Dear Parents/ Students:
The Marching Band Staff has been planning on traveling with the band during the 2012 season.
Traditionally we have been attending the Thanksgiving parade in Chicago every other year,
while staying one night downtown before the parade. We have also considered opting out of
that trip and instead performing at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA on December 31, 2012.
Both options would present students with the incredible opportunity to perform in front of
national audiences with some of the strongest bands in the country. We are proud as a
program to have been invited to perform in events such as these.
We will only attend one of those events and we need to know which event we should be
putting our resources into at this time. The Chicago parade usually costs us about $220/
student for a 2-day/ 1-night trip. The Sugar Bowl trip will cost approximately $800/ student for
a 4-day, 3-night trip. These figures assume no fundraising. At this time we are asking that
everyone return the bottom portion of this form along with a deposit (which we will not be able
to refund once we have committed to a given trip). We will be planning fundraisers throughout
the Fall to offset the cost of whichever event we choose to attend, so it can be assumed that
the cost of whichever trip we take will be lowered by all fund raising efforts.
Please return the bottom portion of this form with checks payable to the DHS Band if your child
will be joining us.
Thank you,
Steven Lundin
DHS Band Director
815-754-2120 or steve.lundin@dist428.org
Please complete and return with deposit by August 17, 2012.
Student's Name ------------------------
_This $100 deposit may be used for either trip
_This $100 deposit may only be used for the Sugar Bowl trip
_This $100 deposit may only be used for the Thanksgiving trip
