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The apartment was called the Consulate Lounge and it was used to entertain vip's who came to the park. It was very plush and I remember the gold fixtures in the bathroom. Friends in the Marketing department knew I was a huge beach boys fan and took me up there the summer of 78 to meet Mike Love when...

Hi Steven,

If I get a chance I will try to this weekend. I'm just a little swamped still getting all my video and other displays ready for the reunion.

There's a nice story on the upcoming Gurnee Show Ops reunion in the Daily Herald.

http://www.dailyherald.com/news/lakesto ... r&t=Gurnee


Sadly they don't post the pictures that were in the paper. There's a nice one with me and Bugs!!

Already taken care of!javascript:emoticon(':D')

I remember Octoberfest! I think it was in 78. I remember it was extremely cold those weekends and attendance was low. There's a picture from the event of Hauf bra Bugs at this link,

http://www.mgareunion.com/pages/PhotosGurnee2.html

I think I saw a thread somewhere on this site talking about the music which played throughout the park. Someone recently sent me a picture of Tech Services, where all the music emanated from. You can see the reel to reels at, http://www.mgareunion.com/pages/InsideTechServices.html Thought you'd like...

Hey Guys, thanks for plugging the site! :) I have almost 200 people signed up at EACH park for the Show Ops reunions being held next July. If you know anyone who worked in shows during the "Marriott Years", please let them know about it. I've heard from people from every show venue except ...

Randy,

That's great stuff! Thanks for sharing.

I know Gene got his start at Six Flags Over Texas. So I'm sure he would have gotten over to Astroworld at some point.

Gene Patrick was the Vice President of Show Operations for Marriott's. Gene was responsible for the entertainment concepts of the parks. When the parks opened, the Show Department was HUGE! Along with the Music Hall shows there were The Bugs Bunny shows in Theatre Royle, which Gene wrote, The Circus...

Steven,

That was really great! Thanks for putting it together.

At the Gurnee park in 1977 we used all the Bugs costumes Ed mentioned, although I remember our Orleans costume being lite blue. The cue line shows were actually funny. The escort would pull along a rolling wagon which held the props and sound system, which was an 8-track tape running off a car batte...

That is correct. Although I don't know if it was the full show or a scaled down version. The Bugs Bunny Show finally opened for full-time operation. And it never went to the Santa Clara park. And on the Santa Clara side, Bugs Bunny's Wonder Circus never came to Gurnee.

I beleive it was...

The Parade passes by
with its' flags flying high
shout, "hurray",
It's a day
Like the forth of July
(something, something) true
Great America on review
It's the Merry Mardi Gras Parade!

I danced to that track in 1978 at Proctor and Gamble's headquarters in Cincinnati Ohio. We were doing a presentation for the execs to get them to sponsor a new theater in the park. Halfway through it, the slide projectors went down, and I had to work with nothing but a blank screen. Needless to say,...