Congratulations to the Royal Court!

Congratulations to the following students for being accepted into the Royal Court:

Erin Campbell, Maizy Fugate, Katie Palmer, Greta Schmidt, Kirsten Duwa, Aleigha Gugel, Martha Swartzentruber, Montana Hart, Taylor Hillbrand, Hannah Van Roekel, Jami TeBockhorst, Josh Fox, Ben Stone, Isaiah Sents, Sawyer Black, Hunter Eden, Brent Foster, David Fleming, and Quinn Schmidt.

I really appreciated how much everyone prepared for the auditions!  We will have our first rehearsal Wednesday, September 23rd at 7:30am.  See you then :)

New York (again)

Hello All!

The year of the band & choir New York trip is finally here!!  Mr. Kunz and I are very excited about our trip and can't wait for all the exciting things it entails.  But before we get there, we have A LOT of paperwork to get through.

The trip will be held April 6-10th. We will leave Wednesday after lunch, and return on Sunday evening.  I know the biggest concern for most people is the cost.  I have breakdowns of prices ranging from 90 parents/students attending, all the way up to 150 parents/students attending.  The tricky part is figuring out how many people are actually attending the trip, which in turn lets us know how many charter buses we will need.  If we have 102 parents/students, the price is $884 per student (based on four students in a hotel room).  If we pass the 102 attendance, we need three charter buses and the price goes to $1,004 per student.  If we have 110 parents/students, the price is $972.  If we have 115 parents/students, the price drops to $951.  So, you can see that I can't give you an exact amount just yet.  It really does depend on how many people we have.  We will be able to have people register online, probably starting next week.

Parents, if you are interested in chaperoning, that's great!  Please be aware that the prices listed above are for quad occupancy rooms.  If you only want two people in a hotel room, the price will be higher.  For example, if we have 102 parents/students, the double occupancy price is $962.  If we have 103-109 parents/ students, the double occupancy price is $1,083.  If we have 115 parents/students, the double occupancy price is $1,029.  

What does all this money get you, you ask?  Included in the price:  motor coaches with DVD and wi-fi, two hotel nights, two nighttime securities guards at the hotel, two breakfasts at the hotel, boxed lunch at Central Park, group dinner and jazz band at BB Kings (based on availability...subject to change), group dinner at Ping's Restaurant, Admission to National September 11th Memorial and Museum (based on availability), Admission to Zepher Cruise, Admission to Radio City Music Hall Tour, admission to a Broadway performance, guided tour of Lincoln Center, Choir performance at St. John the Divine Cathedral (based upon availability), Jazz Band clinician (based upon availability), an exchange performance with a local NY City High School (based upon availability), admission to the observation deck at the Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Little Italy, Chinatown, Times Square, a group travel video souvenir package, and a drawstring travel bag.

Again, the price all depends on how many people register and pay for the trip.  We should hopefully be able to start registering online this coming week.  We will have a down payment of $200 required by mid-September.  If your child has participated in the fundraising activities for the last three years and has money earned from those events, we can use that money for the deposit.  I will not attach a list here showing all student names with money earned.  If you want to know the amount your child has earned, please email me and I will let you know.

Yes, we will be offering fundraisers for this school year.  We will be offering the typical food/gifts fundraiser, the poinsettia fundraiser, and the homemade pizza fundraiser.  The first fundraiser will start in October.

I'm sure there will be many more questions along the way.  I wanted to get the ball rolling and pass on as much information as I could at this point.  Feel free to ask questions... I may not know the answer right away, but I will work on it.