Ref: RF/hr
11 July 2016
Dear Parent/Carers
The King Edward VI School Music Tour - Austria
Departure Morning on Saturday 23 July
On the morning of our departure please use the Sixth Form car park to drop off students. Students must arrive at USH between 6.00 – 6.30 where passports, original EHIC and spending money in named re-sealable bags will be collected. We will run a staff led ‘bank’ every morning in Austria when students can take out an appropriate amount of Euros for spending that day. This will provide better security when on excursions or in Salzburg. You can make any final updates to your SV5 medical forms and we will take all this information with us.
Music Instrument Insurance and Travel
Students must make sure that their instruments are insured for travel abroad. I use a company that can be found at you may be able to extend your household insurance at no or little cost or find another company who will do the same job for a more competitive price. If you take a musical instrument, it should be packed in a hard case. For general baggage, which will go in our trailer, students should use a medium size soft case. We will not have room for large cases and hard backed cases are more difficult to pack.We have asked for copies of the main page of student’s passport and EHIC, which they can keep with them for identity purposes throughout the tour. The staff will collect in the originals to put into the Markushof Youth Hostel safe. Students will need a small ‘hand luggage’ bag with overnight toiletries, snacks and books, etc. for the coach journeys. Mobile phones are useful on the Music Tour but not essential. All expensive phones, precious jewellery and anything of significant value should be left at home. There is a ‘public’ phone in the Markushof Youth Hostel.
Allergies
Due to some students having severe allergies, no nuts or any foods containing nuts, peppersor any type of citrus fruit like oranges, satsumas, lemons, limes and grapefruits must be brought on to or consumed on the coaches.
Balconies
All rooms are at the Markushof Youth Hostel are en suite with a shower and balcony. Any student attempting to cross over the balcony to another room will immediately be sent home at the cost of their parent/carer.
Kit List:
This is not a complete list but includes the most important items:
1) Concert clothes for our one formal church concert in the Mondsee Basilica
Girls: Black shoes, full-length black skirts or trousers and black tops (non-strappy)
Boys: White shirt, black bow tie, black trousers and black shoes
2) Tour Polo shirt(s) with shorts and trainers or sandals are to be worn for our three outdoor concerts (string players will have a short additional outdoor concert in St Gilgen).
3) Sunglasses, hat and sunscreen.
4) Swimming costume and one towel for swimming pool.
5) Another towel for showering plus shower gel.
6) Coach hand luggage items (to be packed in a small bag for overnight coach journeys): Toiletries (toothbrush and paste, etc), sterling + euros for outgoing and return journeys, smallpillow, change of clothes, deodorant, light weight waterproof, some warm clothing and any appropriate medicines.
7) Casual clothes that will be suitable for warm weather in Austria.
8) Warm outdoor clothing and strong trainers or walking shoes for our visit to the Ice Caves
9) Pyjamas.
10) Medium size soft case or holdall as main luggage.
11) Snacks and water for outward journey (with a bottle that can be reused if possible), book(s).
12) Small amount of sterling to buy cost price drinks and snacks on our coaches
13) Spending money in euros for Austria (in resealable bag, to be handed over ‘Staff Bankers’)
14) Hard case for own musical instrument (if you are taking one)
15) Own medication (if required)
16) Camera, mobile phone and charger (but try to leave expensive items at home)
17) European adaptor (for electrical items).
KEVI Summer Concert and Final Music Tour Rehearsals
Friday 15 July
3.30 KEVI Steel Pans (see Jenny Gilberg for exact times) LSH
Saturday 16 July
9.30 Ceilidh Band LSH
10.30 Choir LSH
12.00 Lunch (Bring packed lunch/drink)
12.30 ChoirLSH
1.30 Jazz Band Photos RR
2.00 Jazz Band LSH 3.00 Chamber Choir LSH
4.00Isabella & Amber Duet (until 4.15 pm)LSH
4.00 Setting up for Orchestra LSH
4.30 Orchestra (Scottish Dances & Carmen Suite)LSH
5.30Orchestra (Slavonic Dance) (until 5.45 pm)LSH 5.30 Trombone Sectional for Jazz Band (until 6.00 pm) DS 3
5.45 KEVI Steel PansLSH
6.45Finish rehearsals
7.00Students register back in school (DS2 for Choir and DS3 for instrumentalists)
7.30 Summer Concert LSH
9.45 Approx end of Concert
Sunday 17 July (Choir not needed)
9.30 Strings plus vocal soloists: Rose McKean & Lydia Wheeler RR
11.45 Informal Concert (no entrance cost) RR
12.30 Finish.
Monday 18 July
3.30 – 4.30Final Choir Rehearsal for Music Tour RR
Tuesday 19 July
7.00 – 9.00Final Jazz Band Rehearsal RR
Let’s work hard to make the Summer Concert a great evening and concentrate in rehearsals so that we take the very best of our music out ready for our five concerts in Austria. Please do not hesitate to contact me on if you have any questions.
Yours sincerely,
Mr R Forbes (Head of Music)