Choir Trip Information
The choir will be going to Washington, D.C., from Friday, April 24, 2020, to Tuesday, April 28, 2020. The tour is being arranged by Education Tours, Inc and the festival the choir will be participating in is with Coda Concerts. The students will be performing in the National Cathedral. They will also rehearse with a word-class clinician in a mass Coda Chorus to perform at the National Cathedral. All of the choirs will premiere a commissioned work and work with the composer in preparing that work. The BHS Choirs will have twenty minutes of solo adjudicated stage time at the National Cathedral Performance. The other things we will see on the trip include:
- Arlington National Cemetery
- National Monuments
- U.S. Capitol
- Ford's Theatre - a show and tour
- Smithsonian Museums
- National Archives
- Maybe the White House (we will not know for sure until four weeks prior)
Itinerary - This is tentative and may change as we get closer.
The plan is to fly to Washington, D.C., and stay 4 nights and 5 days. Students will miss 3 days of class, but these will count as attendance days because they are on a school trip. The cost is estimated to be $1,600 per student. This cost is still variable depending on the number of students and parents going on the trip. Please see the chart below.
Students in Concert Choir, Belton Singers, and Bella Voce will be invited to go on the trip. The trip will be paid for by student fundraising and payments. There will be many fundraising opportunities. These are detailed below.
Mr. Stuck, Mrs. Sechrest, and another faculty member will be chaperones on the trip. Parents may also join the trip as chaperones. I would like to have a 10:1 ratio of students to chaperones. Chaperones will be two to a room at the student price or may choose to have a single room at an additional cost.
Price List
Fundraising Plan
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August Cookie Dough Sales - Mary’s Mountain Cookies
- Students take orders
- Students may raise funds for the trip or their concert uniform with this fundriaser
- Local company with short turn around
November Donation letter mailed and/or given to Family and Friends
- Donation can be mailed directly to the school
- Mass mailing
Silent Auction, Dessert Bar, Holiday Music – December
- Friday evening in December
- Choirs and Soloists sing Holiday Music
- Parents, Students bring Christmas Cookies, $2 entry fee
- Students and Parents seek donations from local and national companies for items and create gifts baskets. We will have an online list of places that have donated. I need volunteers now to apply online for donations from national companies and other organizations that want 6 months advance notice – Chiefs, Disney, Hotels, etc.
Choir Concert Concessions and 50/50 Raffle or Gift Basket Raffle - school concerts
- Sell before, intermission, and after concerts
- Volunteers to organize and watch tables
- Announe winner at the end
Choir Program Book – sell ads – printed for December concert
- Sell ads - Senior memories, personal ads, business ads
- Potential for $10,000-15,000
- Start selling ads in August and print it and hand out at the December concert
Belton Singers provides entertainment at Christmas Party
- Donation requested for performance
- 20-30 minute program
Christmas Caroling
- Donations are made to carol homes and businesses in Belton
- Choose to send choir to addresses to carol
Chipotle Choir Night
- Invite family and friends to eat Chipotle in support of the choir
- September or October