New York Trip Determination

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Thank you for your patience as we’ve navigated COVID and travel restrictions. We apologize for the delay, but we do have updates for you.

Determination from the District

After several conversations with West and Central administration, the district has determined that we will not be permitted to travel this school year. There is much unknown about the next 5 months and we cannot wait any longer to make a determination, keeping fundraising and payment timelines in mind.

So Now What?

We have made the decision to forego the trip to New York this time around. However, we have decided to accelerate our general travel timeline and are planning to travel to Orlando in the spring of 2022! Please take a look at this post for more details.

We will be hosting a virtual informational meeting on Monday, December 14th at 7pm!

Options for Seniors

We understand that this news is difficult for all students, but especially for our current seniors. Though it’s a small consolation, we would love to welcome our seniors to travel with the band to Orlando as chaperones. Current seniors will have the opportunity to travel with the band as adults or perform with next year’s students.

Payments

Each students’ family will have a choice in what is done with their payments:

  • apply their payments to the 2022 trip to Orlando,

  • request a refund, or

  • donate the payments to the band program to purchase music and/or instruments.

Each student’s family may choose one of the above options. Due to the volume, we are unable to honor more than once choice per student.

Refunds will apply to payments only. We are unable to return online payment fees, as they directly pay for our ability to collect payments online.

Fundraising Profits

As stated in the trip contract, we are prohibited to return any fundraising profits to families. Each students’ family will have a choice in what is done with their fundraising profits:

  • apply their fundraising profits to the 2022 trip to Orlando, or

  • donate the fundraising profits to the band program to purchase music and/or instruments.

Your Next Steps

Please do not contact us regarding your choices regarding payments yet. In the coming weeks, we will begin the process of determining how to handle transfers, refunds, and donations.

Please join us for our informational meeting to learn more about the March 2022 trip to Orlando on Monday, December 14th at 7pm.

Oshkosh West Bands