Ballet tours

Hi Everyone!

Did you know that you can travel with a group of Ballet lovers, go on a tour devoted to Ballet?

It’s true.

Travel for music lovers

A quick survey of the web will confirm that several companies offer specialized travel for music lovers: ballet tours, opera tours, jazz tours, and all kinds of classical music tours. You can join a group with your focus, travel together and catch special performances which you can then all talk about.

Tours en l’air

Tours en l’air takes you to Ballet Performances all around the world with your knowledgeable escort, Katherine Barber. She plans amazing itineraries for Ballet Lovers, accompanies and guides the tour group to fabulous locations, into famous opera houses, to the best seats in the house to watch beautiful ballets. Sometimes the group can go to a rehearsal. Informative talks and discussions ensure that you get the most out of your experience.

Travel arranged

CWT Victor Travel and Katherine Barber take care of all the details. No worries. You can have your whole trip arranged: your flights, transfers, hotels, sightseeing, dinners, and of course the best seats in the house at the performances. And, Katherine is there to guide you.

Katherine Barber

Katherine Barber is a balletomane. She’s crazy about ballet, and can talk about it from the perspective of the audience or from inside the tutu because she also loves to dance ballet. She takes ballet classes and teaches ballet history and ballet appreciation courses in Toronto, when she’s not travelling to London, Paris, New York, etc. Check out her travel plans at http://toursenlair.blogspot.com/.

Canada’s Word Lady

You might know Katherine Barber better as Canada’s Word Lady. Katherine was probably first called “The Word Lady” around 1996 when she started her regular segment on word history on CBC radio. She’s an expert on English. She is a best-selling author, writes for the Toronto Star, and is a busy speaker, giving talks on the English Language and Canadian English specifically.

It’s all about me

I run into Katherine sometimes at Victor Travel, and Katherine was a special guest at one of my Reading Group meetings. We were discussing The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, by Simon Winchester. Katherine was the editor of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, so she had a unique perspective and great stories.

I studied Linguistics and taught ESL (English as a Second Language) for many years, so that was a thrill for me. I was on the edge of my seat.

Then, I found out that we have something else in common. Katherine sings! She’s an alto in a choir in Toronto. Now, looking at her blogs, I’ve discovered more. We both speak English, French and German.

And the choir: YRCC travelling?

Steve, Heather, and I were talking about arranging a choir “field trip”. We don’t travel to enter competitions like some choirs, but we can go on a musical outing. Why don’t we arrange a trip? We could get a bus, plan some sightseeing and go and see a musical, or a concert with a group discount. Steve recommended going to Stratford to see Jesus Christ Superstar. What do you think?

I think it’s a great idea. We’ll talk about it at our AGM.

Yours in harmony,

 Renate