16 | SUNRAYS
NOVEMBER 2013
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EVENTS
guaranteed to put you in the holiday spirit! Tickets can be
purchased for $8 at the Member Services Office or online
at
This event is also open to non-residents.
A Christmas Carol
(1999) - Movie - NEW!
Friday, December 6, 6 p.m. SCB, $5 pp
Cabaret Style Seating
Scrooge, played by Patrick Stewart, is a mi-
serly old businessman in 1840’s London. One
Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of
Marley, his dead business partner. Marley
foretells that Scrooge will be visited by three
spirits, each of whom will attempt to show
Scrooge the error of his ways. Will Scrooge reform his ways
in time to celebrate Christmas? Your ticket purchase for this
Christmas movie includes a hot cocoa bar and holiday snacks.
The King’s Speech
- Movie - NEW!
Wednesday, January 8, 6 p.m., SCB, $5 pp
Cabaret Style Seating
After the death of his father King George V
(Michael Gambon) and the scandalous ab-
dication of King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce),
Bertie (Colin Firth), who has suffered from a
debilitating speech impediment all his life, is
suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country
on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife,
Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), the future Queen Mother,
arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist,
Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). After a rough start, the two delve
into an unorthodox course of treatment and eventually form
an unbreakable bond. With the support of Logue, his family,
his government and Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall), the
King will overcome his stammer and deliver a radio-address
that inspires his people and unites them in battle.
Based on the true story of King George VI,
The King’s Speech
follows the Royal Monarch’s quest to find his voice. This movie
is rated R.
Your ticket purchase includes soda and snack. Feel free to
bring your own snacks and beverages as well.
Redhead Express - Performance - NEW!
Friday, January 10, 7 p.m., SCB, $12 pp
Open Seating Theater Style
Redhead Express is a four-sister act origi-
nally from Alaska, and now hailing from
Nashville, Tennessee. The girls have spent
the past five years touring with their fam-
ily band across the country. Now they are
poised for success in the country music in-
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or at the Member Services Office.
Tickets for activities listed for the first time will be available
Friday, November 1, at 8 a.m.
The Last Romance
,
an AcTAG Production
November 12-16, 7 p.m., Atrium, $10 pp
Tickets are still on sale for AcTAG’s production
of
The Last Romance
by Joe DiPietro. A crush
can make anyone feel young again—even a
widower named Ralph. On an ordinary day in
a routine life, Ralph decides to take a different
path on his daily walk—one that leads him to an unexpected
second chance at love. Relying on a renewed boyish charm, Ralph
attempts to woo the elegant, but distant, Carol. Defying Carol’s
reticence—and his lonely sister’s jealousy—Ralph embarks on
the trip of a lifetime, and regains a happiness that seemed all
but lost.
The Last Romance
is a heart-warming comedy about
the transformative power of love.
The play runs five consecutive nights in the Atrium, November
12-16. Tickets are $10 with no reserved seating. Directed by
Geoff Martin.
Day before Thanksgiving
Luncheon & Movie
Movie:
Home for the Holidays
Wednesday, November 27, 11 a.m., SCB, $22 pp
No need to travel for Thanksgiving celebra-
tions. It’s a lot of work to make Thanksgiving
dinner, so this year leave the ‘day before’ cook-
ing to Simply Great Cuisine with a full-service
buffet of traditional turkey, stuffing, mashed
potatoes with gravy, green bean casserole,
cranberry sauce, rolls, and your choice of pumpkin, pecan or
apple pie. Tea and water will be served.
At 12 p.m. we will show the movie
Home for the Holidays
. A
starlit cast, including Robert Downey Jr., Dylan McDermott,
Holly Hunter and Anne Bancroft, lends acting expertise to a
movie that explores the stressors of gathering with one’s family
during the holidays.
Sun City Singers Concert:
“Rejoice and Be Merry” - NEW!
Wednesday & Thursday, December 4-5, 7 p.m., SCB, $8 pp
Tickets go on sale on Friday, November 1 for
the Christmas concert to be held on Wednes-
day, December 4 and Thursday, December 5
at 7 p.m. in the Social Center Ballroom. This
is always a sell-out, so be sure to purchase
your reserved-seat tickets as soon as possible.
The concert, titled “Rejoice and Be Merry,” is a joyous collection
of traditional and contemporary holiday music. The audience
will also be treated to a sing-along of some traditional carols,
