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Tomorrow is the big day! Woo-hoo! Unfortunately, there's been a slight change to the itinerary for tomorrow only. The district denied our request to leave a half hour early from school. (It's a whole big thing dealing with having to apply for a third day and all. Too many details to get into. If you want it explained, please feel free to call me.) Anyway, because we're going to play nice, we're just going to leave 45 minutes later than planned. This means the kids will stay in class until the end of the day and then hurry and get their stuff and get on the bus as soon as they can. It's a bit of a curve ball, but nothing we can't handle. The rest of the trip will go as planned. The itinerary has been updated to reflect the changes.
Mr. Matthews has reserved the large practice room for storage of travel gear. It will be locked all day. Kids can store their stuff there for the day so they can save time going to their cars. If you want to bring their stuff to them, please make sure to arrive before 2:30 pm.
Chaperones, please plan on arriving around 2:00 so we can have a pow wow before the kids get there.
Also, there were some questions from the kids about what they can/cannot wear in Disney. We have specific things they need to wear for their performances. Other than that, they should wear what is comfortable and appropriate (ie, no Daisy Duke shorts for the girls and clothes must be worn at all times). Here is what they're wearing for performances:
Thursday, Stage Performance
Concert Black
- Black dresses/Tuxes
- Black socks/nylons
- All black shoes (Some guys were asking if they could wear their all black tennis shoes. We would rather they wore more formal shoes, but if that's all they have and the shoes are completely black, it's OK.)
- Ties for the tuxes
- Jewelry can be worn, but make sure it's not loud and gaudy.
The kids will change after this performance and all concert attire can be left on the bus. It would be a good idea to have a bag of some sort to store concert clothes in. We will figure out how to store the tux bags on the bus for the trip.
Friday, Workshop
- Tour t-shirt which they will receive some time after they depart
- Jeans or khaki type pants. Please try to wear pants without holes. We realize most jeans come with holes these day. If you have no jeans without holes, wear your least holey ones and maybe wear leggings underneath so skin is not showing.
- Closed toed shoes. Disney specifically states that "socks, bare feet, sandals, and flip flops are not permitted".
The kids may change after the workshop when they go to put their instruments back on the bus so they don't have to carry around their workshop clothes. We ask that they keep their tour shirt on that day, though.
The forecast for Anaheim on Thursday and Friday is in the low 60's and partly cloudy. At night, the temperatures may drop into the 40's. Since the band will be staying until the park closes each night, they may want to have warmer clothes with them--at least a jacket.
