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PLANNING PILOT toiir to Victorian Cape May to be held Saturday, Dec. II are left to right. G. Wray. Thomas, director of operations of New Jersey Transit; City Manager Fred Coldren; Victoria D. Schmidt, director of state Division of Travel and Tourism. N.J. Dept, of Commerce and Economic Development, and Dane Wells, chairman of Cape May Transportation Advisory Committee. City Site For Pilot Bus Tour

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CAPE MAY - This city, visited by thousands each summer, takes on a special charm during the. Christmas season, Now a special tour has been arranged for Victorian lovers to enjoy a taste of the 19th Century refuge. The pilot for a new kind of first-class tour will leave Saturday, Dec. 11, from Philadelphia* Camden, then ChcriV Hill for Victorian Cape flay THE STATE’DIVISION of Travel and Tout-ism has joined forces with the special Tours Division of New Jersey Transit. With local support from the MidAtlantic Center for the Arts and the city’s Chamber of Commerce, they have assembled what may be one of the best day long tours of Cape May ever offered. Travelers will be greeted on the bus with a package of material about Cape May to enjoy en route. On arrival, the visitors will be given a special tour of the Emlen Physick Estate and a Victorian trolley tour of the Historic District., AFTERWARDS, they will have a luncheon at the Washington Inn, where they, will be treated to a unique gift-ideas show by local shopkeepers. After lunch, the trolley will take the guests to^two Victorian inns. Captain Mey’s and The Queen Victoria, for special Christmas decorations house tours, and then to the Victorian Shopping Mall to sample the wares. MAKING THE visitors, feel as though they have’ really stepped back in timewill be the departing Victorian tea, ao exclusive event for the participants ofvjhis tour, which will be held at Alexander’s Restaurant, in one^f the city's restored Victorian buildings. ( ' The tour departs from Philadelphia at 8 a m. and from Cherry Hill at 8:30. IT IS DESIGNED as part of the one-day bus trips operated by N.J. Transit from the Philadelphia area from October through February. Victoria D. SChmidt, direotor of the* state Division of Travel and Tourism, who aided in > planning the event, noted "December is becoming an increasingly popular time to travel to Cape May as the town enjoys one of the longest seasons of ariy Coastal resort and it offers a special Victorian atmosphere most ap-

propriate for the winter holidays." Fred Coldren, city manager, sees the new alliance with N.J. Transit "as one way to alleviate the vehicle congestions which detracts from the Victorian village atmosphere of this historic town in the summertime ’’ Variety Show At Mall

CAPE MAY —v\ preview of Christmas wo'nderment will come alive in song and dance this Sunday afternoon (December l^f along the Cape May mall when youngsters from the Joanne Reagan Dance Studios perform informally from 2 to 3:30 p.m Noted youthful performers Kristi Coombs, Sydney Weeks, John Rodriguez, Heather Grying and Bethany O’Neill are amongst soloists who will sing and dance excerpts from "The Nutcracker" and Broadway's longrunning show "Annie," accompanied by a troupe of young singers and danccn;. The performers will he garbed in costume, offering mall visitors a sampling of numbers from a "Boardwalk Christmas Fantasy" which will be • presented at 8 p.m at Convention Hall on Saturday, December 18. The variety show of Christmas music will benefit the Cape May City Library (Building Fund. T y Dancers and singers will start their performances at 2 p.m. at the Perry Street end of the mall, stopping at various locations enroute to the final location at the Ocean Street end. Dancers from the Mini Company are also scheduled to appear in the infor .fnal mall revue , The Washington Street Merchants Association will be providing Santa and • carollers along the mall this Saturday and Sunday also.