Wallace State Alumni Association Announces Travel Plans for 2025

Hanceville, Ala. — The Wallace State Community College Alumni Association announces its travel plans for 2025, with trips planned for Branson, Mo., and Hot Springs, Ark., Pigeon Forge, Tenn., and Asheville, N.C., and Nashville, Tenn., as well as a day trip to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery. All trips are open to the public.

2025 Ozarks Tour – Hot Springs and Eureka Springs, Ark. And Branson, Mo.

A five-day, four-night trip May 12-16 will take visitors first to the Diamond Lakes region Hot Springs, Ark., including a trolley tour of Hot Springs and Bathhouse Row. They will then move on to Branson, Mo., for two nights with an itinerary that will include attending performances featuring the Haygoods, Hot Rods and High Heels, the Uptown Café and “DAVID,” at the Sights and Sound Theatre. The group will then travel to Eureka Springs for a tram tour of the Victorian community and an overnight stay in North Little Rock before departing the next day to return home.

Sites on the itinerary during the trip include the Garvan Woodland Gardens, Top of the Rock, Lost Canyon Cave, Ancient Ozarks History Museum and the historic Crescent Hotel.

Rates per person range from $1,214 to $1,714 based on occupancy and Alumni Association membership status. To register, visit www.wsccalumni.org/ozarks. The deadline to register is March 26.

 

Opry’s 100th Birthday – Nashville, Tenn.

A three-day, two-night trip to Nashville, Tenn., will celebrate the 100th birthday of the Grand Ole Opry. Visitors will stay at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel July 14-16 and enjoy a Lyrical Legends Songwriter Performance and Dinner, main floor seats at a Grand Ole Opry performance with a backstage tour, an exclusive dinner party with a special appearance by an Opry artist and more.

Rates per person range from $878 to $1,265 based on occupancy and membership status. To register, visit www.alumni.org/opry25. The deadline to register is May 1.

 

Wizard of Oz – Montgomery, Ala.

A day trip on July 30 to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery will take visitors down the proverbial yellow brick road to enjoy a theatrical production of “The Wizard of Oz.” The trip includes Southern buffet lunch at Plantation House Restaurant and premium Zone A seating for the performance.

The rate per person is $149. Visit www.alumni.org/oz to register. The deadline to register is July 1.

 

2025 Holiday Tour – Pigeon Forge, Tenn. and Asheville, N.C.

The Alumni Association will be traveling to Pigeon Forge, Tenn., and Asheville, N.C. Dec. 2-5 for a holiday tour that offers multiple entertainment options and a candlelight tour of the historic Biltmore House.

The tour will begin in Pigeon Forge where the group will enjoy performances at the Country Tonite Theatre, a “Remembering Red” Skelton tribute show and the ARRAY Variety Show and meals at Carino’s Italian Grill, Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant and Puckett’s Restaurant.

In Asheville, the group will enjoy lunch at Grove Park Inn before exploring the hotel and taking in the National Gingerbread House contest displays. That evening, they will have dinner at the Biltmore Estate before taking an audio-guided Candlelight tour of the Biltmore House.

The rates per person range from $884 to $1,260 based on occupancy and membership status. To register, visit www.alumni.org/holiday25. The deadline to register is Oct. 15.

Wallace State Alumni Rayce and McCoy Cleghorn peform at Country Tonite in Pigeon Forge. 

The travel program is open to everyone. Wallace State Alumni Association members receive a $100 discount on rates for overnight trips. Alumni membership is $30 a year and is open to anyone. Membership fees go to support student scholarships.

For more information about the Alumni Association’s travel program, visit www.wsccalumni.org/travel, where you can get details about each trip and reserve seats, or contact LaDonna Allen at 256.352.8071 or ladonna.allen@wallacestate.edu.

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About Wallace State

Wallace State Community College (Ala.), a member of the Alabama Community College System, is a comprehensive community college in north central Alabama offering more than 200 options in academic, health and technical programs of study leading to an associate degree, certificate or transfer, as well as workforce-credit training and adult education. An Achieving the Dream Leader College, nationally recognized by the Aspen Institute as a finalist for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, ranked by Southern Business and Development among the Top 3 institutions in the South for workforce development, named a Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing and the National Security Administration, rated the Top Online Community College in Alabama, a Military Friendly Institution and an All-Steinway School, Wallace State is an outstanding place for students to pursue their education and career goals. Classes are offered online and on campus, day, evening and on weekends, with numerous start dates each year. Visit Wallace State’s beautiful main campus located on 300-acres in Hanceville, Ala., our satellite location in downtown Oneonta, Ala., find us online at www.wallacestate.edu, or call 256.352.8000.