[Dhsbb-jazz] San Diego Trip Financial Update

[Horn, John A]

Greetings Everyone,

There have been some questions about the financials for the trip and I wanted to take this opportunity to give you a quick update.
We originally were targeting to have this year's trip cost between $450-550.
There were many variables that needed to be worked out, and most were finalized within the last month.
The total cost of the trip came in at $520 per student.  So we feel pretty good about keeping it within the cost target and not running it up to the max level.

In addition we were able to add many more of the meals for everyone, so there really are only a couple that the kids are going to be "on their own" (like dinner in SeaWorld) and need to get lunch or dinner.  So that is a big plus.  We also added the Master's Classes, which is an afternoon of focused musical training by professional musicians.  It doesn't come cheap, but we did get a good deal, and the band boosters thought that this was an important (& neat) thing to do.

Now because many of the students did a great job of fundraising, and because we were targeting to be able to cover the $550 max cost, there are a bunch of people that will either be getting some money back, or will have the opportunity to roll that money forward to next year, in their student's account.  There will be a separate email going out to those affected in about a week.

We are down to two days before the trip, and in know everyone is really looking forward to it.  It should be a blast.

Don't forget to bring your lunch for Friday on the bus.

Cheers,
~JAH


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