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Lunch Bunch
Let the ERC take you and your friends to lunch! This isn’t your usual lunch - the location will be a mystery. We will do the driving to get you there and back safely so you can relax and enjoy the adventure. This is a great way to get out of the house, meet new friends, hang with old ones and try new restaurants! Please let us know if you are unable to get to ERC, we will be glad to pick you up. Bring a mask just in case the restaurant has COVID protocols in place.
Dates:
January 5 (out of town)
February 9 (Emporia)
March 2 (out of town)
April 6 (Emporia)
Fee:
$15 Emporia - lunch not included
$15 out of town - lunch included
Time:
Emporia - 11:00am departure from ERC
Out of town - 10:30am departure from ERC
Registration Closes: the Friday prior
Min/Max: 7/15
Click here to register for the January 5th Lunch Bunch
Click here to register for the February 9th Lunch Bunch
Historic Tour of Abilene
A full-day visiting the sites of Abilene, Kansas
- The Dwight D Eisenhower Presidential Library &Museum
- The Greyhound Museum
- The Historic Seeley Mansion
At the end of our day, we will enjoy an early dinner at the famous Legacy Brookville Hotel where we will experience a homemade, family-style dinner of fried chicken or chicken fried steak with all the sides.
Date: Thursday, January 12
Registration Closes: Friday, January 6
Departure Time: 8:00am (From ERC)
Estimated Return Time: 6:00pm
Age: All ages (Children must be accompanied by an adult)
Fee: $70 (Includes transportation, tour & dinner)
Min/Max: 18/22
Click here to register for the Historic Tour of Abilene Day Trip
The New Theatre and Restaurant: Come Blow Your Horn
Come Blow Your Horn is about family and all the crazy, hilarious and wonderful things that happen when parents and their adult children get together. It’s 1961, the era of The Twist and swinging bachelor pads. Alan Baker, a 30-ish single guy with time, money and women to spare, welcomes his innocent and naïve baby brother, Buddy, into his den of iniquity while their horrified parents can only watch and overeat. The New Theatre Restaurant is one of the most successful dinner theaters in the country. They have a superb menu, served buffet style. Please join us!
Date: Wednesday, January 25
Registration Closes: Friday, January 6
Departure Time: 9:30am (From ERC)
Estimated Return Time: 4:30pm
Location: Overland Park, KS
Age: All ages (Children must be accompanied by an adult)
Fee: $60 (Includes transportation, ticket & buffet meal)
Min/Max: 18/22
Click here to register for The New Theatre Come Blow Your Horn Day Trip
Topeka Civic Theatre Senior Class Comedy
The Senior Class Comedy Company is a zany troupe of comedians made up entirely of actors who are over 55. This group defines life in the golden years as a terrifically fun-filled trip! Dinner is at Iron Rail Brewing before the show. Dinner not included.
Date: Friday, February 3
Registration Closes: Friday, January 13
Departure Time: 4:15pm (From ERC)
Estimated Return Time: 10:00pm
Age: Adults only
Fee: $25 (Includes transportation & ticket)
Min/Max: 12/22
Click here to register for the Senior Class Comedy Day Trip
The Cosmosphere
Don’t have anything to do with the kids on this non-school day? No worries! The ERC is planning a trip to the Cosmosphere and want to invite you along. This out-of-this-world field trip will be a blast as we walk around the Cosmosphere and learn all about space. Everyone must bring a sack lunch for the day.
Date: Friday, February 17
Registration Closes: Friday, February 3
Departure Time: 8:00am (From ERC) - Drop-off@7:30am
Estimated Return Time: 5:30pm
Location: Hutchinson, KS
Age: All ages (Children 9 yrs and younger must be accompanied by an adult)
Fee: Children $45, Adults $60 (Includes transportation, ticket and snacks)
Min/Max: 15/20
The New Theatre and Restaurant: Condo-Monium
Bad luck, coincidence, misunderstandings and mistaken identity drive increasingly crazy situations that only the audience understands. A ruthless real estate company wants to evict all the tenants of an aging apartment building to turn it into pricey condos. The only thing stopping them? The tenants, including a cross-dressing neighbor, a bankrupt banker, a mobster who might have killed his wife, a widow seeking love in all the wrong places and a huge mischief of mice! The New Theatre and Restaurant is one of the most successful dinner theaters in the country. They have a superb menu, served buffet style. Please join us!
Date: Wednesday, March 15
Registration Closes: Wednesday, February 22
Departure Time: 9:30am (From ERC)
Estimated Return Time: 4:30pm
Location: Overland Park, KS
Age: All ages (Children must be accompanied by an adult)
Fee: $60 (Includes transportation, ticket & buffet meal)
Min/Max: 18/22
Click here to register for The New Theatre Condo-Monium Day Trip
All Things Majestic
Allow yourself to be swept away by the wonder and majesty of Jennifer Higdon’s All Things Majestic, Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra and Elgar’s Enigma Variations. From the expansiveness of America’s national parks (which inspired Higdon’s work) to the intimacy of friendships explored in Enigma, this concert will leave audiences awe-inspired and full of hope. We will stop for a late lunch prior to show. Lunch not included.
Date: Sunday, March 26th
Registration Closes: Monday, February 27th
Departure Time: 12:00pm (From ERC)
Estimated Return Time: 6:30pm
Location: Wichita, KS
Age: All ages (Children must be accompanied by an adult)
Fee: $50 (Includes transportation & ticket)
Min/Max: 10/22
Tulips in Oz
Tiptoe through the tulips in Wamego, Kansas also known as “Oz.” At Wamego City Park, we will get a chance to see masses of tulips in bloom and the authentic Dutch Windmill. We will tour the Oz Museum and the Historic Columbian Theater. Lunch will be at the Friendship House Bakery and before we head home, we’ll explore some downtown Wamego shops.
Date: Friday, April 14
Registration Closes: Monday, April 3
Departure Time: 9:00am (From ERC)
Estimated Return Time: 3:00pm
Location: Wamego, KS
Age: All ages (Children must be accompanied by an adult)
Fee: $50 (Includes transportation, lunch & tours)
Min/Max: 18/22
Hits! The Musical
Join us for 90 minutes of pure joy with extraordinary singing, spectacular dancing and hundreds of costume changes that will leave you dancing in the aisles. Don’t miss America’s next great musical! We will stop to eat before the show. Dinner not included.
Date: Tuesday, April 25
Registration Closes: Monday, March 27
Departure Time: 4:30pm (From ERC)
Estimate Return Time: Late
Location: Folly Theater, Kansas City
Age: All ages (Children must be accompanied by an adult)
Fee: $65 (Includes transportation & ticket)
Min/Max: 10/22
Click the link to register for Hits! The Musical Day Trip