Hokkaido '03

In April of 2003, the Concord-Carlisle High School Concert Band plans to travel to Hokkaido, Japan - Japan's northernmost island and Massachusetts' sister state.   The trip will  include visits to Tokyo, Sapporo, and to Concord's sister city, Nanae, in southern Hokkaido.

      Click on Sister States and Sister Cities, at the left,
     to learn more about our relationship with Hokkaido and Nanae.

Preparation for the trip has already started. This past summer (2001),  a group of CCHS teachers flew to Japan to begin the hard work of planning the logistics of safely transporting almost 100 student musicians, and their chaperones, to various venues.

[ L to R: Ray Pavlik, Wilson Flight, Al Dentino, Tom Curtin, Susan Curtin ]

      Click on Planning Trip at the left to view more pictures of Japan and their trip.