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Day Trip - Filoli Gardens
with Darlene Montgomery
IMPORTANT: Our registration deadline has been extended. We still have seats available! Sign up today while they last. Please register by May 1 and join us on this fabulous exploration of the gorgeous Filoli Gardens, Mansion, and estate.
Join us on our day trip to the Filoli Gardens. See all the Incredible Springtime Splendor when the grounds are all in bloom. Recognized as one of the finest remaining country estates of the early 20th century, Filoli welcomes the public to this remarkable 654–acre property, including the 54,000 square foot Georgian country house and spectacular 16–acre English Renaissance garden. This trip is a "self-guided" tour of the grounds and mansion, with plenty of time to spend shopping in their wonderfully unique gift shop, and time to enjoy a no-host lunch of delicious dining at the Filoli Cafe. A 90+ page, illustrated guide book will be provided and is a souvenir to take home.
We will be traveling in style and comfort on one of Shasta College's own motor coaches.This trip fills fast! Sign up today to secure your seat!
Note: We will stop in Red Bluff to pick up and drop off Red Bluff passengers. We will be making a dinner stop on the way back.
For more information about the Filoli Gardens and all its splender, please visit: https://filoli.org
Date: Sunday, May 19, 2024
Schedule: We leave promptly at 6:00am so please arrive early, no later than 5:45am, for boarding the motor coach. Will be returning approximately 8:30pm. The return time may vary depending on bay area traffic.
Redding Location: We will be leaving the Shasta College Redding Main Campus North parking lot and will return to the same. Parking permits for the day have been waived.
Red Bluff Location: Meet and board the motor coach at 6:30am at the Red Bluff Adobe Chevron Mini Mart on north Main Street. Please park in the empty lot next to the Chevron Mini Mart. Please do not park in the customer-only parking areas.
Travel Host: Darlene Montgomery
Fee: $115
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Day Trip - Shakespearean Play, Much Ado About Nothing
with Darlene Montgomery
Shakespearean Play - Much Ado About Nothing
“Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably”Romance, wit, and mistaken identities fuel this new staging of Shakespeare’s beloved comedy of tricks! Don Pedro’s army has just returned home victorious after the war. Love is in the air, even as two of history’s most tumultuous couples—Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero—volley hilarious quips and damning accusations back and forth. Will the truth win in this mischievous game of love? Find out in this dazzling, music-filled production directed by Miriam A. Laube, who brings her 17 seasons of OSF experience to this Shakespeare favorite, lighting up the Allen Elizabethan Theatre all summer.
While its title suggests a frivolity with little consequence, it is in fact a container for much deeper themes. It is a comedy with a song of sorrow. It is a comedy that poked at the patriarchal structures of the day and how dangerous it could be for women. It is a comedy with a death and a resurrection. It is a comedy that at its core is filled with such hope. Hope that love is attainable, hope that we can find those we thought lost, hope that forgiveness is possible, and hope for that ever-elusive second chance.
Shakespeare gives us these two extraordinary sets of lovers. At the center are our young lovers, Claudio and Hero, who in fact must walk through a valley of death for the possibility of forgiveness and a new beginning.
As a counterpoint he gives us the indelible Beatrice and Benedick. The prototype for all romantic comedies to come. The witty, smart, combatants with a history. Theirs is a journey toward a vulnerable heart, to a moment of bravely revealing themselves to each other. This brings them to a deeper understanding that from their vulnerable hearts comes strength and integrity, both for their personal relationship and for the community. In fact, the moment the play moves toward tragedy, it is Benedick’s admission and revelation to Beatrice that shifts the momentum back to possibility: “I do love nothing in the world so well as you. Is not that strange.” And Beatrice’s eventual admission and revelation in reply, “I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.”
That simple exchange always fills hearts with such glee and wonder. It is beautiful and brave and funny and true. It gives our lovers the possibility of a radiant second chance. This is what the production we will aim toward. One that honors Shakespeare’s elegant exchange and excavates what is beautiful and brave and funny and true, and poses the question that Shakespeare himself was obsessed with: “Is forgiveness possible?”
Date: Saturday, June 22, 2024
Important Registration Deadline: please register by May 1.
Schedule:
- 1:45pm to 2:00pm: Load the motor coach at the Redding Main Campus North Parking Lot and Depart from Redding.
- NOTE: We will be going directly to Ashland from Redding. We will not be going to Red Bluff. Red Bluff passangers will need to come to the Redding Campus for departure.
- 4:30pm–7:00pm: Drop off in downtown Ashland for free time to explore, shop, dine, stroll through Lithia Park, etc.
- 7:15-7:45pm: Load motor coach. Drop off at the Allen Elizabethan Theatre to check in, pick up tickets, find seats, etc.
- 8:00pm-10:30pm: Enjoy the play
- 10:45-11:00pm: Load the motor coach and depart (no dinner stop on way back)
Return: Sunday, approx 1:30am, scheduled to arrive back in Redding.
Location: Allen Elizabethan Theatre, Ashland, OR
Travel Host: Darlene Montgomery
Fee: $130 (includes ticket of admission to play)
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Day Trip - Alcatraz Island Tour & Explore Pier 39
with Darlene Montgomery
Tour Alcatraz Island and Explore Pier 39
Ferry to Alcatraz Island. Tour the inside of the Alcatraz prison cell house. Step back in time and experience the legendary island that has been a civil war fort, a military prison, and one of the most notorious federal penitentiaries in US history. Also included: Enjoy the historical gardens of Alcatraz, views of San Francisco Bay, and the exhibit: Red Power on Alcatraz: Perspectives 50 years later on display in the new Industries Building. You can spend as much time as you would like exploring the island.
PIER 39 is a 45-acre waterfront complex that is a gathering place for millions of San Francisco locals and visitors. In addition to its 13 full-service restaurants, 90+ shops and popular attractions, PIER 39 is home to a five-acre waterfront park and a 300-berth marina. PIER 39 is known for its spectacular views of San Francisco Bay, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, and Alcatraz, as well as the world-famous California sea lions on K-Dock.
Important Note: The fee of this day trip includes the ticket of admission to the island. We will have a set departure time of 11:30am to board the ferry. Travelers are free to tour the island and explore Pier 39 at their leisure for as long as they want. Our set departure time for boarding the ferry is the only time constraint and is set by Alcatraz Tours. Aside from the departure time for the island, travelers will have the freedom to plan their own day with the activities they wish to do.
IMPORTANT: There are time constraints with regards to the ferry to and tour of Alcatraz Island.
- Our tour group has a mandatory ferry departure time of 11:30am to go to the island for our tour.
- There are hourly returns from the island back to the wharf between: 8:40am – 6:40pm.
- The ferry leaves from, and returns to, Pier 33 every hour. Allow for a 15-minute ferry ride upon leaving the island.
Date: Saturday, July 20, 2024
IMPORTANT registration deadline: due to planning requirements, please register by July 1 (if seats are still available).
Schedule: 6:00am – 9:30pm (return time might vary depending on bay area traffic)
Travel Host: Darlene Montgomery
Fee: $135 (includes: ticket of admission, Alcatraz Island roundtrip ferry, access inside Alcatraz Prison, cell house audio tour, orientation video, and ranger and docent tours).
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