LOCAL TRIPS

Concord Senior Citizens Club: To American Music Theater for “Songs of the Silver Screen,” May 2. Cost of $75 includes deluxe bus transportation, a buffet lunch at Shady Maple Restaurant and show admission. For reservations, call Annette Kendis, 610-4598886 or send check payable to Concord Township Seniors for $75 to mail to Ms. Kendis, 229 Willits Way, Glen Mills, PA 19342. Resurrection Alumni, Family, and Friends: To Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Island, May 13-17. Cost of $830 per person, double occupancy, includes free private parking and Delco pickup, escorted tour, deluxe motorcoach, five meals, sightseeing tour and ferry ride to both Martha’s Vineyard and also Nantucket Island, riding tour of Provincetown Sand Dunes in an SUV, JFK Memorial, visit Olde Mistick Village, stay in Hyannis Hotel for four nights; to New Hampshire and Indian Head Resort and Hotel in White Mountains, Aug. 19-22. Cost of $780 per person, double occupancy, includes free parking and Delco pickup, escorted tour on deluxe motorcoach, seven meals, Mount Washington Cog Railway scenic ride to summit of mountain, cruise Lake Winnipesaukee, tour Castle in the Clouds, a turn of the century mansion, visit Kellerhaus Candy Shop. resort offers many amenities, including pools, nightly entertainment and much more; to the Railroads of New Hampshire featuring three rail excursions, Sept. 27-30. Cost of $940 per person, double occupancy, includes free private parking, Delco pickup, deluxe motorcoach with tour director, six meals, first class hotel for three nights, three train rides — Mt. Washington Cog railroad and Visitor’s Center, Cafe Lafayette Railroad and Dinner train with restored Pullman dining cars, Winnipesaukee scenic railroad, visit Wright Museum of World War II, visit to Kellerhaus Candy and Ice Cream Shop and more. For information, call 610-8921166. Friendship Circle Senior Center: To Dutch Apple Dinner Theater in Lancaster for a tribute to Elvis Presley, Saturday, June 30. Cost is $85 with a non-refundable deposit of $45 due by March 14. Bus departs at 9 a.m. from the parking lot of Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital adjacent to St. Bernard Hall in Darby. For information and registration, visit the center in St. Bernard Hall on the hospital campus, email dshumacher@scs-delco.org or call 484-5342201. Knights of Columbus: To Italy and Amalfi Coast, May 27-June 8. Costs from $4,749 per person, double occupancy, include taxes, roundtrip air from Philadelphia International Airport to Venice and return from Naples to Philadelphia, two Italy transfers from and to airports, deluxe motor coach, first class hotels, 19 meals, English speaking tour guide for entire tour, baggage handling. Sightseeing while visiting Venice, Padua, Modena, Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Magione, Assisi, Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Amalfi, Ravello & Isle of Capri. Sample sightseeing includes Venice Doge’s Palace, tasting in Modena,Basilica in Padua, tour Florence, excursion to Siena, wine tasting at Magione Castle, St. Francis Basilica on Assisi tour, tour Rome and visit the Colosseum, the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel, tour Naples and visit Pompeii, Amalfi Coast excursion including cruise to Capri and visit Garden of Caesar Augustus and more. For information call 610-892-1133. St. John’s on the Hill Senior Organization: To Bethlehem Sands Casino, March 21. Cost of $32 includes transportation, $20 in slot play and a $5 food voucher; to Sight and Sound Theatre, May 3. Cost of $108 includes a performance of the spectacular “Jesus” show, transportation and lunch at Shady Maple restaurant. For information, call Barbara at 484-645-4533. St. Kevin Parish: To Resorts Casino, April 13. Cost of $28 includes $25; to Rainbow Comedy Theatre for “Whose Wife Is It Anyway?,” April 17. Cost of $85 includes buffet lunch and a performance of the comedy about the world’s most bumbling Senator trying to pass off the wrong woman as his wife; to Hunterdon Hills Playhosue for “Steel Magnolias,” May 24. Cost of $95 includes a sit down lunch; to Dutch Apple Theatre for “Wizard of Oz,” June 21. Cost of $89 includes buffet lunch; to American Music Theatre for “Songs of the Silver Screen,” July 17. Cost of $90 includes performances by the AMT Cast & Band as they pay tribute to the biggest hits from movies spanning the decades made famous by Elvis, Julie Andresws, Barbra Streisand, Rosemary Clooney and more, and sit down lunch at Huckleberry’s Restaurant; to Bucks County Playhouse for “42nd Street,” July 25. Cost of $96 includes sit down lunch at Vellachio Cucina, and a performance of the Broadway hit about a young girl trying to get a spot in a Broadway show. Songs include “We’re in the Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” and “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” and more. For information, call Louise at 610461-6260. Norwood Social Club: To Ireland, Sept. 5-15, with Fr. David Fernandes (formally of St. Gabriel Parish in Norwood). Cost of $3,845 includes visits dinner in a Medieval castle, kissing the Blarney Stone, tasting Irish whiskey at the Jameson distillery, visits to Belfast in the North, the Cliffs of Moher, the Knock Shrine, the Country of St. Patrick (Downpatrick) and his tomb, St. Bridget’s Well, the Rock of Cashel, Guinness Center, Kylemore Abbey, Wooden Mills, Celtic Crystal Factory and more, different cities daily including Galway, Knock, Adare, Dublin, Glendalough, Kilkenny, Cork, Killarney, Ennis, Connemara, Burren, Cashel and the Dingle Peninsula, costs for all tours, roundtrip airfare from Philadelphia to Dublin or Newark to Dublin (with bus transportation), airline surcharges and airport taxes, accommodations in centrally located, first class (4-star hotels), daily breakfast, six hotel dinners, a Medieval banquet and an Irish evening with dinner and a show. Meetings commence soon. For information, contact Helen Holroyd at 610-213-4141 or Helenshorizons@gmail.com St. Francis Over 50 Club: To Resorts Casino, April 16, May 21, June 18. Cost of $23 includes $25 slot play. Bus departs 10 a.m. For information, call Bob Hodgson at 610-4492956; to Doolan’s for a St. Patrick’s Festival, March 13. Cost has been reduced to $95 and includes performances from Irish tenor Mike Byrne and the famous Green Derby show band plus comedian entertainment, dancing, one hour open bar, and choice of three entrees. Bus leaves at 9:45 a.m. For information, call Dan Fahey at 610-544-4632 or 610-291-0565; to Ace in the Hole for “At The Hop,: June 5. Cost of $85 includes a performance of this musical revue of the “Fabulous ‘50s” starring the Joey Arminio Band, singers, dancers, and comedian Frankie Pace, family style sit down luncheon with two complimentary drinks and soda. Bus leaves at 9 a.m., arrive by 8:45. For information, call Maria Santone at 610-544-7664 or 610-745-0820; to National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa and Polish American Family Festival and Country Fair in Doylestown, Sept. 8. Cost of $45 for adults and $35 for children and teens up to 18 (includes bus, admission to fair ground) includes a Mass, visitation to Shrine and Chapels, entertainment, music, dancing, midway rides and games, Polish and American food, the Polish Village with vendors and crafters, and a festival sweepstake. Bus leaves from St. Francis of Assisi Church at 10 a.m. with boarding at 9:45 a.m. For information, call Maria Santone. Middletown Township Parks and Recreation: To New York City on own, March 24. Cost is $55; to Sight & Sound Theatre in Lancaster for “Jesus,” April 18. Cost of $115 includes buffet lunch at Bird in Hand Restaurant and a performance of the show following the life of Jesus on a 300-foot panoramic stage with live animals and amazing set designs. Must book now; to Washington D.C. for the Smithsonian on own, April 28. Cost is $55; to Washington, D.C., for an “Inaugural Tour,” May 15. Cost of $83 includes a private guide to tour the building where Inaugural Balls are held and hear surprising stories about U.S. presidents, and time for lunch on own at the National Gallery of Art; to American Music Theatre, “Songs of the Silver Screen,” May 23. Cost of $91 includes a performance of an original AMT production paying tribute to the biggest hits from movies past and present, spanning decades of filmmaking with songs made famous by Elvis, Julie Andrews, Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Streisand and more, with a buffet and shopping at Shady Maple. Overnight trips include Branson via air, April- 18-25, NYC for two days/one night, April 22-23, Ohio Arc Encounter, April 23-27, Norfolk, Va., April 25-27, Cape May, N.J., May 1-3, and Finger Lakes, N.Y., May 26-28. For information, call 610-565-2700. Checks made payable and sent to Middletown Township, PO Box 157, Lima, PA 19037. G.E. Retirees: To Washington, D.C., May 25-27. Cost of $450. per person, double occupancy, includes deluxe motorcoach, free parking, Delco pickup, escorted tour, two meals, Smithsonian Institute, Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Arlington National Cemetery and trolley tour, Washington, D.C. Sightseeing Tour, World War II Memorial, Air Force Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and Twilight Ride through D.C., two night stay in 1st class hotel in Arlington, Va. and visit Old Town Alexandria, Va. and more; to Niagara Falls, June 3-6. Cost of $585 per person, double occupancy. four-day tour includes deluxe motorcoach, free parking on private property, Delco pickup, escorted tour, three breakfasts and one special dinner with show “Oh Canada Eh,” travel through the Pocono Mountains to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Valid Passport is needed for this tour. Stay in first class hotel near the Falls, visit the Floral Clock, Niagara on the Lake, see the thunderous Falls and take a special boat ride to the base and into Horseshoe Falls and more. For information, call 610-892-9767. Upper Chichester Senior Citizens Club: To Penns Peak Resorts in Victorian Jim Thorpe, Pa., for “Voices of Legends,” May 8. Cost of $85 includes show, lunch, and time to shop; to Hamilton Township, N.J., for Grounds for Sculpture, June 27. Cost of $78 includes admission to tour the beautiful grounds and a lunch at Georgine’s. For information, call Dot at 610-485-6284. Chester Senior Center: To the MGM Grand Casino in Oxon Hill, Md., March 23. Cost of $35 for members, $40 for nonmembers ($20 non-refundable deposit required) includes bus driver tip, a visit at Tanger Outlets, and time on own at MGM Casino or Habor Mall. Bus departs at 9 a.m. from the center; to Mount Hope Mansion in Lancaster for murder mystery dinner theater, April 13. Cost of $90 for members, $100 for nonmembers ($25 deposit required), includes a four course sit down dinner and live murder mystery; to Sight & Sound Theater in Lancaster for “Jesus,” April 5. Cost of $120 for members, $130 for nonmembers includes driver gratuity, lunch at Shady Maple Restaurant, and a production of the story of Jesus; to Virginia Beach, Va., May 28-31. Cost of $460 for members, $490 for nonmembers, includes deluxe motorcoach transportation, oceanfront lodging, three breakfasts, three dinners (including an allyou-can-eat seafood buffet), visits to Williamsburg Pottery, Yankee Candle Village, Norfolk Naval Base, MacArthur Center Mall, shopping outlets and more. The center is located at 721 Hayes St., Chester. For information and registration, call 610-497-3550 or visit www.scs-delco.org St. Mary Magdalen Social Club: To a “Springtime in Norfolk” tour, April 25-27. Cost of $495 per person, double occupancy, $610 single occupancy, includes three days, two nights in Norfolk, Va., visits to the Virginia International Tattoo Show, botanical gardens, the Military Tattoo, guided tour of the Battleship Wisconsin, and visit to the Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum during the return trip. For information and trip fliers, contact Bill Moore at 484-420-4575or e-mail kidsrgon@comcast.net