Movie I Memo

Hocus Pocus
October 26, 2024 – 7:30 PM Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA
Hisham Bravo Groover, Conductor

Service Schedule:
Rehearsals:
10/25: 4:00-6:30 PM, Adler Theatre
10/25: 7:30-10:00 PM, Adler Theatre

Performances:
10/26: 7:30 PM, Adler Theatre

Adler Theatre: 136 E 3^rd St. Davenport, IA

** All rehearsals and concerts may be audio/video taped for marketing and development purposes. Every effort will be made to ensure that photographers are not a distraction during rehearsals and performances**

Performance Attire
Musicians shall have and maintain proper professional performance attire for concerts

i. Dress III: Movie/Opera – All Black – default for Movie concerts unless otherwise specified, and other Masterworks and Non-Masterworks concerts as specified.

• Black suit, collared black long-sleeved shirt, option jacket OR

• All black full or ankle length dress with long or ¾ length sleeves that do not rise above the elbow while performing OR

• All black full or ankle length skirt; with black dressy top with same sleeves as above OR

• All black slacks; with black dressy top with same sleeves as above OR

• All black pant suit and a black top where pants are in the same style listed above and with same sleeves as above OR

• Black slacks of a formal style; black dressy top with same sleeves as above.

• Solid black calf or knee-length socks or black full length or knee-high stockings in sheer or opaque hosiery (no pattern/no fishnet) with dressy black shoes.

Optional Dress: Halloween Costumes

You must be able to play your instrument while in costume.
Do not bring real or replica weapons.
Be respectful of other cultures. Dressing up as someone from another culture or ethnic background should always be avoided. Appropriating motifs and cultural artifacts is insensitive and offensive.
Avoid costumes that are too revealing.
Avoid wearing gory or profoundly scary costumes.
Don’t wear a costume that will leave you feeling uncomfortable to sit in for 1-2 hours.
Avoid costumes that allude to social issues. Dressing up in a costume that makes light of or glamorizes other people’s struggles is not permitted. Costumes that make fun of poverty (e.g. homeless person), violence (e.g. “pimp and ho”), racism (e.g. blackface), or disabilities (e.g. blind person) are prohibited.

Compensation:

Payment for all artistic services as well as per diem, hotel reimbursement, and mileage reimbursement will be rendered via direct deposit within 7 business days following the concert cycle.
Payment for reimbursement will be made only upon successful submission of completed expense vouchers by the musicians and should be submitted at the completion of the final service, or within 1 business day following a concert cycle.
Expense vouchers will be available at all orchestral services and can be submitted online via email.
Musicians living more than 50 miles outside of the Quad City area (based on Google Maps) will be given a $10 meal per diem on service days where no meal is provided.

Music:

Musicians may take original parts and the black folders with them after each rehearsal. (You are responsible for returning the folder and music in the condition in which it was given to you.)
Copies of the Star-Spangled Banner should be left in the black QCSO folders, in the pocket on the left side.
Please place all music inside the mailing envelope in which you received your music, and leave the envelope on your stand.
Please be courteous to our music librarian, Matt Kowalczyk, and do your best to return the music in concert order.
All music, including photocopies, must be returned at the conclusion of all services.

Parking:
There is no reserved parking for QCSO musicians during concert cycles.
Most musicians find luck with on-street parking around the venues or:

Adler Theatre: The Davenport Public Library Lot on the corner of Brady and 4th Streets.

Backstage Details:
Please check the personnel manager table backstage for schedules, rosters, etc.

**There are no purses or bags allowed on stage. We will use the dressing rooms in the back hallways to store valuables during the concerts. These rooms will be locked during the concert and unlocked before, at intermission, and at the end of the concert to give you access to your belongings. Thank you for your help in making our onstage efforts look as professional as possible**

Complimentary Tickets:
Comp tickets have not yet been released. If comp tickets are available, then you will receive an email from the personnel manager about how to reserve yours.

Marc Zyla, QCSO Personnel Manager
Cell : 304-482-0794 (Texts Preferred)
Email : mzyla@qcso.org