From:   Yiying Qiao Orchestra teacher

To:       Orchestra students and parents

Date:   Aug. 14, 2006

Dear Students and Parents:

Welcome to orchestra and I hope you are ready for another great year. I am writing this letter to let you know that we will have a music festival trip to NYC in next April. Please read the letter bellow and let me know your final decision ASAP.

Educational Goals of Trip (including any curricular tie-in): Have the students on the educational tour in the New York City; they experience history, cultural, language, art, geography firsthand and especially the music in the city. Lessons take on new meaning and perspectives are changed as you explore together. And, when we return, the excitement follows us back to the classroom-the students will know that there is a world of possibilities out there.   

Trip Dates: April 13 (Friday) to 16 (Monday), 2007

Grade Level(s) of Student Participants: 6 to 12

Mode of Transportation: Flight

Middle town hotel: Sheraton of Manhattan 790 7th Ave. NY NY 10019.

Estimated Cost (trip fee): Festival and airfare: $735 Optional activity fees: $50~$100

April 13, Fri.       Morning          Fly to NYC arrival and get everything ready for rehearsal in hotel.

                         Afternoon        Check in and rehearse

                         Evening           Rehearse in hotel

April 14, Sat.       Morning          Music Festival in Riverside Church

                          Afternoon       1. Lincoln Center Tour-Metropolitan Opera House, Avery Fisher Hall, NY State Theater… ($13 per

                                                student)

                                                2. Carnegie Hall Tour-Discover century-plus performance traditions that have showcased the finest of                                                  the world's artists including Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Horowitz, & even the Beatles... ($10.50 per student)

                        Evening           1. Awards Ceremony at Riverside Church.

                                               2. Dinner cruise aboard the Circle line Cruise around Manhattan Island.      

 April 15. Sun   Morning             Metropolitan Museum of Art-Spans the history of world art. Hundreds of world-famous masterpieces…                                                ($10.00 per student)

                        Afternoon        Middle town sightseeing

                        Evening           NY symphony or Broadway show ($45-65 per person) optional.

 April 16, Mon. Morning            Check out of hotel and Chaperon group tour:

                                             1. Sounds of the city tour-designed to enhance Band, orchestra & choral experience ($14.00 per student)

                                             2. Radio city music hall tour- art deco landmark, Rockettes, mighty Wurlitzer organ and 3-                                             ton contour curtain behind- the-scenes… ($20.00 per student)

                                             3. Empire State Building-World renowned, Landmark attraction. ($16.00 per student)

                                             4. United Nations-General Assembly Hall, Council Chambers, works of art from member nations…                                               ($11.50 per student)

                        Afternoon       Fly back home           

Anticipated Program of Activities:     1.Festival competition

                                                       2.Awards Ceremony at Riverside Church; Dinner cruise aboard the Circle line Cruise around                                                        Manhattan Island

                                                       3.Tours to Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

You might need to pay $30 for the chaperon who supervises you during the festival.

We will run the fundraising program to help students paying this cost.

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Next please check the letter bellow and return to me with your first payment of $100:

     a.                   I will participate in New York Festival trip.

b.                  I will participate in New York Festival trip and please sign me on for fundraising.

     c.                   I am going to chaperon this festival please sign me up.

d.                  I will not participate New York Festival trip. 

Thank you for your help.  

Yiying Qiao

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The payment schedule (created on Sept. 7, 2006):

Deposit $100 with the form you turned in (the dead line for this is Jan. 1, 2007).

Nov. 9, 2006    1st payment of $200

Jan. 12, 2007    2nd payment of $200

Mar. 1, 2007    3rd payment of the balance