THAILAND GIRLS CHOIR OVERALL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

Please note that since the Thai girls are staying with a Little Traverse Youth Choir(LTYC) Family, they will follow the LTYC schedule.  Sathit and Jen will be picked up by Oscar Escalada and will follow the Voices Without Borders Choir Schedule.  Check www.littletraverseyouthchoir.org on the Children of the World in Harmony page for daily schedule updates.

 

Monday, July 11, 2011 –

9:49am  Arrive at Traverse City Airport at DL 3808  from Detroit  to Traverse City at 09:49am .6 persons. You will be picked up in a van and will be transported to Petoskey to stay with host family.  

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 –

This is a free day.  The girls will be with the Bell family.  Sathit and Jen’s schedule will be set later this week.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

12:15pm  Following lunch with host family ,Voices Without Borders Choir members arrive at

     Petoskey High School (PHS) Choir room.

12:30pm – 3:00pm   VWB Choir members rehearse with Oscar Escalada at PHS.

3:00pm  Host family will pick Thai girls at PHS and go home for an early dinner.

5:45pm  All LTYC singers arrive at the St.Francis Church to rehearse for the evening joint concert

     with the Iowa Youth Chorale.  Thai girls will attend the concert with the host family  Please wear    

     traditional dress.

7:30pm    Little Traverse Youth Choir presents a joint concert with Iowa Youth Chorale.   FREE and

     open to the community.  Good will offering accepted to support the festival.

9:00pm   Host family will pick up LTYC choir members and Thai guests and take home for the night.

Thursday, July 14, 2011 –

10:30 am–1:00pm   VWB Choir members rehearse at Petoskey High School.  Wear the Festival T-

     shirt.

1:00pm     VWB Choir members have lunch at the high school hosted by the Little Traverse Youth

     Choir, Parent Group, and Jean and Shane Brown.

2:00-4:00pm     All LTYC Choir members at rehearsal for the Festival Choir Concert at

     Petoskey High School.

4:00pm  Pick up LTYC and VWB Choir members and take home for dinner.

7:00pm All choir members should be at Petoskey High School dressed in their formal outfits for the

     concert.

7:30pm     All Choir members perform in the Festival’s Choir Day Concert at PHS.  This is a ticketed

     event.   One free ticket to each host family.  Additional host family tickets are $5.  Non-host

     family adult tickets are $10 and students through high school are $5.

9:15pm     Families  pick-up their own children and Thai guests at the end of the concert to

     return home for the night.

Friday, July 15, 2011 –

8:45am  VWB choir members arrive at Crooked Tree Arts Center (461 E. Mitchell St. Petoskey, MI

     49770).Choirs wear their own choir T-shirts.  Bring a sack lunch.

9:00am - 10:15am  VWB Choir members rehearse at a Crooked Tree Arts Center.

10:30am – 11:30am  All festival participants rehearse “Let There be Peace on  Earth“ at Crooked

     Tree Arts Center.

11:30am     All festival groups will walk to Pennsylvania Park in downtown Petoskey to perform and

     watch other groups.  LTYC performs at approximately 1:50pm.  Thai Girls will eat the sack lunch

     at the park with the LYTC Choir members at a time designated by Mrs. Marvin.

3:30pm     At the conclusion of the Concerts in the Park performance, parents pick up children and

     guests at the park and take them home for dinner.

6:15pm  Thai girls arrive at the park in costume ready to dance in the Concert in the Parks program. 

     After the performance they will walk to the Crooked Tree Arts Center to get ready for the Voices  …..Without Borders concert.  They will also dance on this program.

7:00pm VWB Choir members return to the Crooked Tree Arts Center to get ready for the

     Concert wearing formal outfits.

7:30pm     VWB Choir, the Chorknaben Boy Choir and selected ensembles including the  Thai girls

     perform at Crooked Tree Arts Center.  This is a ticketed event.  One free ticket to each host

     family.  Additional host family tickets are $5.  Non host family adult tickets are $10 and students through high school are $5.

9:00pm     Families pick-up their children and guests at the end of the concert to return home for

     the night.

Saturday, July 16, 2011 –

    9:45am    All LTYC members and Thai Girls to be dropped off by parents at John M. Hall Auditorium (1715                 
Encampment Avenue, Petoskey, MI 49770) at Bay View. Please send a snack (fruit, cookie and water, etc.) Wear their choir t-shirt. All singers and dancers should be ready for a full rehearsal for the Gala Concert.

10:00am – 1:00pm   All performers will rehearse for the Festival Gala Concert at John M. Hall

     Auditorium in Bay View.

1:00 pm.   Pick up all members at Bay View after rehearsal.

2:00pm   Directors Lunch with Mr. Jen and Mr. Sathit at place to be determined transportation to

     be proviced.

6:45pm     All choir members should be at Bay View dressed in formal outfit for the Festival Gala

     Concert.

7:30pm    Festival Gala Concert at John M. Hall Auditorium in Bay View, featuring all festival groups. 

     This is a ticketed event. Each host family will receive two free tickets to this concert.   Additional

     tickets: Adults $15, students through high school $5.

9:30pm   Pick up LTYC and Thai girls at the end of the concert to return home for the night.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

8:30am  THAILAND group departs to Traverse City Airport by van.     DL 4243  Traverse City to Minneapolis  departure at 12:50 pm  Mr. Jen only.Jul  DL 2505  Traverse City to Detroit  departure at 13:31 pm  5 persons.