Con Brio Sun Peaks Festival Trip

Originally Posted 9:58 AM, October 12, 2023
Last Updated 12:15 PM, April 22, 2024

Our Con Brio Sun Peaks Music Festival is less than a week away!

7:30 AM Mountain Time - Arrive by this time to Load Coach
8:15 AM Mountain Time - Depart Notre Dame Collegiate
8:30 AM Mountain Time - Arrive at Holy Spirit Academy, set up
9:30 AM Mountain Time - Performance by Sr. Band and Jazz Combos, and Sharing with HSA students
10:15 AM Mountain Time - Pack up and Depart
12:00 PM Mountain Time - Stop in Canmore, AB for food
1:00 PM Mountain Time - Depart Canmore, AB
4:00 PM Pacific Time - Arrival at Crazy Creek, BC for Hot Springs
5:30 PM Pacific Time - Depart Crazy Creek
6:00 PM Pacific Time - Arrive at Best Western Sicamous Inn, check in, walk for supper (either Tim Horton's or Subway)
10:00 PM Pacific Time - Lights Out

7:00 AM - Morning Breakfast
8:30 AM - Checkout of Sicamous hotel
11:30 AM - Arrive at Sun Peaks Resort, check into hotel
- Students will remain on campus for all activities from this point until departure on Sunday
2:15 PM - Gather, attend Handsworth Senior Choir performance in Grand Ballroom
4:00 PM - Saxophones Only in The Annex for workshop
4:00 PM - Percussion Only in the Alpine Room for workshop
5:00 PM - Flutes, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinets, Bass Clarinets Only in The Annex for workshop
6:00 PM - Brass Only in The Annex for workshop
7:00 PM-9:00 PM - Scavenger Hunt Team Signup (optional)
10:00 PM - Lights out

7:45 AM - Breakfast at Mantles Restaurant
8:45 AM - All gather, attend performance of MEI Grade 9 Concert Band
9:30 AM - Downtime, Double-Buddy System
1:15 PM - Be in uniform with instruments put together
1:20 PM - Arrive at Warm-Up Room
1:50 PM - Warm-Up
2:30 PM - Performance
3:00 PM - Workshop
3:30 PM - Return instruments to hotel rooms
3:45 PM - Head to The Annex to attend performance of Shaftesbury High School Jazz
4:30 PM - Downtime
7:15 PM - Gather for Evening Gala Festival Concert
8:30 PM - Downtime
10:00 PM - Lights out

7:45 AM Pacific TIme - Breakfast at Cahilty Creek Grill
9:00 AM Pacific Time - Gather with uniforms and instruments put together
9:30 AM Pacific Time - Massed Bands Workshop
10:30 AM Pacific Time - Hotel Checkout, load Coach, depart
12:00 PM Pacific Time - Stop in Chase, BC for Lunch (Railside Restaurant, U-Thi Sushi Grill, Subway)
1:00 PM Pacific Time - Depart Chase, BC
5:30 PM Mountain Time - Arrive in Golden, BC for supper/snacks (Dairy Queen, McDonald's, Subway)
6:30 PM Mountain Time - Depart Golden, BC
9:30 PM Mountain Time - Arrive at NDC, Parents to pick up students.

Travel and accomodations are arranged by Ellison Travel.

Instrument in working order with maintenance supplies (extra reeds, mallets and sticks, shakers)
Music Folder with sheet music and pencil (Holst, Moana, Eagle Song and Journey required)
Black shoes, black socks, black pants, white undershitrt (Jacket will be provided)

Clothing for four days and 3 nights
- We will be in the mountains in a mountain village, consider appropriate clothing such as toques, jackets, gloves, snowy-resistant footwear (shorts might not be good enough, Arlin)
- Swimwear (students are not permitted in hotel or resort pools without one of our chaperones directly present out of the water whether there is a lifeguard or not)
- Pajamas
Toiletries
Medication (please note, families should update medical information by Friday, April 19 with the school; students will be responsible for managing their own medication, chaperones and teachers are not permitted to be involved in student medication management)
Money for meals (lunch and supper on all 4 days, locations indicated in the itinerary; all breakfasts are already paid for)
Homework and other personal entertainment tools for working on the bus (bring expensive devices and items at your own risk)

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Windsor at [email protected].

Looking forward to our trip!