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OLLI's newest musical group is the Tallwood Trio – shown below in excerpts from its performance at the 2013 Valentine's Day Party. Ernestine Meyer recorded a portion using her iPad ... and then Tallwood site assistant Bill Walsh's stationary camcorder, with a little assistance on his part, recorded more of the performance. Video editing by Rod Zumbro.

OLLI-MASON'S 2013 GRAND CAMP was held on Tuesday, July 30. OLLI member Dan Feighery took photos and created this slideshow, with music, to document the exciting day for members and their grandchildren.

NINE OLLI-MASON MEMBERS, two OLLI family members and 13 other travelers (including members of two other DC-area lifelong-learning institutes) visited Ireland for two weeks in September 2012, led by Mason professor emeritus Dr. Cóilín Owens. This is Rod Zumbro's video of trip highlights (adapted from a 42-minute DVD of a previous OLLI trip led by Prof. Owens, with new photos and new instrumental music). The trip included the major cities of Dublin and Galway, visits to the ancient passage tombs of Newgrange and Knowth, a "jaunting car" ride through Killarney National Park, a visit to the Heritage Centre at Cobh – site of massive Irish emigration, and a stay at one of Ireland's best castle hotels, Ashford Castle.

ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012, twenty OLLI members took a working "cruise" on the Chesapeake Bay out of Annapolis, Maryland, aboard the skipjack Stanley Norman, a vintage, oyster-dredging sailboat owned and operated by The Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Crewmembers gave talks on skipjack history, oyster-fishery history, oyster biology, Bay ecology and threats to it. While under sail, the boat dredged for oysters, and OLLI participants assisted in unfurling and hoisting sails, hauling in an oyster dredge, and culling the oyster catch. OLLI member Dick Young created this video of the event and graciously shared it with us.

Forty-six OLLI-Mason members, relatives and friends met in Billings, Montana in June 2012 for this unique trip. They visited historical sites in Montana and Wyoming related to events studied in the spring course about the Plains Indian Wars, including visits to the Little Bighorn Battlefield (Custer's Last Stand) in Montana, and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. A Rod Zumbro movie.

Related visits to national parks. A number of OLLI members visited national parks in the region before or after the bus trip. One such visit was to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons; to watch a video of this visit, click here.

This video shows the highlights of Rod and Susanne Zumbro's June 2012 visit to Yellowstone National Park and nearby Grand Teton National Park, including many wildlife sightings and well-known sights such as Old Faithful, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Mammoth Hot Springs. This visit was taken immediately after the three-day OLLI Bus Trip Out West to historical sites associated with the Plains Indian wars; to watch a video of the bus trip, click here.