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9:00 am Bus boarding begins

9:30 am Bus departs Meijer Lot

5:00 pm Bus returns to Meijer Lot (time approximate)

Location: Meet at Meijer Parking Lot, 3825 Carpenter Rd., Ypsilanti

[Please note:  Payment due in full upon registration; but no later than September 5^th.  Price includes gratuity for driver & museum fee for docent led tours/demonstration.  Lunch at TMA Café is on your own & not included in cost.]

Join our OLLI members for a visit to the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) and Glass Pavilion.  Our morning will include a docent-led tour.  Lunch (on your own) will be held in the TMA café.  After spending some time on your own to view exhibits or enjoy the museum shop, we will take a short walk to the Glass Pavilion.  In the afternoon, our group will have time to enjoy a glass blowing demonstration at the Glass Pavilion and/or explore the collection of art glass on display

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This internationally known museum is in the Old West End neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio.  The Museum houses a collection of more than 30,000 objects, located in its 45 galleries in over 280,000 square feet.  The museum was founded by Toledo glassmaker, Edward Drummond Libbey, in 1901, and moved to its current location in 1912.  The museum's main building consists of 4 1/2 acres of floor space on two levels and features classroom studios, concert & lecture halls, a café and gift shop. The 74,000-square foot Glass Pavilion opened in August 2006 to considerable critical acclaim to give pride of place to the institution's collection of art glass.  Composed with exquisite delicacy, the pavilion's elegant maze of curved glass walls represents the latest monument to evolve in a chain extending back to the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles in France.

8:15 am Bus boarding begins

8:45 am Bus departs Meijer Lot

4:00 pm Bus returns to Meijer Lot (time approximate)

Location: Meet at Meijer Parking Lot, 3825 Carpenter Rd., Ypsilanti

Please note:  Payment due in full upon registration; but no later than September 19^th.  Price includes motor coach transportation, the DSO performance, lunch, & gratuities for lunch service and the motor coach driver.]

Join us for a November morning in Detroit!  First stop, Orchestra Hall located within ‘The Max’ in Midtown Detroit.  Orchestra Hall was announced, built, and opened all within the same year of 1919.  The Max is the name for the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, which is the cultural campus that serves as the home for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO). 

After our motor coach ride to Orchestra Hall, we allow time for relaxing conversations over coffee, tea & pastries in this wonderful venue prior to finding our main floor seating.  Enjoy the morning PNP series performance of vocalist-pianist, Tony DeSare, in a symphonic celebration of Billy Joel’s most iconic hits.  With DeSare’s signature vocals and dynamic piano style, experience the legendary songs of the Piano Man like never before—brought to life with full orchestral arrangements conducted by DSO’s Enrico Lopez-Yañez. Hear favorites including “Only the Good Die Young,” “Just the Way You Are,” “Piano Man,” “New York State of Mind,” “You May Be Right,” “Movin’ Out,” “My Life,” “Don’t Ask Me Why,” and more in this unforgettable tribute to one of music’s greatest storytellers.

Upon conclusion of the DSO performance, we travel to Sindbads’ Restaurant & Marina for a leisurely lunch.  This favorite Detroit eatery was established in 1949.  Enjoy your preselected lunch entrée served with a salad, potato, rolls, non-alcoholic beverage and dessert.  After lunch, we reload unto our motor coach for our return to Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor.  Please remember to dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable footwear for this very full and active day.

7:30 am Thursday, Bus boarding begins

8:00 am Thursday, Bus departs Target Lot

6:00 pm Bus returns Friday to Target Lot (time approximate)

Location:  Meet at Target Parking Lot, 3749 Carpenter Rd., Ypsilanti

[Please note:  Payment due in full upon registration; but no later than October 30^th.  Price includes motor coach transportation, one night’s lodging, one hotel breakfast, two lunches, dinner & John Denver Tribute Christmas show, taxes & gratuities on included admissions, food, and lodging.  Refunds not permitted after October 30^th.]

Carol’s VIP Adventures welcomes OLLI to join this fun-filled outing to Hartville, Ohio.  Dinner and the John Denver Tribute Christmas Show will be the center piece of this trip.  Ted Vigil is a singer, songwriter and a tribute artist.  He was born in Seattle and raised in the Olympia area. Ted has been performing from the age of ten throughout school in concert, symphonic and jazz bands developing his talents as a drummer and singer.  It is said that watching Ted Vigil perform is to be convinced that John Denver never died!  “Ted’s look & sound are uncanny.” As part of Ted's 90-minute tribute to John Denver's Rocky Mountain Christmas, you'll hear all of John's big hits like Annie's Song, Sunshine on My Shoulders and Thank God I'm a Country Boy, however unlike most Christmas shows you won't be hearing the Christmas songs you learned in school but John's original songs from his top selling Christmas albums. Like Rocky Mountain Christmas, John Denver & The Muppets, a Christmas Together, & Christmas Like a Lullaby. Songs like A Baby Just Like You, Christmas for Cowboys, Christmas Like a Lullaby, Aspen Glow, and others.

Lodging is provided at the award-winning Comfort Suites in Hartville.  Ample time for shopping, Christmas visits, and food will round out this trip prior to our travel on Friday back to the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor area.

7:30 am Thursday, Bus boarding begins

8:00 am Thursday, Bus departs Target Lot

6:00 pm Bus returns Friday to Target Lot (time approximate)

Location:  Meet at Target Parking Lot, 3749 Carpenter Rd., Ypsilanti

[Please note:  Payment due in full upon registration; but no later than October 30^th.  Price includes motor coach transportation, one night’s lodging, one hotel breakfast, two lunches, dinner & John Denver Tribute Christmas show, taxes & gratuities on included admissions, food, and lodging.  Refunds not permitted after October 30^th.]

Carol’s VIP Adventures welcomes OLLI to join this fun-filled outing to Hartville, Ohio.  Dinner and the John Denver Tribute Christmas Show will be the center piece of this trip.  Ted Vigil is a singer, songwriter and a tribute artist.  He was born in Seattle and raised in the Olympia area. Ted has been performing from the age of ten throughout school in concert, symphonic and jazz bands developing his talents as a drummer and singer.  It is said that watching Ted Vigil perform is to be convinced that John Denver never died!  “Ted’s look & sound are uncanny.” As part of Ted's 90-minute tribute to John Denver's Rocky Mountain Christmas, you'll hear all of John's big hits like Annie's Song, Sunshine on My Shoulders and Thank God I'm a Country Boy, however unlike most Christmas shows you won't be hearing the Christmas songs you learned in school but John's original songs from his top selling Christmas albums. Like Rocky Mountain Christmas, John Denver & The Muppets, a Christmas Together, & Christmas Like a Lullaby. Songs like A Baby Just Like You, Christmas for Cowboys, Christmas Like a Lullaby, Aspen Glow, and others.

Lodging is provided at the award-winning Comfort Suites in Hartville.  Ample time for shopping, Christmas visits, and food will round out this trip prior to our travel on Friday back to the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor area.