Bands of AHS

Families

Carnegie Hall 2027

Family response, conditional deposit, and current trip-planning information.

Ashley Bands is planning a New York trip for March 23-26, 2027, with the Carnegie Hall performance on March 25, 2027. Final participation, price, approvals, and funding remain subject to confirmation.

Where things stand

The trip deposit has been submitted. The plan is to take everyone.

Help raise the money

Students can share our story through My Carnegie Notes and letters in the Family Portal. Every gift lowers the trip cost for every student who goes. Anyone can give at Support the Carnegie trip.

Family response

If your family has not responded yet, or you are new to Ashley Bands, use the family commitment form. It has the response choices, acknowledgement, and signatures. For help, contact Mr. Parker.

Families can indicate that their student intends to participate if the family responsibility can be reduced. Choose no only if the student cannot participate regardless of financial assistance.

Cost and conditional deposit

The trip is planning around $2,500 per traveler. This is an estimate, not a final price. No amount of outside funding or lower family total is guaranteed.

The response records whether a family can plan for up to $2,000 or needs the family responsibility reduced below $2,000. If outside support cannot bring the final responsibility within the amount selected, the program must return to the family for a new decision before final registration.

The $50 deposit choice

Every yes response includes the same separate $50 conditional-deposit choice. Choosing to pay now creates the connected $50 charge and opens payment options after the response is saved. Choosing that the deposit cannot be paid at this time creates no new charge and does not change the yes response.

Already paid the deposit?

Families with a completed $50 deposit do not submit again or pay another $50. Use the Family Portal to review the connected record. For an individual balance, payment, refund, or access question, contact Mr. Parker directly.

Refunds and final registration

This is initial family intent, not the final trip contract. The deposit is refundable until the participation threshold is confirmed and the Boosters pay the WorldStrides group deposit; after that it becomes nonrefundable. This page does not establish that the group deposit has been paid. Changing a response does not automatically refund a completed payment.

Students are not individually confirmed until WorldStrides registration and required paperwork are complete. Concert Band participation remains subject to approval; an unapproved Concert Band student's $50 will be refunded. Any later WorldStrides registration payment is part of, not added to, the family's final approved responsibility.

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