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EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL SOUTHEAST REGION Pretty Woman March 31, 2018 Led by Vic Passante Pretty Woman is premiering in Chicago in a Pre-Broadway run, and UW Colleges can take you there. With music by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, whose Reckless album featuring classics like “Summer of 69”, was released close to the same time as the popular Julia Roberts’ film Pretty Woman. The book for the musical is written by the recently deceased Garry Marshall and is destined to dazzle Broadway once it gets there this summer, but we get to see it first. This day trip includes Orchestra seating, a fantastic lunch at The Italian Village, and transportation with host, retired drama director Vic Passante, on a Coach USA, (a.k.a. our university on wheels). Price: $269 The Alaska Experience August 6 – 14, 2018 Led by Vic Passante Let Region Travel Coordinator, Vic Passante, and UW Colleges lead you on an Alaska Experience, with stops in Anchorage, Seward, Homer, and Denali. Our comfortable coach bus will begin in Anchorage and take the scenic journey to the Kenai Peninsula. In Seward, there’ll be a 6-hour Kenai National Park Cruise. In addition, you’ll have an opportunity to eat at the Saltry Restaurant in Halibut Cove and explore other excursions. While in Homer, we’ll go to the world-famous Homer spit and you will be offered optional excursions like: kayaking, and fishing. Then, it’s back to Anchorage for a day before we board the deluxe dome rail car for our picturesque journey to Denali. From Denali Village, we will travel deep into Denali for the Tundra Wilderness Tour. Limited space available. Double occupancy: $5,129/person Single occupancy: $6,108/person Vic Passante brings his experience in travel, project development, and lifelong learning to CE through the many opportunities he’s led in domestic and international travel and is happy to respond to clients’ requests! Please contact Vic to learn more at vic.passante@uwc.edu. 18 www.waukesha.uwc.edu/ce Washington D.C.: Museums, Monuments, and More March 19 – 25, 2018 Led by Vic Passante and Dr. Tim Thering Our nation’s capital attracts over 15 million visitors each year…and for good reason. Our Continuing Education is happy to add to that number in 2018 with our group of life-long learners. We will travel on a comfortable coach bus and have the convenience of easy and safe transportation for our entire visit. During the day, we’ll tour the U.S. Capital, the Library of Congress. In evening, we will tour and see shows at Ford’s Theater (The Wiz) and the Kennedy Center (In the Heights) and visit the monuments in all their glory, illuminated for their citizens and fans. The tour includes professional D.C. step-on guides, ten meals, and five nights at The Westin in Crystal City. Continuing Education is very excited about traveling with history professor Dr. Tim Thering. Tim will offer three credits to university students and heighten our experience in the nation’s capital. The blended group of university students and life-long learners will visit Smithsonian Museums, the National Zoo (with a behind-the-scenes tour to visit with Giant Pandas), In the Heights at the Kennedy Center and an optional play at Ford’s Theater, Arlington Cemetery, monuments, and much, more. The tour includes professional D.C. step-on guides, ten meals, five nights at The Westin in Crystal City, and Coach USA from Waukesha. Double occupancy: $2,284/person Single occupancy: $2,847/person Sneak Peek! THE ADIRONDACKS UW Colleges is considering taking a group on an adventure to the Adirondacks next fall. We hope to spend a couple of days in North Creek, NY and then a couple in Lake Placid. We’ll explore the splendor of autumn colors, waterfalls and the Adirondacks mountains and do some railbiking with Revolution Rail Company, a fun excursion activity that allows you to ride the railroad tracks under your own power and explore a section of the Adirondacks that has never seen passenger traffic. Send an email to wakce@uwc.edu if you are interested in getting on our pre-registration interest list! Check our website in March to see if we will offer this opportunity in fall, 2018. Ashville and Nashville: Culture and Cuisine April 5 – 12, 2018 Led by Vic Passante In the spirit of the past seven years of our Blues and Greens foodie tours, UW Colleges Southeast Region is proud to present our eighth entry, Asheville and Nashville: Culture and Cuisine! We again paired the music and art scene of two great cities with some of their most famous restaurants. Have shrimp and grits and hot chicken (don’t worry) in Nashville and listen to the best music in the country. Eat farm-totable, creative dishes and visit galleries and mansions in Asheville. Heck, we’ll spend three nights in the shadow of the Biltmore, the Vanderbilt mansion. In Nashville, we’ll visit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Bicentennial Capital Mall, the Gulch District, the Parthenon and more. We’ll see shows at the Grand Ole Opry or the Ryman Auditorium (artists TBD). In Asheville, we’ll visit the River Arts District and have a special tour of the Biltmore Mansion. In addition, we’ll have plenty of time to enjoy Biltmore Village. On our way home, we’ll stop for a night in Cincinnati for our final delicious meal. Trip includes 3 nights in Nashville, 3 nights in Ashville and 1 night in Cincinnati, most meals and admission to museums and some entertainment venues. Come join the well-fed Blues and Greens family! Double occupancy: $2,576/person Single occupancy: $3,486/person Return to the Driftless Region September 18 & 19, 2018 Led by Vic Passante UW Colleges will return to one of its most popular destinations of 2017, The Driftless Region of Wisconsin. This year, we’ll head north of La Crosse to the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, before we visit Trempealeau’s newest agricultural industry at Elmaro Vineyard. We’ll enjoy another evening at The Charmant, La Crosse’s unique boutique hotel. The next morning, we’ll cross the Mississippi to La Crescent, MN and visit its apple orchards. Then, we’ll head south on the Great River Road to Prairie du Chien. We can’t return to the driftless without returning to The Driftless Café for dinner en route to Waukesha. Please visit our website for detailed itinerary and pricing. Limited to 25 people. Double Occupancy: $449/person Single Occupancy: $506/person
SOUTHEAST REGION EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL Hamilton - Waitlist only! Led by Vic Passante In the past year, UW Colleges Southeast Region has taken hundreds of life-long learners from Continuing Education to see this American sensation! Lin-Manuel Miranda’s creation, Hamilton, based on Ron Chernow’s 2004 biography of the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, has won 11 Tony Awards, a Grammy, and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. We sold out before our catalog went to print and are currently working on securing tickets for another show. If you would like to see why Hamilton has already become a classic, you will want to register to be on our waitlist. Price will be dependent on ticket availability. Our past daytrip package was $324/ person and included front Mezzanine seats, lunch at Rivers Restaurant, and transportation from UW Waukesha on Coach USA, aka UWC’s “university on wheels”. Lincoln: People and Places in his Early Life May 15 - 17, 2018 Led by Dr. Tom Woods Dr. Tom Woods, Executive Director Emeritus at Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives, former director of Old World Wisconsin, and head of the Minnesota Historical Society’s Historic Sites Department, brings his thirty years of experience in living history museums and “making sense of place” to UW Colleges’ educational travel program. Dr. Woods’ first tour with us is to Illinois to explore Abraham Lincoln’s early years in New Salem, Springfield and his log cabin boyhood near Lerna. Join UW Colleges and Tom for a twonight, three-day trip filled with the history, the stories and song, and the childhood of our 16th President. Please visit our website for detailed itinerary and pricing. Double Occupancy: $579/person Single Occupancy: $674/person Two Rivers: Frank Lloyd Wright and Hamilton Block Print October 24, 2018 Led by Vic Passante UW Colleges is proud to feature artist Tony Drehfal on a daytrip to Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, and to Still Bend, a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Two Rivers. Tony is internationally recognized as one of the world’s foremost wood engravers. Tony Drehfal presently serves on Wood Engraver's Network leadership team, which is now in the process of partnering with the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum to create a wood engraving exhibit, classroom & library space within their Two Rivers museum. At the museum, we will receive a guided tour of the world’s largest premier wood type collection. A tour of Still Bend will round out our experience in Two Rivers. The Bernard Schwartz House is also known as Still Bend or FLW’s Life Magazine "Dream House,” since Wright originally designed the house for the magazine in 1938. The Schwartz House is one of the few Wright homes that allow guests to spend the night. Although we won’t be spending the night there, we will have an opportunity to have our lunch in the Still Bend. Please visit our website for detailed itinerary. Price: $159 American Players Theatre Summer, 2018 Led by Karin Sundelius Join group leader Karin Sundelius for a day to “play in the park” at American Players Theatre. Last year, Karin took a very appreciative group to see APT’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream, and they loved it. The group marked their trip and guide as their favorite daytrip with UW Colleges. Karin will reprise her role as our newest and most engaging guide this summer with a return to Spring Green. Date and play to be determined after APT posts calendar. Travel Deposit Note: All travel deposits and payments are nonrefundable due to mandatory deposits made on your behalf. Subject To Change Note: Prices subject to change based on tax and fuel increases. Departure/return dates subject to change based on airline scheduling. Single Supplement Note: Continuing Education overnight trips are based on double occupancy. CE will make every attempt to match roommates for your trip. If travelers would prefer a single room, we offer a single-supplement fee option for your convenience. ABQ International Balloon Fiesta (AIBF): Albuquerque and Santa Fe October 9 – 13, 2018 Led by Vic Passante Based on your feedback, we’ve decided to take you back to ABQ and help you check off another destination from your Bucket List to see the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta! With 500 plus balloons, the AIBF is the largest balloon festival in the world. Our group will be there for the spectacular Mass Ascension in the morning. We will return at night to see the balloons illuminated by their propane burners at the Night Glow. For an additional fee, we’ll offer the opportunity to take your own hot air balloon ride over the Rio Grande Valley with World Balloon. We’ve extended the trip by one day to include a visit to historic Santa Fe for a tour with a Georgia O’Keefe docent and lunch at the historic La Fonda on the Plaza. Don’t worry, you’ll have plenty of time to explore the many galleries and museums off the plaza. With daytrips to living pueblos and beautiful back country splendor, we’ll discover why New Mexico is the “Land of Enchantment.” Package includes admission to Chaser’s Club, an exclusive designated area at the AIBF; four nights at the Hyatt Place; daytrips; guided tours; five meals; and airfare. Please visit our website for detailed itinerary. Double occupancy: $2,199/person Single occupancy: $2,606/person Free Information Session: Tues, Apr 17, 6:30-7:30pm, Room C101 Continuing Education is proud to have Dr. Thomas Woods as a featured travel leader. After receiving a PhD in American Studies from the University of Minnesota, Tom managed the Oliver H. Kelley Farm, a living history farm of the 1860s in Minnesota, and served as head of the Historic Sites Department for the Minnesota Historical Society, worked as Director of Old World Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Historical Society, and then as Executive Director of Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives in Honolulu. Easy Walker Tourist Pace Brisk Pace Hiker Pace www.waukesha.uwc.edu/ce 19
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