Gingerbread, Eggnog & Chardonnay Dreams

Our Featured Soloist returns to the Pops stage with his renditions of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and “Christmastime is Here.”

Quinn hails from Detroit and received his introduction to music participating in the church choir as a very young boy. Calling himself a “closet singer,” He eventually went on to join various gospel groups including the much-in-demand ”Jointheirs” from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Mr. Johnson is a retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant with 26 years of service.

Quinn’s lovely wife is Olivia Green from Victorville, California, and they have two children, Sean and Briauna. They now live in Lompoc, and Quinn currently works as a computer assistant with the 30th Medical Group at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

		Featuring Ret. USAF MSgt. Quinn Johnson Quinn Johnson Our Featured Soloist returns to the Pops stage with his renditions of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and “Christmastime is Here.” Quinn hails from Detroit and received his introduction to music participating in the church choir as a very young boy. Calling himself a “closet singer,” He eventually went on to join various gospel groups including the much-in-demand ”Jointheirs” from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Mr. Johnson is a retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant with 26 years of service. Quinn’s lovely wife is Olivia Green from Victorville, California, and they have two children, Sean and Briauna. They now live in Lompoc, and Quinn currently works as a computer assistant with the 30th Medical Group at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Shirley Wallace, mother of four, came with her Air Force family to Lompoc in 1965 and was delighted with the area. She resumed painting, this time studying under Dee Sudbury and Darrell Brandon. During her employment at Federal Electric, she was hired by the Base Commander to do the cover and nine illustrations for Strategic Air Command’s ecology magazine, and her work was entered into a nation-wide SAC contest which took second place. Shirley has been teaching oil/acrylic painting classes for Allan Hancock College for the last 23 years and has worked with the Lompoc Civic Theater as their set designer and graphic artist for four years. She has been a member of the Lompoc Valley Art Association for nearly 46 years, and has shown her work with them annually at the June Flower Festival. This wide exposure has drawn people from not only our country but from all over the world. Consequently, her work hangs in many private collections worldwide. As a Santa Barbara County Arts Commissioner in the 90’s, Shirley was involved with the Lompoc Valley Arts Council for five years. She was asked to show in the annual, county-wide Best of the Best Art Show in Lompoc, winning first, second and third places, as well as two popularity awards. In view of her outstanding work, it was decided that she should replace Al Thompson (the brilliant creator of the Best of the Best Art Show) as chairman of the event when he retired. She held that position for the next eight years.	GINGERBREAD, EGGNOG & CHARDONNAY DREAMS ARTIST - SHIRLEY WALLACE
	SHIRLEY WALLACE (continued) Shirley took part in the Lompoc Mural Society for eight years, when she worked with others on 13 murals around town. She also worked on her own murals, “Early Education” on the Bank of America building; “God Bless America” by Jim Hall’s office on G street; a small mural inside Bruce’s Prime Cuts; another mural in what was then Magellan’s Restaurant; and “The Gondolier” on La Botte Restaurant. She currently writes an article monthly for The Lompoc Record titled “A Walk Through the Cypress Gallery”, which promotes the Lompoc Valley Arts Association’s Cypress Gallery. Shirley’s work is appearing for the fourth time on posters and programs for the Pops Orchestra, and wants you to know that it is her honor and pleasure − and she thanks you. For the Love of Music!