Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival 2018
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival 2018:
February 23-February 25th
Dear Jazz Band 11, Jazz Band 12 parents,
We are pleased to inform you that Semiahmoo Jazz Program is again returning to the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. This jazz festival is the largest educational jazz festival in the world and it has been a tradition since the early 1990s for the Semiahmoo Music Program to attend.
Why are we going to this festival? There are many aspects of this festival that make it well worth attending. Competitive festivals, like this one, motivate our students and help them to have specific musical goals. With numerous Semiahmoo performances including Jazz Band 11, Jazz Band 12, several Jazz Combos and many soloists, we are truly excited to hear our students strive for excellence worthy of a festival of international stature. In the past we have had several of our bands, combos and soloists be chosen as "Most Outstanding" in their categories. On Friday and Saturday evening we will be attending two festival concerts to hear some of the best jazz musicians in the world. We encourage our students to go online to preview these artists prior to departure.
In past years it has been quite expensive to go to this festival. We are always concerned about the financial burden music tours have on our students’ families, particularly when they have more than one tour in a year.With this in mind the music Directors, and Music Socitety Executive have agreed to make a substantial contribution to reduce the per student cost of this tour.
The original tour cost without any contribution is about $470 Canadian a student.
We are pleased to share that we have reduced this cost through generous donations and help from the music society to $150 Canadian a student!
PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHEQUE OUT TO THE SEMIAHMOO MUSIC SOCIETY
This per student cost includes: Transportation, Accommodation, Travel Health Insurance, Concert Tickets, and Continental Breakfast at the hotel. Not included: food, and spending money.
Attached you will find the following documents:
- Guardianship/Permission Form
- Trip Rules and Standards Form
- Informed Consent and Release of Liability Form
All of these forms along with a cheque for $150(Made out to the Semiahmoo Music Society) are to be turned in by November 27th, 2017.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
The Directors
Semiahmoo Secondary Music Department Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Tour
Official Guardianship Form
Destination:Moscow Idaho
Staying at the:Best Western University Inn1516 Pullman Road Moscow, ID, 83843Phone: 208/882-0550
Purpose of trip:
Participating in the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
Dates:February 23- February25, 2018
Teacher Sponsors:Dagan Lowe, Kevin Lee
Means of transportation:
Professional Highway coach Bus
(This form must be turned in as a full page. Do not cut)
I/we hereby give permission and guardianship of my/our son/daughter
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(Full legal and preferred name)
to the teacher sponsors listed above to travel into the United States of America for the Semiahmoo Secondary Music Program’s tour to the destination stated above between the dates of February 23rd and February25th 2018.
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Parent NameParent Signature
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Parent NameParent Signature
SEMIAHMOO MUSIC
TRIP RULES AND STANDARDS
1. Members should understand that all normal school rules apply to this field trip.
2. Directors and chaperones will be given immediate and friendly cooperation.
3. Illness must be reported immediately to director or a chaperone.
4. It is the responsibility of all members to know the tour itinerary and to be able to follow it accurately.
5. Three Rule: during unsupervised periods students will always be in groups of three or more.
6. Respect must be shown to hotel staff, other guests and hotel property. Hotel protocol for all guests is for quiet after 11pm even if we arrive after that.
7. Room check: There will be a room check each night, times TBA. Expect the chaperone to have access to your room and to see all room-mates. Students are expected to remain in their room after the conclusion of room check.
8. Members will not accept invitations to visit rooms of people other than our group. We will not accept visitors from other schools in our rooms either. Visit and socialize at the festival and in public areas of the hotel.
9. “Mixed rooms” within our group is permitted if the door is left “ajar”. Mixed company behind locked doors will result in disciplinary action. (Mixed rooms must not be fewer than 3 students at any time)
10. At any time during an offsite tour, students will not engage in behavior that reflects poorly (including displays of affection) upon our peers, school, district, or that makes others uncomfortable.
11. Members will not accept transportation by other than our own vehicles.
12. While on tour, students are to remain with members of the tour only. Any visitation with people such as family members or friends must not separate the student from the group.
13. Use or possession of drugs or alcoholic beverages will result in serious disciplinary action and may include being sent home at parents’ expense.
I understand that as a participant of this Semiahmoo Secondary Band trip I am representing our Music Department, our school, and our community. Our groups receive financial support from members of our community and hope to continue doing so for many years to come.
I also understand that I have a responsibility to the group as a whole. My attitude and behavior have a direct effect on both the tone of the group and the success of this trip and those that will follow.
I have read the rules pertaining to this trip and understand that there are consequences for failing to live up to this agreement. The listed rules and consequences have been discussed and fully understood.
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STUDENT NAME (print)
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STUDENT SIGNATURE
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PARENT NAME
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PARENT SIGNATURE
Please keep one copy at home and return the other copy signed with parent and student signature to the forms box in the large band room.