Hong Kong Adventure Corps

Date and venue

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Lesson 01

/  21^st September 2024 (Saturday)

/  Location 1

Lesson 02

/  27^th September 2024 (Friday)

/  Location 2

Lesson 03

/  4^th October 2024 (Friday)

/  Location 2

Lesson 04

/  16^th October 2024 (Wednesday)

/  Online lesson

Lesson 05

/  25^th October 2024 (Friday)

/  Location 2

Lesson 06

/  30^th October 2024 (Wednesday)

/  Online lesson

Lesson 07

/  8^th November 2024 (Friday)

/  Location 2

Lesson 08

/  13^th November 2024 (Wednesday)

/  Online lesson

Lesson 09

/  22^nd November 2024 (Friday)

/  Location 2

Lesson 10

/  7^th December 2024 (Saturday)

/  Location 1

Location 1 - Hong Kong Adventure Corps High Island Training Camp, Sai Kung Man

    Yee Road, Sai Kung.

Location 2 - The YMCA of Hong Kong King's Park Centenary Centre

    (Address: 22 Gascoigne Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon )

Online lesson – Zoom online conference software/app (Path will be provided within

    course.)

Time

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(Location 1) 1500 hours to 1630 hours,

(Location 2 and online lesson) 1900 hours to 2030 hours.

Assessment

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Practical exercise/assessment will be provided within course schedule, in which

every student will be examined by the Band Sergeant Major (BSM) or personnel

assigned by the Band Sergeant Major (BSM).

Objective

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1. General overview of bagpipe music and the instruments,

2. Learning basic fingering techniques (with practice chanter),

3. Trying to play basic bagpipe tunes.

Target

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Corps’s members. (Potential instructor(s) could attend the course only after the

nomination made by Band Sergeant Major (BSM) is being approved. )

Uniform

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Civilian.

(Corps Polo T-shirt or Squadron T-shirt, trousers and sport shoes. )

Class size

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12 per class. (Minimum size of 3. )

Course fee

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HK$ 250.0/ person, students having fulfilled the eligibility criteria (over 80% of

   attendance) will be subsidized by CHQ and be reimbursed HK$150 regardless of

   the assessment result. ( Transportation, handout(if applicable)/sheet music and

   administration fee included. )

Rendezvous

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Location 1 - Hong Kong Adventure Corps High Island Training Camp

Embus (PM) – 1330 hours^#1 at Exit D, MTR Kowloon Tong Station.

Location 2 - The YMCA of Hong Kong King's Park Centenary Centre

Assembly - 1900 hours SHARP at the main entrance of training venue, no

transportation will be arranged.

Dismiss

Location 1 - Hong Kong Adventure Corps High Island Training Camp

Embus (PM) - 1650 depart from HITC and travel back to MTR Choi Hung Station.

Location 2 - The YMCA of Hong Kong King's Park Centenary Centre

Dismiss - 2030 at the main entrance of training venue, no transportation will be

arranged.

Deadline

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1700, 9^th September, 2024 (Monday).

Content

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( Refer to attachment – Band Training Syllabus (Great Highland Bagpipe Training

   Course (Practice Chanter) )

Remarks

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1. Fees and places of enrolled participants is non-refundable and non-

     exchangeable.

2. Unless with special approval granted, all attendees should strictly follow the

     training procedures and arrangement (transportation included) provided by

     the course. Please choose the corresponding option in the E-application form

     if no transportation is needed. No partial exemption on the fixed course fee

     (e.g. transportation fee) will be made due subsided item(s) as a whole.

3. Course students should always wear proper uniform/clothing, failure to do so will

     result in suspension of taking class(es).

4. When attending the course, participants should prepare own music instrument –

     GHB practice chanter (no specific model requirement on the instrument). The

     course in-charge could help purchasing one practice chanter for the student if

     there is any difficulty in preparing own instrument. (Reference: HK$ 450/piece,

     Wallace Standard Plastic/Poly Practice Chanter, limit purchase to 1 piece per

     student)

5. The Hong Kong Adventure Corps Certificate of Achievement – Great Highland

     Bagpipe Training Course (Practice Chanter – Elementary) will be awarded upon

     completion of course requirement and assessment.

6. Certificate holder is eligible in taking the Great Highland Bagpipe Training

     Course (Practice Chanter – Competent) without the entrance exam.

7. Cadet handbook is required when attending training course (Cadets only).

8. This course is eligible for the HKAYP Bronze Award or Silver Award or Gold Award

     Skill Section activity, please contact respective UU Leader or CHQ for

     details.

9. The course will be cancelled if enrolment is insufficient (E.g. less than 3 persons

     per course).

10. Class arrangement is subject to change depending on the latest situation of the

     weather and venue arrangement. Details of the latest arrangement are

     available at HKAC website ( http://hkac.org/ ).

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11. Course candidate(s) should report to rendezvous point on time, there will be

     NO waiting for late-comers.