Subject: Re: TIME SENSITIVE Stotesbery hotel and payment information
From: "Sharon Fong" <[email-masked]>
To: "Cindy Dunbar" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Jennie Feldmann" <[email-masked]>, "Bomstein, Howard" <[email-masked]>, "Mufson, Steve" <[email-masked]>, "Wills, Mary" <[email-masked]>, "Wills, Jerry" <[email-masked]>, "Webb, Tim" <[email-masked]>, "Webb, Kathi" <[email-masked]>, "Fishbane, Raina" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Chuck" <[email-masked]>, "Lewis, Carole" <[email-masked]>, "Wagner, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Steve, Springer" <[email-masked]>, "Springer, Caroline" <[email-masked]>, "Watts, Diana" <[email-masked]>, "Solleveld, Leen" <
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:39:10 -0400

Dear All,

This Wednesday and Friday, I will be at TBC during the morning drop-off.  I
will stand by the path to the boat house (in the parking lot) between 5:25
and 5:40 am.

Thanks!

Sharon

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Cindy Dunbar <[email-masked]> wrote:

>  Dear Sidwell crew families:
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> There are a number of time-sensitive tasks that need to be taken care of
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> 1)       *Hotel reservations for families*:  Parents should use the link
> below to reserve a hotel room for Friday night May 20th.   The hotel is
> the *Crowne Plaza Philadelphia Downtown*, 1800 Market Street,
> Philadelphia, PA 19103.  We have negotiated a rate of $129.00 per night,
> which for a downtown Philadelphia hotel is very competitive.  For Stotesbury
> veterans, this is NOT the hotel we have stayed at for years previously, we
> finally decided the other hotel was just too scuzzy, and this hotel offers
> many advantages, including location closer to the river, a reasonably-priced
> team dinner Thursday evening, and a much nicer ambiance (no interstate
> noise!). *The rowers share rooms with each other arranged and paid for by
> the team, in the same hotel, and do not need to be taken into account by
> families reserving rooms*. We have already reserved rooms for the rowers,
> you ONLY need to reserve a room for the family if you are planning to go up
> and watch the races. Families generally stay only one night (Friday).  Even
> if boats race on Saturday, the regatta is finished by mid-day.
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> Here is the link:
> https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=3100955,
> or call 1-888-233-9527
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> *RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY APRIL 20th, the block will be released after
> that time, and with graduations and Stotesbury, hotel rooms that weekend are
> at a premium, so please be sure to reserve ASAP. The room can be cancelled
> up until the day of arrival without penalty. *
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> There are no additional rooms available for Thursday night May 19th.
> Looking at the usual race schedule, no Sidwell boat should be rowing in a
> race before mid-late morning Friday, therefore driving up Friday morning for
> families will be fine.
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> *Potential drivers for Thursday*:  We are still awaiting word from
> Sidwell’s bus insurer regarding whether we will be able to take the two
> small school buses up to Philly.  For right now reserve a room for Friday,
> and I am holding a few of the team block rooms from Thursday to accommodate
> drivers if necessary (several drivers also have other places to stay in
> Philly).  Potential drivers (culled from the list of volunteers who have
> vans or SUVs and have been to Stotesbury before) include Mark Wagner, Liz
> Britton, Carol Boochever, Burr Gray, Jennie Feldman, myself. Thanks to
> others who volunteered (Agnes, Gus, Polly)- we likely won’t need you.
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> 2)       *Payment*:  It is time for each rower to make their Stotesbury
> contribution. We have to pay for the hotel, the entry fees and other costs
> in the next several weeks. The amount will be $325 per rower, covering rower
> transportation, tent/hay rental, tent food and drink (for all, no extra
> lunch charge for families this year), rower and coach hotel, rower and coach
> meals. Dinner on Friday night will be a team/family event at an Italian
> restaurant near the hotel.  The charge per family member attending Friday
> dinner will be $20. Please either mail a check made out to Sidwell Friends
> School Crew to P.O. Box  5913, Washington, DC  20016. Alternatively, bring
> the check to hand to Sharon Fong at morning practice drop-off this week on
> Wednesday (the 13th) or Friday (the 15th), or bring the check to the
> crinner (at my house) this Friday and hand it to me. Please include $325
> plus $20 per family member attending the Friday night dinner (if you are
> unsure about the dinner, you can ask to be added later and pay $20 that
> night).  If payment constitutes a hardship, please contact Liz Britton to
> request assistance.
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> Please print out this email to enclose with your check:
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> Name of rower: _____________________________
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> Names of family members or friends attending dinner Friday night:
> ________________________________________________________
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> Total amount enclosed: ($325+$20 per non-rower dinner attendee)
> _______________________
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> Thank you and please deal with these tasks promptly, both are time
> sensitive!
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> Any questions just email or call (301-768-3923)
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> Cindy Dunbar (Alexa’s mother)
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