International
Organ Festival
2010
Festival
International
d'Orgue
2010
Convention Registration
Registration Fees
| Category | Until April 30 | After April 30 |
|---|---|---|
| RCCO or AGO member | $375 | $425 |
| Student member | $250 | $275 |
| Non-member | $495 | $520 |
| Single Day | $150 | $150 |
Single Day Registration
The single day rate is available for whole days July 19, 20, 21. For partial day July 18, order a ticket for the evening concert; other events that day are open to the public and have no admission charge. For July 22, see the Downtown Vancouver Churches option below.
Festival Admission
Convention registration gives admission to the five ticketed public performances of the Festival. For non-registering companions who wish to attend any of these performances, tickets may be ordered in advance.
Meals
Convention registration includes two lunches and several receptions. Registrants who have dietary restrictions, such as vegetarianism or allergies, must note this on their registration forms so that our caterers can accomodate them. For the one bag lunch, such special meals will be labeled with the registrant's name. The buffet lunch and optional banquet will include a goodly proportion of vegetarian-compatible items.
Coffee, tea and water will be available at some mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks. A mug for these beverages is included in each convention kit.
Alcoholic beverage service will be available at the welcoming reception, at the vendors' reception and at the banquet.
Optional Events
- Butchart Gardens
- Mid-afternoon visit to the world-famous Butchart Gardens, 20 km north of Victoria. Includes return bus transportation, admission to the Gardens, and a visit to the Butchart's Aeolian player organ.
- Note: scheduled concurrently with the Open Organs Walking Tour, the excursion to Oak Bay Village, the Taizé service and the President's Advisory Council Meeting.
- Cost: $45
- Banquet
- Banquet at Shanghay City Seafood Restaurant in Canada's oldest Chinatown.
- Entertainment by:
- Cost: $55
- Note:
- Banquet tickets for non-registering companions can be purchased from the Registrar. Either indicate on your registration form the number of tickets required, or send a separate order, or visit the registration desk at the convention by noon on July 19. (The online registration system is not configured for this.)
- Restaurant access is up one flight of stairs.
- Chinese banquet service is normally ten or more dishes presented over the course of the evening.
- Downtown Vancouver Churches
- Visits to three recent organs in downtown Vancouver,
hosted by RCCO Vancouver Centre:
- Holy Rosary Cathedral (Roman Catholic)
- D. W. Karn & Co., Woodstock, ON (1900)
- Restored by Casavant Frères in 1999
- 3 manuals, 42 stops, 51 ranks, 2899 pipes
- Titulaire Denis Bédard will play.
- Christ Church Cathedral (Anglican)
- Kenneth Jones Pipe Organs Ltd., Bray, Ireland (2004)
- 3 manuals, 2500 pipes
- St. Andrew's-Wesley (United)
- Large Casavant Frères organ restored by Huestis & Associates (Ladner BC) in the 1990s.
- Light-hearted program by Vancouver Centre members
- Display about Vancouver performers and composers; reception
- Includes a morning ferry cruise through the Gulf Islands and across Georgia Strait, bus transportation to downtown Vancouver, lunch break at Granville Island.
- The convention ends in Vancouver and does not return to Victoria.
- Cost: $100
- For those who will not need convention bus transportation to Vancouver, such as Vancouver members and any who are travelling by car, the cost is $25.
Registration Procedure
- By Mail
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Download and print the PDF registration form, complete it and mail it to the Registrar. Your registration will be acknowledged by e-mail if you have provided an e-mail address, otherwise by post.
Payment by cheque is preferred. Payment by Visa or by Mastercard is also accepted.
If you have special needs, such as for transportation between venues due to incapability to walk several blocks, or due to dietary restrictions, please include a note describing them.
- Online
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Online registration is available through the National Office website.
Payment by Visa or by Mastercard is accepted. - In Person
- The registration desk and display area will be open July 18 from 12:00 - 19:00 and July 19 from 07:30 - 19:00 at the Victoria Conservatory of Music.
Collect your convention kit at the convention registration desk at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, 900 Johnson St.
Note that the main entrance to the Conservatory is on the unimposing south side of the building, through the staff parking lot. This is behind the wing signed 'Metro Studio' at Johnson & Quadra.
Direct queries to the Registrar, Mrs. Jean McClennan
- by e-mail: registrar@rcco2010.ca
- by telephone: 250-658-3773
Make cheques payable to "RCCO Victoria Centre"