Attending the TMEA Concert in San Antonio
Plano West Parent Guide
On February 9, 2024 at 7:30pm, the Plano West Chorale will perform as an Honor Choir for the Texas Music Educators Convention in San Antonio. The concert is free and will take place in the San Antonio Convention Center in the Stars at Night Ballroom 2-4. Parents are more than welcome to attend this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our students!
TMEA has a great webpage full information to help you plan your trip. Click here: https://www.tmea.org/convention/family-of-performers/ to access helpful links to help with your planning.
Some additional things to know:
- If you plan to stay overnight, know that many downtown hotels will either be sold out or may be expensive. Use your favorite travel or hotel app to check prices. You may consider staying outside of downtown in the area around the SA Airport or along the I-10 corridor for easy access to downtown.
- Traffic will be extremely heavy downtown, so allow for plenty of time to get there, park, get to the convention center and then find the Stars of Night Ballroom.
- The TMEA website has some suggestions for parking. They operate a shuttle from the Alamodome parking area across I-35 (https://www.tmea.org/convention/parking-and-shuttle/) or you can certainly park in one of the many other parking garages around the convention center and walk to the Convention Center. (https://www.sahbgcc.com/Visit-Us/Location-Directions-Parking). Editor’s note: I would go with a lot near the Convention Center and walk and not have to wait for a shuttle.
- To find the Stars at Night Ballroom, you will want to enter the Convention Center on Market Street on the east side of the Grand Hyatt Hotel. You’ll enter a large, open lobby area and will want to take the escalator to the Ballroom or 3rd (https://www.sahbgcc.com/Facilities/Convention-Center/Floor-Plans#173602066-all-levels)
- If at all possible, attend the 7:00pm performance before Plano West in the Stars at Night Ballroom as there is very little time between concerts. It’s the Montgomery HS Chorale Women and a very fine choir. When their concert is over, their community supporters will get up from seats in the front center section. If you are already in the ballroom, you should be able to get a better seat that way.
- After the Plano West concert, the students will be escorted to a reception room in the Convention Center – Rm. CC 224 where parents in attendance can meet their students and congratulate everyone! After the reception, if you are taking your student with you, you will need to check them out in person with Mr. Grizzle.
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