# Our Con Brio Sun Peaks Music Festival is less than a week away! ![con-brio-sun-peaks-banner-website-2024](https://conbriofestivals.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/con-brio-sun-peaks-banner-website-2024.jpg) ## Itinerary Current as of April 15, 2024 ### Thursday, April 25, 2025 - 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 ### Friday, April 26, 2024 (all Pacific Time) - 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 ### Saturday, April 27, 2024 (all Pacific Time) - 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 ### Sunday, April 28, 2024 - 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. # Equipment to Pack - 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) ## Other Information [You can see the full itinerary and details of our trip as provided by our Tour Operator Ellison Travel, including information about the Scavenger Hunt, are available by clicking here. Any questions regarding the festival itself will likely be answered using this document.](https://ndcfinearts.ca/pdfs/conbrio2024.pdf) If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Windsor at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). Looking forward to our trip!