January 18 Mailing

The January 18 electronic mailing to all tour participants includes several important documents that need your immediate attention:

1. Cover letter explaining the attached documents, the time line for returning completed documents, and directions for their return (different pieces of information are due on different days, and returned to different people).
2. Personal Information Card to be sent to Germany (you will need to print this out at home).
3. Passport Photocopy form (you will need to print this out at home).
4. Rehearsal schedule for the Honors Band. Please mark these required rehearsals in your family calendar now. There may be no absences from these rehearsals, which will be held the week prior to departure.

You may access PDF versions of each of these documents by clicking on the underlined link above.

Bietigheim-Bissingen Video

Did you miss the video about our host community in Germany? The video is now posted to YouTube in three segments. Please follow these links:

Part I

Part II

Part III

If you missed the meeting ...

Parents who missed our Kick Off meeting are asked to download the itinerary and the payment coupons (which includes the registration form) using the links on the right hand side of the Blog. Please remember that deposits are due by October 1, 2007.

Kick Off Meeting

Thank you to all of the North and South High band parents and students who attended our official "Germany 2008" kick off meeting!

Need a Passport? Don't wait!!!

First time passport applicants need to apply in person. A useful guide to determine whether or not an in-person visit is required as well as information on preparing documents and obtaining passports quickly may be found at the link below.


Click HERE for the U.S. State Department's information on applying for a passport.

Click HERE for a list of locations where you may apply for a passport.

D99 Honors Band #1

Gabcast! D99 Honors Band #1