The Convention and the Contest was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, in the Grand Salon, 900 René-Levesque Boulevard West, Montréal.

Information you needed to know:

A CURTAIN WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE CHORUS CONTEST.

PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs of quartets and choruses will be taken onsite by GICOR, a local photographer. The photos will cost $12.00 US ($18.00 CDN), and will be available the same day they are taken. They will be 8" x 10" for Quartets and 8" x 12" for choruses. Please be prepared to tell how many copies of the photographs are required at the time the photographs are taken.

From the US State Department's Consular Affairs site.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: When entering Canada from the United States, U.S. citizens must show either a U.S. passport or proof of U.S. citizenship and photo ID. U.S. citizens entering Canada from a third country must have a valid passport. A visa is not required for U.S. citizens for a stay up to 180 days. Anyone with a criminal record (including a DWI charge) should contact the Canadian Embassy or nearest Canadian consulate before travel. For further information on entry requirements, travelers may contact the Embassy of Canada at 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, tel. (202) 682-1740, Internet web site: http://www.cdnemb-washdc.org; or the Canadian consulates in Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, San Juan or Seattle.

Due to international concern over child abduction, single parents, grandparents or guardians traveling with children should take proof of custody or notarized letters from the other parent authorizing travel outside the United States. Adults traveling alone with children have been stopped by immigration officials and asked for proof of custody/notarized letter authorizing travel. Anyone under age 18 and traveling alone should carry a letter from his/her parent(s) or guardian(s) authorizing the trip.

RESTAURANTS: We will have a list of restaurants and eating places where you can get a quick bite. The contest site is in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. All the warm-up rooms and other facilities are right there in the hotel, so getting around won't be a hassle.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS: Room reservations MUST be made through the District VP - Events, Mike Strianese. Hotel reservation forms for individual registrations are available now at the NED Documents web page, and are in the Nor'Easter Summer, 2000 issue.

Chapter housing forms have been mailed to each Chapter President, and are due back to Mike Strianese by September 1st, 2000. Information was sent to registered choruses from the hotel where you are registered.

There will be three floors of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel that will be designated as "singing" floors. You are encouraged to keep the singing to these floors, the Lobby and the Convention Floor. This will help keep the "Harmony Police" at bay. There is no smoking ANYWHERE on the Convention Floor at anytime.

Double Double rooms are limited on the "singing" floors.

Come and visit with us before or after the convention. We would love to have you join us at one of our rehearsals. Here is a map to help you find us.

Want to know who has qualified to be in the competition? Here is a list of the choruses and quartets, and here is a the order of appearance.. If your chorus or quartet has a webpage, and it isn't linked, let Murray Phillips know.

Looking for directions to get to Montreal? Here is a map that will get you started.

Are you confused by Metric temperatures, distances and weights. Here is a Metric Conversion chart to help you out.

Here is a Live-cam view of Downtown Montreal and Mount Royal.

We are also looking forward to being hosts to the world in 2003. You can be a volunteer, and we want you to be here for the best time you ever had!

For more information about Montréal and the 2000 Fall District Convention, email Steve Wheaton or Murray Phillips, the convention Co-chairmen.