Every day in Global Reach™ is different from the other as we invite our participants to take part of several interesting experiences. The schedule therefore changes from year to year, but you can check out two samples of what typical days in Global Reach™ look like.
A TYPICAL DAY - SAMPLE ONE:
book arts, the Mississippi River, and an evening with a cowboy musician!
8:00 am
9:00 am
9:30 am
11:45 am
1:00 pm
1:45 pm
3:30 pm
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
6:45 pm
7:30 pm
8:15 pm
Buffet Breakfast
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Outlining the day’s itinerary and drawing English vocabulary words for the day
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Center for Book Arts: introduction to paper making, paper marbling, pop-up books, and accordion books
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Travel to Harriet Island for a picnic lunch on the banks of the Mississippi River
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Presentation on the history of the Mississippi River and what it meant to the growth and development of the United States
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Board the Jonathan Paldelford Riverboat for a 90-minute narrated cruise as we travel up river through the heavily wooded Great River National Park - an area steeped in the history of early Minnesota and its settlers
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Visit the Cathedral of Saint Paul
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Return to the dorm: free time
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English language games
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Dinner
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Games outside
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Pop Wagner and “The Art of the Lariat”, a hands-on workshop in which students learn trick roping as well as Western history. Pop will give everyone an opportunity to try a bit of cowboy rope twirling.
A TYPICAL DAY - SAMPLE TWO:
international visual arts and international folk dancing
8:00 am
9:00 am
9:15 am
9:30 am
12:15 pm
1:00 pm
2:15 pm
4:15 pm
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5:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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7:15 pm
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9:30 pm
Buffet Breakfast
Outlining the day’s itinerary and drawing English vocabulary words for the day
Leave for Center for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Exploring the Museum - The MIA inspires wonder with extraordinary exhibitions and one of the finest wide-ranging art collections in the country. From Monet to Matisse, Asian to African, 40,000-year-old artifacts to world-famous masterpieces, the MIA links the past to the present and enables global conversations.
Lunch in the park
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Travel to the Weisman Art Museum - Housed in a striking stainless steel and brick building designed by architect Frank Gehry, the Weisman Art Museum offers an educational and friendly museum experience. The museum’s collection features early twentieth-century American artists, such as Georgia O’Keeffe and Marsden Hartley, as well as a diverse selection of ceramics and contemporary art. A teaching museum for the U of M and the community, the Weisman provides a fresh, engaging arts experience through an array of programs and a changing
schedule of exhibitions.
Tour The University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis Campus
Return to the dorm
Dinner
Leave for Tapestry Folk Dance Center’s International Folk Dance Evening: discover heritage and dance roots! International folk dances teach ethnic dances from around the world including Eastern Europe, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Armenia, Scandinavia, Brittany, East Asia and a little English Country. We encourage dancers to try out dances by following the leader. The dance instructors are talented and experienced teachers. Tapestry’s mission is “To create opportunities for participating in the joys of dance and music from around the world.”
Return to dorm and English language games
CULTURAL LEARNING
Global Reach™ participants enjoy a wide range of activities selected to entertain, educate, stimulate, and challenge. Sounds of Hope, Ltd. projects are justly famous for our unique and popular Getting-To-Know-You™ (GTKY™) sessions. There's no typical GTKY™. One night, you might find yourself sitting with all your friends in front of a giant pile of candies from countries worldwide. Taking turns with the other kids, you close your eyes, reach in, take a candy, unwrap it, pop it in your mouth, and then try to guess the country of origin. Sweet but spicy and hot? Does that mean Mexico? Or is that just a stereotype of Mexican food? On another day, your roommates and you might be challenged to invent a short play based on a folk tale from one of your roommates’ countries and then present it to the other kids. On another night, the GTKY™ might be an inventive game looking at some causes of cultural differences. On another night, there's a wild and crazy cultural scavenger hunt.
TRAVEL EVENTS
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Global Reach™ enjoys the benefit of being located in the middle of a large, culturally vibrant metropolitan area. Songs of Hope™ participants have many chances to take advantage of different offerings in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area.
Each summer's project includes offerings like:
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The world-famous Science Museum of Minnesota
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Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
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The Walker Art Center
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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The Guthrie Theatre
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The Minnesota History Center
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Cathedral of St. Paul
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Minnesota Capital Building
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Prairie Island Mdewakanton Sioux
Pow-wow
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Dragon Boat Festival
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Uptown Art Festival
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Shakespeare in the Park series
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Minnesota Center for Book Arts
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University of Minnesota Raptor Center
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Como Zoo
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The Minnesota Zoo
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The Minnesota Museum of American Art
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Lark Toy Store
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The National Eagle Center
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Minnesota Twins professional baseball game
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Minnesota Thunder professional soccer
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The Weisman Art Museum (University of Minnesota)
and many others!