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Capitol Tour and Bullock Museum with
Lunch at Story of Texas Café
Monday, February 24, $37 pp
Depart SCPL 9:30 a.m.; Return 3:45 p.m.
Explore two unique Texas
sights! We start at the Capitol, which in true
Texas spirit, is the largest in gross square foot-
age of all state capitols. Completed in 1888 as
the winning design from a national competition,
the capitol was paid for not in dollars, but in land. We will have
guides to point out special features and also see exhibits at the
Capitol Visitors Center.
Then we are off to lunch at the Story of Texas Café. Choose
your entrée when you purchase your ticket. Choices: (1) turkey
sandwich and cup of soup, (2) spinach and berry salad with
balsamic vinaigrette dressing, (3) vegetarian caprese sandwich
(mozzarella, basil, tomato), or (4) café burger.
Following lunch, docents will provide a guided tour of the Bullock
Museum. Founded as a non-collecting institution, the museum
brings the Story of Texas to life through an ongoing process of
changing historical objects as loans are returned and new ones
are received. This is a place you can visit many times and still
not see everything it has to offer. The three floors of exhibits
are built around three themes: Land, Identity, and Opportunity.
Our day ends at the Spirit Theater for a film entitled, “Wild
TexasWeather.” That is something we can all attest to fromfirst-
hand experience, and nowwe’ll see it all in a short time period!
Ticket cost includes transportation, Capitol tour, Bullock Mu-
seum, movie, and lunch.
Ticket purchase deadline is February 17.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Bobbi Heuss
The Chieftains at Riverbend Centre
Wednesday, February 26, $92 pp
Depart SCPL 6:30 p.m.; Return 10:30 p.m.
Celtic music fans – this one is for
you! The Chieftains is a traditional Irish
band formed in Dublin in 1962 by Paddy Mo-
loney, Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy. First
rehearsals were held at Moloney’s house with
Tubridy, Martin Fay and David Fallon. Their sound, which is
almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann
pipes, has become synonymous with traditional Irishmusic, and
they helped popularize Irish music around the world.
The group continued to release successful records throughout
the 1970s and 1980s, and their work resulted in the critically
acclaimed album
Irish Heartbeat
. They have collaborated with
many other well-known musicians and singers including Pa-
varotti, the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Sinéad O’Connor and
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Roger Daltrey. The band has won six Grammys and received
a Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious BBC Radio
2 Folk Awards in 2002. Some music experts have credited The
Chieftains with bringing traditional Irishmusic to a world-wide
audience, so much so that the Irish government awarded them
the honorary title of Ireland’s Musical Ambassadors in 1989. In
2012, they celebrated their 50th anniversary with the release
of their most recent record,
Voice of Ages
.
Ticket cost includes transportation and concert ticket.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Judy Schlobohm
San Antonio Spurs Basketball
and Luby’s Cafeteria - NEW!
Wednesday, February 26, $100 pp
Depart SCPL 3 p.m.; Return 11:45 p.m.
If you are a basketball fan, you
won’t want to miss a trip to “Spurs Nation” to
watch the San Antonio Spurs host the Detroit
Pistons at San Antonio’s AT&T Center. The
Spurs stats include four NBAChampionships,
five Conference titles and 19 Division titles. They havemade the
playoffs in 23 of the last 24 seasons. What an impressive record!
On our way to the game, we will stop at Luby’s Cafeteria.
Since dinner is “on your own” you can spend or eat as much
or as little as you like. This cafeteria-style restaurant offers a
wide variety of delicious menu choices, and you will probably
want to save room for one of their yummy, mouth-watering
desserts. After dinner, we continue to the AT&T Center, home
of the San Antonio Spurs, in time for “tip-off.”
Note: The arena has sport-style stadium seating and
there will be steps to maneuver.
Ticket cost includes transportation and game ticket.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Sandra Celis
The Lettermen – One World Theater
Friday, February 28, $88 pp
Depart SCPL 5:30 p.m.; Return 10 p.m.
Enjoy an evening ofmusic featuring
The Lettermen, an American male pop music
vocal trio whose trademark is close-harmony
pop songs with light arrangements. The group
started in 1959 and has garnered an incredible
16 Top Ten Singles including the number one remake of
When I
Fall in Love
, 32 consecutive Billboard Magazine Chart albums,
11 gold records and five Grammy nominations. Their other hits
include
Theme from A Summer Place, Goin’ Out of My Head,
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
, and
Hurt So Bad
. The Letterman’s
signature soundmade romantic standards of songs such as
Smile,
Put YourHeadOnMy Shoulder, Shangri-La
and
Love
. They have
performed with icons Frank Sinatra, Jack Benny, BobHope and
