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CA-SPONSORED OUTINGS
Purchase your tickets for CA Sponsored Outings at www.sctexas.org or at the Member Services Office.
Tickets for outings listed for the first time will be available Thursday, December 1 at 8 a.m.
Continued from the previous page Our final stop is a ‘Czech it out’ place called Oscar’s Store. Tucked
white/brown rice, egg drop soup and berry ginger shortcake for away in the countryside, this gem of a restaurant is the local’s
dessert. Coffee and tea is included. A cash bar will be available favorite place for a handmade, drip down your sleeve, juicy
with happy hour priced drinks. cheeseburger. Truly a Texas kind of place with a cheeseburger
for everyone. Choice of handcut French fries or homemade onion
Following dinner we travel to UT Bates Recital Hall to enjoy rings. (Specify with ticket purchase.) Soft drink included.
their Symphony Orchestra led by Gerhardt Zimmermann since
2006. The full size orchestra is composed of 60-90 of the finest Ticket cost includes transportation, tour fees, kolache, and lunch.
undergraduate students. The repertoire will be Symphony #5
in E-flat Major by Jean Sibelius and will last about two hours. Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather
NOTE: There is a long walk from the bus to the stairs/ Hello Dolly – Fredericksburg Theater - NEW!
elevator and some steps.
Lunch on your own
Ticket cost includes transportation, dinner and concert. Sunday, Feb. 26, $58 pp
Depart SCPL 9 a.m.; return 7 p.m.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Ellen Mire
Hello Dolly is the unforgettable lighthearted
Czech Heritage and Temple Railroad musical with an irresistible story, fabulous
Museums – Temple - NEW! songs and the lovable matchmaker Dolly Levi.
Instead of arranging a match for the millionaire
Lunch – Oscar’s Store Horace Vandergelder, Dolly decides he is the one for her, but first,
Wednesday, Feb. 22, $53 pp she must keep the “others” away until they get hitched. Gorgeous
Depart SCPL 8:15 a.m.; return 3:30 p.m. costumes, high-stepping dancers and plenty of excitement are
all part of the charm as well as the songs, including Hello Dolly.
Our Czech heritage day will begin
with kolaches, a warm, slightly sweet bread Before the theatre we will make a two-hour stop in Fredericksburg,
with a dimple of jellied fruit in its center. Add the gem of the Hill Country. You will have time to explore more
a cup of coffee as we step into the history of the than 150 shops and restaurants and have lunch on your own.
Czech immigrants who settled the rich blacklands of Central Maps and lunch suggestions will be provided.
Texas. Our docent-led tour will introduce you to an amazing
collection that includes a 1530 Bible, 1895 handmade dulcimer, We will not be stopping for dinner so feel free to bring snacks
clocks, colorful old world costumes, quilts more than 150 years and water for the return trip.
old and a hand carved collection of marionettes.
Ticket cost includes transportation and theatre ticket.
All aboard for our next stop! Explore the heritage of our railroads
and their influence in the westward expansion of Texas. Exhibits Volunteer Trip Leader: Ellen Mire
housed in the historical Santa Fe Depot, find antique railroad
equipment and model trains, an original Scott and White Clinic
display, and the history of the Harvey House, home to the ‘Harvey
Girls’ and luxury train travel. Step into the telegraph room to
check out the listening stations for the working BNSF main line or
take a look at the 1921 Pacific steam locomotive in the rail yard.
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