Save The Date - Tour Meeting on February 25th

Tour participants and at least one parent/guardian will be required to attend a mandatory meeting on Thursday, February 25th, at 7:00 PM in the DGN Auditorium.

More details about the meeting, and the required paperwork that will be completed that evening will be forthcoming in January.  For now ask that families block out the date/time for the meeting.

Scholarships for Student Tour Participants

Bob Rogers Travel is promoting two different scholarships for students participating in group travel with their school music programs.  Both scholarships have entail a competitive application process..

For information about the scholarships, please follow the links below.  

BRT’s Moments That Matter Scholarships, and the Student and Youth Travel Association’s Road Scholarships are open for application.  Clicking on either of those links will take you to all info you need to complete the application process.

European Tour Registration Deadline is Wednesday!

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 23
Any student who completed preliminary registration with our staff on or prior to July 1st may register now, and should do so by September 23 to guarantee a spot on the tour.

Meeting Follow-Up Annoncements

Thank you for attending our Parent/Student information meeting last night at North High.  The information provided below is offered as clarification, and to answer some questions that were raised after the meeting.

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 23
Any student who completed preliminary registration with our staff on or prior to July 1st may register now, and should do so by September 23 to guarantee a spot on the tour.  The deposit will not be charged to families until October 1.

Total Package Cost
The total package cost is correct as listed on the IPS Registration Instructions ($3,360). There was a $10 discrepancy on our slide last night (#3,350), but it has been corrected and appears accurately on the slides that are running on our tour website.

Will there be an additional meeting to cover logistics like currency exchange and medical forms?
Yes! We should have clarified last night that there will be a meeting scheduled in January or February where students and parents will receive a great deal of information about money management, packing lists, medical forms, etc.  Stay tuned!

Help me understand why I need to "Follow By Email"?
As we mentioned last night, all future correspondence about the tour, after October 1st, will be done by posting to the Tour Blog.  It is important that family members (parents, and student participants) register their preferred email addresses through the form in the upper left corner of the Tour Blog.  Don't forget to look for a verification email (from Google, or FeedBurner), and verify your email address.

What do I do if I'm in Wind Ensemble, but did not express an interest in the tour prior to July 1st? 
For now, please hold. Do not register yet on the IPS system. Make sure your band director knows of your interest, and we will be back to you after the first initial round of formal registrations.  We will do our best to accommodate your interest, but we need to check instrumentation balance after October 1 before we can move forward.

Slides from September 9 Informational Meeting

Tour Information Meeting - September 9

REMINDER: There will be a required informational meeting about the tour held on Wednesday, September 9, from 7 - 8 PM, in the Clarence Johnson Auditorium of North High School.  Any student who wishes to travel on this tour must attend with at least one parent/guardian.  At the meeting we will present the tentative tour itinerary, share procedures for official registration, and explain the payment plan/process.  

We look forward to seeing your family at North High on September 9th at 7 PM.

Tour Launch!

We are pleased to announce the 2016 District 99 Honors Band Tour!  Students from Downers Grove North and Downers Grove South are headed for France and Germany in 2016.

The initial information packet, shared this week with DGN and DGS Wind Ensemble students (2015-16) may be found here.