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Tickets for outings listed for the first time will be available
Friday, January 2, at 8 a.m.
Esther’s Follies - Austin - NEW!
Dinner – Cantina Laredo
Thursday, March 5, $72 pp
Depart SCPL 4:30 p.m.; Return 10:30 p.m.
Enjoy a delicious dinner and a
hilarious show! Dinner will be a true taste of
authenticMexican cooking at Cantina Laredo.
A special fajita buffet includes their famous
fresh guacamole along with salsa, chips and
chili con queso followed by beef and chicken fajitas with all of the
trimmings. Youwill be able tomake your fajitas just the way you
like them. Dessert choices are Mexican apple pie or a Mexican
brownie. There will be ample time for you to purchase a beverage
of your choice from the cash bar. Consider the special Sun City
$3 Casa Rita to complement your dinner with a Texas flair!
After dinner we will go directly to Esther’s Follies for non-stop
laughter. This show is a goodmix of skits related to timely current
events, magic that will amaze you, great music and incredible
costumes – all with a Texas-sized sense of humor. The material
is always fresh and funny. If laughter is good for the soul, this
show will add years to your life.
Ticket cost includes transportation, dinner, and show.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Anita Reed
ASO – Russian Composers –
Long Center – Austin - NEW!
Dinner – P. F. Chang’s
Friday, March 6, $108 pp
Depart SCPL 4 p.m.; Return 10:30 p.m.
Join us for a wonderful evening as the Austin
Symphony Orchestra features some of the
greatest Russian composers ever to put notes
to paper. Guest performer will be the lovely
and extremely talented pianist OlgaKern. The
Washington Post commented, “Her electricity
at the keyboard is palpable, and though she generates from the
music itself, as it flows through her fingers it takes on fresh
voltage that is unmistakably hers.”
Program includes: Shostakovich’s
Festive Overture; Baba-Yaga
by Anatoly Liadov; Rachmaninoff’s
Rhapsody on a Theme
of Paganini; Overture on Hebrew Themes
by Prokofiev, and
Tchaikovsky’s
Francesca da Rimini
.
Our evening begins at P. F. Chang’s where we will be treated to
Chicken LettuceWraps, CrabWontons, Spicy Chicken, Sesame
Chicken, MongolianBeef, CrispyHoney Shrimp, Egg Drop Soup
and assorted desserts.
We will arrive at the Long Center in time for Bob Buckalew’s
pre-concert talk at 7:10 p.m.
Ticket cost includes transportation, dinner, pre-concert talk,
and performance.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Valerie Weis
John Mellencamp – Bass Concert
Hall – Austin - NEW!
Sunday, March 8, $110 pp
Depart SCPL 4:30 p.m.; Return 10:30 p.m.
Ticket Purchase Deadline: Monday, February 23
According to Texas Performing
Arts, “Grammy-winning musician John
Mellencamp has touched the heart and souls
of music listeners and influenced American
culture with enduring song. He is also one of themost successful
live concert performers in the world.
“A man with a conscience, he used his visibility and influence
to advocate an issue that hit close to home and became one of
the founding members of FarmAid, an organization that began
in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms. The
Farm Aid concerts have raised over $45 million to promote a
resilient family farm system of agriculture.”
Ticket cost includes transportation, orchestra seat tickets, and link
to a digital download of Mellencamp’s new album,
Plain Spoken.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Flo Zydowicz
