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The Holiday Course is a vital part
of the preparation of the Special Groups for the Festival. Because
so much work takes place during this Holiday Course, attendance is
compulsory - you MUST be able to attend EVERY day of the course
- there can be NO exceptions to this. |
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Each day, you will be taken through
the pieces being prepared for the Festival. You may spend some time
learning parts in sectional rehearsals and choir members will be taught
any movements. New music may be introduced that you have not seen
previously. During these three days, an enormous amount of fine-tuning
goes into every piece - so be ready for some hard work, and be ready
to do some rehearsal at home in the evenings in prepration for the
next day. |
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| Dates: | 27th, 28th & 29th September inclusive, the first three days of the first week of the Spring Holidays (end of Term 3). | |||
| Start times: | Junior & Senior Choirs: Report by 8.15am for 8.30am start | |||
| Orchestra and Concert Band: Report at 8.15am to set up and tune. | ||||
| Recorder Ensemble: 8.30am | ||||
| Finish times: | Junior & Senior Choirs, Orchestra : 2.30pm | |||
| Recorder Ensemble and Concert Band: 12.30pm | ||||
| Venue: | Junior Choir - St Andrew's College, Theatrette | See map of where to go at STAC | ||
| Concert Band - St Andrew's College, Music Dept | ||||
| All other groups - Heaton Intermediate School, Merivale | See map for where these places are. | |||
| What to wear: | Tidy, casual | |||
| What to bring: | Your instrument and music (if any), a snack to eat at the morning break, your lunch (if you are in the choirs or the orchestra), a pencil, a bottle of water. | |||
| What NOT to bring: | Please do not bring gum and/or sweets to the Holiday Course. | |||
| Breaks: | There is a Morning Tea break and a Lunch break, both of 30 minutes. You will be required to remain in the school for these - you are not allowed to leave the school premises to buy your food, so make sure that you remember to bring your snack and/or lunch with you. | |||
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We
require the assistance of teachers or of parents of children attending
the Holiday Course to help supervise the children during their two
30-minute breaks on each day of the course.
More details... |
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