[Dhsbb-jazz] Monterey

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Dear Parents and/or students

CONGRATULATIONS!

I received the email below within the last hour and decided to pass it 
on ASAP


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Hi Fred,
 
I hope all is well with you. I just wanted to pass on to you and your 
students that the Davis High School Big Band and Combo have been 
selected to participate in our Next Generation Festival again. 
Congratulations! Due to the high number of High School submissions this 
year (more than double previous years), it took us a lot longer to get 
the results from the folks at Berklee. I do apologize for the delay.
 
I will be sending you an official notice with some information 
regarding hotels, bus parking, schedule, etc. Meanwhile, if you could 
ascertain the number of hotel rooms you will need for your group and 
your preference for hotel (Portola Plaza or Monterey Marriott), I will 
begin the process of  blocking  and holding rooms for you.
 
Please note, because of the popularity of the event, our discounted 
room block at the Portola Plaza Hotel sold out early last year. To 
prevent this, we are holding a number of rooms for school groups only 
plus a reasonable number of chaperones (by reasonable I am considering 
one chaperone for every 5 students). Some parents have already 
contacted the host hotels and are stunned that although they are still 
offered a discounted room ($179 at the Portola Plaza; $189 at the 
Monterey Marriott), it is not the same rate as the school group rate 
($129/139 at the Portola Plaza; $144 at the Marriott). We have 
negotiated this two-tiered rate system with the hotels in order to keep 
the costs down for our participating schools. I hope you understand and 
can help explain this to any concerned parents other than chaperones 
who want to attend the event. I do have alternate hotels I can 
recommend that are within walking distance of the Conference Center.
 
If your plans should change and you are unable to participate, please 
let me know as soon as possible so that I may contact one of the 
alternate groups.
Again, my congratulations and I look forward to hearing the band in 
April!
Rob
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