Seeks help from community with expenses
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Jasmine Ramirez would like to travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, June 16-22, to sing with Honor Choir USA, and is seeking sponsors from the community to raise funds to help pay for traveling expenses.
“I’ve been singing all of my life and am very excited to go,” said Jasmine, who is a member of the Gallatin choir and has competed in state music contests and district choir all four of her high school years.
Jasmine was among 100 high school and college students invited to join the Aloha Midwest Honor Choir trip.
Send contributions in care of her parents, Stephanie and Daniel Wilson, 509 East Mill, Gallatin, Mo., 64640. Call 660-605-2191 for more information or email [email protected].
On Wednesday, Jasmine will arrive at a hotel near the Waikiki Beach area. A tour bus will take her to see Pearl Harbor. She will visit the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. Next is the Aloha Flea Market at Aloha Stadium where she will find shopping. From there the tour bus will travel to the Pali Lookout and more sightseeing along the coast. They will stop and enjoy swimming, sun, and surf at one of the beaches. They will return for an evening on Waikiki Beach for a pizza party and hula dancing lessons. Then, she will have her first rehearsal.
From 9 until 11 a.m. the next day, Thursday, and from 9 until 11 p.m. she will have choir rehearsals. She will have the day to explore the island of Oahu. She may want to take an optional sightseeing excursion such as snorkeling at Hanauma Bay, parasailing, swimming, surfing or maybe climb to the top of the Diamond Head Crater.
Friday will also be a day of rehearsal and leisure. Saturday she will tour Pearl Harbor and perform on the USS Missouri and travel to the North Shore for a performance at The Polynesian Cultural Center. She will tour the center, perform, and enjoy an authentic Hawaiian Luau. Sunday, the Honor Choir will perform at Hawaii’s oldest church, Kawaiaha’o Church. Monday, Jasmine will return home.