2013 Music Trip to D.C.

RRMR Music Department going to Washington D.C.  According to Mrs Koob the RRMR choir instructor said the trip will be leaving Rockford on March 23rd and returning on March 29th of 2013.  Miss Young the RRMR band instructor said that the students chose the location because it offered more opportunities to do things other than just music related activities.  Both the band and the choir will be participating in clinics with colleges in the area around D.C. as well as having performances in the D.C area(locations yet to be decided).  The choir will be performing a mix of quote "crowd pleasers" or songs that people can sing along with.  There will be roughly 50 people from the choir, and 45 people from the band going on this trip, some of the attendees will be participating in band and choir both. Students were offered opportunities to do fundraising to pay for the trip, since the cost of the trip is between 600 and 700 dollars per student. Many students took the opportunity to pay for their trip, although if they didn't want the funds had to come out of their pocket.  In response to how he felt about the bus ride Brandon Emerson replied "its 14 hours each way and I am looking forward to sleeping on the ride." Rooming accommodations at the time are believed to be 4 students per room, and Brandon feels this is acceptable. The current count is 20 attending parents that will be chaperoning the trip.