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What's happening in Saint Paul? Here is the lastest and greatest information to help you develop new ideas for group travel to Saint Paul.

The Saint Paul Convention and Visitors Bureau has recently published its first Saint Paul Itineraries Guide, a 12-page booklet providing professional travel planners several comprehensive themed itineraries as well as helpful planning tips, Saint Paul trivia and a map of the city. The Itineraries Guide brings tours to life with several gorgeous color images of attractions featured in each itinerary and also suggests the best times of year to plan specific itineraries to tie in with related special events or to experience ideal weather conditions. Themed itineraries include Mississippi River Adventure, Hoodlums, Caves and Courtrooms, Pioneers and Pow Wows, Tracks of Saint Paul, as well as a budget tour, classic Saint Paul tour and a quirky tour of lesser-known, unique facilities. Contact us today, to receive your free copy!

The big news in Saint Paul this year is Garrison Keillor preview tickets for group tours. A Prairie Home Companion is the popular National Public Radio variety program hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show is broadcast live each week from the Fitzgerald Theatre in Saint Paul. The program features an array of live music, old-time radio comedy skits, and Keillor's signature monologue on news from the fictional hometown of Lake Wobegon. Friday night preview tickets will now become available to groups. The available shows will begin Friday, September 23rd and continue every Friday through November 25th. The finishing touches are almost in place and if you would like to have your name added to my Prairie Home Companion info list, please reply to this email. I will send you up-to-date information as soon as things are final.

Mannheim Steamroller at the Xcel Energy Center
November 26, 2005. Celebrate the holiday season with a sound, light and video extravaganza combining the best of high technology with America's most cherished holiday tradition.

Old Fashioned Holiday Bazaar at the Landmark Center
December 1-3, 2005. Finish your holiday shopping while enjoying beautiful Landmark Center. More than 80 exhibitors featuring gift items, all hand-crafted by the area's finest artists.

A Tuna Christmas at the Minnesota Centennial Showboat
December, 2005. With 24 hours before comic mayhem ensues, two actors portray all the residents of Tuna, Texas. Their escapades include a disastrous production of "The Christmas Carol," a yard decorating contest and a mysterious Christmas Phantom. This is one that will leave your group laughing right in to the New Year!

Smucker's Stars on Ice at the Xcel Energy Center
January 28, 2006. Some of the greatest skaters in history have performed with this tour through the years and you will want to share in the memories during this special 20^th anniversary season.

Bklyn at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
June 20-25, 2006. From the heart of Brooklyn comes a band of soulful street-corner singers and storytellers. With a mix of pop and soul, they set the stage and tell a wondrous sidewalk fairy tale about a young girl searching for fame and the father she never knew. The new musical BROOKLYN is unlike anything you've heard before.

Wicked at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis
July 12-23, 2006. Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years. When WICKED opened on Broadway, it worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. The show went on to win 15 major awards, including a Grammy® and three Tony Awards®. Today, WICKED is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster."

Inner-City Opera at the Great American History Theatre
March 11-April 9, 2006. An all new reworking of the 1996 hit Inner-City Opera. This new version is based on a completely new book from which composer J.D. Steele developed some of the best musical theater moments for the History Theatre. Young writers' real life stories are transformed into a musical quilt pulsing with the rhythms and life in the Inner-City.

Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park
The Como Conservatory is the largest glass-domed garden in the region. The garden occupies approximately one-half acre under glass and includes the seasonal Como Ordway Memorial Japanese Garden as well as an Enchanted Garden and Frog Pond. First opened in 1915, the conservatory has received several honors. In 1974 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and today welcomes nearly 400,000 visitors annually. A perfect spot for any group tour!

Your Own FAM
Have you been to the Saint Paul area in the past 2 or 3 years? If you haven't you'll be amazed at all the changes. Tour Operators are busy people, we know that and want to be as accommodating as possible. If you are interested in bringing a group tour to our area and have a free weekend, a day during the week or just have some free time and would like to see our area, the Saint Paul CVB will be happy to show you around! No invitations, no fancy schedule, just your own personal FAM tour. Call to qualify today!

Experience Saint Paul and have a good day!

For more details on any of the above activities and other ideas here in Saint Paul, please call Mark Dziuk, group sales manager at (800) 627-6101 ext. 4906 or [email protected]