July 7th - Getting Competition Ready

July 6th 2009

Hello to all our choristers and families!

It has been an eventful few days with all the changes happening in Laval.
Our most current update, as of late Sunday July 5th, is as follows:

Departure - July 8th, 2009
6:15am - Call time: Chorister to meet at Ancaster pick up location
6:30am - Bus arrives and picks up choristers
6:45am - Call time: Choristers meet at Park and Ride on Guelph Line in Burlington
7:00am - Bus arrives and picks up choristers

***Please remember to be on time for the pick up as we are on a tight schedule to arrive in to Laval for our sound check at 3:30pm.

***Choristers need to bring a bagged ‘nut’ free lunch on the bus, water bottle, and snacks.

Destination: Laval - Hotel Sheraton, 2440 Autoroute des Laurentides Laval, Quebec
Ph. 450 680 5755

Competition - Thursday July 9th, 2009
Category 1 (Children's Choir) 9:00am
Category 7 (Contemporary) 5:45am

Friday July 10th, 2009
Potential attendance to workshop & sightseeing Montreal in afternoon and evening
NOTE: Please allow for dinner money, as the choristers will be eating “out” that day

Saturday July 11th, 2009
12:00pm - Out of Contest Concert (Friendship Concert) – Choral village
6:00pm - Finals: St. Rose Church in Laval (for parents attending, you can google the directions to this beautiful church or ask at the hotel)
8-10pm - Eric Whitacre Concert – for parents attending, this is the event that the results of the competition will be announced. It is unsure whether tickets need to be purchased or not. Please talk to John King.

Sunday July 12th, 2009
10-11:30am - Zimfira leading a well publicized workshop (our choristers will be participating in that workshop)
1:00pm - Depart Laval
7:00pm (approximate) : Arrival to Burlington (same as pick up location)
7:30pm (approximate): Arrival to Ancaster (same as pick up location)

Remember to....
Provide money for lunch (we have yet to hear whether or not lunch is paid for that day) and provide money for dinner (will be at a rest stop on the way home)
NOTE: Spending money as each family feels necessary.

Emergency Contact Information:

Linda Martinus-Naccarato
email: intointeriors@cogeco.ca
cell: 905 399 4686

Kim Thompson
email: kimthompson3kids@sympatico.ca
cell: 905 570 2453

NOTE: The most efficient way to contact the chaperones will be via email or text as our phones will be on vibrate. It is illegal in Quebec to talk on a cell phone and drive.

Parents who are travelling to Laval. You can contact John King and he is staying at the
Laval Hilton ph. 450 682 2225

OF MOST IMPORTANCE:
♪ Choristers – do not forget your concert uniforms, black socks, and slippers
♪ Please wear you black T-shirts on the bus to Laval as we are heading straight to the venue
♪ OHIP cards to board the bus
♪ Blue Choir Shirts and hoodies as well It is an absolute privilege to be chaperoning the choristers on this tour for the World Competition. Please know that we will do our very best to insure their safety and well being while they are in Laval, all the while having fun!

Linda and Kim