2013 |
At Sea |
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Jan 12, 2013 |
At Sea |
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Jan 13, 2013 |
7:00 AM |
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Fred Gramann is a native of Washington state where he began organ studies with Dr. Edward Hansen of Seattle. He earned organ performance degrees from Syracuse University and the University of Michigan, moving to Paris in 1972 for organ study with Marie-Claire Alain and Maurice Duruflé. Since 1976, he has been Director of Music at the American Church in Paris where he is organist and conducts the Adult Choir, the ACP Bronze Ringers, and the Celebration Ringers. Fred also organizes the weekly Sunday evening classical concert series. Fred started the handbell program at the American Church in 1981 with two octaves of handbells. The program has grown to include three choirs performing on over 20 octaves of handbells and Choirchimes. He has numerous choral and handbell works published in the United States and is the Honorary Associate Director of the Raleigh Ringers of North Carolina, co-conductor for the yearly European Handbell Festival, and director for the Festival Choir at the International Handbell Symposium in Liverpool in 2012 |
Cabin prices start at $999.70 per person and include
all Bells of the Cascades’ activities, a hosted cocktail party,
all meals and entertainment aboard the ship, and all taxes and port charges.
Book by January 31, 2012 and you’ll receive $10
shipboard credit per person for an Outside Cabin,
$15 shipboard credit per person for a Verandah Cabin, and
$20 shipboard credit per person for a Deluxe Suite.
Reserve your cabin with a deposit of $600 per person. Final Payment is due by October 1, 2012.
For questions and inquiries, call 800-888-7025, email bells@azumano.com or cruise-info@bellsofthecascades.org