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Please email Peaches at peachmail@comcast.net or phone her at 661-4034 for further information on any field trip and to receive Field Trip E-Flyers, which have more detailed information, pictures, and maps. REMEMBER make checks to MRCS but mail them with a form to Peaches’ home address.
Or, send in a field trip reservation form

Alabama State Capitol Tour
DATE: Friday, February 5
DEADLINE: Wednesday, Feb. 3
TOUR TIME: 10:00 am
COST: FREE; souvenirs available
AGES: All ages & extended family
Our State Capital was completed in 1851 for the sec-ond time after a fire completely destroyed the first build-ing. It is a beautiful building with great architecture, marble floors, and wall paintings. We will be given a tour of each floor and the history of each room. This is great for those students working on their Alabama State History lessons!

Alabama State House Tour
DATE: Friday, February 5
DEADLINE: Wednesday, Feb. 3
TOUR TIME: 11:00 am
COST: FREE
AGES: All ages & extended family
We will have a mock session for the students to experience what our lawmakers do to introduce and pass bills. The students will have a real feel of what their representatives do when they are in session.

Hyundai Motor Company
DATE: Friday, February 5
DEADLINE: Wednesday, Feb. 3
MEETING TIME: 1:45 pm
(lasts an hour and a half)
COST: FREE; souvenirs available
AGE RESTRICTION: No children under age 6 per Hyundai Motor Co.
No exceptions.

US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (Mobile) &
U.S. Marshall’s Office
DATE: Friday, February 19
DEADLINE: Thursday, Feb. 18
MEETING TIME: 8:15 am
COST: FREE
AGES: 4th grade and up
Come see your government in action involving federal of-fenses! We will meet on the steps of the Federal Court-house on St. Joseph Street, downtown Mobile, before tour-ing a court room, witnessing the opening of a real trial with real attorneys, visiting the U.S. Marshal's office, and finally viewing the vacant lock-up area. For safety, they will not expose us to any criminals in the occupied lock-up area.

Beauty and the Beast
Presented by Playhouse in the Park
DATE: Thursday, March 4
DEADLINE: Tuesday, March 2
MEETING TIME: 8:30 am
AGES: All ages; Extended family
welcomed!
COST: $7 each— ages 3 and up
FREE for 2 and below, but NO STROLLERS
(Public performances: $12 -$15)

The Sleeping Beauty
Presented by Mobile Ballet
DATE: Friday, March 5
DEADLINE: Wednesday, March 3
MEETING TIME: 9:15 am
AGES: K4 and up; NO exceptions per
Mobile Ballet
COST: $5 each

A Day in New Orleans
Please register separately for each of these
March 19th Field Trips!
DATE: Friday, March 19
DEADLINE: Wednesday, March 17
AGES: All ages and extended family
welcomed!
COST: Under 2 - FREE
Audubon Zoo: $5 each (reg. $20 to $35)
Audubon Insectarium: $6.50 each (reg. $20 to $35)
Aquarium: $6 each (reg. $20 to $35)
National D-Day Museum: Students $7; Adults $10
More details coming next month….

Alligator Alley
DATE: Friday, April 16
DEADLINE: Wednesday, April 13
MEETING TIME: 10:00 am
COST: Students $6/Adults $8
AGES: All ages and extended family
welcomed! More details coming next month….

 

Past Field Trips

Young People’s Concert 2010
Featuring Scott Speck and the Mobile Sym-phony Orchestra: “The Orchestra Olym-pics” - The loudest, softest, fastest, slow-est music ever!
DATE: Thursday, January 21
DEADLINE: Tuesday, January 19
MEETING TIME: 9:00 am, sharp!
LOCATION: Mobile Civic Center
COST: $4 per person
AGES: K4 and up

 

Alabama Frontier Days

DATE: Thursday, November 5
DEADLINE: Tuesday, November 3
MEETING TIME: 10:00 am; go at your own pace; leave at your own leisure.
COST: Teaching parent-FREE;
Additional Adults-$7; Students-$6;
4 and under-FREE
AGES: All ages and extended family welcomed
DIRECTIONS: 2521 W. Fort Toulouse Road, Wetumpka, AL (just east of Prattville)
Once a year in November visitors can enjoy stepping back in time to the period from 1700 to 1820 during Alabama Frontier Days. See genuine blacksmiths at work, traditional Native American dances, battle reenactments, and more. Browse the living history exhibits or tour the 1751 French Fort Tou-louse, occupied by a full force of authentically-costumed French colonial marines or visit the War of 1812 camp, set up next to 1814 Fort Jackson.

Playhouse in the Park's "A Christmas Carol"

DATE: Thursday, December 3
DEADLINE: Tuesday, December 1
TIME: 8:30 am sharp!
COST: $7 each (public performances
are $12-$15 each)
AGES: 3 and up ONLY;
extended family welcomed
LOCATION: Historic Saenger Theater, downtown Mobile. Bring quarters for parking meters; this is one block east of Cathedral Square.

Mobile Ballet presents…The Nutcracker

DATE: Thursday, December 10
DEADLINE: Saturday, December 5
MEETING TIME: 9:15 am, sharp!
COST: $5 per person
(discounted from $10-$40 for evening per-formances)
AGES: K5 thru 12th grade ONLY; ONLY ONE teaching adult per family allowed per Mobile Ballet, NO exceptions.
LOCATION: Mobile Civic Center Theater
From the beautiful holiday party where Uncle Drossle-meyer creates magic and commands dolls to dance for the guests, to the battle between the Nutcracker and the Mouse Queen’s forces, and to the sleigh ride through the snow forest to the land of the Sugar Plum Fairy, we ex-perience Clara’s wondrous dream! Or, was it really only a dream?

Moundville Native American Festival

DATE: Thursday, October 8
DEADLINE: Tuesday, October 6
TIME: Meet at the park entrance at 10:30 am; go at your own pace; leave at your own leisure.
COST: $7 per person
AGES: All ages and extended family welcomed
One of Alabama’s Top 20 Tourism Events and designated a Cultural Olympiad Event, the annual Moundville Native Ameri-can Festival will be held at the University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park. There, Native American performing artists, craftspeople, and musicians will entertain and educate visitors about the rich culture and heritage that makes Southeastern Indians unique. Bring your CAMERA!
Nine food vendors will be present, but you are welcomed to bring in your own food and drinks to enjoy the picnic facilities by the Warrior River.

Fort Morgan &Bird Banding

DATE: Friday, October 16
DEADLINE: Wednesday, October 14
TIME: 8:00 am; go at your own pace; leave at your own leisure
COST: Please pay close attention to the fee scale-
Teaching parent: FREE
Extra adults: $4
Students/Siblings: $2
Cost covers entrance to the Fort grounds. Bird banding is FREE.
AGES: All ages and extended family welcomed

Environmental Studies Center

DATE: Thursday, October 22
DEADLINE: Tuesday, October 20
TIME: 11:35 am to 1:50 pm
COST: $3.50 per person
AGES: K4 thru 12th grade ONLY;
no siblings and no strollers—per the Center, NO exceptions.
ADDRESS: 6101 Girby Rd.,
Mobile, 36693
We will participate in an educational lec-ture about wildlife and the animals that are being rehabilitated at ESC. After-wards, we will enjoy a relaxing nature walk and get to see some of the animals we have learned about during the lecture.