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GENERAL CHINA TOUR MAILING (#1)
This is one of few mailings that you will
receive since the primary method of communicating news about the
China Tour will be via emails and the China Tour Webpage. (ntjazz.com/chinatour)
For that reason it is important that you check your email at least
every few days and log on to the webpage often as well.
Enclosed is information about how we will be
able to accommodate 14 additional adult guests on the tour. We
wanted to get this out to our families as soon as possible. For
those who might be interested in travelling, it requires a response.
Another mailing with legal and medical forms will soon be coming via
the mail.
Other important information…
1.
A $300 payment was due on January 1, 2000. We will not be
sending bills or reminders about payment being due on the first day
of each month. Enclosed
is a form you may use if you wish to charge the remaining portion of
the trip to a credit card. Many families are doing this to get the
benefits from their card companies for air miles, etc. You may
charge anytime during the month of January and you may only charge
one time.
2.
A “test email” will be sent this week to every email
address provided when people obtained a password for the locked
areas of the webpage. Please do what the email requests so that we
can establish our email distribution lists for quicker
communications. If there is just no way that you can obtain access
to the Internet or email, then have your son or daughter see their
director for printouts of the webpage.
3.
Passport and visa pictures have been taken at school. If you
need a form for a new passport, or a renew form, see Mr. Warrick.
(The gray form is for new, and the red form is for renewal.) You
cannot obtain a visa for this trip on your own, that is something
that our tour operator will do for us. If you need two of our
pictures back to submit with a new or renewal form, see Mr. Warrick.
If you didn’t get pictures made, GET THEM DONE FAST!!!
(See the webpage for the number and location of two stores
that will take your picture. Remember that you need 2 for a
passport, and 2 for a visa.)
4.
It is time for us to obtain money from tour families for the
visa. PLEASE SEND A CHECK
PAYABLE TO “New Trier High School” WITHIN ONE WEEK for $70
(to cover all related costs for a group of this type).
As mentioned in the initial tour proposal, passport and visa
costs are yours to bear.
5.
As you have seen on the webpages, we need prizes donated for
the “Weight to go” Contest. It is the responsibility of our tour
families to act as our agents and search out prizes. We currently
have several prizes, but we cannot start the contest until we have
many more. Once we are ready to begin the contest, we will provide
every participant with forms to use to request from people a minimum
donation of $2 to participate in the contest.
6.
Our Dance Committee is hard at work, but they need some input
from parents regarding the amount of interest or support they can
expect if we undertake a “Big Band and Strauss Waltz Dance.” Enclosed is a letter from the Dance Committee that requires
immediate attention. PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL IMMEDIATELY (or call) TO
Sharon Pietrzak-Suzda (SPS901@aol.com)
tele 847-256-7654 . We
do not want to put the effort into planning a dance and taking class
time to learn all of the necessary music if there will be tepid
response from our “Ticket Agents,” who are our tour families.
7.
Enclosed are two
ticket envelopes, which were distributed today in class. Here is the
breakdown on how sales are distributed to the tour.
- Jazz
Festival (Feb. 5, 2000)- Reserved seat tickets are $20 each.
No proceeds go to the China tour.
- Chick
Corea/Gary Burton Duet (April 29,2000)- Reserved tickets are
$20 or $25 each, depending on when the tickets are purchased.
All proceeds (after expenses) go to the general China tour fund
to help pay chaperone costs and perhaps lower student costs.
- Spring
Jazz Concert (April 14, 2000)- General admission tickets are
$5 each. $4 will go toward the seller’s individual account,
and $1 will go to the general China tour fund to lower
everyone’s costs.
- Spring
Orchestra Concert (April 28, 2000)- General admission
tickets are $5 each. $4 will go toward the seller’s individual
account, and $1 will go to the general China tour fund to lower
everyone’s costs.
8.
The China tour CD (Beijing,
My Kind of Town) is recorded and currently being produced. Every
effort is being made to have it in our hands by the February 5 Jazz
Festival. You will be provided the number of CDs you committed to
sell in an earlier handout signed by students and parents. Since we
have ordered 2,000 CDs, we will plenty for you to sell once you sell
the number you ordered. CDs are $15 each, with $10 going directed to
the seller’s tour expense, and $5 going toward CD expenses.
As always, contact either of us if you have any
questions. We GREATLY prefer email because it is so hard to find
time to return phone calls this time of year.
Warrick… jwarrick@ntjazz.com
Rosheger… roshegep@nttc.org
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