Kiwanis Travel Adventure Series Starts Fifth Year

The Kiwanis Travel Adventure Series will kick off on Oct. 15 with a film on the “Real World of New Zealand”. It will be narrated by the filmmaker Rick Howard, who has produced travelogues on the South Pacific and Southeast Asia.

The film will be presented at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Flintridge Preparatory School which is located at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Crown Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge. Pre-program music from the piano featuring Tom Burrows will begin at 7:10 pm. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Tickets for individual performances are $8, and season tickets for the series of six are $40.

New Zealand has been called the most beautiful place on earth. These are two large and spectacular islands, located just over 1200 miles off the eastern coast of Australia, offer the visitor an entire gamut of action, adventure, history and beauty.

The second program in the series will be on Nov. 19 and will feature Europe’s Alps narrated by Jim Tompkins.

On Jan. 28, it is Hawaii, and on Feb. 11, explore the wine regions of France.

The natural wonders of the Southeast Seaboard will be the subject on March 25 with a tour of Southern Italy on April 29.