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WIND ENSEMBLE!

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2010 TMEA
4A Honor Band

The next Spring Trip payment of $80.00 is due on the 15th of December.  Please submit the payment in the Director's box.  If you have any questions you can email Maria Georgeton at georgeton@earthlink.net.

Spring Trip:  A Spring Trip payment of $80.00 is due on November 15th.  Please put in director’s box in an envelope marked Spring Trip.

Thanks!

The deadline for the Spring Trip applications has been extended to October 30th.  If you are interested in this fun trip to the beach please send your permission form along with the $50.00 deposit as soon as possible.  For more information see the MBBC Website under Spring Trip.

Dear Parents,

Plans are coming together for the Mighty Mustang Band Spring Trip to Corpus Christi, Texas. In this correspondence you will find general trip information, an estimate of the cost, a payment schedule, and a permission form.

The dates of the trip will be Friday, April 16 through Sunday, April 18, 2010.

Our bands will compete against other bands from all over Texas in the South Coast Music Festival. The performances will be at Flour Bluff High School. The cost of the trip will be approximately $290.00 per person. This will include round trip bus fare, transportation while in Corpus, hotel, attractions, and most meals. We will be staying at the Port Royal Ocean Resort & Conference Center; www.port-royal.com. Port Royal is a premier beachfront resort on 25 acres with a 500 ft. Royal Blue Lagoon Swimming Pool, four Heated Whirlpool Spas, a “Double Surfin’ Slide”, private boardwalk to the beach, two lighted tennis courts, outdoor shuffleboard, water & sand volleyball courts, and horseshoes. Saturday night we will enjoy a beach/pool party with music and lots of great food. We encourage all students to participate in this fun-filled trip. Go to the Port Royal website and take a virtual tour of this incredible Resort.

In order to hold the round-trip resort and bus reservations, we need a $50.00 deposit for each student going on this trip. The $50.00 deposit is due October 15, along with your permission form.

On the permission form, there is a place where parents can volunteer to chaperone this trip. The number of students going will determine how many chaperones will be needed. Using the list of students going, Mr. Dick will determine the number of chaperones we need and who they will be. I will know around November 1 and will email the final list to everyone who volunteers. The cost of the trip for chaperones will also be approximately $320.00.

We will put 6 students in each suite. Each suite has two double beds, one king size bed, living room and full kitchen. Students will sign up for a room in the band hall. After that is complete, we will make the lists available to the parents for final review.

Payments will be due as follows:

October 15: $ 50.00 Deposit (Non-Refundable)
November 15: $ 80.00
December 15: $ 80.00
January 15: $ 80.00

Late Charge: $20.00 per payment!!!!!!!!!!!!

You may put your payments in the mailbox in the Directors’ Office or mail them to MBBC, P. O. Box 805, Friendswood, TX 77549. If you would like, you may pay in full or make extra payments at any time. However, each payment that is late will be assessed a $20 penalty. It is important that each, and every student and parent chaperone make their payments on time. These payment dates are based on deadlines imposed by the travel agency to secure deposits for the hotel, meals, and events.

REFUND POLICY

If a student is unable to go on the trip, money that has been paid by the student and parents will be refunded minus the amounts that have already been paid out by the booster club. It must be understood that once all payments are made, there can be no refund.

Eligibility affects this trip since we are missing a day of school and we are performing. There are no refunds for students that go ineligible. Students who do go ineligible, who have paid in full, can still go to down to Corpus after school on Friday, April 16, and join us for the rest of the weekend and return on the bus Sunday. Ineligible students may not play with the band or miss school or even leave school early to go on the trip.

CANCELLATION POLICY

If cancellation occurs, the following per-person penalties will be assessed:

October 15 to November 15: $ 50.00 Penalty
November 15 to December 15: $ 100.00 Penalty
December 15 to January 15: $ 150.00 Penalty

After January 15: – NO REFUND

All cancellations must be in writing via email to Mr. Dick at gdick@fisdk12.net or to Maria Georgeton at georgeton@earthlink.net.

Permission Form

The Spring Trip 2010 Permission Form must be filled out for every student so that we have an accurate record of who is going. Please print it, fill it out, along with your $50 deposit, and put it in the mailbox in the high school band directors’ office or you may mail it to MBBC, P.O. Box 805, Friendswood, TX 77549. ALL PERMISSION FORMS AND DEPOSITS ARE DUE ON OR BEFORE October 15th.
CLICK ONE OF THESE LINKS FOR THE FORM: (PDF version) (DOC version)

Email and Web Site Information

We prefer to send all correspondence concerning the trip via email. Please be sure to list ALL email addresses on the permission form where you would like to receive all information we send out. Also, please make it a habit to check our web site, www.friendswoodmustangband.org, to get the latest information on the trip.

As always, if you have any questions about this email, please feel free to email Mr. Dick at gdick@fisdk12.net or me, (Maria Georgeton) at georgeton@earthlink.net.

Sincerely,
Greg Dick - Director of Bands
Maria Georgeton - Spring Trip Chair