Highway 12 Adult Day Trip:

Sidekick Theatre 

Performing at the Minnesota Heritage Center (Bloomington, MN)

Thursday, May 14, 2026

The ingredients for the cake are simple: eggs, butter, sugar, salt. Look closer, though, and you’ll see the essence of life itself. Every year, Ernestine bakes a cake and celebrates with her family on her birthday — a delicious ritual that unfolds onstage across 90 years of birthdays. We meet Ernestine and the people who sweeten her life every year on this day as she grows from 17 to 107 years old. Through glimpses of Ernestine’s life as the years go by, Birthday Candles tenderly explores motherhood, family, love, loss and finding your place in the universe. This charming new play, recently on Broadway, will warm the soul.

This trip includes motor coach transportation, a ticket to the show & the lunch buffet. Lunch includes Creamy Chicken Breast with Roasted Red Potatoes, Glazed Carrots, Coleslaw, Dinner Rolls, Assorted Desserts, Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee and Hot Tea.

Registration deadline: April 23, 2026

Depart:

9:20am - Load at ACGC: High School (South Parking Lot)

9:35am - Load at Litchfield: Civic Arena (North Parking Lot)

10:00am - Load at Dassel-Cokato: PAC

10:15am - Load at Howard Lake: MAWSECO (720 9th Ave)

11:30am - Lunch Buffet

1:00-3:00pm- Matinee performance (includes intermission)

Return:

4:35pm - Unload in Howard Lake

4:50pm - Unload in Dassel-Cokato

5:15pm - Unload in Litchfield

5:30pm - Unload in ACGC

*All times are approximate and subject to change.