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Performing Arts Guild builds on past success

Lend Me A Tenor was a smash hit for the Quail Creek Performing Arts Guild in the spring of 2015.

If you liked the Tenor you’ll love the Butler. Last spring the Quail Creek Performing Arts Guild (PAG) presented the hilarious play, Lend Me a Tenor. Based on audience comments, it was a hit. And in 2014 audiences raved about PAG’s production of Moon Over Buffalo. Well, hold onto your seats – here comes another…

Pickleball Club celebrates 2nd birthday

Jo-Anna Kikel The Quail Creek Pickleball Club celebrated its second Birthday Bash December 16. Over 75 members gathered at the courts for a scramble, food, drink and friendship. Club members are excited about the many activities planned for the season. Upcoming tournaments include a Giant Round Robin, our third annual Play Day with SaddleBrooke Ranch…

A Shared Table project ends, $7k given to Genesis House

Janice Pell The Women of Quail Creek President Peggy McGee and Janice Swain, who designed the cover and dividers for the A Shared Table cookbook, were invited guests at a November luncheon to honor clubs and individuals for efforts to support Genesis House, a local charity that provides shelter and advocacy for victims of domestic violence.…

TWOQC thanks residents for generous support of clothing drive

TWOQC President Peggy McGee and Clothing Drive Chair Mary Lou Kiger were overjoyed by Quail Creek’s generosity. They thank the community a thousand times over for the contributions!

Janice Pell The tremendous outpouring of generosity and support from the community for The Women of Quail Creek’s sixth annual clothing and household goods drive to benefit homeless veterans was overwhelming. An astonishing 7,640 items, 230 pounds of toiletries and $476 were contributed. Included in that number were seven bikes and 66 backpacks. This year’s…

James Bond: Casino Royal New Year’s Eve

The New Year’s Eve party, James Bond – Casino Royale, will be Thursday, December 31, 2015, in Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom; dance music by RockUs. The cash bar will be at 5:30, cocktails and appetizers from 6:00-7:00 and dinner will be 7:00-8:30 p.m. Dance music provided by RockUs from 8:30-midnight; complimentary party favors and a…

Totes for Scholarship Project

Janice Pell TWOQC thermal totes will be sold Monday, November 16 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Madera Lobby. The roomy insulated totes feature a zippered closure and a coated thermal film that helps keep food either warm or cold. Keeping one or two in the car means always being prepared to transport food…

Ruth McDermott… A Labor of Love

Janice Pell The Women of Quail Creek recognizes that our community is blessed by many dedicated volunteers that offer their services in many ways. Perhaps the epitome of those volunteers is Ruth McDermott. Ruth has contributed much to Quail Creek over the years, even starting the very first activities club in February 1999. She is…

Photography Club captures mood without people

First Place - Lonely by John Standquist

Robert Thoresen August’s theme was designed to provide a mood emphasizing a pervading quality of feeling or emotion without including the presence of a human being. August’s winners relied on landscapes, the summer monsoon and horses to generate that feeling. John Standquist’s first place photo, Lonely, was taken last summer about 30 miles from Grand Teton…