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MHS Spring Trip
When
Friday, May 8, 2009, to Sunday, May 10, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009, 6:30 pm – chaperones meeting
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 6:30 pm – luggage check-in and inspection
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 6:30 pm – Wind Symphony rehearsal
| MHS 2009 Spring Trip Tentative Schedule | |
|---|---|
| Thursday, May 7, 2009 | |
| 6:30 – 8:00 pm |
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| Friday, May 8, 2009 | |
| 6:30 am | report to MHS |
| 7:00 am | pull out for Champaign |
| 10:00 am | arrive in Champaighn at Market Place Mall – mall time |
| 11:00 am | AP students leave the mall on one of the charter coaches |
| 11:15 am |
|
| 12:45 pm | leave for U of I band building |
| 1:00 pm | Sousa Library and Krannert Art Gallery
|
| 3:30 – 3:45 pm | all Students back on the bus |
| 4:00 pm | University Lutheran Church
|
| 4:45 pm |
|
| 5:45 pm | leave for the Krannert Center |
| 6:00 pm | Krannert Center
|
| 6:15 – 6:40 pm | Wind Symphony – warm-up |
| 6:45 pm | Wind Symphony – performance |
| 7:10 pm | Wind Symphony – pictures |
| 7:30 pm | Wind Symphony – back to the auditorium to listen to remaining bands |
| 8:15 pm | awards |
| 8:45 pm | head for hotel |
| 9:30 pm | Hampton Inn West, Bloomington
|
| 11:00 pm | back to rooms |
| 11:15 pm | lights out |
| Saturday, May 9, 2009 | |
| 7:00 am | rise and shine |
| 7:30 am | breakfast at the hotel |
| 8:30 am | bags out of your rooms |
| 9:00 am | depart Bloomington for Chicago |
| 12:00 noon | Museum of Science and Industry
|
| 4:15 pm | depart museum |
| 5:00 pm | dinner at the Hard Rock Café |
| 6:15 pm | board buses for Symphony Center |
| 7:00 – 7:30 pm | Chicago Symphony Orchestra preview |
| 8:00 pm | Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert |
| 10:00 pm | leave for hotel |
| 11:00 pm | arrive at Hilton Chicago/Northbrook |
| 12:00 midnight | in rooms with lights out |
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 | |
| 7:30 am | rise and shine |
| 7:30 – 8:30 am |
|
| 8:30 am | load buses |
| 9:00 am | depart for home |
| 12:00 noon | fast food stop in Quad Cities |
| 1:00 pm | leave for Macomb |
| 2:30 pm | arrive back at MHS |
Report Time
Friday, May 8, 2009, 6:30 am
Where
Urbana-Champaign & Chicago, Illinois
Report Location
MHS
Details
Projected Cost per Student
$270. Students may apply their portion of the proceeds they earn during the Fruit and Gourmet Food Sale (November) and all of the proceeds they earn during the Truffles Sale (January) to the cost of the trip.
Payment Due Dates
| 2008-2009 Payment Schedule | |
|---|---|
| Date | Balance Goal |
| December 19, 2008 | $75.00 in each account |
| January 21, 2009 | an additional $75.00 in each account totaling $150.00 |
| February 27, 2009 | an additional $75.00 in each account totaling $225.00 |
| March 27, 2009 | an additional $45.00 in each account totaling $270.00 |
Chaperones may pay their $181 payment at their earliest convenience.
Macomb Band Boosters intends that all students who would like to participate in the spring trip be able to participate regardless of their financial situation. If—following active participation in the Fruit and Gourmet Food Sale and Truffles Sale fundraisers—a student requires financial assistance in order to participate, please contact Mr Wetmore or Sean O'Donnell-Brown for more information.
Student Fundraising Results
We have compiled student account balances on a separate page.
Tentative List of Activities
- Market Place Mall
- John Philip Sousa Library & Museum
- University of Illinois (U of I) Krannert Art Museum
- University of Illinois (U of I) Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- Hampton Inn West, Bloomington, Illinois
- Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, Illinois
- Hard Rock Café, Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, Illinois
- Hilton Chicago/Northbrook, Northbrook, Illinois
See "Maps" below.
Weather
Maps
Locations and tentative locations on trip itinerary.
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