DECEMBER 13, 2023 www.wintertexantimes.com 12 WINTER TEXAN TIMES We Love Our Winter Texans! Thank you for making us your home away from home! • Nightly, 7 Day Plus Rates Available • Fully Equipped Kitchens • Free Wi-Fi • Outdoor Pool • Small Pet Welcome (with fee) • Guest Laundry Service Walking Distance to the La PlazaMall and several restaurants. For Reservations 956-378-4046 www.mcallen-studio6.com 700 Savannah Ave. McAllen, TX Lock In Your Rates For Next Winter Winter Texan 7 Day Plus Special! $327.67 Queen Bed • $375.97 2 Full Size Beds PLEASE MENTION AD FOR SPECIAL! SPECIAL! 7 Day Plus The Mission Historical Museum is delighted to announce the Eighteenth Annual Quilt Show, an event showcasing the talent and creativity of community members. Winter Texans and year-round residents are encouraged to enter and participate in this unique project. The quilts will be exhibited in the Museum’s Post Office building. Admission is free, and participants are limited to one submission. Any quilt entered in the show within the past five years is not eligible to participate. A distinguished panel of independent judges will evaluate the quilts, with ribbons awarded for first, second, and third places in each category. The prestigious Best-of-Show and Viewers’ Choice awards will also be presented. Categories include Hand-Quilted Bed Quilts, Machine-Quilted Bed Quilts, and Wall Hangings Mission Quilt Show celebrates community talent ENSEMBLE From pg. 1 constantly crosses compositional styles. The band will also feature the talented Colibri Children’s Choir for a special arrangement of Christmas movies. This year the Town Band Association is commemorating its golden anniversary of providing family-friendly musical entertainment to McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley. Each year, the holiday concert is a highlight for both musicians and audiences alike. The organization’s Musical Director, Roger Olivarez, shares “Music is a gift best enjoyed when it is shared. It has been an honor to make music these past years and to get to share it with our wonderful audience, especially during this very special time of the year.” Other members of the ensemble had some very personal things to share about what the Christmas concert and this time of year means to them. While it touches everyone in different ways, the music and the season has special places in many of the members’ hearts. Roy Contreras, board president, said Christmas is a “special time of the season of the love, hope, and peace we find in Jesus. The gifts we give to one another are a symbol of the gift God gave to us in Jesus.” He continued by saying, “Our Christmas concert is our way of celebrating Him.” Olivarez had some fond memories to share about preparing for the concerts every year and how the Christmas concert is a personal favorite to work on. He said the level of difficulty of arrangements has increased through the years and has made for a better experience for the performers and the audience. This year, they have had to work harder with less rehearsals and hope that the finished product will be both memorable and entertaining. His memories include standing ovations, the satisfaction in the band members’ faces as they finished a hard selection, and the audience reactions at the end of their concerts. His most precious memory is of wife. “My most precious memory is looking out to Section AA Seat 14 and watching my wife’s response at the end of each tune. She loved Christmas and everything that it stands for; and our Christmas Concert was always her favorite. (At our first concert of the season, I found myself getting off the podium and looking in that direction after each selection out of habit.)” Clarinet player Isidro Garcia-Sepulveda said that the Christmas concert has always been one of her favorites to perform with the ensemble “because there is such joy pulsating from everyone’s playing.” It also reminds her of when she was younger, performing concerts as a beginner and in middle school and having her family there to watch and listen to her and the band. “It brings some sort of nostalgia when performing, and that is an emotion that makes me feel warm inside.” “When familiar pieces are interwoven together,” said Ed Keebaugh, a trumpet player, “It can create new 2017 Mission Quilt Show. Photo by Jim Brunson Quilts and wall hangings must be ready, with a sleeve for display purposes. Entries are on a first-in/ first-accepted basis; limited space may prompt early closure. Only one item per person. Quilts entered in the past five years are not eligible for this year’s show. Obtain an entry form in person at the museum to participate. Applications are accepted through Thursday, January 4, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Quilts may be delivered any day before the January 4 deadline. The Museum will be closed on December 22, 25, 29, and January 1 and 2. Early registration is encouraged due to limited space. The exhibit opens on Saturday, January 13, 2024, and continues through Friday, February 16, 2024. An Awards Reception and Turning of the Quilts program will occur at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 19, 2024. The Mission Historical Museum is located at 900 Doherty Ave, Mission. For more information, please call (956) 580-8646.
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