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FUTURE TRIPS Treasured Time to host casino bus trip

Treasured Time will hold a fundraiser bus trip to Mohegan Sun casino March 21.

Trip departs 4 p.m. from the Home Depot (rear parking lot behind Derby Police Station), 117 Main St. in Derby, and will return at 1 a.m.

Cost is $50 per person and includes $15 food/beverage voucher and $15 bet voucher. Tickets are first come, first served; BYOB (no glass). There will be raffles, as well. Show your college team pride and get a free Jell-O shot.

To purchase tickets, visit www.treasuredtime.org or contact Jenn at 203-4461068 or at jenn@treasuredtime.org.

All proceeds to benefit Treasured Time. For more information, visit www.treasuredtime.org.

Spend some time in Atlantic City

Good Shepherd Men’s Club Seymour and the Oxford Senior Center are sponsoring a three-day, two-night trip to Atlantic City March 22-23.

Bus will leave the senior center parking lot at 10 a.m. Cost is $199 per person, double occupancy, or $263 single occupancy, and includes transportation, gratuity, two nights at Tropicana Casino Hotel, $30 slot play, 2 buffet coupons and a $25 slot play at Resorts Casino on the third day.

For information or reservations, call 203-888-7280.

Visit Nashville and Memphis

F and F Seniors & Friends has a few openings left for a trip March 15-22 to Nashville/Memphis. Includes 7 dinners, 2 shows, Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame, Graceland and more. Cost is $1,458 per person.

More trips are in the works! For information or to sign up for any trip, call Fran at 203-469-6290 or Fred at 203-389-5808.

Whitney Players heading to Mohegan

The Whitney Players Theater Company will hold a bus trip to Mohegan Sun Feb. 15.

Bus leaves Miller Library Complex, 2901 Dixwell Ave. in Hamden, at 11 a.m. and returns at 6 p.m. Snacks will be served on the bus on the way up and desserts will be served on the return trip.

Each guest will receive $30 in gambling and food vouchers. Tickets are $40. Call 203-281-6007 to reserve a spot or mail check to 26 West Helen St., Hamden, CT 06514.

The Audubon Shop of Madison presents its 27th annual “Eagle Watches on the Connecticut River” Feb. 14. Other dates for these guided landbased excursions include Feb. 21 and 28, and March 7. Tours are from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. A $20 charge includes a soup/sandwich lunch at Oliver’s Taverne in Essex. Binocular rentals available. Carpool. Pre-registration is required, call 203-245-9056.

Head to Washington for Cherry Blossoms

Tours to Washington, D.C., April 10 during Cherry Blossom season will offer a $10 discount per person if booked by February 15. Tour includes two nights at the Holiday Inn or Crowne Plaza in Old Towne Alexandria, 2 meals, guided day and night touring of D.C., Smithsonian Institute, Arlington National Cemetery and an evening in Old Towne Alexandria with its many shops and restaurants. Cost is $399, $389 if booked by February 15. Bus departs from Cromwell, North Haven or Milford. Call 203-483-6330 or 800-967-1993 for a brochure or visit www.tatoursonline.com.

See ‘Moses’ on Lancaster trip

A 2-day trip to see the Sight & Sound performance of “Moses” will depart April 11 before its final performance. The trip will include overnight at the Hawthorne Suites in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, guided tour of the Amish farmlands, guided tour of an authentic Amish house and farm, reserved evening performance of ‘Moses,’ Amish meal and breakfast. Cost is $319 per person. Bus departs from Cromwell, North Haven and Milford. Call 203-483-6330 or 800967-1993 for a brochure or visit www.tatoursonline.com.

See new Spring Show at Radio City

A day trip to see the new Radio City Spring Show with the Rockettes and Derek Hough will depart April 15. Included will be orchestra seats, 4-course meal at Tony’s DiNapoli in Times Square and bus from Cromwell, North Haven and Milford. Cost is $179. Call 203483-6330 or 800-967-1993 or visit www.tatoursonline.com.

The Clinton Chamber of Commerce offers a bus trip to Mohegan Sun casino Feb. 13.

Cost is $35 per person and includes a $15 meal credit for use in any restaurant and $15 in bet coupons. Raffle items and prizes will be given away durning the bus trip. Chartered bus departs at 5 p.m. from Exit 63 and will leav the casino at 11 p.m. No seats can be held without payment. Trip is open to the public, but seats are limited. Arrangements can be made by calling the Clinton Chamber of Commerce at 860-6693889 or emailing chamber@ clintonct.com.

K C and the Sunshine Travelers heading to Foxwoods

K C and the Sunshine Travelers is offering a trip March 12 to Foxwoods Casino and Irish Show at the Fox Theater. Comedian George Casey, vocals & guitarist Liz McNicholl plus Local Troup of Irish Step Dancers. Cost is $75 per person and includes Casino Bonus, $10 food or full buffet and $10 Slot play, motor coach, driver’s gratuity and Irish Celebration Show. Payment due by Feb. 12.

For reservations or information, call Karen Forsyth at 203 281-1769 or 203 8872967; or Cathie Martus at 203 710-9757.

Comedy, music on the menu

Pearls of Pauline offers the following trips:

• March 19: “Camelot” at the Westchester Broadway Theater. Cost is $89 and includes transportation, luncheon from matinee menu, show and driver gratuity.

• April 15-17: Sights, sounds and tastes of Lancaster. Trip includes transportation, stay at Hotel Country Inn of Lancaster, American Music Theatre (Inspire, celebrates the power of all styles of music), dinner at Shady Maple smorgasbord, 2 breakfasts, tour of Hershey Chocolate Town, stop at National Centre of Padre Pio in Barto. Cost is $410. Call for more information.

For information and reservations for any trip, call Pauline at 203-468-2148.