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 (1715Encampment 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. |