The Long Trip was revived in 1996 by Fern Khan, then Dean of Continuing Education, and Carol Hillman, a Bank Street alumna and former Board of Trustees member. Attendees to these "new" Long Trips include students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of Bank Street.

1996 Trip to Asheville, North Carolina in 1996

This first of the new Long Trip included the renowned festival "Tell It In the Mountains: A Celebration of Storytelling" and experienced a workshop by noted storyteller Connie Regan Blake and Joan Blos, author and former Bank Street faculty. To create the mood, Joan placed a long string of beads, once owned by Lucy Sprague Mitchell, on the table in the center of our group. The next day, participants listened to storytellers from the region as well as from schools and heard the Gaelic language from the 100 year old storyteller, Ray Hicks. They dined with artists from the Qualla Artists Center and were awed by the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

1998 Trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico

Participants heard stories from Elena Ortiz and visited Little Earth and Rio Grande schools. They also toured the Georgia O’Keefe Museum and San Juan Pueblo, Chimayo.

To view a timeline and map of the newer Long Trips, visit the Bank Street Continuing Professional Studies site.