COMMUNITY TRIPS

Schoolhouse Center:

To “Anastasia” on Broadway, Nov. 14. Cost of $183 includes an orchestra level ticket, bus, meal at Mastories, and all gratuities included. Adults of any age are welcome; guests don’t have to be a member of the center. Senior Community Services’ Schoolhouse Center is located at 600 Swarthmore Ave., Folsom. For information, call Kim at 610 237-8100. St. Kevin Parish: To Caesars Casino, May 10. Cost of $28 includes $25 slot play; 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; to Rainbow Comedy Theatre for “Love, Lies & The Lottery,” Aug. 23. Cost of $85 includes a performance of the five people think they’ve won on one winning ticket. For information, call Louise at 610-461-6260. Sisters of Love: To Myrtle Beach Show and Charleston, S.C., Sept. 23-29, 2018. Cost of $655 per person, double occupancy, includes six nights lodging (four in Myrtle Beach area), six breakfasts and four dinners, admission to Brookgreen Gardens, three evening shows — Legends in Concert, Carolina Opry and Alabama Theatres, matinee show at the Calvin Gilmore Theatre, cruise on Charleston Harbor, free time in Charleston, visit to Broadway at the Beach and more. $75 is due upon signing to hold seat (add $180 for single occupancy). Final payment due July 15. For information, call Elva Wright at 610-485-7931 or Helen Walker at 610-2834263. 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 $85includes show, lunch, and time to shop; to Hamilton Township, N.J., for Grounds for Sculpture, June 27. Cost of $78includes admission to tour the beautiful grounds and a lunch at Georgine’s. For information, call Dot at 610485-6284. Chester Senior Center: To Mount Hope Mansion in Lancaster for murder mystery dinner theater, April 13. Cost of $90for members, $100for nonmembers ($25deposit required), includes a four course sit down dinner and live murder mystery; to Sight & Sound Theater in Lancaster for “Jesus,” April 5. Cost of $120for 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 $460for members, $490for nonmembers, includes deluxe motorcoach transportation, oceanfront lodging, three breakfasts, three dinners (including an all-you-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 721Hayes St., Chester. For information and registration, call 610-497-3550or 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 484-420-4575 or e-mail kidsrgon@comcast.net Braircliffe Seniors: To Penn’s Peak in the Pocono’s, May 9. Cost of $89 includes familystyle lunch and a performance of Tony Sands’ tribute to Frank Sinatra, with comedy by Bob Goss. For information and booking, call 215-715-5004. Concord Senior Citizens Club: To American Music Theater for “Songs of the Silver Screen,” May 2. Cost of $75includes deluxe bus transportation, a buffet lunch at Shady Maple Restaurant and show admission. For reservations, call Annette Kendis, 610-459-8886or send check payable to Concord Township Seniors for $75to mail to Ms. Kendis, 229Willits Way, Glen Mills, PA 19342. 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 484-534-2201. St. John’s on the Hill Senior Organization: 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 484-6454533. 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; to a Heart of Ireland Tour, Oct. 13-20. Costs from $1,765 per person, double occupancy for air and land package, includes taxes and round trip transfers in Ireland from Dublin Airport to Galway, first class hotel and from Castle Hotel to Dublin Airport for return flight to Philadelphia, roundtrip non stop air between Philadelphia International and Dublin airports on Aer Lingus, 10 meals including four dinners and six Irish breakfasts, visits to Dublin, Galway, Connemara, Cliffs of Moher, Killarney, Dingle and Cashel, deluxe coach with professional driver escort throughout, visits to Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College, Connemara Marble and Celtic Crystal Factory and more. For information call 610892-1133. 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, July 16, Aug. 20. Cost of $23 includes $25 slot play. Bus departs 10 a.m. For information, call Bob Hodgson at 610-449-2956; 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 610-7450820; 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 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; to the Ground Zero Memorial/Museum in New York City, June 2. Cost of $79 includes lunch on own in area near museum before group entrance, and selfguided tour; to a Princeton Day, June 7. Cost of $61 includes fascinating stories of Albert Einstein and visits to the neighborhood which holds his two homes, visit to the public tea room where he met most afternoons and the little-known museum dedicated to him, lunch on your own and time to browse the quaint town; to a Battle of Gettysburg Day, June 13. Cost of $78 includes tours from Civil War expert Michael Ludwig of the battlefiel with little-known facts and stories about the soldiers who fought the devastating battle, a movie and cyclorama viewing at the visitor center, and time for lunch on own. Overnight trips include Norfolk, Va., April 25-27, Cape May, N.J., May 1-3, Finger Lakes, N.Y., May 26-28, Costal Maine, June 17-21, Mackinac Island, Mich., June 18-24. For information, call 610-565-2700. Checks made payable and sent to Middletown Township, PO Box 157, Lima, PA 19037.