The
invitations have been sent, the caterer is booked, and now we just need your
RSVP for an exciting family event in the Lower School
- the Advent Festival! This event will be held at Vis on Sunday, December 6, from 3:30pm - 6:30pm.
You may RSVP for the Advent Festival by mail or on-line by clicking here or RSVP by simply
dropping off your RSVP card in the special envelopes posted around the Lower School.
Please RSVP by November 13, 2009.
Program Highlights
For $10 per
person, or a maximum of $50 per family, you will enjoy an afternoon of holiday
festivities that include: hay/sleigh rides accompanied by our own
Father/Daughter Club; a family picture with Santa taken by our very own Vis
father/photographer extraordinaire, Andy King; cookie decorating with cookies,
courtesy of the uncle of a Vis student (Steve Scheunert of General Mills); a
family-style Christmas dinner that includes: turkey, mashed potatoes, green
beans, buttered rolls, all made complete with a finale of pumpkin and apple pies, catered by Prom
Catering; and many other fun, family activities.
Please do not let financial
constraints keep you from attending the Advent Festival! Contact Michelle Mechtel via e-mail or at 651-683-1721 for confidential
financial assistance. We hope to see all
of you there!
Wonder how you'll jampack all of these enjoyable activities into one afternoon?
The Advent
Planning Committee's goal is to alleviate waiting in long lines; they will assign dinner seating times for each family based on
your request on your RSVP card; therefore, it is very important that you turn in your RSVP by the
November 13 deadline. The committee will also designate a time slot for
each family to enjoy both the hay/sleigh ride and the family photo session with Santa; we will work very hard to accommodate everyone’s wishes.
The week before the event, you will receive a
packet in the Wednesday Folder which will detail the times assigned for your dinner seating,
sleigh/hay ride, and photo with Santa.
If you have any question regarding dinner seating or the activities
schedule, please contact Esther Tsai via e-mail or at 651-261-1175 or Mary Beth
Snyder via e-mail or at 612-532-8745.
Deck the halls with boughs and
holly….
We are in
need of the following Christmas decorations:
- 8 artificial trees (any size)
with bases
- 8 tree skirts
- 16 strands of artificial
garland
- 30 strands of lights –any
colors
- 12 extension cords
- 8 power strips
- 1 Nativity/Manger scene
- 6 lighted reindeer
- 16 empty boxes of various
sizes (from shoe boxes to banker boxes – to be wrapped up as gift boxes by
decorating committee)
- assorted
Christmas wrapping paper and any size bows
If you have
any of the above items that you can lend or donate to the Advent Festival,
please deposit them in boxes around the Lower School.
Please mark items that need to be returned with your name and phone number and
they will be returned to you the week after the festival.
If you have any
question regarding decorations, please contact Jennifer Frenz via e-mail or at 612-825-0115 or Heather
Thelen via e-mail or at 952-994-5415.
We
are looking forward to receiving your RSVP!
If you have any other question, please feel free to contact your class
representatives or the Advent Festival Event Chair, Holly Balfour via e-mail or at 612-925-9184.