Registration for IL District Convention ’23 Friday through Sunday is NOW OPEN! Hurry, you won’t want to miss a moment!
Hotel this year is the DoubleTree in Bloomington
Hotel address: 10 Brickyard Dr Bloomington, IL 61701
For online reservations: DoubleTree Bloomington . This will get the group rate! For phone reservations: 309 664-6446 – Specify ‘Illinois District Barbershoppers’ for the group rate!
Preliminary SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY- Sept. 22nd
1:00pm House of Delegates Meeting – DoubleTree Hotel – Brookridge room
2:30pm-6:00pm Convention Registration – DoubleTree Hotel – Pre-Function Area (Note: Single event tickets sold at the BCPA only.)
District Historical Display – DoubleTree Hotel – Ironwood Room
6:30pm District Quartet and International Quartet Prelim Semi-Finals – Second Presbyterian Church (404 N Prairie ST, Bloomington)
Evaluations for all quartets not competing in the Saturday afternoon Quartet Finals – Report to judges’ hotel rooms at the DoubleTree Hotel approximately 30 minutes following the end of the Quartet Semi-Finals (see quartet “Scoring Analysis” for schedule)
SATURDAY- Sept. 23rd
8:00am-9:30am QCA Meeting – DoubleTree Hotel – Brookridge Room
9:00am-11:00am Convention registration – DoubleTree Hotel – Pre-Function Area (Note: Single event tickets sold at the BCPA only.)
District Historical Display – DoubleTree Hotel – Ironwood Room
9:30-10:15 Sing with a Champ- DoubleTree Hotel – Room TBD
9:30-11:30 District Barbershop Polecat Program- Double Tree Hotel – Room TBD
9:30-10:20 Grant Writing/Building a Culture of Philanthropy Class- Double Tree Hotel – Brookridge Room
10:30-11:30 SMAG Contest (Saturday Morning Anything Goes)- DoubleTree Hotel – Room TBD
10:30-11:30 How to Organize an Inter-Chapter Show- DoubleTree Hotel – Brookridge Room
1:00pm District Chorus Championship & International Chorus Prelim Finals – BCPA
Evaluation for Chorus Music Committee Members only (limit 4)-Report to judges’ hotel rooms at the DoubleTree Hotel approximately 30 minutes following the end of the Chorus Competition (see chorus “Scoring Analysis” for schedule)
3:30pm-5:30pm Convention registration – BCPA Lobby Only
7:00pm District Quartet Championship & International Quartet Prelim Finals – BCPA
9:30pm (approx.) President’s / QCA Reception – DoubleTree Hotel – Brickyard 1&2
10:30pm (approx.) Evaluations for all Finalist Quartets- DoubleTree Hotel – Judges rooms
Evaluations for all Finalist quartets – (see quartet “Scoring Analysis” for schedule)