FINAL UPDATE

Gentlemen!

Our weekend is almost here! This is a little information to get you in and around the venue / hotel. There is a map at the bottom of this email for your convenience. 

Hotel - Fredericton Inn (#9 on Map)

Address: 1315 Regent Street
Website

FOLLOW THE BLACK LINE ON THE MAP 
Off the TransCanada #2, take Exit 285B.  Take a right at the yield, go straight and take a left at the 3rd set of lights into the Walmart parking lot.  

You have to go into the Walmart parking lot and enter the Fredericton Inn from behind, there is no way in if you pass Walmart.

 

Venue - Tom Morrison Theatre - Fredericton High School (X on Map)

Address: 300 Preistman Street
Website
From Fredericton Inn to Fredericton High School
 

ROUTE #1 - FOLLOW THE RED LINE ON THE MAP 
Go back through the Walmart parking lot to the same set of lights.  Take left at the lights and continue down Regent Street.  At the second set of lights turn left onto Priestman Street, right after the 1st set of lights on Priestman Street you will see the entrance to the High School on the Left.

ROUTE #2 - FOLLOW THE PURPLE LINE ON THE MAP 
Go thru the parking lot behind the Fredericton Inn and make your way to the back of the mall.  At the set of lights going out the mall, continue straight thru, you are now on Bishop Avenue.  At the Subaru Dealer on the right, make a right and enter the traffic circle.  Take the Smythe Street exit off the traffic circle (you are getting off straight across from where you entered).  At the third set of lights make a right onto Priestman Street and before the next set of lights you will see the entrance to the High School on the right.

Good day, gentlemen!

I trust you all had a good weekend.

Here are deadlines and due dates - all in one place.  [Note: The second deadline in the list is new to you.]  And thank you to those who have already sent information or otherwise attended to matters.  

  • March 29th (THIS WEDNESDAY) - CJ-20 - As per the Harmony Society's instructions.
  • March 31st - Hotel Accommodation Bookings - Fredericton Inn - 1-800-561-8777 - Code: "barber17" - See Bulletin #1 for details.
  • March 31st - Friday evening concert - Who will sing and which songs - Send to johnmh@live.ca - See Bulletin #3 for details.
  • April 5th - Information for program, publicity and MCs - Send to johnmh@live.ca - See Bulletin #4 for details.
  • April 8th - Contest registration spreadsheet - Send to teaganskye.cw@gmail.com - See Bulletin #2 for details.

See you all soon!

Update #5

March 26th

Good day, gentleman.  I hope that your preparations for the"Celebration of Harmony" 2017 convention are going well.

To prepare a quality program for those attending the public concert on April 28th and/or the contest on the 29th, we need information and images from you.  Please send John Hildebrand (johnmh@live.ca) the following types of information on your chorus and on each quartet or VLQ from your chorus that will be competing in the contest and/or performing in the public concert:

  • historical background,
  • awards/honours,
  • regular programs that you lead, or in which you regularly participate, in your community,
  • interesting and/or humorous incidents in which members have been involved while actively "Barbershopping,"
  • moving or rewarding moments as Barbershoppers.

 

We plan to use this information in three ways:

  • as mentioned initially, for write-ups in the convention program,
  • as material for our MCs to use during the convention,
  • as material to be incorporated into (an) article(s) to appear in our local newspaper during the lead-up to the convention.

 

We would also like pictures of your choruses, quartets and VLQs.  These could be formal shots or performance shots in context.  Pictures will be placed in the program and, hopefully, at least a couple will be placed in the newspaper.

 

It would be most helpful if the requested information could be sent to John Hildebrand (johnmh@live.ca) no later than April 5th.

 

Thank you for your help in enabling us to well-introduce the division's Barbershoppers to the public here in the Fredericton area.

UPDATE #4

March 20th

UPDATE #3

March 10th

Good day, gentlemen.

What better way to start our "Celebration of Harmony" convention weekend than with a public concert on Friday evening to bring our talents before a wider audience!

The River Valley Chorus would very much like each chapter to participate in the concert and invites each of you to perform two or three songs at this event.  These songs could be presented by your full chorus, a quartet from your chorus, or some combination thereof.

The concert will take place in the Tom Morrison Theatre at Fredericton High School on Friday, April 28th.  It will begin at 7:30 p.m. and be of seventy or eighty minutes duration (with no intermission).  (Performing during the concert will help you become familiar with the stage and facilities where you will compete on Saturday.)

 

Please contact John Hildebrand (johnmh@live.ca) by the end of March with details concerning who will sing and what songs you have in mind.  In the meantime, if you have any questions, also please contact John.

UPDATE #2

March 6th

Good day, gentlemen! Greetings from sunny (yet still cold!) Fredericton!

This bulletin focuses on the registration spreadsheet that must be completed and submitted by each chapter planning to attend Sunrise's "Celebration of Harmony 2017."  

DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION SPREADSHEET

The submission deadline is 8 Apr 2017 (but early submissions are good).  Submissions go to convention registrar, Charlie Wright, at teaganskye.cw@gmail.com.

Some points to keep in mind when completing the spreadsheet:

  • The registration fee is $30/contestant, regardless of the number of groups within which the contestant competes.
  • Please expand details (at the bottom of the spreadsheet) for contestants that are part of more than one entry in a category.
  • Please provide (at the bottom of the spreadsheet) the names of all quartets and VLQs.
  • When entering the names of guests, please separate with commas.
  • Lunch on Saturday will be served in the school cafeteria area and includes a hot portion.
  • Like guests who wish to partake, contestants need to pay for the Saturday lunch ($12) and Saturday evening banquet ($40).
  • Additionally, guests need to pay to attend one or both of the Friday evening concert ($15) and Saturday contest ($15).

The data submitted will be used to

  • prepare individual registration packets
  • prepare nametags
  • prepare tickets (e.g., meal tickets, guest admission tickets)
  • plan logistics (e.g., set the contest schedule, determine how many bottles of water are needed where)

Any questions regarding the registration process may be directed to Charlie Wright (teaganskye.cw@gmail.com).

See you all soon!

Update #1

March 3rd

Good day, gentlemen.  And welcome to this introduction to Sunrise “Celebration of Harmony” Convention 2017, being held on the weekend of April 28th-30th in Fredericton, NB. 

This bulletin provides:

1.       An outline of activities for the weekend

2.       An introduction to the performance venue

3.       An introduction to the host hotel, as well as specifics with respect to reserving accommodations

(Note: Bulletin #2, outlining convention registration details, will follow very soon.)

 

Outline of Activities:

April 28th – evening – Public “Celebration of Harmony” Concert

April 28th – late evening – Presidents’ Meeting

April 29th – morning & afternoon – Contest

April 29th – evening – Banquet & Afterglow

April 30th – morning – PaPPys’ Breakfast

 

Performance Venue – Fredericton High School

Friday’s public concert and Saturday’s contest will take place in the Tom Morrison Theatre at Fredericton High School, 300 Priestman Street in Fredericton. 

 

Convention Hotel – Fredericton Inn

Rooms are available to contest participants at the Fredericton Inn, 1315 Regent Street in Fredericton. (See the third image attached.)  For convention participants, a room costs $129.00/night, for either single or double occupancy.  This price includes breakfast for the one or two occupants.

To reserve a room, call 1-800-561-8777 and provide the code “barber17” to access the convention price.

The Fredericton Inn will be the site of the “meet and greet” and Presidents’ Meeting on Friday evening, of the banquet and afterglow on Saturday evening, and of the PaPPys’ breakfast on Sunday.

 

For your information, our convention chairman is Robert Sarty (Tel: 506-454-6299; E-mail: RobertSarty@yahoo.com)