It is my great pleasure to inform you that the Vanden Wind Ensemble has been invited to attend a music festival in New York City from March 24, 2016 through March 29, 2016 held at historic Carnegie Hall. We will be traveling as a group to New York via a flight late Thursday evening (3/24), and will arrive in the morning the following day. While in NYC we are hoping to do some site seeing around New York, including the possibility of a Broadway show, September 11th memorial, and a number of landmarks and museums.

This is an amazing opportunity for our students. Carnegie Hall represents the most prominent stage the Vanden Music Department has ever performed on. New York City is one of the world’s most culturally rich areas and our students will have many opportunities to interact with that culture.

The rough estimated cost for this trip is approximately $1,600 for each student; this includes hotel, travel to and around New York, and all of the events we have planned. We are hoping the community can donate to help pay for some of these costs to defray the costs to each student. If you would also like to contribute money to our Spring Trip 2016 fund, you can mail a check made payable to: “Vanden Music Boosters” (please put “Carnegie Hall” in the memo), and send it to our P.O. Box address. You can also donate using PayPal, by following the instructions below:

• Log on to www.charmsoffice.com

• Click Enter and locate the “PARENTS/STUDENTS/MEMBERS LOGIN” section of the web page (not

  the Teacher/Helper login)

• Enter school code: vandenmusicboosters and click “ENTER CHARMS”.

• Click the Shopping Cart on the bottom right called GUEST SHOPPING

• Click on the GREEN LINK – NO I AM NOT A PARENT OR STUDENT

• Click the BLUE LINK – “If you do not already have an account click here to set one up”

• Fill out your name and e-mail and create an account

• Enter the Reset Code that is sent to your e-mail and Click VALIDATE CODE

• Enter your New Password (has to be at least 8 characters long) and Click FINISH

• You will be directed to our shopping cart. Scroll down to Donation and Click CHOOSE

• Choose the “Spring Trip Donation”

• Scroll down to choose the amount of donation you would like to make and Click UPDATE CART

• Change the quantity to “1” (or whatever amount you want) and Click UPDATE CART

• Verify your purchase amount is correct and Click CHECKOUT

• Choose your checkout options – Click CHECKOUT with PayPal or BILL and PRINT. If you choose

  BILL and PRINT, please mail your check with invoice to our P.O. Box address on this letterhead

• You can also access our public calendar, e-mail the Music Board with questions, access fundraising

  handouts and have a shortcut to our website on CHARMS to keep updated with the Music

  Program.
  If you prefer, we also have a GoFundMe site set up. You can use the link:

  https://www.gofundme.com/979v9vwk

  As always, your donations are tax deductible. Thank you in advance- we appreciate any support you can give.

  Thank you,
  Vanden Music Boosters