COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

SPRING TRIP TO WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA

APRIL 15, 16, 17 & 18, 2010

February 18, 2010 - Emai to CHSMPA Parents

Dear Parents,

Our travel company, Heritage Festivals, is requiring all of our travelers to register on line IN ADDITION TO our in-house registration procedures.  Please see the attached for instructions on how to register on line with Heritage Festivals and complete the registration process ASAP.  Please note that this should be done IN ADDITION TO and not IN PLACE OF completing the required participation form, medical form, and deposit payments which are due to me no later than Friday February 26th.  If you have any questions please let me know.  Thanks for your help!

Mr. Bauer

February 4, 2010 - Email to CHSMPA Parents

Dear Parents,  

This April the music department will be sponsoring a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia, to participate in the Heritage Festivals adjudication festival.  We also hope to include a few other cool things and provide a great musical experience for all of our students.  Yesterday the music department students were given the attached forms which detail the basic outline of the trip and cover some of the other logistics.  Please know that while this trip is not mandatory it would be great to have most if not all of our students participate so that all of our performing ensembles are putting forth their best efforts.  If you have any questions about the trip please direct them to me, as I will be coordinating the trip this year.  As always thank you all for your continued support of everything we do here in the CHS music department and have great weekend in the snow! 

Mr. Bauer
 

All forms and payments are to be hand delivered to

Mr. Bauer at CHS or mailed to Mr. Bauer at CHS

NO CASH! 

Check or Money order only made out to:

Columbia High School.

Spring Trip Cover Letter:

To all music department students and parents,

We are pleased to announce that this year’s music department spring trip will be to Williamsburg, Virginia. The trip is centered around an adjudication festival sponsored by Heritage Festivals and will include performance opportunities for our bands, choirs, and orchestras. Many of the final details are still being organized but the basic outline of the trip is as follows:

Thursday, April 15

Depart for Williamsburg; possible stop at George Mason University in Fairfax for a tour and/or master classes with GMU faculty; continue to Williamsburg; dinner; check in to hotel

Friday April 16

Visit to Colonial Williamsburg; Heritage Festival adjudication performances

Saturday, April 17

Heritage Festival performances (if necessary); balance of the day in Busch Gardens theme park with dinner and awards ceremony in the park

Sunday, April 18

Depart for home; US Marine Band concert in Fairfax on the way

The trip is open to students in all of the CHS music performing ensembles, AP Music Theory, Music Fundamentals, and Musician’s Workshop classes:

Choir:

Women’s Chamber Choir

Excelsior Singers

Concert Chorale

Band:

Wind Ensemble

Symphonic Band

Concert Band

Jazz Band

Marching Band

Orchestra:

Honors Chamber Orchestra

String Orchestra

 

Classes:

AP Music Theory

Musician's Worskshop

Music Fundamentals

The cost of the trip, which is projected to be approximately $400.00, includes all transportation, 3 nights at a hotel, 3 meals per day, and all admissions and gratuities. Specific details such as times, locations, etc. are still being planned, but we wanted to get as much information as we had out to everyone this week.

The cost of this trip is based on the number of participants and we hope that most if not all of our students will be able to join us for this great experience. CHSMPA has offered some great fundraising opportunities throughout the year to help students raise money towards the cost of the trip, and the music department students have been doing their part with the Holiday Trolley, bake sales, and so forth. We still have to pay the bills, however, so we ask that the following payment schedule be adhered to:

Deposit due February 26

  • Complete the Participation Form
  • Complete the Medical and Emergency Information form
  • Hand deliver or mail the forms along with your                        NON-REFUNDABLE $250 deposit payment to Mr. Bauer by  Friday February 26.

Balance due March 19

  • You will receive a follow-up letter in March including the following forms to be completed:
    • Student Contract (Must be signed by both Parent/Guardian and Student)
    • Instrument Identification Form
    • Personal Accounting Sheet (including fees paid, available CHSMPA account balance available, and balance cost of the trip)

Hand deliver or mail forms and payment to Mr. Bauer by Friday March 19th.

ALL FORMS AND PAYMENTS should be in the form of check or money order (NO CASH) and payable to Columbia High School.

A current CHSMPA student account information list is posted in the music suite so that each student can check his or her current account balance. If you currently have funds in your student account and wish to use that money to cover all or part of the trip costs please indicate that amount on the participation form.

Thank you all for your continued support of the CHS music program and our 2010 spring trip. It should be a memorable time for everyone and a chance to make some great music together. If you have any questions regarding the trip please direct them to Mr. Bauer.

Sincerely,

Mr. Bauer, Director of Bands 

Mr. Russell, Director of Choral Activities 

Mr. Van Beveren, Orchestra Director

 

PDF DOWNLOADS

SPRING TRIP FORMS & Info:

Spring Trip Cover Letter

Participation Form

Emergency Form

Heritage Festivals Online Registration

 

Need to know your Student Account Balance?

Click here

PAYMENT DEADLINES:

Fri. February 26th:

$250 Non-refundable Deposit and Participation Form

Fri. March 19th:

Final Balance Payment due - Amount to be determined

Mail or deliver Forms and Payments to:

Mr. Peter F. Bauer

Director of Bands

Columbia HS

17 Parker Avenue

Maplewood, NJ  07040