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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best way to get to St Andrew's Uniting Church? Public transport is recommended, because of the difficulty of parking in the city on a Saturday. As Central Station is just across the road, we suggest you park at a suburban station and catch a train. The performance should be all over by 8.15pm, so a train home should be easy to find. Alternatively, buses might suit you better. A walk of only a couple of blocks will get you onto virtually all Brisbane City Council bus routes.

If you are not familiar with bus or train travel to the city, a great place to plan your trip is the TransLink website. You merely type in where you live and where you wish to travel to (enter 301 Ann Street, City) and the system will offer all public transport options available to you, including costs. It even estimates how far you will have to walk.

If I have to drive, where can I park? Street parking is difficult to find close to St Andrew's Uniting Church on a Saturday. Both Ann and Turbot Streets become clearways from 4.00 to 7.00pm, Saturdays included. Therefore parking in an off-street car park is recommended, although not all commercial car parks are open at weekends. Cost is from $7 upwards at weekends. If you are attending with friends, you might like to consider car pooling.

What should I bring? Music (unless you have elected to collect it on the day), water bottle, pencil, eraser, an easily identifiable flat cushion (optional) if the thought of sitting on a church pew for several hours does not appeal, a sense of humour and a modicum of patience just in case we have the odd glitch.

What should I NOT bring? Valuables, handbags, purses which you cannot carry on your person at all times. It is an unfortunate fact of life that an event such as this attracts people who make a living by coming in uninvited and relieving people of their valuables whenever they are left unattended. The venue cannot be made secure while we are all there, for reasons of fire safety. Neither St Andrew's Uniting Church nor Brisbane Concert Choir can take any responsibility for loss of personal effects.

What should I wear? There are no rules, so there is no need to dress up unless you wish to. Brisbane Concert Choir members for instance will be wearing their casual touring uniform so that they are readily identifiable. We would suggest that people wear smart casual. Comfortable footwear is definitely recommended. There will be time to change into performance attire during dinner for those who wish to do so. Choristers may wish to wear their choir's performance uniform for the evening, but there will be plenty of people who perform in what they rehearsed in. Audience members are paying only $5 for a scratch performance, so they won't expect everyone to be dressed as for a normal concert.

What should I NOT wear? Strong perfume (it adversely affects quite a few people) or jangling jewellery (we will provide the percussion section in the orchestra).

Why are there two versions of the Registration Form? PDF files give high quality, easy-to-read prints, and are the preferred option.  Occasionally PDF files don't print properly, if your computer does not have suitable fonts installed. If this happens to you then use the JPG file, which gives a slightly fuzzier print, but generally causes fewer printing problems.

How do I print the Registration Form (pdf)? Just click on this link and the Registration Form should open in Acrobat Reader, from where you can make one or more high quality prints. If you don't normally use PDF files, you will first need to download the free Acrobat Reader program from the Adobe web site. You can do so now by clicking here. It only takes a few minutes, and will be useful on many other web sites, as the PDF format is very popular.

How do I print the Registration Form (jpg)? The registration form is usually compressed to fit on the screen, but should be able to be printed successfully by just clicking on the printer button in Internet Explorer. Alternatively, there should be a little button which appears and disappears in the lower right hand corner of the image as you move the mouse pointer over it. If you click on this, the image should be shown at full size. In the top left hand corner of the image another little panel of buttons should appear when you move the mouse pointer over the image. This allows you to save, print or email the image. Clicking on the printer button should bring up a normal print dialogue box from which you can print the form.

For further information on the day, just ask anyone in a Brisbane Concert Choir vest and they will be glad to assist.

For further information now, please contact Ian Maurer by email or telephone (07) 3369 4866.

SEE YOU THERE ON SATURDAY, 14th AUGUST 2004 !!!

(Dates, times and programmes subject to change)