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OUTINGS

Purchase your tickets for CA Sponsored Outings at www.sctexas.org or at the Member Services Office.
         Tickets for activities listed for the first time will be available Wednesday, July 1, at 8 a.m.

Key to Outings                                                        Robert Towne’s Ask the Dust, opposite Salma Hayek and Colin
                                                                      Farrell. Menzel’s television credits include a recurring role on
SCPL - Social Center Parking Lot                                      Glee, Fox’s smash hit series, as fan-favorite Shelby Corcoran,
CCPL - Cowan Creek Parking Lot                                        Rachel’s biological mother. She has also appeared on Private
                                                                      Practice, Kevin Hill, and Rescue Me.
Level 1 – Light Activity     Bus trip over approx.
Level 2 – Moderate Activity  3 hours                                  Prior to the concert we will stop at the Domain for dinner on your
Level 3 – Active Activity                                             own. Select a meal from one of the many outstanding restaurants.
                               Overnight stay
    Meal provided            Walking - Expect a                       Ticket cost includes transportation and orchestra seating.
   Requires climbing in 	    walking tour or a large 	
   and out of a boat         venue                                    Volunteer Trip Leader: Cheryl Jakubowski
                             Walking and steps
                              Bus is wheelchair                       Esther’s Follies – Austin
                              accessible
                                                                      Dinner – Cantina Laredo
  PERK Cards!                                                         Thursday, August 13, $72 pp

     Every time you travel on an outing                                                                  Enjoy a delicious dinner and a
     planned by the Lifestyle Department,                                                  hilarious show! Dinner will be a true taste of
     you will receive a card to fill out and                                               authentic Mexican cooking at Cantina Laredo.
     turn in at the Monitor’s desk. We will                                                A special fajita buffet includes their famous
     draw a card monthly and the lucky                                                     fresh guacamole along with salsa, chips and
     winner will receive a 50% discount on a future CA bus outing of  chili con queso followed by beef and chicken fajitas with all of
     your choice! (Note: Excludes overnight outings). We will notify  the trimmings. You will be able to make your fajitas just the
     the winner via phone and email.                                  way you like them. Dessert choices are Mexican apple pie or a
                                                                      Mexican brownie. There will be ample time for you to purchase
    Our Perk Card winner was Aileen Bailey. Congratulations,          a beverage of your choice from the cash bar.
    Aileen! Thank you for being a frequent traveler on our
    bus outings.                                                      After dinner we will go directly to Esther’s Follies for non-stop
                                                                      laughter. This show is a good mix of skits related to timely current
If you have any questions about our outings, please                   events, magic that will amaze you, great music and incredible
contact Lifestyle & Activities, 512-948-7392.                         costumes – all with a Texas-sized sense of humor. The material
                                                                      is always fresh and funny. Esther’s has been the ‘talk of the
Idina Menzel Concert – Bass                                           town’ for years. If laughter is good for the soul, this show will
Concert Hall – Austin                                                 add years to your life.

Dinner on Your Own                                                    Ticket cost includes transportation, dinner, and show.
Saturday, August 1, $114 pp
Depart SCPL 4:30 p.m.; Return 10:45 p.m.                              Volunteer Trip Leader: Anita Reed

                          Ms. Menzel reached superstardom on          George W. Bush Library – Dallas - NEW!
                     Broadway with her Tony Award-winning
                     performance as Elphaba, the misunderstood        Lunch on Your Own
                     green girl, in Wicked and in her Tony-nominated  Wednesday, September 16, $45 pp
                     role as Maureen in Rent. Menzel also appeared    Depart SCPL 7:45 a.m.; Return 5:45 p.m.
as Sheila in the Encores! Production of Hair and starred as
Amneris in Broadway’s Aida. The Denver Post dubbed her “the                                     Not only will we get a history lesson about
Streisand of her generation,” while The New York Times praised                             the 43rd President and Mrs. Bush, but we will
her as “an entertainer with a phenomenal voice – Diana Ross                                also tour a special exhibit “Baseball: America’s
with ten times the stamina and lung power.”                                                Presidents, America’s Pastime.” The exhibit
In addition to Frozen, Menzel’s film credits include Disney’s                              includes 125 artifacts donated from presidential
romantic fable, Enchanted, where she appeared opposite Susan                               libraries and the National Baseball Hall of
Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams; Rent, in which               Fame. Included is a video of the presidents playing baseball
she reprised her role as Maureen; and a co-starring role in           and throwing out the first pitch along with President Bush’s
                                                                      pitch a few weeks after the 9/11 attack. Specially signed balls
20 | SUNRAYS JULY 2015                                                and autographed baseball cards are also on view.

                                                                      In the library you can scope out the famous gifts, test your skill
                                                                      in the interactive galleries, sit in the Oval Office and view the
                                                                      9/11 articles. Weather permitting, stroll through the 15-acre park
                                                                      with native Texas grass and shrubs.

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