Burnside High School Jubilee
On behalf of Burnside High School and the Jubilee Committee, it is a pleasure to
present to you the programme of events planned to celebrate the 50th Jubilee of
our school. I extend an invitation to you to join us for what is sure to be an enjoyable
and memorable weekend in Easter 2010. (read
more) _Sandra Sidaway
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Jubilee Concert - A Celebration of Excellence in the Performing Arts
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
Tickets: $25.00
Tickets can be purchased directly through Ticketek www.ticketek.co.nz or phone (03) 3778-899.
An early highlight of the 50th Jubilee celebrations will be the Jubilee Concert
in the Christchurch Town Hall. The programme pays tribute to the rich Performing
Arts history over the school’s fifty years Click here
for details.
Who's Coming?
Find out who has registered to attend the Jubilee and contact your friends:
click here.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Burnside High School is the second largest secondary school in New Zealand. Jubilee
registrations are flooding in, and the Jubilee Committee is expecting to have more
than 3,000 ex students and staff.
The Jubilee Committee is offering businesses the opportunity to sponsor this event.
See our Sponsorship Page for details.
Jubilee Wine - by Chung-Pin Lin
To help commemorate the Jubilee, wine maker
and ex-Burnside pupil Chung-Pin Lin has created two special Pinots. These are available
for purchase now in our Memorabilia
section.
You can read about chung-Pin and his wine
here.
Memorabilia available NOW
Jubilee Memorabilia is now available for sale, including a Jubilee wine, being bottled
especially for the jubilee by ex student Chung-Pin Lin (more)
A Jubilee History of Burnside High School, entitled 'Choosing the Right Path', has
been written by well known history teacher, Paul O’Connor, and is available for
sale from our memorabilia section now (more)
Urgent: Register NOW to avoid missing out!
The Jubilee events are being catered for by Continental Caterers who are planning
to erect the BIGGEST marquee they have ever put up, just for us. However
they may not have a marquee big enough
to house everyone! So we need you to
register yourselves NOW.
The events are limited and it would be a great shame to miss out.
Burnside Jubilee Concert - Thursday 1 April:
An early highlight of the Jubilee will be the Jubilee Concert in the Christchurch
Town Hall details here
The formation of an Ex-Students Association is supported by the school and Board
of Trustees as part of the jubilee. We seek expressions of interest in belonging
to an Alumni Association and welcome suggestions on the nature this association
should take (join
our mailing list)
The BHS Archive includes hundreds of photos which are being worked on for display
during the Jubilee weekend. You can view our collection of class photos by (clicking here)
BHS Network
Join the Network to keep in
touch and help us find others. Use the 'Tell a Friend'
tool to send a Jubilee invite.
You can also now add your own photos to our collection (click
here)
TWITTER: Follow @BHSJubilee on twitter for updates and changes:
http://twitter.com/BHSJubilee
