Spring Fling 
Actually summer, but that doesn't rhyme :-)

June 20-23, 2006
Associated events June 19-25, 2006

Hinrichs Property
2634 Bernardo Ave.
Escondido, CA, 92029
For directions, see http://www.mapquest.com

This page is under construction, so please check back later for more updates.

This year’s Family Fling will be a wonderful four days of academic and spirited fellowship.  

Students are encouraged to come with their families.  If you have a local family who will sponsor you, you may come without your family, however, host families are respectfully requested not to host more than four students.  If you would like to be hosted or to host a family, please contact Fritz@Hinrichs.org. 

There is a charge of $125 per family to participate in these four days if a parent will be in attendance for at least half the event.  Students who come without a a parent are $90 each.  When sending in payment, please remember your payment for the Shakespeare play, the GBT IV dinner, potluck buyout option as well as the deduction for those who help clean up on Monday .  Please have your payment in along with a list of those attending by June 1st.   We will not allow registrations at the Fling.   Please send to ETS at the address above.

Students who come must attend all events.  Some events are optional and are marked as such on the schedule.  Please do not sign up for the fling if you are not able to set aside the time to be with us for all events.  All current students of ETS and their families are welcome to come.   Siblings are welcome to attend all events as long as parents have them in sight at all times.   During the day, portions of the Hinrichs' grounds will be available for siblings to play.  Parents not supervising younger siblings will be asked to take them to Felicita Park.   

Please bring your own non-disposable water bottle.  Please do not bring disposable water bottles- these are often left about  creating trash.  We will have water to refill your bottles.  

If you would like to see pictures of our past Flings, please see the ETS yearbook.   Please acquaint yourself with the ETS dress code before coming.  It will be enforced, so please err on the side of modesty as you plan your wardrobe.  We will have t-shirts to hand out to those who come inappropriately clothed. 

See you in Escondido!

Mr. and Mrs. Hinrichs

Fling registration is closed.
Please see the bottom of this page for
our other summer events.

Fling Chronicler: Grace Marie Lambert 

Fling Photographer: Sarah Kuznitz

Parent patrol organizers: Patty Criss, Patty Keller, Laurie O'Brien, Cindy Wert

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• Tuesday, June 19th
  ** Optional **

            4:15 Dinner for GBT IV students

We will meet at the Hinrichs house at 4:15 and drive down together to Il Fornaio in Coronado.  If you would like to meet us down there at 5:00, you can get directions here.  You can see their menu here.  The restaurant has views of the San Diego skyline and bay.  We will then attend the 7:30 showing of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Lamb's Players - http://www.lambsplayers.org/lpt06/pages/whats_playing/joseph/joseph.html   The actors in the play will take our questions after the show.
 You will need to pay your own way at the restaurant including 20% gratuity.  The play tickets cost $14.  You need to have payment in by June 1st. 

Fling attendance is required for the GBT IV dinner.

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• Wednesday, June 20th

8:30 - arrival time

9:00 - 11:00 Fling introduction, group photo, name game, coin cleaning, Greek lesson

11:00 - 12:00 Music talk by Mr. Hinrichs

12:00 - 2:00 Lunch- Potluck

Please bring your own drinks, plates and utensils.  Please bring a main course and if your last initial begins with A-L please bring a salad or side dish and if M-Z, a dessert.  Please bring an amount proportionate to the number of mouths you bring with you.  All potlucks follow these same instructions.  Please note the the BBQ will be available.

Potluck buyout option.  If you would not like to bring food for the potluck, simply include $20 for each of your family members coming to the fling and we will purchase hamburgers and hotdogs to supplement our feast on your behalf so that you may participate.

  We would like to introduce a new opportunity for those with a culinary bent.  On Wednesday, after the potluck, esteemed judges will taste whatever is entered into the contest and will select the winning entry. 

  If you would like to enter, please bring your entry on Wednesday (which should be a dessert) into the Hinrichs’ kitchen when you arrive in the morning.  Label it clearly as an entry for the contest, so that it does not end up on the general potluck table accidentally.  Make sure to talk to me (Mrs. Hinrichs) and I will assign you a number for your dessert.  Absolute secrecy is vital!  No one should know what you have made until everything has been judged.   Do not put your name on this label and do not attempt to bribe the judges to choose your entry. Any attempts to sabotage competitors’ desserts will result in an afternoon or morning in the ETS stocks.  (Whoops—we don’t have any.  Don’t worry—we’ll think of an appropriate punishment.)

  If you would like to judge, please contact Mrs. Hinrichs at: Christy@hinrichs.org

  Thank you for your interest—happy baking!

  Mrs. Hinrichs

2:00  Homeric read-a-thon

  Volunteers needed to read books from the Odyssey.   If you volunteer to read a book, please practice your book so that you can read it with good interest for the listeners. 
    Contact coordinator: Mr. Hinrichs gbt@gbt.org

Mr. Hinrichs I, GraceMarie IX, Leah X, Brett XI, Tammy XII, Chelsea XIX, Mr. Hinrichs XXIII

7:00-10:00 p.m. Dance Practice: Feel free to dress semi-formally or casual for this event.  We will be teaching: country dances (i.e. Virginia Reel), swing, polka, German dances, Regency dances and any other dances we forgot to mention but have time for.

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•   Thursday, June 21th

8:30 - arrival time

9:00 - 12:00 Reader's Theatre - Two Gentlemen of Verona

Volunteers needed to read parts from Two Gentlemen of Verona
    Contact coordinator:  Will Craddick -   william@craddick.net

12:00 - 2:00 Lunch- Potluck

2:00     Greek reader's theater- Agamemnon

Volunteers needed to read parts from Agamemnon
    Contact coordinator: Amanda Johnson -  mandy42990@hotmail.com

Clytaemnestra--  Elizabeth Nichols 

Agamemnon--  Mr. Hinrichs

Cassandra--  Chelsea Nygaard 

Aegisthus--  Emilie Mcdonald 

Watchman--  Amanda Johnson

Herald--  GraceMarie Lambert

Chorus Leader--  Sandra Nguyen

Chorus-- (1) Amanda, (2) Grace, (3) Emilie

 8:00 Old Globe Theater -  Shakespeare - Two Gentlemen of Verona
** Optional **

Tickets are $16.  We have 99 tickets at this group rate and they are first come, first serve.  You must register for the fling before purchasing tickets.  In order to get tickets at this discount price, you need to send in your money by June 1st.  These tickets do have some obstructed view.   If you would like better view tickets, additional tickets can be purchased at regular box office prices (ouch!).  http://www.oldglobe.org/

If you never eaten in Balboa Park, you might enjoy going to dinner beforehand in one of the fine restaurants you will find there.

 

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•   Friday, June 22th

8:30 - arrival time

9:00 - 12:00 Movie and Discussion.  Much Ado About Nothing- Shakespeare (Editing by Mr. Hinrichs :-) )

12:00 - 2:00 Lunch- Potluck

2:00- 4:00 Free Afternoon

Good time to get ready for the ball and practice for Saturday.  The San Diego Wild Animal Park is twenty minutes from the Hinrichs' home-- this might be a good time to visit it, if you are so inclined: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wap/homepage.php3  

4:00 - 6:00  Portrait time

Each family and each student will receive one free portrait.

7:00 – 10:00 Ball

Dress code- Formal/Semi formal.  Please bring your favorite dessert or snack.  We will be using our lawn for some of the dancing this year, so please wear shoes that will allow you to dance on the lawn.

Ball musicians: piano, flute, violin, guitar, bass are all needed.  Please contact Mr. Hinrichs is you can help.  The more musicians we have, the more we will be able to spread the music around.

 

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•   Saturday, June 23th

8:30 - arrival time

9:00 - 12:00 Debate

Resolved: The war in Iraq is a prudent national endeavor for the purpose of spreading the democratic form of government to the middle-east.

12:00 - 2:00 Lunch- Potluck

2:00 Music and Poetry Recital 

If you would like to play a piece of music or recite poetry for the recital, please contact: Nicole Lasalle - solideogloria88@gmail.com

Please take note of the following guidelines. I will be making up the final version of the program on Tuesday, June 14th; if you'd like to perform, please let me know by the evening of Monday, June 18th.. I will not make any additions to the program after the 19th. Also, please only tell me you will perform if you are sure you can do so--if at all possible, I would rather not have to remove anyone from the program. Mr. Hinrichs also asked that the recital not be any longer than 2 hours, so I'll need to know how long your performance will be. He also said that music of any style is welcome, so long as there is no need of electronic amplification.  At present there is no time limit, but if the recital gets too long I may have to remove some numbers (i.e., ask some students to play only one piece instead of two or three. ;)) I will also need the name of the piece and the composer's name.  Please do not sign up until you are sure of those details.  Thank you all for your cooperation--I hope to make this recital as enjoyable as possible!

7:00 - Theater Night

        If you would like to perform a short skit, please contact Amanda Helland amh04b@acu.edu for approval.

Play: Aristophanes- The Clouds

Please contact Amanda Helland amh04b@acu.edu as soon as possible if you would like a part. 

If you are interested in acting, please be aware of the following:

*You need to memorize your part prior to the Fling.
*You need to coordinate a costume. 
* You will probably need to practice your part during lunchtime and possibly during the free afternoon on Friday.

 

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•   Monday, June 25th   Fling cleanup

      ** Optional  **

  9:00-12:00 Lunch included.  If you come and help with cleanup, you may deduct $20 from your fling registration. 

                 

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  Lodging

        Hotel - Comfort Inn.  You can find information at http://www.comfortinn.com/ires/en-US/html/HotelInfo?hotel=CA410

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