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DAY VISITS, STUDY TOURS & CULTURAL HOLIDAYS 2010
A copy of the spring programme together with a booking form for the Northumberland visit was given to all members in December.
Tuesday 12th January- A71 Slimbridge Wetlands Centre
THIS TRIP HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY. A winter wonderland as the families of Beswick Swans return along with thousands of migratory ducks and geese. The visit will include a guided walk and we will stay for the late afternoon swan feed.
Payment Deadline 21.1.10 Cost £21, Departure 10.00 am
Wednesday 17th February - A68 Welsh national Opera - Tosca
Bookings closed, waiting list Cost £49 Departure 5.00 pm
Sunday 7th March - A69 St Matthews Passion CBSO Symphony Hall Birmingham
Bach's dramatic retelling of the events of Holy Week. Sir Simon Rattle returns to the CBSO for the first time in four years..
Payment Deadline 10-12-09 Cost £45 Departure 2.30pm
Wednesday 24th March - A72 Wells Cathedral
One of the most impressive of English Cathedrals which has survived for eight centuries with all its associated buildings around it, the chapter house, vicars Hall and treasures from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. The visit will include a guided tour and time to explore Wells..
Payment deadline 11-3-10 Cost £22 Departure 9.00 am
Wednesday 12th May - A73 Moscow State Orchestra
St Davids Hall. Cardiff. An evening of colourful Russian favourites. Conductor Pavel Kogan, Violin Chloe Hanslip. Borodin Polovtsian Dances, Tchaikovsky Viloin Concerto and Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade
Payment Deadline 28th January 2010 Cost £38 Departure 5.00pm
Monday 28th June - A74 Rigoletto - Welsh National Opera
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. One of Verdi's most powerful and direct operas containing some of his most memorable music including "La Donne e mobile" and "Bella figlia dell'amore" Baritone Simon Keenlyside returns to WNO to make his debut in the title roll.
Payment Deadline 4th February 2010 Cost £49 Departure time 5.0pm
2010 - Study Tours & Cultural Holidays
January 2010 - B21 Turner & the Masters, Tate Britain, London
Also featuring world class masters such as Canaletto, Claude, Poussin, Rembrandt, Rubens and Titian. Optional evening show. On the return journey we visit the oldest public museum in the world, established in 1683 the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford reopens in November following a £61 million redevelopment.
Bookings closed
Deposit £50 deadline 9-10-09 (cheques payable to European Heritage Tours)
Cost £124.50 (dependent on numbers), single supplement £30
Thursday 24th to Tuesday 29th June - B23 The Kingdom of Northumberland
6 day / 5 nights. Highlights include Beamish outdoor museum, a vivid recreation of the North in the 18th and 19th centuries, a visit to Durham and its cathedral, the holy Island of Lindesfarne, Hadrians Wall and its exhibition (or a guided walk along part of the wall), the Duchess of Northumberland's garden at Alnwick and the iconic modern sculpture "The Angel of the North" . Based in the 4* Marriott Sunderland Hotel, Seahouses, (HB).
Deposit £50 deadline Thursday 25th February 2010 (cheques payable to European Heritage Tours, please complete the European Heritage booking form with your cheque as booking cannot be processed without a form)
Cost from £379.50 (dependant on numbers) Single supplement £120
12-15 October - B24 BERLIN
3day/3nights, leaving and returning on evening flights, includes a guided tour of the city, a visit to Sanssouri created by Frederick the Great, lots of free time to explore Berlin
Deposit £50 (cheque payable to Riviera Travel) Deadline 10.3.10
Cost £369 - please return completed forms to the travel co-ordinator with deposit cheque as soon as possible.
Itineraries and booking forms are available from the travel desk for the above study tours.
Members of other U3A's are welcome to join our trips where space is available, please contact the Travel Co-ordinator.