Thank you very much for your attendance at this evening's meeting, and for your kind attention to the presentation. Based on several questions we fielded at the end of the evening, we wanted to share the following:
* We neglected to return to the topic of host families and WHEN students will find out who they are staying with. Our friends in Bietigheim have the student information cards now, and are currently working to secure host families. We suspect (this is only our best guess) that those placements will be completed in late April or very early May. At that time we will be sent a roster of all student placements which we will forward on to you. This roster will include the name of the host family, their phone number, and their email address. You will know exactly where your student will be staying prior to our departure.
* Due to the short rehearsal schedule prior to our departure, and the fact that many students will immediately attend camps upon our return, there will not be a public concert here in Downers Grove by the Honors Band. Fortunately, Don Wilson's participation on the tour will allow our concerts to be taped while in Germany, and DGTV will air these locally later in the summer.
TRAVEL WAIVER / MEDICAL FORMS:
If you did not turn in your packet of forms this evening, please add a copy of you medical insurance card, and return the packet to your band director at school PRIOR TO SPRING BREAK. If you turned in the packet, but without the medical insurance card copy, please bring a copy of that card to your band director PRIOR TO SPRING BREAK.
MONEY MANAGEMENT:
In the next several weeks we will share with you more detailed information about money management options you may consider. If in your own personal research you find options that you feel other families might find appealing, please feel free to forward your ideas/suggestions to me, and I will compile these in the next correspondence.
MEAL EXPENSES:
We are waiting for an updated itinerary from World Group Travel relative to the second week of the tour. As soon as we have that, we will provide to you a more concrete list of meals students will be responsible for buying, and an estimate of how much money they will need for said meals.
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT:
We will be seeking clarification from the District 99 Administrative Office relative to students be present in a social situation where alcohol may be present (i.e. at a local disco). The forms distributed this evening utilize the standard language found in every District 99 overnight travel waiver (with one exception added about dinners with host families). We will make sure that all tour participants hear a consistent message about our expectations in the weeks to come.
Thank you to Zach Wetta for preparing information to share with families this evening.
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