COMMUNITY TRIPS
St. Kevin Parish: To Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre for “Buddy Holly,” Nov. 8. Cost is $89; to Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre for “White Christmas,” Nov. 16. Cost of $89 includes the play based on the beloved with Irving Berlin’s score; to “Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas” at Rainbow Comedy Theatre and the National Christmas Center, Dec. 12. Cost is $88. Nancy has invited her grown children to join her new boyfriend’s grown children hoping they’ll get to know each other over Christmas dinner. Knowing her family, she asks herself — Will there be peace on earth or will the police arrive to cart them off to the lock up? Then on to the National Christmas Center, with a nostalgic exhibit on Woolworth 5 & 10 Store, Santa’s workshop, Nativity scenes from around the world and more. The center is closing its doors forever after Christmas; to a Caribbean Cruise, Feb. 22-March 3. Call for pricing. Trip includes roundtrip transportation from St. Kevin’s to Baltimore, ports of call are Charleston, S.C., Orlando, Fla., Grand Bahama Island, Nassau, Bahamas and Coco Cay (Royal Caribbean’s private island). For information, call Louise at 610-461-6260. Chester Senior Center: To Harrington Casino & Raceway, last Wednesday of every month. Cost is $25. For information and registration, call 610-497-3550 or visit www.scs-delco.org. The center is located at 721 Hayes St., Chester. St. John’s on the Hill Senior Organization: To the Bethlehem Sands Casino, Oct. 18. Cost of $32 includes transportation, $20 in slot play and a $5 food voucher; to the American Theater Christmas Show, Nov. 15. Cost of $92 includes the show, bus transportation and luncheon at the Shady Maple Restaurant. For information, call Barbara at 484-645-4533. The Knights of Columbus: To Memphis and Nashville, Oct. 27-Nov. 2. Cost of $1,299 per person, double occupancy, Delco pickup with free parking, tour guide on board motorcoach, eight meals, Memphis sightseeing tour, Grand Ole Opry performance, Elvis tour at Graceland, Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, Sun Studio, Opryland Hotel and Delta Riverboat ride, Nashville Nightlife Theatre, Country Music Hall of Fame and more. For information, call 610-8921133. Sisters of Love: To Orlando Holy Land and Cocoa Beach, Fla,, June 10-16, 2018. Cost of $580 per person, double occupancy (add $180 for single occupancy), includes seven days, six nights, six breakfasts, four dinners, admission to the Holy Land, Exploration Tower, Cocoa Beach Pier, Gator Land, Wells Built Museum of African American History & Culture, Bok Towers Garden, and visit to St. Augustine Premium
Outlets. $75 is due upon signing to hold seat. For information, call Elva Wright at 610-485-7931 or Helen Walker at 610-283-4263. Over 50 Club-Ridley Park: To American Music Theater, Sept. 20. Cost of $87 includes lunch, one hour with artist to create a chalk picture to take home, and a performance of “Vegas Legends.” Bus leaves at 9;15, returns at 7:30. For information, call Barbara at 610-534-9390.
Norwood Senior Social Club: To Ireland for the World Meeting of Families with Fr. David Fernandes, June 2018. Call for details. For pricing and information, contact Helen Holroyd at helenshorizons@gmail.com or 610-213-4141.
The Travel Club: To American Music Theater’s Christmas Show, Dec. 10. Cost of $105 includes lunch at Fulton Steam Boat. For information, call 215-7155004. Notre Dame Golden Age Club: To Delaware Park Casino, Oct. 2. Cost of $25 includes transportation, driver tip and $30 slot play. Horses will be running. Bus departs 10 a.m. from the Ridley Township Home Depot, departs Delaware Park at 4 p.m. For information, call Carol Potter at 610-566-2116. Holy Family School, St. Joseph’s Church: To Lancaster Christmas Show, Saturday, Dec. 9. Cost of $99 includes free parking and deluxe motor coach pickup in Aston, tour manager, shopping at Rockvale Outlet Stores, free coupon booklet and trolley service to stores, smorgasbord lunch at Shady Maple, American Music Theater Christmas Musical “Home for the Holidays.” For information call 610-566-1080. Middletown Township Parks and
Recreation: To Baltimore Bound History Day, Sept. 13. Cost of $93 includes tour with Michael Ludwig with a visit to Ft McHenry, where Frances Scott Key was inspired to write “The Star Spangled Banner,” lunch at the Rusty Scupper at the Inner Harbor, a private tour of the US Frigate Constellation, which saw action in Quasi-War and in Barbary Pirates War in 1815, and visit to Westminster Burying Ground to hear Ludwig’s stories of famous people buried there; to Washington, D.C. on own, Sept. 30. Cost of $55 includes drop off at Smithsonian Castle Building; to Penn’s Peak for “Islands In The Stream,” Oct. 5. Cost of $95 includes a fall afternoon with top impersonators of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers and a family style lunch; to a different D.C. tour, Oct. 18. Cost of $79 includes a guided tour with stops at the historic Woodrow Wilson House, the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill, and the Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington, D.C., with lunch on own at the Madison Building cafeteria; New York City on own, choice of Nov. 4 and Dec. 9. Cost is $55; to Radio City Music Hall Rockettes Christmas Show, choice of Dec. 5 or 7. Cost of $125 includes a 2 p.m. show time with First Mezzanine seats, and time for lunch on own; to Bristol Riverside Theatre’s holiday show, Dec. 10. Cost of $93 includes lunch at the King George Inn. For information, call 610-565-2700, ext. 241. Checks made payable and sent to Middletown Township, PO Box 157, Lima, PA 19037.
St. Madeline Travel Club: To Sight & Sound Millenium Theatre, Lancaster, for “The Miracle of Christmas.” Dec. 5. Cost of $110 includes roundtrip transportation, 3 p.m. showtime, dinner at Good and Plenty Restaurant, tips. and time for lunch on your own at Hershey Farms Inn. Board bus at 11 a.m. at Home Depot, Folsom; arrive home at approximately 9 p.m. Seats are limited; to Southeast Coast and Bahamas cruise with Royal Caribbean on the Grandeur of the Seas; Feb. 1-10, 2018. Passport is required. Costs from $891 per person, double occupancy (final payment due Oct. 3) include 10 days/nine nights, pre-cruise get-together, round trip transportation to Baltimore Pier, tips, port charges, taxes and fees, ports of call at Charleston, S.C.; Orlando (Port Canaveral) and Miami, Fla.; Nassau and CocoCay, Bahamas; two full days of cruising, all meals, activities and onboard entertainment. For information, contact Carole and Paul at 610-461-0443 or st.mads.travel.club@gmail.com
Schoolhouse Center: To Rainbow Dinner Theater, Lancaster County, for “Sex, Please, We’re Sixty,” Oct. 3. Cost of $92 includes full buffet, show, all taxes and gratuities, and a performance of this mad cap comedy farce with door slamming zaniness. Bus leaves at 9:30 a.m., returns at 6 p.m. The center is located at 600 Swarthmore Ave., Folsom. For information, call 610-237-8100 or visit the center. St. James Alumni Association: To Delaware and Maryland Maritime Magic, Oct. 2-4. Cost of $500 per person, double occupancy, includes free parking and Delco pickup, deluxe motorcoach, escorted tour, three days and two nights accommodations in Ocean City, Md., four meals, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, Md., Assateague Island Sightseeing Tour with Eco boat cruise, Ocean City life saving station museum, Magic show at the Dickens Parlour Theatre, Discover Sea Shipwreck Museum, Fenwick lighthouse, Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, Tanger Outlets, Rehoboth and Casino at Ocean Downs; to a Vermont Fall Splendor trip, Oct. 13-16. Cost of $800 per person, double occupancy, includes deluxe motorcoach, Delaware County pickup with free parking, guaranteed departure trip with tour escort on coach, four days and three nights overnight hotel accommodations in Rutland/Killington,
Vermont, featuring the Trapp Family Lodge with Austrian lunch buffet, guided tour, meet and greet with a Trapp family member, a viewing of “the real Maria,” visit to Quechee Gorge and Village, to Cabot Cheese Annex and Cold Hollow Cider Mill, and a visit to a Billings Farm, and total of six meals. For information, call 610-566-1080. St. Mary Magdalen Seniors: To Grounds for Sculpture, Oct. 17. Cost of $98 includes deluxe motorcoach transportation, lunch at the historic Nassau Inn and an hour guided tour of 270 sculptures at Grounds for Sculpture, with time to time browse the 42 acres and gift shop. Bus departs Rose Tree Park at 10 a.m. and returns at 6 p.m. Send checks to Bill Moore, 535 Gradyville Road, Newtown Square, PA 19073. For information, call Bill Moore at 484-420-4575 or e-mail to kidsrgon@comcast.net
G.E. Retirees: To Niagara falls, Oct. 1-4. Cost of $531 per person, double occupancy, includes Delco pickup, free parking, tour manager on deluxe motorcoach, four meals including dinner and show — “Oh Canada Eh,” Niagara Falls boat cruise, Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake sightseeing tour, and overnight hotel accommodations. For information, call 610-892-9767. The Pink Ribbon Crew: to Tropicana Casino, Oct. 1. Cost of $35 includes $25 slot play. Bus departs Wells Fargo Bank parking lot, MacDade Boulevard and Ashland Avenue, Glenolden, at 11 a.m. and returns at 8 p.m. Money is due Sept. 10; no refunds. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. Call Cheryl at 610-461-8365 or Kathy at 610-6132295. Resurrection Alumni, Family, and
Friends: To the railroads of New Hampshire, Sept. 28-Oct. 1. Cost $900 per person, double occupancy, includes free parking on private property and Delco pickup, deluxe motorcoach, tour guide on board, guaranteed departure tour featuring three different rail excursions to see the beauty of New Hampshire, Mount Washington Cog Railway & Visitor’s Center, Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train and the Winnipesaukee Scenic railroad, visit to Wright Museum of World War II and Kellerhaus Candy Company, three overnights in first class hotel in Lincoln, New Hampshire, three breakfasts, one lunch and two dinners; to Washington, D.C., Oct. 13-15. Cost of $430 per person, double occupancy, includes free parking in Delco, tour guide on motorcoach, two meals, Washington, D.C. sightseeing tour, Arlington National Cemetery and trolley tour, Kennedy Center for performing arts tour, Vietnam Veterans and National World War II Veterans memorials, Lincoln, MLK and Air Force memorials, twilight ride through D.C. and Smithsonian Institution, and overnight accommodations
in Arlington, Va.; to Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights, Nov. 30-Dec. 6. Costs from $2,999 per person, double occupancy, include roundtrip door to door sedan service from home to airport, roundtrip air from Philadelphia International Airport to Reykjavik, roundtrip transfers in Iceland, seven days, six hotel nights, 10 meals, air and hotel taxes, search for natures dazzling display on a Northern Lights Cruise, visits to glacier lagoon filled with icebergs, the warm mineral rich water of blue lagoon, Golden Circle, one of Icelands most famous waterfalls, black volcanic beach, and enjoy Icelandic cuisine. For information, call 610-892-1166.
St. Francis Over 50 Club: To Resorts Casino, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20 and Dec. 11. Cost of $23 includes $25 slot play. Bus departs 10 a.m. For information, call Bob Hodgson at 610-4492956; to the National Centre for Padre Pio, Sept. 16. Cost of $45 (box lunch available for additional $13) includes tour of the church, chapel and museum. Guests may bring their own lunch (mark name on bag); there is also a small cafe at the center. Bus leaves at 9 a.m. and returns around 5:30 p.m. To order lunch, make check payable to Nina D’Amico. For information, call Maria Santone at 610-544-7664 or cell 610-745-0820; to American Music Theatre for “Home for the Holidays,” Dec. 1. Cost of $95 includes a sit down lunch at Eden Resort Inn and a performance of this Christmas show that takes place on Christmas eve and features many of beloved traditions and favorite sacred and secular holiday songs. Bus leaves at 10:15 a.m. For information, call Dan Fahey at 610-5444632 or 610-291-0565.
Our Lady’s Senior Travel Club: For information, call Dolores at 610-5445098. O.L.P.H. 50 and Over: For information, call Bill Naimoli at 610-534-9963 or 484-832-3390. Upper Chichester Senior Citizens Club: For information, call Dot at 610485-6284. St. Pius X Over 50 Club: For information, contact Marilyn at 610-543-4818 or mardifi@aol.com Briarcliff Seniors: For information, call 215-715-5004. St. Anastasia Seniors: For information, call Kathleen 610-353-2575. B.P. Retirees: For information, call Al at 610874-4892.
St. Eugene’s Trip Club: For information, call JoAnne at 484-466-4203. St. Francis de Sales: For information, contact Stephanie Matteo at 610-7420831 or travelwithstephanie@gmail.com Braircliffe Seniors: For information and booking, call 215-715-5004 or email twtours1@aol.com