NOTE TO EDITORS: Slides of tour destinations are available via e-mail, upon request.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama National Alumni Association’s tour program will travel the world with more than 23 scheduled tour packages from Antarctica to the Yucatan.

A Travel Preview Dinner will be held Friday, Oct. 7, at 6 p.m. in Sellers Auditorium at the Bryant Conference Center highlighting the upcoming 2006 tour destinations. Prior to the dinner, a reception will be held in Alumni Hall at 5 p.m. The cost is $12 per person and includes the reception, dinner and slide presentation of tour destinations. Dress is casual.

Pam Lyons, UA Alumni Association tour coordinator, said all of the tours are open to the general public as well as UA alumni. “All of our tours, even the ones called ‘Alumni College’ are open to our friends of the University,” Lyons noted.

UA Tour Program trips and travel dates include:

• Jan. 12-26, 2006 – Expedition in Antarctica
• Jan. 27-Feb. 7, 2006 – Cruise the Panama Canal
• Feb. 16-26, 2006 – Legends of the Nile
• March 23-31, 2006 – Prague/Budapest Escapade
• April 4-12, 2006 – Alumni College Abroad on the Adriatic Riviera
• April 15-24, 2006 – Galapagos Adventure
• April 17-24, 2006 – Paris Discovery
• April 29-May 7, 2006 – Alumni College Abroad on the Waterways of Holland and Belgium
• April 30-May 10, 2006 – Cruising the Classic Mediterranean
• May 22-30, 2006 – Alumni College Abroad on Lake Constance
• June 5-14, 2006 – The Danube and the Habsburg Empire
• June 6-July 19, 2006 – Switzerland
• July 5-13, 2006 – Alumni College Abroad in Tuscany
• July 17-26, 2006 – Family Adventure in Costa Rica
• July 31-Aug. 8, 2006 – Cruise the Baltic Sea
• Aug. 3-13, 2006 – Kenya Migration
• Aug. 29-Sept. 6, 2006 – Alumni College Abroad in Portugal
• Sept. 10-18, 2006 – Alumni College Abroad in Scotland
• Sept. 18-26, 2006 – Alumni College Abroad Cruising the Mosel, Rhine, and Neckar Rivers
• Oct. 1-18, 2006 – China’s Cultural Triangle
• Oct. 13-21, 2006 – Island Life in the Aegean Sea
• Oct. 13-21 – Village Life along the Seine River
• Dec. 3-10, 2006 – Alumni College Abroad in Mexico’s Yucatan

If you would like to receive more information about these and other trips or would like to reserve tickets for the preview, contact Pam Lyons at 205/348-5964 or at plyons@alumni.ua.edu.