travel events

BUS TRIP TO LIBERTY SHOWCASE THEATRE: APRIL 14  
The Bedford County Parks & Recreation is sponsoring a bus trip to the Liberty Showcase Theatre, Liberty, NC, on Saturday, April 14, 2007, to see the Chad and Kristi Gaines Variety Show. The Chad and Kristi Gaines show features a variety of the best music such as COUNTRY, OLDIES, POP, BEACH, ELVIS, GOSPEL, WESTERN and SWING starring talented and popular house band “The Liberty Showcase Band”! Comdeian “Zeke” (Jeff Smith) shows up to make everyone laugh. Liberty Showcase is an alcohol free, smoke free environment. The theatres nearly 500 seats are on an incline, providing great views of the stage no matter where you sit. The stage has been enlarged so the performers and the band seem as though they are out in the audience. Lower-level and balcony seats are available. Watch the show comfortably from your theatre seats, or pick up your heels on the dance floor. Passengers can board the bus in Bedford, Roanoke and Rocky Mount, VA.  The price of $69.00 per person includes: Roundtrip motorcoach transportation, dinner, ticket to Liberty Showcase and a tour host. For further information, call 540.586.7682.

BUS TOUR TO BLUE RIDGE’S BUFFALO MTN: APRIL 24
The Bedford County Parks & Recreation is sponsoring a bus trip to Blue Ridge’s Buffalo Mountain for a tour of the six historical rock churches built by Rev. Bob Childress, on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. In a biography entitled “The Man Who Moved A Mountain,” it is told how Rev. Childress braved the wilderness and brought the light of the gospel to wild and brutal areas. The Hillsville Massacre in 1912 helped Bob Childress to realize that the drinking, fighting and killings, so much a part of the mountain peoples’ lives, were not normal. This tour tells how one man made such a huge impact on these mountain people. The group will also tour a Country Store and have lunch at the Woodberry Inn in Meadows of Dan, VA. Lunch will include: Ham, Baked Chicken, Vegetable, Mashed Potatoes, Roll, Apple Crisp with Ice Cream, Sweet Tea and Coffee. The price of $59 per person includes: Roundtrip motorcoach transportation, a step-on guide, tour to see six historical rock churches built by Rev. Bob Childress on Blue Ridge’s Buffalo Mountain, an all inclusive lunch at Woodberry Inn and a tour host. Passengers can board the bus in Bedford and in Roanoke. For further information, call 540.586.7682

SPRING AMTRAK TRAIN RIDE TO STAUNTON, VA, FROM HINTON, WV: MAY 9
The Bedford County Parks & Recreation is sponsoring a bus trip to Hinton, WV, for a scenic train ride from Hinton to Staunton, VA, on Wednesday, May 9, 2007.  The price of $89 per person includes: Motorcoach transportation from Bedford & Roanoke to Hinton, WV; a visit to the Bluestone Dam; Hinton Train Museum; a boxed lunch; AMTRAK ticket from Hinton, WV, to Staunton, VA, motorcoach transportation from Staunton, VA, to Roanoke & Bedford and a tour host.  For further information, call 540.586.7682.

BERMUDA CRUISE VACATION: SAT MAY 26 – JUNE 2, 2007
Roanoke Tours is sponsoring a Bermuda Cruise Vacation out of Norfolk, VA, on Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas, May 26 – June 2, 2007, Day 1: Norfolk, VA. Day 2: At sea Day 3: Hamilton Bermuda Day 4: Hamilton Bermuda Day 5: St. George Island Bermuda Day 6: St. George Island Bermuda Day 7: At Sea Day 8: Norfolk, VA. The price of $1,089.53 per person inside cabin; $1,219.53 Outside cabin includes: Port Charges, taxes, Elegant four-course meals in the main dining room, Live entertainment in the magnificent theatre, Endless shipboard activities and games, Stunning Centrum, an open atrium shopping and more, Outdoor pool, Indoor/outdoor pool in a Solarium with sliding roof, sports and workout facilities, ShipShape Day Spa and Fitness Center. For further information, call 1.800.869.6588 during the day or 540.366.2888 during the evening.