Winter 2007 Wausau/Central WI Bus Buzz
Group Tour News from the Wausau Area
Greetings!
Welcome to the Wausau Area's new e-newsletter! My name is Christine and I will be your guide. With each edition you will read about exciting happenings and attractions in our area. Learn more about:
  • Off-beat attractions for Mystery Tours
  • Great additions for your current Wisconsin Itinerary
  • Ideas for themed itineraries

Call, 888/948-4748 x.305, or e-mail Christine to learn more about these great tour opportunities!

Become A Wisconsin Cheesemaker
  A brand new hands-on experience just for groups
Got Milk? Well Willow Springs Garden does and they invite you to help make lunch. A traditional Wisconsin meal has at least three dairy ingredients: cheese, butter and ice cream. Here is your chance to honor a great tradition, and play with your food.

With this package groups will take part in making mozzarella, churning butter and whipping up some ice cream. The best part is the specially created meal the staff makes using the ingredients freshly made by your group.

Willow Springs Garden features the last round barn in Marathon County (currently in the process of being restored) and the fully renovated Maine Town Hall. These buildings have been carefully moved from their original locations to become a part of Peggy and Dennis Griffin's vision of restoration and education. Many special features have been added to create this beautiful site, including gardens, gazebo and corn maze.

ArtsBlock Action
 
It may be winter, but things are heating up at the Grand Theater on ArtsBlock in downtown Wausau. Still to come this season are Riverdance (featuring a matinee performance), The Chieftains, Diamond Rio, On Golden Pond and more.

Make an evening at the theater complete with a catered dinner at ArtsBlock.

Check out the full schedule of events, and facility details, at their website, www.onartsblock. org.

Make Friends With A Raptor
 
Invite some birds of prey to join your group for the evening. Get up close and personal with Julia The Red-Tailed Hawk, Morrie the Turkey Vulture and their friends. Learn the myths and realities of these majestic creatures with an one-hour presentation that brings the birds to your location, or visit their facility.

For a great fall colors tour combine this presentation with The Birds In Art exhibit at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and a ride on the Comet Express at Rib Mountain State Park. Check your camera batteries, you won't want to miss these great photo opportunities!

Come Play Under The Northern Lights
 
Northern Wisconsin's best group tour destinations, attractions and lodging have come together to invite you to "Come Play Under The Northern Lights!" Together we have created a network to help you plan your Wisconsin Tour. We are here to help with tailored itineraries, operational notes, step on guides and more.

Be sure to check our new Northern Lights website/blog often as we add new itinerary ideas, photos, links to even more resources and other helpful planning tools.

Cotton Candy Memories
 
Carousels are magic! No matter what your age the music beckons and the desire to ride the bejeweled horses never fades. Revisit the cotton-candy-sweet memories of childhood, and learn more about the lives of these magical creatures at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum April 7 - June 10, 2007.

This exhibit features an added special attraction!

Carving Carousel Animals: Homer Daehn in Residence
May 8 – 13, 2007

Baraboo, Wisconsin, carousel horse carver Homer Daehn will set up a workshop in the galleries and interact with students and visitors each day. He’ll also present an evening demonstration, lecture, and gallery walk as well as two demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday.

For more information about this exhibit or the Woodson Art Museum, visit their website at www.lywam.org or call 715/845-7010.

I'll See You There!
 
I'll be attending several trade shows in 2007- be sure to say hello! At the end of January look for me at American Bus Association's (ABA) Marketplace held in Grapevine, Texas. In February I'll be traveling to Cincinnati for The Heartland Travel Show. See You There!
 

Christine Martens

phone: 888/948-4748 x. 305
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