REGISTRATION

Date of the Spring Trip to Busch Gardens is June 1, 2001.  The cost per music student is $82.50 for students who did not participate in the fundraiser.  For students who brought in at least $165.00 from the sale of products from the fundraiser, the cost is 0.  Students who realized a profit of less than $82.50 will owe the difference.

We need three to four adults who are willing to ride each of the charter buses as chaperones.  Chaperone tickets are $35.00 each and may be ordered on the attached registration form.

Due to state liability policies, we cannot allow relatives and/or friends under age 21 to ride on a field trip bus. Only chaperoning adults 21 or over are allowed to ride.  Parents who intend to drive their families should turn in the fee for your student to the music department and buy all other tickets at the gate.
 
 

PERMISSION/EMERGENCY RELEASE/TRANSPORTATION/REGISTRATION FORMS

We need to carry with us an emergency information and permission form for each student. Please fill them out completely, SIGN THEM, and return to the director.  Please indicate on the transportation form whether your child will be riding in a private car or on the charter bus.

ALL OF THE ABOVE FORMS MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED OUT, SIGNED BY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS AND TURNED IN ON TIME BEFORE A STUDENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TRIP
 
 

PERFORMANCE AND SUPERVISION

Instrumental groups will be performing at the Ramada Inn and choirs at the Patrick Henry Inn, which are approximately 20 minutes from Busch Gardens.  Students will be directly supervised on the buses and at the performance site, but they will not be required to have an adult with them in the park itself. The chaperones will take shifts at the First Aid Station and will be available to help in case of illness or accident.

You will receive a final memo the week before the trip.  It will contain a map/directions for drivers, a performance schedule, bus lists, a chaperone schedule, time of departure from, and arrival back at school.
 

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS APRIL 1.  NO REFUNDS AFTER MAY 1, AS WE MUST PAY FESTIVAL COMPANY BY MAY 1, AND THEY DO NOT REFUND US.

 REMINDER:  THIS TRIP IS A REWARD FOR THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED HARD AND PARTICIPATED TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY ALL YEAR.  STUDENTS WHO HAVE CHRONIC UNEXCUSED TARDIES TO CLASS, UNEXCUSED ABSENCES FROM PERFORMANCES OR AFTER-SCHOOL REHEARSAL, OR WHO DEMONSTRATE HABITUAL LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE WILL BE REFUSED PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRIP, AT THE DISCRETION OF THEIR DIRECTOR.