JANUARY 2014 SUNRAYS | 27
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OUTINGS
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Tickets for activities listed for the first time will be available
Thursday, January 2, at 8 a.m.
with fresh strawberries or key lime pie in a grahamcracker pecan
crust. A cash bar will be available with ample time for a beverage
of your choice. Coffee, tea, gratuity and tax are included. After
dinner we will board our motor coach and go to Esther’s Follies
in downtown Austin. This show is a mix of current event skits,
amazing magic, great music and incredible costumes – all with
a Texas-size sense of humor.
Ticket cost includes transportation, dinner, and great seats for
Esther’s Follies.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Flo Zydowicz
Austin Symphony Orchestra - Copland in
Mexico; Dinner at Cantina Laredo - NEW!
Friday, March 21, $93 pp
Depart SCPL 4:45 p.m.; Return 10:30 p.m.
Viva Mexico! Join us as composers Aaron
Copland, Carlos Chávez and Silvestre Revuel-
tos take us on a musical journey inspired by
the great country of Mexico.
Copland was much influenced by the time he spent in Mexico
in the 1930s. During the Depression years, Copland traveled
extensively to Europe, Africa, andMexico. He formed an impor-
tant friendshipwithMexican composer Carlos Chávez and often
returned toMexico for working vacations. During his initial visit
to Mexico, Copland began composing the first of his signature
works,
El Salón México
. A musical depiction of a Mexico City
dance hall, the work is subtitled
A Popular Type Dance Hall in
Mexico City
. Silvestre Revueltos wrote scores for movies. Redes
is a 1936Mexican filmabout the fishing community of Alvarado
on the Gulf Coast of Mexico. The English language title is
The
Wave
, although the Spanish language title refers to fishing nets.
We will see the film as we listen to the music Revueltos wrote.
We will start off our musical Mexican evening with a fajita buf-
fet dinner at Cantina Laredo, including Mexican apple pie or
Mexican brownie for dessert. There will be a cash bar available
with $3 Happy Hour Margaritas!
Ticket cost includes transportation, dinner, and concert.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Valerie Weis
The Texas Tenors, San Antonio - NEW!
Saturday, March 22, $75 pp
Depart SCPL 3 p.m.; Return 12:30 a.m.
JC Fisher, Marcus Collins, and
John Hagen, The Texas Tenors, are bringing
their unique blend of country, gospel, classical
and pop, to Trinity University in San Antonio.
Accompanied by the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, this trio
will amaze youwith their breathtaking vocals, humor, and charm.
Weaving effortlessly from John Denver to Puccini to Broadway,
they will take you on a musical ride fromWest Virginia to Italy
to NewYork City, pausing just long enough to entertain youwith
a bit of cowboy humor. Since their debut on
America’s Got Tal-
ent
, The Texas Tenors have performed more than 150 concerts
around the globe and have appeared in a wide variety of venues
from Planet Hollywood to the Royal Theater of Scotland. These
smokin’-hot Texas cowboys will have you shouting “Encore”! – or,
even better, “Yee-Haw”!
Dinner will be on your own at the Rivercenter Mall where you
can choose froma nice selection of riverside restaurants such as
Tony Roma’s, MariaMia, Luciano’s Italiano, Chili’s andHooters.
The mall also has a large variety of eateries in their food court
which overlooks the river.
Ticket cost includes transportation and concert.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather
San Antonio Missions Tour - NEW!
Monday, March 31, $23 pp
Depart SCPL 7:30 a.m.; Return 6:30 p.m.
The missions of San Antonio are
an important part of Texas history. Join us as
we explore the Alamo, Mission San Jose, and
Mission Concepción.
We will begin at the Alamo, located in the heart of downtown.
The chapel façade is one of themost photographed in the country.
The Alamo was the first mission on the river and houses the
Long Barracks Museumand Library, which contains relics and
memorabilia of the fall of the Alamo.
Lunch will be on your own with several food options close to the
Alamo or, walk two blocks, and dine at one of the fine restaurants
on the Riverwalk.
Next we will drive to the Visitor’s Center at Mission San Jose
and enjoy a short film depicting life in the mission. Known as
the “Queen of the Missions” you will see original wall carvings
and the “Rose Window,” one of the most noted pieces of Spanish
Colonial ornamentation in the country.
Our next stop will beMission Concepción. The church looks as it
did in the mid-1700s as the mission’s center of religious activity.
You will enjoy extensive art inside the buildings, which are a
blend of Christian, Spanish and Native art elements.
Note: There will be extensive walking, rain or shine, at
this mostly outdoor event.
Ticket cost includes motorcoach transportation.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Sandra Celis
