A Message from Our President......

As we pause at this time of the year for Thanksgiving, we have so much to be grateful for. In addition to acknowledging our own family, relatives, and friends, we have so much to be thankful for within our Music Guild family. More on that later but first.....
 

It's been a wonderful year so far with one show remaining; our Christmas show "A Christmas Survival Guide". John Weigandt and staff are busily preparing for what promises to be a great show. A new outdoor light display is up and ready to go thanks to Don Lewis and Pami Triebel, and the lobby is being transformed into a Christmas park scene by Harold Truitt and Susie Adams. It is truly "beginning to look a lot like Christmas". If you haven't purchased your tickets for the Christmas show, please do so. It will be a good way to help celebrate the holidays and there are still plenty of tickets available. On the subject of tickets, why not consider giving Music Guild tickets as Christmas presents? Personalized Gift certificates are available in our box office and they make wonderful gifts.
 

Our new costume shop is moving right along and is slated for completion the week of Christmas. What a great Christmas present for Music Guild! Plans are being made to move Friday January 10th and Saturday January 11th. We are looking for as many volunteers as possible so if you are available to help and haven't signed up already, contact Cathy Marsoun.
 

It seems as if there is never any "down" time anymore, and we are busily preparing for 2014. Due to changes made by the Theatrical Company that owns the licensing rights to Willy Wonka, we had to shuffle our season a bit. We were recently notified that Willy Wonka would no longer be available after June, so we moved it to our spring show and have replaced it in December with "A 1940's Radio Christmas Carol". The weekend after our costume shop move, Bill Marsoun and his staff will be holding auditions for Willy Wonka, and then our year will be off and running.....Whew!
 

Back to Thanksgiving...I would like to acknowledge every one of you that has been involved with Quad City Music Guild throughout this year, whether it has been on stage, behind the scenes, part of our audience, or a part of the community that continues to support us. On behalf of the entire Music Guild organization I am thankful for each and every one of you, for the giving of your time, talents, and resources. We are truly blessed.

 Costume Shoppe Thanks

Thank you to all who have helped with our Costume Shoppe move so far: Craig & Sue Woodard, Ken Hill, Merlin Hill, Kevin Pieper, Katie Casey, Sheri Olson, Connie McGinn, Deb & George Swift, Bill Marsoun, Cindy Monroe, Jodi & Jacob McGinn, Mary Bouljon, Heidi Pedersen, Bob Williams, Dave Blakey, J. Adam & Sarah Lounsberry, Beth Marsoun, Colleen Houlihan, Mrs. Higdon, Yvonne Siddique, Cathy Marsoun, Pami Triebel, Kyle Wehr, Heather Beck, Kevin Pierce, JoAnn Parmley, Linda Ortiz, Gayle Morrell, and Deb Holmes.  We appreciate your time and help!