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all probability, it is the most performed work in classical music
history. In virtually every city of the free world,
Messiah
is
performed at least once every year.
Before the performance, we will stop at the Domain for dinner
on your own. The restaurants of the Domain offer something
for every taste.
Ticket cost includes transportation and performance. Seating
B Level on the floor.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Valerie Weis
Darlene Love Christmas Show –
Paramount Theater – Austin
Dinner on Your Own
Thursday, December 4, $70 pp
Depart SCPL 4:30 p.m.; Return 10:30 p.m.
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let the world in on
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century: Darlene Love is one of the finest sing-
ers ever fromher first hit “He’s ARebel” to the
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Elvis Presley, Dionne Warwick, Cher and Aretha Franklin. A
2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Darlene Love is an
unsung hero finally getting her due. Join us as we hear Darlene
sing “It’s Christmas” as she has for David Letterman for the last
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Dinner will be on your own at the Domain prior to the concert.
Ticket cost includes transportation and concert tickets on the
floor level.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Cheryl Jakubowski
Dickens on the Strand Overnight – Galveston
Moody Gardens Hotel with Saturday and Sunday
Breakfasts
Friday Night Dinner – Garten Verein Pavilion
Saturday Lunch and Dinner - On Your Own
Friday, December 5 – Sunday, December 7
$395 pp double occupancy; $554 pp single occupancy
Depart SCPL Friday, 10 a.m.; Return Sunday, 3:30 p.m.
Ticket Purchase Deadline: Tuesday, November 11
Enjoy the tropical
splendor of Moody Gardens, and celebrate the
41thAnnual Dickens on The Strandwhere bob-
bies and beefeaters, the Queen and commoners,
recreate Charles Dickens’ Victorian London.
Friday:
We will stop at Buc-ee’s on our way to Galveston and
then arrive at the beautiful Moody Gardens Hotel, our home
for two nights. After checking in, enjoy a short rest before our
evening’s entertainment begins with a hand bell concert. Dinner
will be at the 1880 Garten Verein Pavilion, a gorgeous setting
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with outstanding food and drink. With one of Charles Dickens’
direct descendants there to celebrate with us, this is sure to be
an evening to remember!
Saturday:
After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit Dickens on
The Strand, an enchanted journey through history as a bustling
19th century cityscape comes to life. Victorian-era costumed
characters provide a look into British pomp and pageantry. The
festival includes parades, non-stop stage entertainment, plus
strolling carolers and street musicians, bagpipers and enter-
tainers. Costumed vendors peddle their wares – tasty culinary
delights and Victorian-inspired crafts, clothing, jewelry, holiday
decorations and gift items – just in time for the holidays. As a
part of the Queen’s Parade, QueenVictoriawill greet her subjects
froman elegant horse-drawn carriage drapedwith garlands. Our
bus will be on a regular schedule to take you to and from the
festival and hotel, so you can make multiple visits to the Strand
and go back to rest at the hotel when you wish.
Saturday night dinner will be on your own. Choose a restaurant
near the festival or at the hotel, or join others as the bus takes
us to a local restaurant.
The day’s entertainment isn’t over! In the eveningwe take amagi-
cal tour of the Festival of Lights atMoody Gardens, over amillion
lights of spectacular animated displays. You also get to choose one
additional activity – a ride on the paddle wheeler, large-screen 3-D
film, the Aquarium, the Rainforest, or the Discovery Museum.
Sunday:
After hotel breakfast and packing suitcases, we head to
the Ice Sculpture show. Professional ice carvers have transformed
900 tons of ice into twenty large ice sculptures. These sculptures
are kept at 15 degrees, so be sure to bring a warm coat.
Note: All hotel accommodations have king size beds, and
this cannot be changed.
This is an active trip with multiple stops and a lot of
walking.
Ticket cost includes transportation, 2 hotel nights, 2 breakfasts,
1 dinner, hand bell concert, Dickens on the Strand, Festival of
Lights, optional activity at Moody Gardens, and Ice Sculpture
show.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Bobbi Heuss
Story of Scrooge – Vive les Arts Theater –
Killeen
Dinner on Your Own
Saturday, December 6, $40 pp
Depart SCPL 4:15 p.m.; Return 9:30 p.m.
Most everyone knows the story of Dickens’
AChristmas Carol
with its famous characters
– Scrooge, the ghosts, and Tiny Tim, but you
probably don’t know the story from Scrooge’s
point of view. The Story of Scrooge tells us his
