TAKES YOU TO

The 1908 Operetta by Oscar Straus
Based on George Bernard Shaw's Comedy "Arms and the Man "

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2010
***Departs Enfield (Bob's Store parking lot) at 4:30 PM
*****Departs South Windsor (Wood Memorial Library) at 5:00 PM
*******Departs West Hartford (Saint Joseph College) at 5:30 PM

Join John and Lynn Wadhams, and Mike Cascia, trip leaders, for an excursion to Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, to see a rollicking performance of this tune-filled Viennese operetta (sung in English) at the stunning new $62 million Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry.

"Seen from outside, the Fisher is a huge gleaming sculpture set against a lovely rolling landscape. Whenever you visit, people are standing in front of it, gaping at this shiny object as if it had just plummeted from another galaxy. Perhaps aliens will emerge from it? With the addition of the Fisher Center at Bard, the Hudson River Valley is on its way to becoming one of the premier cultural destinations in the nation." -Robert Campbell, The Boston Globe.

The trip price of $150 includes:
a. air conditioned motor coach transportation via Post Road Stages
b. supper on board, by Tambourine Catering of South Windsor
c. a glass of wine or Poland Spring water to accompany supper
d. coffee after supper
e. a ticket to The Chocolate Soldier
f. light snack (with chocolate ! ) on return trip
g. a portion of your ticket is a tax-deductible contribution
     to Wood Memorial Library.  Thank You!

We depart from Bob's Store lot in Enfield at 4:30 PM; from Wood Memorial Library at 5:00 PM; and West Hartford's Saint Joseph College at 5:30 before traveling non-stop to the Fisher Center. The trip takes just under two hours.

The Curtain is 8:00 PM. We depart from the Fisher Center at 10:15 PM. We will have a super comfortable 54 passenger air conditioned coach from Post Road Stages in South Windsor.

The trip will be led by John and Lynn Wadhams and by Michael Cascia. This will be the 32nd opera trip that John and Lynn have led, including 28 to the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown. This will be their 4th trip to Bard. Mike has also led trips to Glimmerglass as well as the Metropolitan Opera.

John is President of Connecticut Concert Opera, which he founded in 1991, and is Executive Director of Wood Memorial Library and Museum in South Windsor. Mike is a storehouse of opera knowledge and his enthusiasm has filled the ranks of adult classes in Enfield, Springfield, and West Hartford.

The trip to Bard will be filled with fun, musical previews of the show, and great camaraderie.

A number of seats have been sold just by word of mouth, and we only have 40 tickets. So, you would be wise to reserve early.

We look forward to having you join us.

If you have any questions, call 860-289-1783 (Wood Library) or
860-561-2670 (John and Lynn Wadhams).

John D. Wadhams
Executive Director, Wood Memorial Library and Museum