Quad City Arts and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra take the Holiday Pops in an exciting new direction this
  year with Cirque de la Symphonie. This year's concert will also feature the Quad City Arts Visiting Artists,
  m-pact.

  m-pact is a 6 piece award winning acappella group with the smooth soul of Stevie Wonder, the percussion
  power of Stomp, the funk and drive of Earth, Wind, & Fire, the hip licks of Take 6, and the brass bite of the
  Harry Connick Jr. Big Band.

  Cirque is an exciting adaptation of the artistic performances widely seen in theaters and arenas everywhere.
  Artists include the most amazing veterans of exceptional cirque programs throughout the world - aerial flyers,
  acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen. These artists include world-record
  holders, international competition gold-medal winners, and some of the most original talent seen anywhere.

  Conducted by Music Director Mark Russell Smith and featuring return engagements from the First Presbyterian
  Church Sanctuary Choir and the Holiday Pops Children's Chorus, this year's concert promises to be the most
  spectacular Holiday Pops ever.