
Road Scholar is the nation’s first and the world’s largest education and travel organization for adults. Since its founding in 1975, Road Scholar is committed to providing exceptional lifelong learning opportunities at remarkable value.
The Warwick Center’s Road Scholar programs provide stimulating lectures by educators and local experts, program-related field trips and local entertainment.
Program fees are all-inclusive; West House accommodations with private bath, meals, travel during the program, field trip fees and gratuities.
To request our detailed brochure call or email Arlene
845-986-1164
programs@
warwickcenter.com.
The Warwick Center
P.O. Box 349
Warwick, NY 10990
845-986-1164
Located at 62 Warwick Center Road
Road Scholar 2010 PROGRAMS
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WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
MAY 2 – 7, 2010
#2387 DBL $490.00 / SGL $590.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 2 (see description)
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
The beautiful scenery of the Warwick Valley provides the setting for exploring the exciting medium of watercolor at your own level of creativity. Learn the principles and basic elements of watercolor in a relaxed setting to produce paintings that express you. Study shapes, color, value, direction and texture under the direction of a noted artist/instructor. Learn from demonstrations, individual help and critiques. Explore new ideas and enjoy a truly creative experience. Program includes field trips to a local art gallery and to Pacem in Terris, a six-acre retreat that contains close to 70 large-scale sculptures.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: This program is for beginners and intermediate students. Bring painting supplies. A required supply list will be mailed prior to the program.
HISTORIC MANSIONS ON THE HUDSON RIVER
MAY 9 – 14, 2010
#10477 DBL $692.00 / SGL $792.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 (see description)
Program FULL
HISTORIC MANSIONS ON THE HUDSON RIVER
Visit Hudson River mansions, estates and gardens through lectures and field trips. Via slides, see mansions that exist only on film. Your week will also include captivating visits to six-mansions - some opulent and ostentatious, others large but home-like, owned by prominent, wealthy Americans such as Rockefeller, Livingston, Vanderbilt, Roosevelt, Gould, and Mills. Experience music that the country estate aristocrats enjoyed - whether at their Hudson River Mansions, New York City townhouses or while traveling abroad. Learn via lectures, CDs and DVDs. Dine at the Culinary Institute of America.
STEINWAY: IMMEDIATE NAME RECOGNITION
THE ROCKEFELLER DYNASTY
AMERICAN VOICES: 19TH & 20TH CENTURY WRITERS
MAY 16 – 21, 2010
#15385 DBL $593.00 / SGL $693.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 (see description)
STEINWAY: IMMEDIATE NAME RECOGNITION
Learn about the piano that takes eight months to produce, occupies more than 95 percent of the world’s concert halls and the family that built them. Visit the piano factory built in 1880 that is still producing the Steinway in Queens, N.Y. via DVD.
THE ROCKEFELLER DYNASTY
Discover the impact, for good and greed, of this industrial, banking, real estate holding and philanthropic American family of six generations. Visit the John D. Rockefeller mansion, Riverside Church and the Cloisters in N.Y., gifts of John D. Sr.
AMERICAN VOICES: 19TH & 20TH CENTURY WRITERS
Study American literature as a portrait of society in works by Twain, Crane, Lewis, Steinbeck and others. Learn how their views represent their own times and are still operative and relevant to society today.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: Expert-led visit to the John D. Rockefeller mansion, Riverside Church and the Cloisters in N.Y.
THE ROCKEFELLER DYNASTY
GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE
WEALTH & POVERTY IN THE MUSIC OF THE ‘20S AND ‘30S
JUNE 6 – 11, 2010
#18973 DBL $613.00 / SGL $713.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 (see description)
THE ROCKEFELLER DYNASTY
Discover the impact, for good and greed, of this industrial, banking, real estate holding and philanthropic American family of six generations. Visit Kykuit, the John D. Rockefeller mansion and gardens and The Union Church of Pocantico Hills.
The stained glass windows of the Union Church of Pocantico Hills provide a unique view of the work of two modern masters, Henri Matisse (1869 – 1954) and Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985), given by the Rockefeller family.
GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE
Sculptures of steel, stone and wood in shapes and sizes beyond description inspire us. Enjoy three of America’s leading outdoor sculpture gardens: Storm King Art Center, Donald M. Kendall Pepsi Gardens, and the Rockefeller estate’s collection. We will also visit Pacem in Terris, home of world renowned Dutch sculptor, Frederick Franck.
WEALTH & POVERTY IN THE MUSIC OF THE ‘20S & ‘30S
Listen to the popular music from the high living excesses of the Roaring ‘20s to the forlorn despair of the Depression ‘30s. Learn about the music that reflected wealth and poverty during these two decades through vintage film clips and recordings.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: Expert-led visits to the John D. Rockefeller mansion and sculpture gardens, The Union Church of Pocantico Hills and the Storm King Art Center. We will also visit the Donald M. Kendall Pepsi Gardens and Pacem in Terris, home of world-renowned Dutch sculpture, Frederick Franck.
BALLET MUSIC
TERRORISM AND THE WORLD OF ISLAM
FITNESS FOR THE BRAIN THROUGH PUZZLE-SOLVING
JUNE 13 – 18, 2010
#18974 DBL $595.00 / SGL $695.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 2 (see description)
BALLET MUSIC
Delight your musical palate with music and movement in the visual form of ballet. Listen, analyze and discuss the works of Tchaikovsky, Copland, Stravinsky and ballets in musicals and operas. Enjoy a ballet performance at NYC’s Lincoln Center.
TERRORISM AND THE WORLD OF ISLAM
This course will wade into the murky world of international politics and terrorism. It will include information on Islam, Islamists, and violent Islamists, with the latter as one of the world’s more prominent sources of terrorist acts.
FITNESS FOR THE BRAIN THROUGH PUZZLE-SOLVING
Research shows solving crossword puzzles keeps the mind healthy, adaptive and young. In hands-on-sessions, you get the rules, tips, and strategies to solve Crosswords, Acrostics, Puns and Anagrams and NY Times puzzles and have fun solving them!
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: Enjoy a ballet performance at NYC’s Lincoln Center. This program will include a visit with audio guide to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lunch on your own at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
THE ADVENTURES OF SHAKESPEARE
GILBERT & SULLIVAN: COMIC OPERA
PEACEBUILDING: REBUILDING SOCIETIES TORN APART BY VIOLENCE
JUNE 20 – 25, 2010
#18975 DBL $595.00 / SGL $695.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 2 (see description)
THE ADVENTURES OF SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: man or myth, actor or vagabond, struggling playwright or shrewd businessman, of his time or for all time? Learn how he reflected his life experiences in drama and poetry. Attend a Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival play.
GILBERT & SULLIVAN: COMIC OPERA
Explore the ingredients that make up the Gilbert/Sullivan repertoire, especially “The Big Three” Savoy Operas. Examine the satire, wit, social comments, nonsensical spirit, plots and history of the comic operas. Video performances and CDs used.
PEACEBUILDING: REBUILDING SOCIETIES TORN APART BY VIOLENCE
Can peace ever be achieved? Ethnically based violent conflicts can be resolved using peace-building strategies. This course will present concrete examples of various peace-building strategies in the Sudan, Bosnia, Liberia and Northern Ireland.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: This course includes an expert-led visit to the United Nations in New York City as well as a performance of a Shakespeare play at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.
FIVE TOPICS IN FIVE DAYS
JULY 11 – 16, 2010
#18985 DBL $585.00 / SGL $685.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 2 (see description)
For five days immerse yourself in five topics that are entertaining, thought provoking, historical, and contemporary. Be entertained by the sounds of the big bands of the ‘20s through the ‘40s with the bands of Goodman, Lombardo, Dorsey and others. Discover how Shakespeare reflected life experiences in drama and poetry. Enjoy a Shakespeare performance at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Examine the drama of the multi-faceted aspects of the Lincoln Presidency with a retired West Point instructor. In a participatory workshop you will experience the risks, suspense and challenges of the Underground Railroad. Analyze current Middle East conflicts and political issues: the Iraq War, the Arab-Israeli crisis, and the Iranian threat.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: This program includes attending a Shakespeare performance at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.
DISCOVER EVERYTHING DUTCH IN THE HUDSON VALLEY
JULY 18 – 23, 2010
#17817 DBL $715.00 / SGL $815.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 (see description)
Explore the Dutch roots, culture and influence from New York City to Albany through lectures and expert-led visits. Lectures by Charles Gehring, Director of the New Netherland Project and translator and editor of Dutch colonial documents in the New York state archives, will explore Europe’s geopolitical situation in the 16th century, Henry Hudson’s explorations, the Dutch claim to “New Netherland” and one of the major players in New Netherland, Peter Stuyvesant. Visit Phillipsburg Manor, Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow and other historic Dutch churches, Ten Broeck Mansion in Albany, Knickerbocker Mansion in Schaghticoke and several of America’s oldest Dutch stone houses in Hurley. Enjoy authentic Dutch foods.
FIRST LADIES: FROM MARTHA TO MICHELLE
THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN WEST
KERN & ARLEN – THEIR SONGS LIVE ON
JULY 25 – 30, 2010
#18977 DBL $595.00 / $695.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 2 (see description)
FIRST LADIES: FROM MARTHA TO MICHELLE
Throughout American history, our First Ladies have played an increasingly important role in the conduct of the presidency. We will learn how the American public has perceived the First Ladies and their influence on the presidents and their policies.
Enjoy an expert-led visit to West Point Military Academy including the West Point Museum and Visitor’s Center. Dine at the Hotel Thayer at West Point.
THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN WEST
The frontier experience has been the defining event in the history of the U.S. through the end of the 19th century. This course examines the hunters and mountain men, the lawmen and the desperadoes, and the explorers who shaped the American West.
KERN & ARLEN – THEIR SONGS LIVE ON
Explore the music of American songwriters: Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen. Enjoy “Ol’ Man River”, “All the Things You Are”, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, “Over the Rainbow”, “Stormy Weather” and many more via lecture, CDs and DVDs.
GLOBAL WARMING
THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
THE BEST OF BROADWAY MUSICALS
AUGUST 8 – 13, 2010
#17809 DBL $625.00 / SGL $725.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 2 (see description)
GLOBAL WARMING AND NATURE’S FURY
Global warming and the greenhouse effect: fact or fiction? Does this increase the risk of hurricanes? What role do volcanoes and earthquakes have in climate change? Will new energy
sources help? How will this affect future generations?
THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
A veteran expert of the region will examine the complex history of Afghanistan and emphasize the British and Russian experiences. We will also address present US and allied operations, concluding with likely developments in the immediate future.
THE BEST OF BROADWAY MUSICALS
Sample the best of Broadway’s operettas and musical comedies between 1910 and 1960 from Victor Herbert’s “Naughty Marietta” to Lerner and Loewe’s “Camelot” and Strouse and Adam’s “Bye-Bye Birdie”. Enjoy a Broadway musical in New York City.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: This week’s program includes an expert-led visit to the United Nations in New York City and a Broadway Musical performance. Lunch on your own in New York City.
GLOBAL WARMING
THE ROOSEVELTS
WORLD WAR II: ON THE FRONTLINES AND BACK HOME
AUGUST 15 – 20, 2010
#16366 DBL $615.00 / SGL $715.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 (see description)
GLOBAL WARMING AND NATURE’S FURY
Global warming and the greenhouse effect: fact or fiction? Does this increase the risk of hurricanes? What role do volcanoes and earthquakes have in climate change? Will new energy sources help? How will this affect future generations?
THE ROOSEVELTS: TEDDY, FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR
Learn about this fascinating American family, whose work and legacies still touch us today. Assess the impact the Roosevelts made throughout history. Field trips to FDR’s home and museum, Eleanor’s Val-Kill and the Pinchot Mansion, home of Teddy’s first chief of the U.S. Forest Service.
WORLD WAR II: ON THE FRONTLINES AND BACK HOME
Study actual combat experiences of Axis and Allied veterans, see their photographs, learn about their feelings, fears and frontline humor. Hear and recognize the music people back home sang and played. Feel the emotions of WWII via CDs and DVDs.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: This program includes expert-led visits to Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill, FDR’s home and museum at Springwood and the Pinchot Mansion. Dine at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y.
1960'S: FROM PROMISE TO PROTESTS
THE EISENHOWER PRESIDENCY
MUSIC OF THE 1960'S
AUGUST 22 – 27, 2010
#18976 DBL $640.00 / SGL $740.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 2 (see description)
1960'S: FROM PROMISE TO PROTESTS
We will examine the difficult issues of the 1960's, including the Kennedy years, the Civil Rights Movement, Johnson’s Great Society, the controversy of the Vietnam War, and the cultural upheaval. The decade began with promise and ended in protest.
HOLDING THE LINE: THE EISENHOWER PRESIDENCY
This course examines the life and times of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Many historians extol Ike for being adept in managing crisis, but others chide him for merely “holding the line”. We will focus on how the Eisenhower years set the stage for the ‘60s.
This course includes an expert-led visit to West Point Military Academy, the West Point Museum and Visitor’s Center. Dine at the Hotel Thayer at West Point.
MUSIC OF THE 1960'S
Savor the sounds that carried over from the ‘50s plus Elvis, the Beatles, Janis, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Motown, Vietnam and Woodstock via lecture, CDs and DVDs. A trip to the Bethel Woods Museum, the original Woodstock site, is included.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: This program includes an expert-led visit to West Point Military Academy and a visit to the Bethel Woods Museum in Bethel, NY. Dine at the Hotel Thayer at West Point.
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
SEPTEMBER 19 – 24, 2010
#2387 DBL $495.00 / SGL $595.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 2 (see description)
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
The beautiful scenery of the Warwick Valley provides the setting for exploring the exciting medium of watercolor at your own level of creativity. Learn the principles and basic elements of watercolor in a relaxed setting to produce paintings that express you. Study shapes, color, value, direction and texture under the direction of a noted artist/instructor. Learn from demonstrations, individual help and critiques. Explore new ideas and enjoy a truly creative experience. Program includes field trips to a local art gallery and to Pacem in Terris, a six-acre retreat that contains close to 70 large-scale sculptures.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: For beginners and intermediate students. Bring painting supplies. A required supply list will be mailed prior to the program.
THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL
THE SOUND OF THE BIG BANDS
THE ROCKEFELLER DYNASTY
SEPTEMBER 26 – OCTOBER 1, 2010
#16705 DBL $640.00 / SGL $740.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 (see description)
AMERICA’S LANDSCAPE PAINTERS: THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL
An author and artist will connect you with the landscape art of Cole, founder of the Hudson River School, Bierstadt, Church, Durand and twenty other artists. Visit Frederic Church’s Olana, a Persian style home, and Thomas Cole’s house and studio.
MOVE TO THE SOUND OF THE BIG BANDS
Big band music, popular from the 1920's through the ‘40s was played for dancing as well as listening. Popular styles of Benny Goodman, Guy Lombardo, Tommy Dorsey, Sammy Kaye, Glen Miller and others will be played and analyzed.
THE ROCKEFELLER DYNASTY
Discover the impact, for good and greed, of this industrial, banking, real estate holding and philanthropic American family of six generations. Enjoy a docent led visit of Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate for four generations.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: This program also includes a docent-led visit to The Union Church of Pocantico Hills, with stained glass windows by Matisse and Chagall, given by the Rockefeller family.
HISTORIC MANSIONS ON THE HUDSON RIVER
OCTOBER 3 – 8, 2010
#10477 DBL $692.00 / SGL $792.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 (see description)
HISTORIC MANSIONS ON THE HUDSON RIVER
Visit Hudson River mansions, estates and gardens through lectures and field trips. Via slides, see mansions that exist only on film. Your week will also include captivating visits to six mansions – some opulent and ostentatious, others large but home-like, owned by prominent, wealthy Americans such as Rockefeller, Livingston, Vanderbilt, Roosevelt, Gould and Mills. Experience music that the country estate aristocrats enjoyed – whether at their Hudson River Mansions, New York City townhouses or while traveling abroad. Learn via lectures, CDs and DVDs. Dine at the Culinary Institute of America.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: Program includes expert-led visits to Rockefeller’s Kykuit, Samuel F.B. Morse’s Locust Grove, Jay Gould’s Lyndhurst, Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt’s country estate, F.D.R.’s Springwood and Mills Mansion.
NOTE: Extensive walking, standing for over an hour and climbing stairs during visits to Hudson Valley Mansions is required.
WINE, WINERIES AND THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
AUTUMN SECRETS AND SPECTACLES
CLASSICAL MUSIC
OCTOBER 10 – 15, 2010
#16704 DBL $794.00 / SGL $894.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 2 (see description)
WINE, WINERIES AND THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
Become a wine aficionado! Wine education and tasting with a knowledgeable and published Culinary Institute of America Instructor. Learn about wine pairing while enjoying dinner at one of The Culinary Institute of America’s restaurants, as well as at one of Warwick’s finest, Zagat-rated restaurants, The Landmark Inn. In addition to touring and tasting at several Hudson Valley wineries, you will enjoy an expert-led tour of The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park.
AUTUMN SECRETS AND SPECTACLES
Plants and animals prepare for winter, some quietly, some with brilliant fanfare. With slides, lectures and expert-led nature walks, learn about amazing survival strategies, the mysterious world of wild mushrooms, and the natural world around you.
THE WORLD OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
Enjoy and study classical music starting with the Baroque period through Classicism, Romanticism, Impressionism and through the 20th century. Examples of each period will be played, analyzed and discussed. CDs and tapes provide the music.
THE ROCKEFELLER DYNASTY
BREEDING GROUNDS FOR TERRORISTS: AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN
THE ROOSEVELTS: TEDDY, FRANKLIN & ELEANOR
OCTOBER 17 – 22, 2010
#19235 DBL $625.00 / SGL $725.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 2 (see description)
THE ROCKEFELLER DYNASTY
Discover the impact, for good and greed, of this industrial, banking, real estate holding and philanthropic American family of six generations. Guided visits of Kykuit, the Rockefeller mansion, Riverside Church and the Cloisters in NYC. Riverside Church and the Cloisters were gifts of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
BREEDING GROUNDS FOR TERRORISTS: AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN
Taught by a veteran expert of the region, this course will explore why Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other global hotspots are such fertile ground for terrorism. Examine the history of these regions, the present realities, and where this may take us in the future.
THE ROOSEVELTS: TEDDY, FRANKLIN & ELEANOR
Learn about this fascinating American family whose work and legacies still touch us today. Assess the impact the Roosevelts made throughout history. Visit FDR’s home, museum, and library and Eleanor’s Val-Kill.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: This program includes expert-led visits to the Rockefeller mansion, Riverside Church and the Cloisters. Also includes expert-led visits at F.D.R.’s home and Eleanor’s Val-Kil. Dine at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. Lunch on your own at Riverside Church.
HISTORIC MANSIONS ON THE HUDSON RIVER
OCTOBER 24 – 29, 2010
#10477 DBL $692.00 / SGL $792.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 (see description)
Visit Hudson River mansions, estates and gardens through lectures and field trips. Via slides, see mansions that exist only on film. Your week will also include captivating visits to six mansions – some opulent and ostentatious, others large but home-like, owned by prominent, wealthy Americans such as Rockefeller, Livingston, Vanderbilt, Roosevelt, Gould and Mills. Experience music that the country estate aristocrats enjoyed – whether at their Hudson River Mansions, New York City townhouses or while traveling abroad. Learn via lectures, CDs and DVDs. Dine at the Culinary Institute of America.
EDUCATIONAL NOTE: Program includes visits to Rockefeller’s Kykuit, Samuel F.B. Morse’s Locust Grove, Jay Gould’s Lyndhurst, Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt’s country estate, F.D.R.’s Springwood and Mills Mansion.
NOTE: Extensive walking, standing for over an hour and climbing stairs during visits to Hudson Valley Mansions is required.
WINE, WOMEN, AND SONG
OCTOBER 31 – NOVEMBER 5, 2010
#11837 DBL $794.00 / SGL $894.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 2 (see description)
WINE: WINERIES AND THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
Become a wine aficionado! Wine education and tasting with a knowledgeable and published Culinary Institute of America Instructor. Learn about wine pairing while enjoying dinner at one of The Culinary Institute of America’s restaurants, as well as at one of Warwick’s finest, Zagat-rated restaurants, The Landmark Inn. In addition to exploring and tasting at several Hudson Valley wineries, you will enjoy a tour of The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park.
WOMEN: GREAT WOMEN JAZZ VOCALISTS
Review the jazz world’s and America’s golden age of great female vocalists – Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and others. Through recordings, video clips and lectures learn about their performances, style and personalities.
SONG: KERN AND ARLEN – THEIR SONGS LIVE ON!
Explore the music of American songwriters Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen. Enjoy “Ol’ Man River”, “All the Things You Are”, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, “Over the Rainbow”, “Stormy Weather” and many more via lectures, CDs and DVDs.
ENJOY CHRISTMAS IN NYC AND AT COUNTRY
MANSIONS ON THE HUDSON RIVER
NOVEMBER 27 – DECEMBER 2, 2010 (Saturday - Thursday)
DECEMBER 7 – 12, 2010 (Tuesday – Sunday)
DECEMBER 12 – 17, 2010 (Sunday – Friday)
DECEMBER 17 – 22, 2010 (Friday – Wednesday)
#6913 DBL $794.00 / SGL $894.00
ACTIVITY LEVEL: 4 (see description)
ENJOY CHRISTMAS IN NYC AND AT COUNTRY
MANSIONS ON THE HUDSON RIVER
Enjoy a city-close and country-comfortable Christmas. Join us for the Christmas Spectacular with the world-famous Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall and "The Nutcracker" Ballet presented by the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center’s New York State Theater. Visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art with the annual Neapolitan Baroque Creche and Christmas Tree exhibit. Enjoy Fifth Avenue store windows, churches and hotel lobbies decorated for Christmas. We’ll also take you to grand country mansions on the Hudson River. The festive mood of this Road Scholar will be enhanced as you hear and learn about the sacred and secular music of Christmas.
Educational Note: Expert-led visits to Hudson River Mansions will include four or five of the following: the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park, Mills Mansion in Staatsburgh, Wilderstein in Rhinecliff, Boscobel in Garrison, Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie and Clermont in Tivoli.
Note: Extensive walking, standing for over an hour and climbing stairs during visits to Hudson Valley Mansions is expected. Audio guide provided at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Three meals on your own to enjoy in New York City.
ACTIVITY LEVEL 1
Participants must be able to handle their own luggage, climb a few stairs and get from sleeping accommodations to classrooms and dining room.
ACTIVITY LEVEL 2
Participants must be able to handle their own luggage, climb a few stairs, stand for up to an hour, get on and off a motor coach easily and walk a few blocks indoors or out.
ACTIVITY LEVEL 3
Participants must be able to handle their own luggage, climb a few flights of stairs and walk on uneven surfaces from three blocks up to one mile at a 2.0 mph pace over the course of the day.
ACTIVITY LEVEL 4
Participants must be able to climb a few flights of stairs and walk on uneven surfaces up to two miles at a 2.0 mph pace over the course of the day.
ACTIVITY LEVEL 5
Participants must be in good health, mobile and able to participate in 3 – 5 hours of physical activity per day, the equivalent of walking up to five miles at a 2 – 5 mph pace over uneven ground.
BE SURE TO CHECK TEXT NOTES FOR ANY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
Road Scholar programs at The Warwick Center begin on Sunday afternoon and conclude with lunch on Friday with the exception of our Christmas programs listed below.
November 27 – December 2, 2010 (Saturday – Thursday)
December 7 – 12, 2010 (Tuesday – Sunday)
December 17 – 22, 2010 (Friday – Wednesday)
PRICES LISTED ARE FOR DOUBLE OCCUPANCY (DBL) OR SINGLE OCCUPANCY (SGL)
For more information or to register, call Road Scholar toll free at (877) 426-8056 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday or register online at
Road Scholar
11 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111-1746
(877) 426-8056
FOR ADDITIONAL SITE AND PROGRAM INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arlene Tenckinck at The Warwick Center
from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET, Mon. through Fri.
Telephone: (845) 986-1164, Ext. 105
Email: programs@warwickcenter.com
THE WARWICK CENTER
P.O. Box 349
Warwick, NY 10990
Located at 62 Warwick Center Road
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