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[February 02, 2012]
Wednesday evening Jim Xamis Ford
Lincoln Mercury served as hosts to the Cirque du Soleil Quidam tour
bus. The bus, tagged as a rolling billboard by tour manager Zach
Daigneault, features brilliant colors and larger-than-life depictions
of the some of the central characters of the Quidam performance.
Cirque du Soleil will present Quidam in Springfield later this
month. The bus was in Lincoln on Wednesday evening and will be in
various other locations throughout the central Illinois region over the next
couple of weeks.
One of the highlights of the bus promotion was the "green board,"
where visitors could have their photo taken. Later, from the Quidam
website, they can retrieve an image of themselves as though they
were part of the performance.
Inside the front doors of the Xamis dealership, there was also a small reception. With tons of ready-to-eat sweets to tempt visitors, Jim Xamis was
all smiles as he chatted with his guests.
Also inside the showroom was a brand-new red
Ford pickup with a bed full of Pease's candies. Xamis explained that the
truck will be there for the next several days, and folks are
encouraged to guess how many pounds of Pease’s candies are in the
bed of the truck.
Pictures by Nila Smith |
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Quidam tour manager Zach Daigneault and Mike Grigas,
the assistant to the tour manager, pause Wednesday evening
for a photo op.
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Visitors Wednesday evening could get their
picture taken in front of the green board. Later they can
retrieve a picture of themselves from the Quidam website. |
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