Greetings Swiss Friends,
[Below] is bulletin #3 which is being posted to our website on the Performers Info page. Please circulate this bulletin to all of your members and interested followers. As mentioned in the bulletin, it would greatly aid our finances if we could get more badge money coming in. Also there has been a lull in the Souvenir Book ad orders. I am sure that there are many of you
out there who are planning on submitting and ad or tribute. If you could communicate your plans to Vicki Imhof Nickinovich at Sängerfestbook@hotmail.com , it would really help with her planning and preparation of the book.
Thank you for your help.
Best regards,
Greg Vesey, festival president
Bulletin #3
February 12, 2014
Progress continues to be on track in planning and organizing Sängerfest 2014 – Tacoma. Orders for badges are starting to come in, however, we would appreciate it if more non singers who will be paying for their own badges would order and pay for them now to help with the advance costs of putting on the festival.
We now have the Grand Concert song pronunciations on our website available as an MP3 on the Songbook Support page. Additionally, we are offering banner advertising prominently displayed on our website homepage for $500, as well as festival sponsorship at various levels.
The Souvenir Book is being produced by Vicki Imhof Nickinovich and Margo Reichlin. Information and applications for ads in the book are linked on our website on the Ads-Tributes page. A concerted effort is being made to have a special section in the book dedicated to family tributes commemorating our Swiss relatives and friends who have meant so much to the preservation of our Swiss heritage. A request was sent to all member choir presidents on January 27th asking them to submit the group choir photo as well as individual photo’s of the club president and director along with the choir history by March 1st.
We have set the Grand Concert ticket price at $35, and the link to order tickets from our website will be posted soon. There will also be a form available to order tickets by mail. For guests who choose not to purchase a badge, we will have the availability to purchase advance tickets to all of the Sängerfest functions. These will also be available through the website or by mail. Attached is a price schedule for the individual functions.
Our director, Kurt McKee, and I are scheduling our visits to the choirs, with our first visit scheduled to Swiss Singing Society Harmonie – Los Angeles on February 17th. We ask that the choirs be flexible in their scheduling since Kurt has limited leave time available.
A giant Thank You goes out to Lori Nichols McCrabb. She came up with the idea of offering sponsorship of the souvenir bag and the items contained therein to anyone who was interested in contributing. She has garnered over $6,500 in donations to pay for the bags, badges, and the twelve items (at this point) in the bag that will be given to all badge holders.
We are still working on the logistics of how we will organize the Kinder Chörli, and will be outlining our plan as we visit the member choirs. Our intent is to invite children from all of the USSSPC clubs to participate, but the coordination of this endeavor is complicated. Please bear with us as we develop a workable plan for this most worthwhile undertaking.
Transportation to the Hotel Murano from the airport, bus station, or train station will not be provided. We will however, put together an information sheet on available shuttle services along with their contact information and pricing. Shuttle bus transportation for badges holders will be provided to the loading dock for the cruise as well as the Swiss Park on Saturday.
With just five months to go until Sängerfest, the excitement (and tension) is mounting. The support of the Swiss Sportmen’s Club of Tacoma, the Enzian Ladies Choir – Tacoma, and the Swiss Men’s Society of Tacoma as well as all of the USSSPC member choirs is so greatly appreciated as we make the final preparations.
Best regards,
Greg Vesey
USSSPC President
cougdadgv@aol.com
(253)678-4924
Sängerfest 2014 – Individual Function Pricing
Welcome Banquet, Thursday July 10th – Hotel Murano Pavilion - $40.00
Non-Singer Cruise, Friday July 11th - $75.00
Grand Concert, Friday July 11th – Hotel Murano Pavilion - $35.00
Post Concert Buffet, Friday July 11th – Hotel Murano Ballroom-not available w/o a badge at this time
Swiss Park , Saturday July 12th – Bonney Lake Includes park entry ($20 – age 12 and under free),
Lunch ($10) Dinner ($20), & Dance - $50.00
Grand Banquet, Sunday July 13th – Hotel Murano Pavilion- $44.00
Our director, Kurt McKee, and I are scheduling our visits to the choirs, with our first visit scheduled to Swiss Singing Society Harmonie – Los Angeles on February 17th. We ask that the choirs be flexible in their scheduling since Kurt has limited leave time available.
A giant Thank You goes out to Lori Nichols McCrabb. She came up with the idea of offering sponsorship of the souvenir bag and the items contained therein to anyone who was interested in contributing. She has garnered over $6,500 in donations to pay for the bags, badges, and the twelve items (at this point) in the bag that will be given to all badge holders.
We are still working on the logistics of how we will organize the Kinder Chörli, and will be outlining our plan as we visit the member choirs. Our intent is to invite children from all of the USSSPC clubs to participate, but the coordination of this endeavor is complicated. Please bear with us as we develop a workable plan for this most worthwhile undertaking.
Transportation to the Hotel Murano from the airport, bus station, or train station will not be provided. We will however, put together an information sheet on available shuttle services along with their contact information and pricing. Shuttle bus transportation for badges holders will be provided to the loading dock for the cruise as well as the Swiss Park on Saturday.
With just five months to go until Sängerfest, the excitement (and tension) is mounting. The support of the Swiss Sportmen’s Club of Tacoma, the Enzian Ladies Choir – Tacoma, and the Swiss Men’s Society of Tacoma as well as all of the USSSPC member choirs is so greatly appreciated as we make the final preparations.
Best regards,
Greg Vesey
USSSPC President
cougdadgv@aol.com
(253)678-4924
Sängerfest 2014 – Individual Function Pricing
Welcome Banquet, Thursday July 10th – Hotel Murano Pavilion - $40.00
Non-Singer Cruise, Friday July 11th - $75.00
Grand Concert, Friday July 11th – Hotel Murano Pavilion - $35.00
Post Concert Buffet, Friday July 11th – Hotel Murano Ballroom-not available w/o a badge at this time
Swiss Park , Saturday July 12th – Bonney Lake Includes park entry ($20 – age 12 and under free),
Lunch ($10) Dinner ($20), & Dance - $50.00
Grand Banquet, Sunday July 13th – Hotel Murano Pavilion- $44.00
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