Travel gives students a reason to stretch.
Fort Nelson music students have a long history of travelling for festivals, workshops, concerts, and community-building experiences. Trips are exciting, but they are also built on preparation, responsibility, and trust.
Regional festivals
Students may travel to places such as Fort St. John, Grande Prairie, or Toad River to perform, receive adjudicator feedback, hear other groups, and experience being part of a larger music community.
Tour Band trips
Larger trips may include extended travel, workshops with guest clinicians, festival performances, concerts, sightseeing, and lots of time learning how to travel well as a group.
Parent and chaperone support
Trips are possible because adults help with supervision, logistics, meals, transportation, equipment, and the thousand little details that keep students safe and happy.
How students prepare
- Read the itinerary and know what is happening next.
- Bring instrument, music, uniform pieces, reeds/oil/mallets, and personal items from the packing list.
- Check in with teachers about missed work before leaving.
- Represent Fort Nelson with respectful behaviour at hotels, restaurants, theatres, festivals, and on the bus.
- Follow chaperone instructions and communicate if something is wrong.