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FEBRUARY 2008 FIELD TRIPS
REMINDER: You must sign up for all field trips. Please refer to our policy page.
A Visit with Great Presidents
FOREST LAWN — HOLLYWOOD HILLS
DATE: Thursday, February 7, 2008
TIME: 10:30 AM
COST: FREE
PLACE: 6300 Forest Lawn Dr., Los Angeles...from Ventura (134) Fwy.,
exit Forest Lawn Dr. (this location is west of Griffith Park).
Meet President Thomas Jefferson in person. Then, meet President Abraham Lincoln
in person. Learn about their presidencies and the important affairs of the nation at
the time of their service.
EDUCATIONAL VALUE: United States History, Government
40 students + adults
Los Angeles Opera
“Otello” (dress rehersal)
DATE: Thursday, February 14, 2008
TIME: 7:30 PM (Plan to be there early!) Duration: approx. 3 hrs 15 min. incl.
2 intermissions
AGE: Appropriate for grades 7-12 (see synopsis) below
PLACE: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90012
COST: Free (If you don’t show up you will be hunted down and your name will
be MUD!)
EIE Opera Club has been offered 15 tickets to a dress rehearsal of Otello by
Giuseppe Verdi (from the play by Shakespeare). This is an amazing opportunity
for students to see a full scale opera by a world class opera comp any for
free!
SYNOPSIS: From the opening tempest scene to the spine tingling finish, Verdi’s
transformation of the original Shakespeare play crackles with theatrical electricity and
incandescent intensity. When the evil Iago cleverly exploits Otello’s obsessive
jealousy, the Moor’s innocent wife Desdemona is blindsided in the explosive dramatic
friction. This musical portrait of Otello’s descent into a tortured heart of darkness is
explitit in every chilling detail—you’ll feel the Moor’s temples throb with Vesuvian rage
and hear the blood boiling in his veins as he destroys all in life that he holds dear.
EDUCATIONAL VALUE: Fine Arts, Music, Literature, History, Cultures
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
By Children’s Theatre Experience
DATE: Friday, February 15, 2008
TIME: 8:45 AM — 11:00 AM
COST: $6.00 per person
PLACE: San Gabriel Civic Auditorium
DIRECTIONS: Take the Sierra Madre Bl. Exit from the 210 Frwy; go south past
Huntington Drive, where its name changes to Santa Anita. Follow Santa Anita south
(go right at the Y in the road) past Las Tunas to Mission Drive. Turn R on Mission to
the parking lot.
PARKING: Free
EDUCATIONAL VALUE: Music, Literature, Theater
40seats
Rancho Santa Ana
BOTANIC GARDEN TOUR
DATE: Tuesday, February 19, 2008
TIME: 9:30 AM
COST: $4.00 per student (adults and toddlers free)
PLACE: 1500 N. College Avenue, Claremont CA 91711
DIRECTIONS: Take the 210 Freeway to the Towne Ave. Exit. Go South to Foothill
Blvd. Turn Left on Foothill to College Ave. Turn L. on College and go North to the
Gardens.
A Sense of California: Introductory Tour of the Garden. A bountiful treasure of native
plant life reflects the diversity of California’s natural landscape. Our Garden
showcases many of the state’s unique plants and their distinctive habitats. The
Garden is also a dynamic place, constantly changing with the cool and heat of the
day, the dry and wet seasons, the cycles of flowering plants, the migration of birds,
and any number of infinite transformations in nature that come with the predictable
cycle of seasons. This introductory tour of the Garden is for students of all ages and
caters specifically to their sense of wonder and desire for knowledge about California’
s natural heritage.
MEET THE OSCARS
An Exhibition of 50 Golden Statuettes
DATE: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
TIME: 9:45 AM
COST: FREE! (Don’t you dare be a no show!)
PLACE: Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center: 6801 Hollywood Blvd.,
Los Angeles 90028. Exhibit is on the fourth level.
DIRECTIONS: Exit 101 Frwy at Hollywood Blvd.. Go W to Highland.
TOUR DESCRIPTION: This private tour of the Oscars exhibit will give students a
glimpse behind the scenes in Hollywood. On display will be the actual Oscars that will
be handed out at the 80th Academy Awards ceremony. Students will be able to view
and photograph the 50 golden statuettes—and even pick one up. Also on display will
be the Oscar designated for the recipient of this year’s Honorary Award, legendary
production designer Robert Boyle; the Oscars given to director Frank Borzage and
screenwriter Benjamin Glazer for their work on 7th Heaven (1927); and the miniature
Oscar presented to Judy Garland for her outstanding performance as a screen
juvenile in 1939, the year she appeared in The Wizard of Oz. “Meet the Oscars”
offers visitors an opportunity to find out more about the Academy Awards and the
dozens of artists and craftsmen who earned them.
EDUCATIONAL VALUE: History, Theater Arts