|
|
SPRING 2019 Activities
Checks/forms should be sent to MARTA, PO Box 294, Blooming Grove, NY 10914 by due date
Bridge Club – The bridge group continues. Learn the Basics of playing bridge. This club is held in Washingtonville every Monday. Beginners welcome. No cost
Mondays: 11:30 am – 2:30 pm. (How many Mondays you attend is up to you.)
No registration required.
6 Depot St, Washingtonville – Blooming Grove Recreation department on the second floor of the building. Elevator is in the middle of the mall. Turn right off the elevator.
Catskill Mountain Railroad's Bunny Express – FYI - A fun thing to do with your family. Vintage trains leave from the Kingston Plaza station for a ride across the Hurley Flats to Hurley Mountain and return. Enjoy the classic railroad experience followed by an Egg Hunt and photos with the bunny. The entire trip will last about one hour.
Cost - $18.00 – Adults; $12.00 - Children (Ages 2-12); $16.00 - Senior/Military/Veteran
Saturdays, April 6th, 13th, 20th 2019 between 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. every 1 ½ hours.
Reserve your seats online - www.catskillmountainrailroad.com/excursions/easter-bunny-express
Catskill Mountain Railroad, 149 Aaron Court, Kingston, 12401 ph. 845-332-4854
CPR Class - Learn to Save a Life! Would you know what to do in a cardiac, breathing or first aid emergency? Do you babysit or take care of an elderly/sick relative? Does the sight of blood make you queasy? Do you know how to keep (or find) your vital medical information in case of an emergency on your smartphone? The right answer could help you save a life. Come learn (or refresh) simple techniques for child, infant and adult CPR, as well as common first aid skills in a fun, hands-on, environment with your peers. Please dress comfortably for work on manikins.
Laura Pietropaolo is a recently retired Health Education teacher from Monroe-Woodbury HS where she taught first aid and CPR/AED classes for over 25 years. Minimum 4 – Maximum 24. (This is not a certification course.) We have offered this twice before and everyone who has taken it is happy that they did.
Wednesday, April 24th – 12:00 – 3:00 pm
Cost - $25 for materials and equipment
RSVP – send form and check made out to Laura Pietropaolo to MARTA by April 1st
Thrall Library, 11 Depot St, Middletown, NY 10940
Ceramics - Come create a ceramic garden mushroom, segmented worm, lizard, or gnome or pick from the shelf. Instructor Patricia Anderson and assistant Matt Migliaccio will go over the process of creating ceramics and you will have the opportunity to paint your own piece with glaze which will be fired and ready to distribute within a week. Indicate which piece on form. Maximum 12.
Cost - $25 includes instruction, ceramic piece, glaze, and firing.
Friday, April 26th - 10am - 12pm
RSVP – send form to MARTA or (midhudsonrta.com - Contact Us) by April 1st. Money is due at venue. (Checks will be made out to Patty Anderson).
Pour House Studio, 91 Adams Rd, Summitville, NY (2 miles N of Wurtsboro off Rte. 209
King Kong on Broadway - Join MARTA on a CD Trip excursion to see King Kong, a musical with music by Marius de Vries, lyrics by Michael Mitnick and Craig Lucas, a book by Lucas and additional musical and lyrical contributions by 3D, Sarah McLachlan, Guy Garvey, Justice and The Avalanches. It is based on the 1933 film of the same name.
Every ticket purchased will result in a donation to the MARTA scholarship fund. Price includes coach bus transportation, theatre tickets to the show, bagel and snacks, an on-board CD Trip escort, movie, all taxes, driver gratuity and an organized hassle-free experience! Bus picks up in multiple places along Route 17 corridor. (Specify MARTA when booking.)
Cost: Front Mezzanine: $255; Front Orchestra: $245
Rear Orchestra: $219; Side front Mezzanine $195
Saturday, April 27th
RSVP by April 1st - Email Linda Trapani at lindat@cdtrips.com to avoid online fees.
Play Pool, meet great people, and have FUN!!! Village Billiards is the place to go for fun, gaming, and spirits! No experience necessary!
Tuesday, April 30th - 4:15 – 5:15
Cost: Table of 4 people - $16.00 ($4.00 per person), paid at venue
RSVP – send form to MARTA or (midhudsonrta.com - Contact Us) by April 1st.
Village Billiards, 17 Main Street (3rd Floor), Warwick, NY (www.villagebilliards.com)
Wallkill River School of Art Sip 'n' Paint with Nancy Reed Jones - What better way to usher in warm sunny days than to transform a plain ordinary flower pot and saucer into this adorable bird bath? Join us, spend an afternoon with Nancy, leave with a beautiful creation, and have fun in the process! Nancy will demonstrate techniques for different flowers so each of our creations will be completely unique!
Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Cost: $40.00 -- make checks payable to Wallkill River School of Art
RSVP: Send form and check to MARTA by April 1st
Wallkill River School of Art, 232 Ward Street (17K) Montgomery, NY
Learn to Swing Dance Workshop - No experience or partner needed! Develop a new hobby! Join the fun world of swing dance made easy by two of the Hudson Valley's most popular dance instructors. This hour and half workshop will introduce you to the basics of swing dancing (also known as east coast swing, lindy, lindy hop and jitterbug). This dance has been popular for so many years for a good reason: it's fun!
Instructors: Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios (www.got2lindy.com) have taught on Cruise Ships around the world, and in the Hudson Valley since 2004. Please wear sneakers since we will be in the school gym.
Cost - $35 per person (check made out to Got2Lindy)
Wednesday, May 8 3:30-5pm
RSVP – send form and check to MARTA by April 1st.
Round Hill Elementary School, Gymnasium, 1314 Rt 208, Washingtonville
Journey of the Basha Kill Lecture – presented by Eleanor Knieriemen from the Basha Kill Area Association. Come enjoy a photo journey of the Basha Kill and all it has to offer.
Cost - $5.00 donation to the Basha Kill, collected at the venue
Thursday, May 9th – 11:00 am– 1:00 pm.
RSVP – send form to MARTA or (midhudsonrta.com - Contact Us) by April 15th
Thrall Library, 11 Depot St, Middletown, NY 10940
Golf Clinic – This year we are offering a 3-session golf clinic. It will be held at Scenic Farms Golf Course in Pine Island. Lee Ferrec will be the instructor. The clinic will have 3 one-hour sessions.
Thursdays: 5/9; 5/16; 5/23 – 10 am.
Cost: $45 per person, check made out to Lee Ferrec
RSVP – send form and check to MARTA by April 15th
Scenic Farms Golf Course, 525 Glenwood Rd, Pine Island, NY
Tootsie – Join MARTA on a CD Trip excursion to see Tootsie. The Oscar-winning 1982 hit film comes to the Broadway stage in a riotous new musical adaptation. Michael Dorsey is a brilliant but difficult actor who switches genders to become Dorothy Michaels for the role of a lifetime and learns a lot more than he bargained for about men, women, respect and relationships.
Every ticket purchased will result in a donation to the MARTA scholarship fund. Price includes coach bus transportation, theatre tickets to the show, bagel and snacks, an on-board CD Trip escort, movie, all taxes, driver gratuity and an organized hassle-free experience! Bus picks up in multiple places along Route 17 corridor. (Specify MARTA when booking.)
Cost: Orchestra and Front Mezzanine: $230.00
Mid Mezzanine: $199.00
Rear Mezzanine: $179.00
Saturday, May 11th
RSVP by April 1st - Email Linda Trapani at lindat@cdtrips.com to avoid online fees.
Salvage Art Workshop – Cornell Cooperative Extension - Create "Salvage Art" from glass dishes, plates, bottles to enhance your outdoor environment. Create a piece and take it home.
Cost - $20 per person
Fri. May 17, 2019 - 1:30pm -3:30 pm
Register directly with CCE – online http://cceorangecounty.org, email jd863@cornell.edu or call Jill at 845-344-1234 by May 7th.
No refunds, you can send someone in your place.
Cornell Cooperative Ext Orange County. 18 Seward Ave. Middletown
Fuji Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar/Demo and Lunch - Join us at Fuji's in the Galleria Mall in Middletown. Watch your lunch being prepared by chefs who really know how to have fun in the kitchen! Hibachi lunch specials include your hibachi entree, fried rice, grilled veggies and salad. Prices range from $11.25 for hibachi chicken to $16.25 for hibachi steak and shrimp. You can add soup for an additional $.50. Their menu can be seen on their website. Separate checks are available so you will pay individually that day. However, we do have to give Fuji’s a head count so they can be prepared for us.
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 -- 1:00 pm
Cost: Paid at venue
RSVP: send form to MARTA or contact us (midhudsonrta.com - Contact Us) by May 1st
Galleria Mall, Middletown
Dia Art Museum - Occupying a former Nabisco box printing factory on the banks of the Hudson River, Dia: Beacon presents Dia’s collection of art from the 1960s to the present as well as special exhibitions. The original building had many key design elements that made it an appealing site for contemporary art. There is a café on site.
Thursday, May 23rd – 11 am
Cost $10 for seniors. Money will be collected at venue and we will enter as a group, but tour on your own.
RSVP - send form to MARTA or Contact us (midhudsonrta.com - Contact Us) by May 1st. If you plan on using the café, please indicate so on the signup form. We have to pre-register for the café.
Dia, 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, NY
SPRING 2018 SPEAKER SERIES - MARTA continues its speaker series for the members to learn about topics of importance to seniors.
Department of Defense Citizen Preparedness Corps Presentation – Come get the knowledge and tools needed to prepare for emergencies and disasters, respond accordingly and recover as quickly as possible to pre-disaster conditions. New York National Guard troops, working with experts from the NY State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and local emergency management personnel are holding classes across the state. Topics include developing a family emergency plan, stocking up on emergency supplies and registering for NY-Alert. Participants will receive a training certificate and a wallet-sized “Z-card” with emergency preparedness information. CPT Brett White of the NY National Guard will present the course
for participants to have the tools and resources needed to prepare for any type of disaster, respond accordingly and recover as quickly as possible to pre-disaster conditions. Minimum of 25 attendees.
Cost – free
Wednesday, May 29th – 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
RSVP – send form to MARTA or (midhudsonrta.com - Contact Us) by May 1st.
Thrall Library, 11 Depot St, Middletown, NY 10940
Ringwood Manor tour – come take a tour of Ringwood Manor. Ringwood Manor is a National Historic Landmark District, having historical importance spanning from Native American occupation through the early 20th century. We will tour 30 of the 51 rooms in the manor, spread over the first and second floors. (There are no elevators available.) For those interested, we can meet at Rhodes Inn on Route 17 for lunch on the way back. Directions will be sent upon signup.
Friday, May 31st – 10:30 am – 12:00 pm.
Cost - $4.00 for guided group tour of the manor, paid at the venue.
RSVP - send form to MARTA or (midhudsonrta.com - Contact Us) by May 1st.
Ringwood Manor, Ringwood State Park– 1304 Sloatsburg Rd., Ringwood, NJ
Rhodes North Tavern, 40 Orange Tpke (Rt 17), Sloatsburg, NY
Watercolor Class – In this fun workshop, Kat will teach you basic techniques and then take you step by step through creating a colorful Springtime floral wreath, using watercolor as the medium. Then you'll personalize your wreath with the initial of your choice (to be provided with class registration). All supplies are included, and no previous experience is necessary.
We must have exactly 6 attendees because the fee is a flat rate. Please indicate the letter you will want to include.
Cost - $40 made out to Merrily Paper Boutique
Tuesday, June 18th – 1:00 – 3:30
RSVP – send form and check made out to Merrily Paper Boutique to MARTA by May 15th.
Merrily Paper Boutique, 1375 Kings Hwy, Chester, New York
Hudson River Cruise – Come take a Pride of the Hudson River cruise. Leaving from Front Street, Newburgh, this narrated tour lasts two hours. Two cash bars with light snacks.
Cost - $22 for seniors, paid at venue
Wednesday, June 19th – 1:00 pm
RSVP – send form to MARTA or (midhudsonrta.com - Contact Us) by June 1st.
Pride of the Hudson cruise line, Front Street, Newburgh
Wicked on Broadway – Join MARTA on a CD Trip excursion to see Wicked on Broadway.
Every ticket purchased will result in a donation to the MARTA scholarship fund. Price includes coach bus transportation, theatre tickets to the show, bagel and snacks, an on-board CD Trip escort, movie, all taxes, driver gratuity and an organized hassle-free experience! Bus picks up in multiple places along Route 17 corridor. (Specify MARTA when booking.)
Sunday, June 30th
Cost – Orchestra and Front Mezzanine: $219.00
Side Front Mezzanine: $209.00
RSVP by June 1st - Email Linda Trapani at lindat@cdtrips.com to avoid online fees.
Oklahoma – Join MARTA on a CD Trip excursion to see Oklahoma on Broadway. This Oklahoma Broadway 2019 production is the must-catch revival of the year, a 21st Century reimagining of the first musical from the award-winning pair of Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Every ticket purchased will result in a donation to the MARTA scholarship fund. Price includes coach bus transportation, theatre tickets to the show, bagel and snacks, an on-board CD Trip escort, movie, all taxes, driver gratuity and an organized hassle-free experience! Bus picks up in multiple places along Route 17 corridor. (Specify MARTA when booking.)
Sunday, June 30th
Cost – Orchestra F – $235 pp
Orchestra J or K – $165 pp
RSVP by June 1st - Email Linda Trapani email at lindat@cdtrips.com to avoid online fees
| spring_2019_activity_luncheon_signup_form.pdf |