PARENT INFORMATION
2008
RED LODGE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Fees are to be paid by May 27, 2008. The $20 registration fee is
non-refundable. If registration is
cancelled after June 1, the $50 room
deposit cannot be refunded. Please send any balance due to:
Eloise Kirk, Enrollments
3206 Green Terrace Drive
Billings, Montana 59102
(406) 252-4599
REGISTRATION: Saturday, June 7, 1:00-3:00 pm, Red Lodge High School.
AUDITIONS:
Saturday, June 7 from 2:00-4:00 pm,
following registration. Students are to prepare a short piece
of solo literature. Solos need not be memorized.
Violin and piano students will be mailed audition
materials upon registration. Orchestra and wind ensemble seating will be done
by the respective
directors at scheduled rehearsal times.
HOUSING: ALL
STUDENTS WILL CHECK INTO HOUSING UNITS THROUGH THE COUNSELORS after 2:00.
Girls will check in at the Lupine Inn, boys at either the Lupine Inn or Chateau Rouge. Please do not
check into the motels
before completing on-site registration.
MEALS: Meals, except for Festival picnics, will be served in the high school cafeteria.
The first meal is
Saturday, June 7 at 5:15 pm. The final meal will be Sunday, June 15 at noon.
BRING:
Folding music stand, instrument, strings, reeds, etc.
Rockstops for all cello and bass students.
Pencils, notebook.
Any solo or ensemble literature you may wish to study.
Personal toilet articles. Girls please bring extra washcloths for make-up
removal.
Alarm clocks
Bicycles, if desired, with reliable lock. (Chateau Rouge is almost a mile from
the high school.)
CLOTHING: Casual clothing may be worn to classes and rehearsals.
NO GRUBBIES AT CONCERTS. Please wear nice
slacks or dresses, no jeans.
Bring enough dress clothes (no jeans, shorts or t-shirts to attend 5 faculty recitals and your student
concerts.
Bring warm coats and sweaters. The weather in Red Lodge
is unpredictable.
Bring swim suits if you wish to use the pool.
Student Concert Dress: Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
Girls; Long or short dresses or pants outfits.
Boys: Dark slacks, dress shirt with tie.
May be arranged by the student with individual instructors upon arrival at
Festival.
Fees are $15.00 per half hour, payable to the instructor.
Students arriving in Billings by bus or airlines, may arrange for transportation
to Red Lodge.
Please make arrangements at least one week prior to arriving.
Contact: Eloise Kirk.
Students are not allowed, at any time, to ride in vehicles other than with camp
staff or their own
parents/guardians. Parents/guardians may
designate, in writing before the camp's opening day,
another person to transport the student to or from camp.
If the
student is ill, he/she will contact a counselor immediately. Medical expenses
due to illness are the student’s responsibility.
All
discipline problems will be dealt with immediately by the counseling staff or
Festival
Director. If a student is sent home, or leaves the camp early, no refund of
fees will be made.
All performances are in the Red Lodge Civic Auditorium.
SCHEDULE:
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Senior Band
9:00 String/Junior Wind Chamber Ensembles
10:00 All Master Classes
11:00 String/Sr. Wind Chamber
Ensembles/Jr. Band
12:00 Lunch
1:15 Festival Orchestra (Senior)
Junior Jazz Ensemble/Senior Sectionals
Improvisation Class
3:00 Philharmonic Orchestra (Junior)
Senior Jazz Ensemble/Junior Sectionals
Improvisation Class
4:00 Student activities (to be arranged)
5:15 Dinner
7:30 Faculty recitals (7:00 Thurs/Fri
Student recitals)
10:30 Bedcheck - Grades 8-9 (Sept., 2007)
11:00 Bedcheck - Grades 10-College (Sept.,
2007)
Lupine Inn: (406)446-1321 Chateau Rouge (406)446-1601
Head Counselor: (406)446-1351 Red Lodge Coordinator:
(406)425-2285
Parents/guardians wishing to
have their child released early from camp, before the final
performance on Sunday, June 15, please fill
out the early release form attached and return
before the beginning camp date, June 7, 2007.
FOR LAST MINUTE
PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE FESTIVAL, CONTACT: Eloise
Kirk: (406) 252-4599. (eloiserkirk@yahoo.com)