Category: Trips

​SENIOR CENTER DAY TRIPS
Open to Non-Residents if there is availability.
Non-residents will be charged a $1.00 surcharge.

When registering for any of the trips listed below, you can sign up yourself and one other person only. Payment is due upon registration. Please stop by the Senior Center office.

Senior Center Day Trips use a bus from the Center for transport to and from the destinations.  Number of seats very limited.

Departure time: 11:00am

Return time: around 3:00pm

Oct 9th – Join us for lunch at Toyo Hibachi & Asian Fusion restaurant in Colchester.  Shopping afterwards and if the leaves cooperate, a bit of sight seeing! Departure from the Senior Center is 11am. Return around 3pm. Trip fee is $5pp.

Start with a delicious buffet luncheon with all foods prepared on the premises.
Following lunch enjoy the hilarious Matinee performance of A Christmas Cactus!
Christmas Eve is tough for private investigator Cactus O’Riley, a white hot redhead with the holiday blues. She doesn’t need the added aggravation of two fugitives who burst into her office looking for justice and a dead detective named Jake Marley.  Christmas turns into a dickens of a holiday for Cactus as she solves mysteries, delivers small miracles and takes a second chance on love and sleuthing.  Comedy, mystery, and romance converge in this charming contemporary Christmas tale where goodwill and justice triumph!
Following the Matinee, return to your seat in the dining room for a holiday themed Cabaret Show!

COST: $75 per person includes roundtrip motorcoach, fabulous buffet lunch, matinee performance of “A Christmas Cactus”, and cabaret show.  Driver tip is not included.

9:45 AM Depart Rose City Senior Center, 8 Mahan Drive, Norwich
6:30 PM Approximate return time to Norwich
This trip has minimal walking.

​Call Hilary for available at 860-889-5960.

Our first stop will be at the Brass Mill Center were you will have time on your own to shop and have an early lunch.  Your choices for dining include full service restaurants: Chili’s, IHOP, TGI Fridays, Olive Garden, Buffalo Wild Wings, Shogun Japan or a food court with quick service restaurants including Burger King, Chicken Now, China Max and Sicilian Delight.  After lunch, we head over to the Palace Theater for our 1pm matinee performance of the award winning musical Les Misérables!

Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams, unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit.  Based on Victor Hugo’s epic novel.

Relentless policeman Javert pursues escaped convict Jean Valjean over decades through the tumult of revolutionary France.  Jean Valjean becomes a wealthy factory owner and mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer.  Guilt-ridden, he agrees to raise Cosette, the daughter of Fantine, who was wrongly fired from her job at Valjean’s factory and becomes a prostitute to support her daughter.  Years later, Jean Valjean joins the fight for freedom in order to protect Cosette’s love, Marius. 

Featuring the thrilling score and beloved songs “I Dreamed A Dream”, “On My Own”, “Stars”, “Bring Him Home”, “One Day More” and many more, this epic and uplifting story has become one of the most celebrated musicals in theatrical history.

COST: $78 per person includes motorcoach transportation and rear orchestra seat ticket.

Driver tip is not included.  Lunch is on your own.

8:30 AM Depart Rose City Senior Center, 8 Mahan Drive, Norwich

6:15 PM Approximate return time to Norwich

This trip has some walking.

REGISTRATION BY TELEPHONE

 *On your registration day, Dial (860) 889-5960.  When you hear the message

 saying the Senior Center is closed, dial 3433 and follow the instructions.*

Senior Center Members, Norwich Residents

-Beginning Monday, September 30 at 5:00pm

Senior Center Members, Non-Residents

-Beginning Tuesday, October 1 at 5:00pm

Open Registration (Any Adults, aged 18 and older)

-Beginning Wednesday, October 2 at 5:00pm

Registration begins on Wednesday, October 9^th, at 5:00pm.  Please see below.

Enjoy a delicious, all you can eat, family-style chicken luncheon at Wright’s Farm Restaurant located in Harrisville, RI.  Your meal consists of dinner rolls with butter, fresh green salad with Wright’s Farm Classic Italian dressing, pasta with red sauce, Wright’s amazing French fries and of course Wright’s famous, tender roast chicken.  Included with your meal will be coffee or tea and ice cream for dessert!

Following lunch, a short ride brings you to Wright’s Dairy Farm & Bakery.  Wright’s Bakery specializes in a number of baked goods, including dessert cakes, cupcakes, cream pastries, flaky pastries, pies, bars, sweet rolls and buns, plenty of assorted cookies and much more!

Bus leaves Senior Center at 10:15am and returns approximately 4:00pm.  Limited seats available.

Cost: $25   No refunds given after October 29^nd unless your spot is filled.

REGISTRATION BY TELEPHONE

Call in Registration begins at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 9^th.  Do not call before 5:00pm.

*At 5:00pm on October 9^th, Dial (860)889-5960. When you hear the message saying the

Senior Center is closed, dial 3433 for the registration voice mail and follow the instructions.*

This trip is open to Senior Center Members ONLY.  You may register yourself plus one additional member when you call in to sign up.  You must be an up-to-date member.

The community gives to the Groton Senior Center; Dining Out is our way of giving back to the community. Each month a Restaurant is featured. Ride the senior van or meet us there. Order a full entrée or just appetizers. An evening outing, socializing and enjoyment! Please join us Tuesdays for a “socially nutritional” evening .
Registration is required for either event
www.grotonrec.com please let us know if you need a GSC bus transportation.

$65.00 for Bus, Lunch, Train and Riverboat

Lunch is served on the train- Choice of Beef Tips/ gravy or baked chicken, tossed green salad, vegetable, potato, roll and dessert.

Enjoy your meal during a 2.5 hour tour.

Bus Leaves at 10:00am SHARP.

Call Lisbon Senior Center to sign up 860-376-2329.

Our day trips fill up fast, so be sure to book early! Another great trip we have coming up is great is our Monday, December 30th (so during winter break for many!) trip to the New York Botanical Garden for the Holiday Train Show exhibit.

It is not to be missed & enjoyed by all!

$106/116  Includes: Deluxe motor coach transportation, Friendship Tours Tour Director, driver gratuity and admissions to NYBG and the Holiday Train Show.

You can register at Groton Recreation office, Groton Senior Center or online at www.GrotonRec.com