COMMUNITY TRIPS
Our Lady’s Senior Travel Club: To Casinos Casino for a “Classic Country Jamboree” show, Nov. 28. Cost of $46 includes $20 slot play and a concert performance featuring the music of Garth Brooks, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and many more; to Harrah’s Atlantic City, Jan. 22. Cost of $47 includes $25 slot play, and a chance to win $100 slot play on the bus to the casino. Both trips leave for A.C. at 9:30 a.m. and depart A.C. at 5:30 p.m. Bus pick up and drop off is at the Folsom Home Depot parking lot. For information, call Dolores at 610-544-5098. St. Joseph Parish, Collingdale:
To Walnut Street Theatre, Dec. 10. Cost of $120 includes a 12:30 p.m. performance of “It’s a Wonderful Life” and dinner at Mastori’s of New Jersey. Money due by Nov. 1, made payable to St. Joseph Parish and sent to the church, 500 Woodlawn Avenue, Collingdale, PA 19023. For information and registration, contact Mary Carney at 610-586-15290 or mary.carney@rcn.com St. Francis Over 50 Club: To Resorts Casino, Oct. 16, Nov. 20 and Dec. 11. Cost of $23 includes $25slot play. Bus departs 10a.m. For information, call Bob Hodgson at 610-449-2956; 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 610-544-4632 or 610-291-0565.
Sisters of Love: To a 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 610-283-4263. Middletown Township Parks and Recreation: To the annual Ocean City, N.J., Fall Fest and Block Party, Oct. 7. Cost of $45includes Fall event on Asbury Ave. Over 400crafters, music, food vendors and more along Asbury Avenue and time to visit the boardwalk or beach on own; to a different D.C. tour, Oct. 18. Cost of $79includes 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. 4and Dec. 9. Cost is $55; to Byer’s Choice and Peddlers’ Village, Nov. 15. Cost of $47includes a visit and time to shop at the Christmas Village & Museum, with pieces made by artists at the Byers’ facility, and a visit Peddler’s Village for lunch on own and browsing shops; to Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre for “White Christmas,” Nov. 21. Cost of $94includes a buffet and performance of the musical dancing, holiday favorites and a visit from Santa; American Music Theatre Christmas Show in Lancaster for “Home for the Holidays,” Nov. 29. Cost of $95a 10:30a.m. performance the Christmas musical with a live orchestra, a buffet lunch at Shady Maple and free time to shop; to Radio City Music Hall Rockettes Christmas Show, Dec. 7. Cost of $125includes a 2p.m. show time with First Mezzanine seats, and time for lunch on own; to Bristol Riverside Theatre’s holiday show, Dec. 10. Cost of $93includes lunch at the King George Inn. Overnight trips
are also available; call for details. 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 11a.m. at Home Depot, Folsom; arrive home at approximately 9p.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 $891per person, double occupancy (final payment due Oct. 3) include 10days/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 610461-0443 or st.mads.travel.club@gmail.com St. James Alumni Association: 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
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. The Knights of Columbus: To Memphis and Nashville, Oct. 27Nov. 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 610892-1133.
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.
St. Kevin Parish: 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 Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Dec. 5. Cost of $148includes a sit down dinner at Mastorie’s Restaurant. See Santa, living Nativity and the world famous Rockettes; 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 610461-6260.
The Travel Club: To American Music Theater’s Christmas Show, Dec. 10. Cost of $105 includes lunch at Fulton Steam Boat. For information, call 215-715-5004.
Resurrection Alumni, Family, and Friends: 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.