OnTheRoad--Musical Events Charter Bus Trips by VIVA La Musica!, Ajijic, Jalisco, MX

¡VIVA! sponsors bus trips to concerts of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra in the beautifully restored Degollado Theater in Guadalajara. Under the artistic direction of Maestro Héctor Guzmán, the JPO offers three concert seasons of five to seven weeks in the periods: January-March, June-July, and October-December.

Bus trips are generally scheduled for Friday evenings. The charter bus departs at 4:30 p.m. from Farmacia Guadalajara in Ajijic and stops for a no-host dinner at one of the finer restaurants in Guadalajara. After the concert, the bus arrives back in Ajijic around 11:30 p.m.

These bus trips are announced in the monthly member's newsletter, and are usually fully booked within a short time after they are announced. Seat reservations are made by email or by phone reservation. Payment is made at specified times at the Tickets, Etc. booth at the Lake Chapala Society or by special arrangement with Marshall Krantz.

From time to time charter bus trips are offered to musical events in other cities such as Colima, Aguascalientes and Guanajuato.

Viva la Música Bus Trip
Querétaro - Guanajuato - Cervantino Festival
Six Days, October 18-24, 2008
(Click here for complete itinerary)

There are still some seats available for this 6-day tour to the Festival Cervantino in Guanajuato, also visiting Queretero and Leon, leaving Saturday, October 18th and returning Friday, October 24th. There is something for everyone with the three performances we’ll be seeing – a big orchestra/choral performance with the Kullervo Male Choir of Finand – anyone who knows about choral music knows how terrific the Scandinavian vocal ensembles can be… then there’s a concert of traditional danzon music of Cuba and the Yucatan – think Buena Vista Social Club if you aren’t familiar with these musical forms! Then, last but not least, for the dance fanatics among us, a performance by the world-renowned Pilobolus, one of the most interesting and provocative of all the contemporary dance companies to have toured worldwide since the 1970’s…The price is $7,400 pesos per person, double occupancy. Call President Rosemary Keeling at 766-1801 to reserve.