On The Way. Winter brings the shivers As it did the way it snowed. Springs may still be chilly, Which March and April showed.

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1 2420 North Street Milford. MI On The Way Winter brings the shivers As it did the way it snowed. Springs may still be chilly, Which March and April showed. May, with season's promise Flirted with the norm. Look for June's deliverance To make us nice and warm. Joe Medrano What fun we had in May. The Little Caesars Arena tour was super the Arena is awesome you have to go see it! We had the best guides for our Motown Museum tour. It brought back so many memories and had us singing all the way home. But the Ireland, Iceland, and Scotland cruise had to be one of my most favorite cruises ever. The beauty of the area and the people were amazing. You need to put this one on your bucket list. June is super busy! Check out our calendar and you ll see! Shows, mystery trip, ball games and oh that food! Hope to be seeing you on these adventures! All trips will be departing from the Target store on Carpenter Road near Ellsworth. We ll park near the McDonald s, so you can grab a quick cup of coffee before boarding the coach. Thank you Target for allowing us to use your parking lot! New trips this month November Hamilton in Chicago We ve been waiting for this one! Balcony seats for this great musical plus 3 meals and 2 tours what a trip! $399. Call for availability. (looks like we are getting a second bus!!) March 22 April 1, 2019 Ultimate Caribbean Cruise aboard Celebrity Reflection. Get out of Michigan s cold and warm up in the Caribbean! Fly to Fort Lauderdale and visit Antigua, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and St. Maarten before flying back from Fort Lauderdale. From $1307 for this 10 night cruise airfare extra approx. $350 or use frequent flyer miles! November 15-23, 2019 Best of Cuba on Royal Caribbean Empress of the Seas. The best way to visit Cuba is on a cruise ship great food, accommodations, and entertainment. Add friends and you can t beat it! Fly to Miami and visit Grand Cayman, Cienfuegos, Cuba, Santiago De Cuba and Havana, Cuba before flying home from Miami. From $1086 for this 8 night cruise. Airfare extra approx. $350 or use frequent flyer miles!

2 Featured trips this month July 11 Grand Rapids Ohio and Butterflies and mule-powered Canal Boat on the Erie Canal Our first stop is The Butterfly House where we will be surrounded by these beautiful creatures. Wear some bright colors and they will land on you! After and included lunch we ll board our mule powered canal boat and glide along a restored stretch of the Miami and Erie Canal. $74 15 seats left! July 30-August 3 Lancaster PA Featuring the brand new musical Jesus at the Sight and Sound Theatre, this wonderful Diamond tour adds the play The Wizard of Oz at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, a performance at The American Music Theatre, a guided tour of Philadelphia, Amish tours, meals and more! $ seats remaining August Door County, Wisconsin Live life well!! Join us as we travel to this beautiful area, enjoying all it has to offer. Tours, great food including a fish boil with a storyteller at Rowleys Bay Resort and lunch at Al Johnson s. Cruise back to Michigan on the S. S. Badger. $999 double August 26-September 2 Cruise to Bermuda aboard Celebrity Summit Let s have fun as we cruise to Bermuda! Call for current pricing and perks. I m signed up join me! Here we go!!! June 1 Savannah Sipping Society at Turkeyville Enjoy the fun with this laugh-a-minute comedy about 4 unique Southern women reclaiming their enthusiasm for life - Cheers! $66 June 5 Motown the Musical at the Fisher Theatre - It began as one man s story became everyone s music and is now Broadway s musical. MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy s journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson and many more. Motown shattered barriers, shaped our lives and made us all move to the same beat. Now, experience it live on stage in the record-breaking smash hit MOTOWN THE MUSICAL! $94 includes main floor seats and time for dinner (on your own) in Greektown. Wait list only! June 7 Wicked! at the Stranahan Theatre in Toledo. Long before Dorothy arrives, two other women meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery, and possesses an extraordinary talent. When she meets the other a bubbly blonde their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships until the world decides to call one good, and the other one wicked. $94 includes a stop at the Toledo Art Museum and time for lunch (on your own.) Wait list only June Destination: Secret!!! Join us for a great mystery trip featuring food, fun, tours and entertainment. And you want me to tell you more? Nope! $699 double Wait list only June 15 DSO s Hollywood Hits Begin the day with coffee and donuts then experience the majestic and beautiful music from some of the world s greatest films of all time. Film clips, video montages and vintage still images accompany the themes from blockbuster movies such as Gone With The Wind, The Magnificent Seven, Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, James Bond, Rocky, The Pink Panther, Moon River, Dances with Wolves, and Ben Hur. $69 15 seats remaining! June 29 Toledo Mudhens and Fireworks! Our trip was a sellout the last two years don t wait!!! First we ll enjoy a picnic dinner at the field then cheer on the Mudhens. After the game Fireworks!!! $69 10 seats remaining!

3 July 11 Grand Rapids Ohio and Butterflies and mule-powered Canal Boat on the Erie Canal Our first stop is The Butterfly House where we will be surrounded by these beautiful creatures. Wear some bright colors and they will land on you! After and included lunch we ll board our mule powered canal boat and glide along a restored stretch of the Miami and Erie Canal. $74 15 seats remaining July Belterra Plus! We ll start our adventure with a visit to Dayton and the National Museum of the United States Air Force. We loved it a few years ago, and now they ve opened a new building for more walks down memory lane. Then on to Belterra, with upgraded rooms - voted to have the best buffets in the world by us! Day two finds us traveling to Lexington, Kentucky and the Kentucky Horse Park, THE place to go to get close to horses! Enjoy shows, the museum, a horse drawn tour, a Bluegrass Luncheon, and more! Then back to Belterra for another fabulous evening. Finally we ll go to Louisville, Kentucky for a luncheon cruise aboard the Louisville Belle. $309 double. 4 seats remaining July 25 Gator Grove the Musical at Turkeyville This Trailer Park is a hoot! Bring your lawn chairs (not really!), tidy up your mullet, and tune up your singing voice. Fun is going to happen! $66 July 30-August 3 Lancaster PA Featuring the brand new musical Jesus at the Sight and Sound Theatre, this wonderful Diamond tour adds the play The Wizard of Oz at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, a performance at The American Music Theatre, a guided tour of Philadelphia, Amish tours, meals and more! $595 August 7-8 The Young Americans! This year we are celebrating our 10 th year enjoying the dynamic Young Americans at Boyne Highlands! This year we are adding a tour of Charlevoix and a tour of the Mushroom Houses. If you haven t seen the Young Americans, join the fun and see what everyone is talking about! $229 double 10 seats remaining! August 15 Saugatuck! - Begin our day with an exciting dune buggy ride, refresh with a delicious lunch, then relax with a paddleboat ride on Lake Michigan. What a perfect summer day! $99 half full August 17 Toledo Mudhens and Fireworks! Our trip was a sellout the last two years don t wait! First we ll enjoy a picnic dinner at the field then cheer on the Mudhens. After the game Fireworks!!! $69 August Door County, Wisconsin Live life well!! Join us as we travel to this beautiful area, enjoying all it has to offer. Tours, great food including a fish boil with a storyteller at Rowleys Bay Resort and lunch at Al Johnson s. Cruise back to Michigan on the S. S. Badger. $999 double half full! August 26-September 2 Cruise to Bermuda aboard Celebrity Summit Let s have fun as we cruise to Bermuda! Call for current pricing and perks. I m signed up join me! September 5 NunSense A-Men We ve loved all the Nunsence plays - Think of this one as Mrs. Doubtfire enters the convent! All the parts are played by male musical comedy performers!! $66 September 11 The Beach Party Boys at Frankenmuth combine a stop at Bronner s Christmas Wonderland, a delicious chicken luncheon at Zenders and the Beach Party Boys tribute to the Beach Boys and you have a fun day! This is a fun and interactive show where you will find yourself singing along to songs like Surfin' USA, Barbara Ann, Fun Fun Fun, and Good Vibrations. $79 half full September Mystery Trip - Join the fun on this two day adventure. $324 includes almost everything and there s no extra charge for the fun! Half full September 25 Fall One Day Mystery trip. This must be the mystery month because here we go again! A couple of fun locations, a delicious meal, great folks what a fun way to spend a fall day! $79 15 seats remaining

4 September 28 October 2 Washington DC - Come with us on this Patriotic tour as we visit the majesty of our Nation s capital on this Diamond Tour of Washington DC. We ll see all the monuments as well as the Arlington Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, and the brand new Museum of the Bible. $ already! October 4-10 Spotlight on Rome Always wanted to go to Rome and visit all the must-see attractions? Join this Collette Tour and cross Rome off your bucket list! Call for a booklet! $3499 October 5-11 Iceland s Magical Northern Lights - Collette s best seller for the last 2 years. $3599 call for a booklet or follow the link on carolsvipadventures.com. October 7-9 Fall fun on the Mississippi River Combine the Isle of Capri Casino Resort, Circa 21 Dinner Theatre s production of Mama Won t Fly, an ALL DAY CRUISE on the Mississippi River, a tour of Isabell Bloom, and you have a fall adventure that can t be beat! $449 Half full! October Kewadin Casinos and Bay Mills Casino at Halloween Join our spooktacular gambling adventure when we visit our favorite casinos in the U. P. Casino packages include $80 in free play, 2 breakfasts, and $10 in food coupons. Boo!! $194 Half full! November 3-10, OR November 3-17 your choice!! Greek Isles Cruise aboard Royal Caribbean s Rhapsody of the Seas. We ll fly into Venice, Italy and visit Kotor, Montenegro Corfu, Greece Athens, Greece Mykonos, Greece Argostoli, Greece before returning to Venice. Stay on board for the second week and visit Dubrovnik, Croatia, back to the beautiful Montenegro (one of my favorite places in the world!) Santorini, Greece, Katakolon, Greece, before returning to Venice for our flight home. I like the 2 week cruise because you re only paying for the air and transfers once, which are the most expensive part of the cruise. And the destinations are beautiful! The one week cruise starts at $2534 and the two week cruise starts at $3241. Prices include airfare and airport to ship transfers. Join me! 20 already!! November Hamilton in Chicago We ve been waiting for this one! Balcony seats for this great musical plus 3 meals and 2 tours what a great trip! $399. Call for availability November 28 Frankenmuth and the farewell tour of The New Odyssey 3 guys 30 instruments a great time. After 40 years of performing, they are hanging up their instruments and joining us in the wonderful world of retirement. We ve seen them before and loved them this is your last chance. We ll enjoy Bronner s Christmas Wonderland, a delicious chicken luncheon and have shopping time but don t miss this wonderful Christmas farewell show. $79 December 3-5 Frankly, My Dear, I Adore Christmas at Tara Join us for this magical holiday adventure! A highlight of our trip is our accommodations at Tara A County Inn, an Inn reminiscent of the mansion Tara in Gone with the Wind. Tara is filled with antiques, Civil War memorabilia, with unique bedrooms each very different in style and named for a character in the movie. (I stayed in Rhett s room last year woo-woo! Tara is all decked out for Christmas! Add many Christmas tours and treats, a day in Pittsburg, and so much food that even Scarlett would say As God as my witness, I ll never be hungry again. Limited to 39 hurry on this one! $519 double, $579 single 10 already! December 6-11 New York City at Christmas come with us on this Diamond Tour as we visit NYC at the most wonderful time of the year! Tours, food, entertainment what more can we ask?! Optional Radio City Music Hall Rockettes Christmas Show! $599 (Rockettes Show additional cost)

5 December 8-15 Christmas Markets on the Rhine Viking River Cruise from Switzerland to Amsterdam - Explore the Black Forest at an open air museum and spend time in picturesque Colmar. Discover the various culinary traditions of Alsace. Overlook the Rhine from Germany s best preserved medieval castle. Turreted fortresses, grand cathedrals, historic cities, medieval towns and spectacular scenery of the Middle Rhine little wonder that the Rhine is one of Europe s best-loved rivers. From Basel and Cologne to Amsterdam, this 8-day journey reveals a rich landscape of beauty and culture. From $2794 INCLUDING AIRFARE December 13 Christmas Again at Turkeyville Christmas party planning with a twist do-overs when needed! Enjoy this heartwarming Christmas story with your favorite Christmas songs! $66 January Iberostar All Inclusive getaway! Join us for our annual vacation in paradise! $2189 includes everything transfer to airport, roundtrip non-stop air, transfer to resort, travel insurance, all meals, drinks, and fun! 14 nights and 7 night trips available. PRICE DROP FROM LAST YEAR! February 16-March 2, Australia and New Zealand Princess cruise featuring pre-nights in Sydney - Sydney ~ Melbourne ~ Hobart (Tasmania) ~ Fiordland National Park ~ Dunedin (Port Chalmers) ~ Akaroa ~ Tauranga ~ Auckland Majestic Princess is the newest sister ship to Royal Princess and Regal Princess, offering the Princess experience and signature favorites you've always loved, plus exciting new features with a Chinese flair. She is also the first ship in our fleet to feature a brand-new Seawitch livery design at her bow with hair flowing toward the stern. From $5512 including airfare! March 6, 2019 The Spitfire Grill at Meadowbrook Theatre First we ll enjoy lunch at Lelli s in Auburn Hills then on to Meadowbrook for the delightful musical The Spitfire Grill. $84 ***March 22 April 1, 2019 Ultimate Caribbean Cruise aboard Celebrity Reflection. Get out of Michigan s cold and warm up in the Caribbean! Fly to Fort Lauderdale and visit Antigua, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and St. Maarten before flying back from Fort Lauderdale. From $1307 for this 10 night cruise airfare extra approx. $350 or use frequent flyer miles! May Alaska Cruise Tour aboard the Island Princess you ve asked for it here we go! Fly to Anchorage and stay at the Mt. McKinley Princess Lodge, The Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, dome train to Whittier where you ll board our beautiful ship for our cr uise, visiting Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, and beautiful scenic cruising before returning to Vancouver for our flight home. From $2099 airfare extra we ll get that later 12 already, including me!! May 15, 2019 The Marvelous Wonderettes at Meadowbrook Theatre Grab your poodle skirts and saddle shoes as we travel back to the 50s where we meet four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts! You ll be singing along as we travel down memory lane! $84 *** November 15-23, 2019 Best of Cuba on Royal Caribbean Empress of the Seas. The best way to visit Cuba is on a cruise ship great food, accommodations, and entertainment. Add friends and you can t beat it! Fly to Miami and visit Grand Cayman, Cienfuegos, Cuba, Santiago De Cuba and Havana, Cuba before flying home form Miami. From $1086 for this 8 night cruise. Airfare extra approx. $350 or use frequent flyer miles! August 24-September 3, 2020 Imperial Cities of Europe plus the Oberammergau Passion Play Visit Budapest, Vienna, Prague and Munich and see this once-in-a-decade production of the Passion Play in Oberammergau on this Collette tour. $5999 early booking discount. The booklets are in call me and I ll send you one, or you can follow the link on carolsvipadventures.com. NO SEATS are being held for our group at this time as this tour is always an early sell out. Check it out

6 Yes, I m a VIP and I want to join the Adventures! Name VIP Number OR Address City zip Phone Birthdate (for casino pkg) 1 day Adventures June 1 - Savannah Sipping Society $66 June 5 Motown the Musical $94 June 7 Wicked $94 June 15 DSO s Hollywood Hits $69 June 29 Mudhens and Fireworks $69 July 11 Butterflies and Canal boats $74 July 25 Gator Grove the Musical $66 August 15 Saugatuck $99 August 17 Mudhens and Fireworks $69 September 5- NunSence A-Men $66 September 11- Beach Party Boys $79 September 25 Mystery Trip $79 November 28 - The New Odyssey $79 December 13 Christmas Again $66 March 6 The Spitfire Grill $84 May 15 The Marvelous Wonderettes $84 Tours July 18-20, 2018 Belterra Balance July 30 August 3 Lancaster Balance August 7-9 The Young Americans Dinner Theater Balance August Door County, Wisconsin $50 deposit August 26-September 2 Bermuda Cruise September Mystery trip $50 deposit September 28-October 2 Washington DC $75 deposit October 4-10 Spotlight on Rome Collette October 7-9 Fall Fun on the Mississippi $50 deposit October 5-11 Iceland s Magical Northern Lights Collette October Kewadin and Bay Mills Casinos at Halloween $50 deposit November 3-10 or November 3-17 Greek Isles Cruise November Hamilton in Chicago $125 deposit December 3-5 Christmas at Tara $50 deposit December 6-11 NYC at Christmas $75 deposit December 8-15 Christmas Markets on the Rhine Viking River Cruise January Annual Iberostar getaway from Winter! $250 deposit February 16 March 2, 2019 Australia and New Zealand Cruise March 22 April 1 - Ultimate Caribbean Cruise May Princess Alaska Cruise Tour November Best of Cuba Cruise August 24-September 3, 2020 Oberammergau Passion Play Collette Make checks payable to Carol s VIP Adventures and mail to Carol s VIP Adventures 2420 North Street Milford, MI carolsvipadventures@gmail.com Cruises Call at ask for Kim Collette Tours Call me and I ll get the booklets to you

7 Sports Find and circle all of the Sports that are hidden in the grid. The remaining letters spell a secret message - a Vince Lombardi quotation. ARCHERY BADMINTON BASEBALL BASKETBALL BILLIARDS BOCCE BOWLING BOXING CRICKET CROQUET CYCLING DARTS FENCING FISHING FOOTBALL GOLF HANDBALL HOCKEY JAI ALAI LACROSSE POLO RACQUETBALL RUGBY RUNNING SKATEBOARDING SKATING SKIING SOCCER SOFTBALL SQUASH SURFING SWIMMING TENNIS VOLLEYBALL WRESTLING

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