Please save the date for an important and relevant program being presented  for the Ramapo College Retiree Association by the College:

PLEASE JOIN US ON FRIDAY, MAY 16,

*RAIN OR SHINE* FOR THE 11 a.m.

CLASSIC TOUR OF KYKUIT AT THE ROCKEFELLER ESTATE

The Ramapo College Retiree Association (RCRA) is very excited to invite you to a special outing to visit Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate, described as a majestic paradise with sweeping river views, situated on the highest point in Pocantico Hills, overlooking the Hudson River just north of the Tappan Zee/Mario Cuomo Bridge.  Our group will have a private, Classic Tour of the estate.

 

For more information:  https://rbf.org/pocantico/events/kykuit-tours

 

This walking tour will include a 40-room Beaux-Arts villa with magnificent Chinese and European ceramics, family portraits, art galleries (including works by Calder, Warhol and Picasso), beautiful gardens and the West Terrace with views of the New York City skyline 25 miles to the south.  The tour is approximately two hours long, including the brief shuttle bus ride which takes you from the parking lot at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow.

 

The group cost of our Kykuit Classic Tour is $53 per person. 

Please e-mail Carol Ryan caroljryan@aol.com by **MARCH 24** and include the names of those who will attend, cell phones and email address for your reservation(s).

Then, no later than **APRIL 6**, mail your check, made out to “CAROL J. RYAN” to:

Carol Ryan

2 Tisbury Court

Scotch Plains, NJ 07076

914-263-1558

*THE PRIVATE TOUR AT THE COST OF $53 IS LIMITED TO 18 PEOPLE, SO PLEASE SIGN UP BY EMAILING CAROL BY MARCH 24 AND MAILNG YOUR A CHECK TO CAROL BY APRIL 6.*

WHILE SPOUSES AND GUESTS ARE WELCOME, WE EXPECT A BIG TURNOUT FOR THIS EVENT

**PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO REGISTER BY MARCH 24 AND WHOSE CHECKS ARE RECEIVED SHORTLY AFTER**

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LUNCH AFTER THE TOUR

Please join us after the tour for lunch at the River Market Bar and Kitchen, a farm to table American restaurant.  Our reservations are for 1:30 p.m. under the name of Carol Ryan.  The cost of lunch will be on our own.  The River Market Bar and Kitchen is located at:

127 West Main Street

Tarrytown, New York.

https://rivermarketbarkitchen.com)

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CARPOOLING

Bea Cronin and Lori Yanowitz have agreed to drive those who plan to attend the tour and the lunch.  We’ll get additional drivers as needed.  If you wish to join our carpool, please let Bea Cronin (201-739-3473) or Lori Yanowitz (201-774-1743) know.  Carpools will be leaving from the College campus, meeting at 9:30 a.m. (in Parking Lot B) for our two-hour tour which begins precisely at 11 a.m. SHARP.

If you plan to drive yourself, the tour originates from the Visitor Center at Philipsburg Manor:

381 North Broadway

Sleepy Hollow, New York

**FOR THOSE NOT CARPOOLING, PLEASE MEET US AT 10:40 a.m. AT THE PHILIPSBURG MANOR**

Please join us for this very special outing!