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RECREATION DEPARTMENT | SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | AUGUST 2019 | 15 Miss Saigon at the Segerstrom Sat., Oct. 13, 9 am-5:30 pm, $68 pp. We will start the day off by driving to the South Coast Plaza where we will be dropped off for lunch (on own). The Plaza hosts a variety of restaurants from the food court to sit down serve. Many options will be available for you. After lunch we will head over to the Segerstrom Theatre for the 2 pm showing of Miss Saigon. Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. The setting of the plot is relocated to 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War, and Madame Butterfly's story of marriage between an American lieutenant and a geisha is replaced by a romance between a United States Marine and a seventeen-year old South Vietnamese bar girl. The musical was premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, on Sept. 20, 1989, closing after 4,092 performances on Oct. 30, 1999. It opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on April 11, 1991, and subsequently played in many other cities and embarked on tours. Prior to the opening of the 2014 London revival, it was claimed that Miss Saigon had set a world record for opening day ticket sale. The musical represented Schönberg and Boublil's second major success, following Les Misérables in 1985. As of April 2017, Miss Saigon remains Broadway's thirteenth longest-running show! The Veterans Museum at Balboa Park Wed., Oct. 16, 7:30 am-5 pm, $46 pp. The Veterans Museum and Memorial Center is a museum located in historic Balboa Park of San Diego, California. Founded in 1989, it is dedicated to create, maintain, and operate an institution to honor and perpetuate the memories of all men and women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. After our tour of the Veterans Museum you will be turned loose to explore the many other museums and beautiful gardens. Explore Museums Balboa Park boasts 17 museums and cultural institutions with an incredible diversity of collections. From local San Diego history, to the history of flight, trains, or automobiles, to the workmanship of the old masters, and the arts, crafts, and culture of people near and far, recent and historical. There is no shortage of things to see and do. After our tour of the Veterans Museum you will be free to explore the entire park! Explore Eating and Drink Looking for an elegant sit-down meal? Or a quick snack between destinations? Choices abound throughout Balboa Park. Sip specialty coffee and teas in the Plaza de Panama under an umbrella. Sample soups, salads, burgers, and sandwiches, for a sit-down lunch. Balboa Park has an answer for all your cravings. Lunch on own / on site The Military in Balboa Park 1915 – 1988 The history of the Army and Navy in Balboa Park from 1915 to 1945 beginning with the Panama-California Exposition of 1915, extending through the end of World War II and including the development of the San Diego (Balboa) Naval Hospital up through 1988. Vietnam Remembered – A 50th Year Retrospective Vietnam Remembered – A 50th Year Retrospective provides an overview of the War with a timeline surrounding the top of the exhibit hall. The role of the Army, USMC, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Wartime Merchant Marine are provided with participating unites identified. Multimedia displays of photographs and videos of units are included. A documentary film on the evacuation of South Vietnam at the end of the war is also provided. Dioramas depict US and VC/NVA personnel and equipment. Exhibit cases on POWs, Gun Ships, SEALS, Patrol Boats, River (PBRs), Naval Aviators, Army Aviators, Oral Histories of servicemen and women. Hold At All Costs – The Battle for Outpost Harry The Battle for Outpost Harry – the last battle of the Korean War. Several hundred Americans from the 3rd Infantry Division, Greeks from the Sparta Battalion, and South Koreans hold this outpost against attacks of 5,000 Chinese from June 10-18 just prior to the signing of the armistice on July 27, 1953. This nine day struggle involved hand to hand fighting and overrun trenches as the outnumbered American and Greek forces held their ground, even calling in artillery fire on their own position. This diorama includes video interviews from American, Greek, South Korean and Chinese soldiers who participated in that battle. You will also see communications equipment, mine-hunting gear, uniforms, maps weapons and more, all arranged realistically to depict bunkers and trenches in Korea as they would have appeared in the field during that conflict from 1950 to 1953.

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