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AAA Niagara
Orleans Auto Club Inc.I am happy to tell you that my whole group thoroughly enjoyed your mystery dinner show. I was very pleased that my 2 tables were "picked on" and that they joined in the bantering with the actors and actresses. All in all, it was a very enjoyable evening. It was very different from anything they had ever done before and they had a great time.
I will definitely do it again in the future.
Warm regards,
S.R.
Group Tour Coordinator
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AARP Chapter 243
Thank you Brian for contributing to the success of AARP's trip to Toronto to The Lion King and Mysteriously Yours... The beef was very tasty, tender, and done to perfection. Everyone is still talking about the chocolate devil's food cake with mocha buttercream and orange brandy creme anglais--delicious!
Brian keep me posted on future shows. We will return to Toronto at some point in 2001.
Continued success with the show
Margaret M. Marra
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ACL Canada
Inc.Dear Brian,
What can I say except "thanks" to you and the cast for making our "Reform School Reunion" a great success.
At the start I was really concerned and couldn't believe what was going on and I don't think I was the only one.
Well now that its all over I'm really in trouble. Everyone is asking what are we going to do next year to top this one?
This is the first year we have had a 100% turn out and some of our guests have already mentioned they passed on "Mysteriously Yours" as a recommendation for their own events.
Again thanks,
G.L.
Marketing Manager
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AC Nielsen
Hi Brian,
I just want to say Thank you. Our event on Tuesday, April 9th at the King Edward was a huge success, your staff and actors were absolutely fantastic. My team had a fantastic time.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
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A&M/Island/Motown
Dear Brian,
Just a short note to thank you and your troupe for an amazing evening on Monday. The Sunrise presentation was the final one our company did this fall, and it was great to go out with a bang. As you saw before leaving, their people were raving about everything.
The characters and the interplay between them and the audience was perfect. Best of all, Spbill didn't follow Pirot (sp?) home.
Again, it was a super night, and I hope we can work together again in the future.
Regards,
D.L.
Ontario Marketing Manager
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A.T. Kearney Ltd.
Dear Brian,
On behalf of the staff here at A.T. Kearney, I would like to thank you for providing us with a wonderful murder mystery event on Thursday, November 25th, 1999 at the Founders Club.
The murder mystery was a huge success! The actors were superb, to say the least, and I heard nothing but rave reviews from my colleagues. I was amazed on how well the actors interacted with the guests and how extremely funny the whole experience was. My colleagues are still discussing Ginger's attributes!
Again, thank you for everything and all the best for the holiday season. I look forward to working with you again in the new year.
Sincerely,
L.A.
Office Assistant
A.T. Kearney Ltd.
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A.T. Kearney
Dear Brian,
I want to thank you for the wonderful performance of "Who Wants to Be a Dead Millionaire" at our office event this past fall. This is the second year in a row that we asked you to perform your show, and again, we were thoroughly pleased and delighted with the performers and the content of the show.
We were skeptical that your performance this year would be as funny and as fresh as it was in 1999… we were silly to doubt you!! The actors were wonderful and used the material that was provided beforehand very well. I would certainly recommend you to anyone looking to enjoy an evening of laughter and mystery.
Thank you again, and I look forward to doing business with you in 2001.
Sincerely, L.A
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AT&T
Dear Brian,
Thank you for helping make my customer event a success with your performance of "Welcome Home, Billy Ray!" (or: "Achy, Breaky, Murder!") I also appreciate the extra attention and planning of the event, provided by yourself, to help make the evening a success. In addition to outstanding acting, your cast did an excellent job of involving the audience and ensuring everyone had a good time. The feedback from all the customers who attended and my peers has been very positive. When we first planned this customer event, there were concerns as to how to bring some cohesiveness to a disparate group of customers, however, your cast quickly helped to dispel those fears. And, by the end of the evening, due to the wonderful interaction that was encouraged by your performance, all our customers felt at ease with one another and continued the party in the hotel bar.
Again, thank you for making AT & T's Customer Event a memorable evening and perpetuating the notion that AT & T throws a good party -- with your help, of course!
Sincerely,
E.L.
International Account Manager
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Advanced Monobloc
Dear Brian,
I would like to thank you and your cast for a very enjoyable evening. All the feedback that I have been receiving since the evening has been very positive. Everyone enjoyed the show immensely and I would not hesitate to have such an event again in the future.
Once again, thank you from everyone who attended the show, for a wonderful evening and I look forward to perhaps seeing you again in the not too distant future.
Sincerely,
S.L.
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Allanson International Inc.
Thank you for a wonderful evening our group had on may 13, 1999.
Here's what our group had to say about the show: "It's pretty awesome", "it's funtastic", "it's different from other shows I've been too", "it was great", "I never had so much fun", "I enjoyed the audience participation and the performers made us feel relaxed", "being a part of "The Y2K Files! - Millenium Factor!"Mystery Bistro Theatre was truly quite an experience", "great, great show".
I am sorry I wasn't able to make it myself due to a previous engagement. After hearing all the above comments, I wish I had. Need I say more? Well, given another oppertunity I sure won't miss it the second time.
Yours truly,I.B.
Human Resources Admin.
P.S. Our group enjoyed the great food at the Royal York, too. Perfect place to have a perfect show!
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All-Star Cruises & Travel Inc.
If I said "thank you" one hundred times it would not express the gratitude I feel for your most outstanding performance this past Friday evening. Every travel agent in attendance was stunned by the evening.
Please express my gratitude to all involved.
You have truly "won-over" 20 new travel agents and we will most definitely support you!
Again, thank you!
Respectfully,
D.J.S.
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All-Star
Travel CompaniesA Heartfelt Thank You!
On behalf of the entire gang, thank you!
Everyone had a most wonderful time and Mysteriously Yours Murder Mystery has made a wonderful impression on all who attended.
Here, at The All-Star Travel Companies.... The Murder Mystery is number one!
I look forward to next time!
Respectfully,
D.S.
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Amdahl Corporation
Dear Brian,
I wanted to take the opportunity to congratulate you and your staff on a job well done! We really enjoyed the murder mystery you performed for us on September 12 at the Vaughan Estate. Everyone had a great time-I think they really enjoyed interacting with each other to try to figure out "whodunit". (Some even got emotional about it!)
Your preparation and attention to detail really showed.
I wish you and your group lots of success in the future.
Regards,
C.H.
Marketing Communications Specialist
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American Express Business Travel Center
On behalf of American Express Travel Group (Toronto: August 12), I would like to thank you for a most enjoyable evening with "Mysteriously Yours".
Please thank the actors, who should be commended for their great performance, that evening. We particularly appreciated the way you were able to put our office manager and supervisor under suspicion. This concept for a group dinner is something we shall surely recommend to our corporate clients, if ever the occasion presents itself.
Once again, thank you very much. We all had a very pleasant and entertaining evening.
J.B.
Travel Counsellor
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AMEX Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
I was stumped! Thank you for allowing me the opportunity of experiencing a Murder Mystery first hand.
The actors were fabulous and very entertaining, the plot was creative, the participation was imperative, and most of all everyone had a wonderful evening.
I look forward to proposing your Murder Mystery to future groups! Thanks again.
Sincerely,
M.O.
Express Meeting Co-ordinator
Group Travel Management Service
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American Society of Travel Agents
Dear Brian,
Thank you for all your efforts in entertaining our delegates at the recent ASTA Eastern Regional Conference.
As you already know, our agents loved the show. Everyone thought it was very entertaining, as the evaluation cards certainly confirm. There is no doubt that you have impressed the right people. Our delegates are top travel professionals from the Eastern Region of the United States and one of the many enjoyable memories they have taken back from Toronto is the fun they had at your show.
Thank you again for everything. It was a pleasure working with you.
Sincerely,
L.C.
Director, Meetings and Conventions
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AMI Partners Inc.
Dear Brian,
I would like to compliment your group on a very, very entertaining evening. They certainly had their work cut out for them this time.
Our staff and guests were right into the game and were more comfortable with the procedure since this was our second time around they understood more about clues, etc.
One of our part-timers made it extremely difficult by continually interrupting the main flow of things. However, your people (being professionals) carried on and made the best of her over-zealous participation.
The staff and Management congratulated me by email and in person on Monday for a fun evening, and I would like to pass their thanks on to your people for a great night. I would also like to add my apologies to Larry, and the crew for the aftermath of P.'s over-enthusiastic combination of White Wine and Boating knowledge.
Thanks again.
Respectfully,
C.L
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Amram's Distributing Ltd.
On behalf of the "Alumnae of Amram's Reform School", just a brief note to pass on unqualified praise for the special night you did for our National Sales Meeting on Saturday January 6th. I heard nothing but compliments and excited comments.
A very special commendation to your whole cast who we find extremely talented and who maintained an evening of uproarious laughter. We were especially pleased with the way in which they worked so hard to build the script around our people.
I speak for everyone when I say that it was a most enjoyable evening. I don't know if I'll be able to top this one.
Once again my thanks from everyone at Amram's Distributing Ltd. for a terriific time.
Yours truly,
N.R.
Manager Sales Administration
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Answer-Plus Inc
Hi Brian,
Everyone had a great time at the Murder Mystery on the 10th. It was very well done. Many of our staff have attended a Murder Mystery in the past and they commented that Mysteriously Yours is the best they have seen. Thanks again and please give my best to Peter.
Thanks again…
C.B
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Transcontinental PrintingDear Camille:
The purpose of this letter is to thank you personally and to ask you to extend our thanks to your staff for a wonderful evening where everyone enjoyed "Murder On The Limelight Express"
The dinner was superb, the waiters most attentive and the performers outstanding.
I guess it proves that it is possible to "please all of the people all of the time".
Thank you again and you can be assured that all in attendance will be spreading the word that we definitely had an evening to remember.
Sincerely,
D.A Sales Office Manager
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Arkwright Mutual Insurance Company
Dear Brian,
We had an absolutely enjoyable time with the cast of "Casablanca". You will be pleased to know that it has been rated our best event ever! I was very pleased to hear our employees speaking so highly of your production. We have had a very demanding six months and it proved to be a great stress reliever.
My thanks to all! Please ensure we are on your mailing for future occasions.
Sincerely,
J.A.G.M.
Office Administrator
Canadian Operations
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Artpark Supporting Cast
Dear Brian:
Just had to thank you so much for the great table location at LaCage on Saturday, March 3, 1988. The food and show were absolutely incredible. Our waiter provided excellent service and we all ate, drank and laughed our way through a marvelous evening of top rate entertainment.
I must say that I was fortunate to find your agency. it is a pleasure doing business with you. A repeat of Saturday night is not unlikely, and I will surely be calling for a Mysteriously Yours package probably for the fall, 1988.
Thanks again for a great time.
Very truly yours,
K.I.T.
Artpark Supporting Cast
Board of Directors
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Associated Earth Movers of Ontario
Dear Brian,
Our association all thoroughly enjoyed your murder mystery performance. It was an exciting evening filled with suspicion and intrigue. The actors are to be commended as they included all our guests in their spectacular performance. I was impressed that your actors were all able to personally select a Director and ridicule him in a very professional and tasteful manner. I found this to be one of the many highlights in your evening dialogue. This kind of event was somewhat different from our other Ladies Night functions in the past and since it was such a great success we look forward to planning another mysterious evening of murder in the future.
Yours very truly,
G.F.R.
President & Manager
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AtKearney
Dear Brian,
I want to thank you for the wonderful performance of "Who wants to be a Dead Millionaire?!" (Is that your Final Answer?!) at our office event this past fall. This is the second year in a row that we asked you to perform your show, and again, we were thoroughly pleased and delighted with the performers and the content of the show.
We were skeptical that your performance this year would be as funny and fresh as it was in 1999...we were silly to doubt you!! The actors were wonderful and used the material that was provided beforehand very well. I would certainly recommend you to anyone looking to enjoy an evening of laughter and mystery.
Thank you again, and I look forward to doing business with you in 2001.
Sincerely,
Lara Appleton
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Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
Brian,
Please extend our thanks to the players tha performed for us on Wednesday night at the Glencarin Inn.
The Evening was delightful, everyone kept coming up to me the next day i or conference saying what a great time they had.
I believe another booking in December may be arranged with you because Ray Grisold, our Chief Financial Officer Thought it was superb!
Thanks again for the great entertainment!
Sue Odanski
Adminiration Assistant
Information Technology
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
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Auto Camping Limited
I received your letter in the mail in regards to our latest company event at your facilities.
Just to let your know that our crew had so much fun that night and the arrangement was just wonderful. Food was good. The show was great. We all like the interactive aspect of the performance.
We really had a good time. Thanks for the nice work.
L.H
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Baker & McKenzie Barristers & Solicitors
My guests and I had a great time. After heavy meetings, throughout the day, the comedy was a great relief. Of course, I now have the reputation in my Firm of 2,000 lawyers of being hairy, but impotent.
Thanks for the great time.
Yours very truly,
R.K.K.
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Barry Rayner Associates Inc.
Good Morning Brian,
Just wanted to congratulate your crew on an excellent job last night. They were hilarious! Everyone had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the show. I was very pleased with Peter as well… very charming, very professional. He took charge and made sure everything ran smoothly… Well done!
M.F
Human Resouces Coordinator
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Baxter Corporation
We were at the Old Mill Restaurant last week and went to the mystery dinner theatre "A Clue In The Castle".
Our group all enjoyed themselves thoroughly. It was most of the groups first time going to a murder mystery, so they didn't know quite what to expect. They made positive comments about the interaction between the actors and the audience. It was a great afternoon, thanks again.
Thank you, S.M.
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Bayer Inc.
Dear Brian,
On behalf of Bayer Canada Inc., and myself I would like to express my gratitude on the wonderful show we enjoyed this past Friday.
Your assistance and guidance, along with the attention to detail made the evening very enjoyable. I would like to express a particular thank you to "Mr. Humpty Dumpty".
My sincere thanks and best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year.
Sincerely,
G.C.
Assistant to Dr. P. M.
Medical Department
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BDO Dunwoody
Dear Brian,
Just a short note to thank you and the Mysteriously Yours group for another fine performance on October 22 at our 1996 National Tax Conference.
The performers did an excellent job in getting the audience involved. I particularly liked the idea of starting events at the reception and running it throughout the dinner. It just made the evening a lot shorter (the participants had already had a very long day-starting at 8:00am to 6:00pm).
Again, many thanks to you and the crew of Mysteriously Yours!!!
Yours truly,
J.C.
Meeting Co-ordinator
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Bell Canada
Brian,
Thanks for the follow-up memo. It's nice to see that you just don't take the money and run.
I would like to thank you and your staff for such an outstanding job! It was a huge success with all those who attended. I can certainly say that we were all impressed with the professionalism displayed by your actors throughout the evening. They were able to play their parts with great enthusiasm and with high energy levels. It was most enjoyable in the way they incorporated personal touches throughout the evening. I never laughed so hard.
All the best to you and your staff. I can honestly sat that if the opportunity arises again, you will certainly be on my list.
Sincerely,
D.D.
Sr.Analyst/Designer-Client Services
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Bell Telephone Pioneers - Oakville Branch
Please excuse the inordinate delay in responding to your letter of March 28 regarding Murder on Sunset Boulevard.
The Bell Telephone Pioneers -Oakville Branch- were very positive in their comments about the performance, the actors and actresses, the interaction with the audience and the buffet.
An excellent event for our members.
Again many thanks.
M.G.S.
(alias Capt. Kangaroo...according to one member of the cast and his public announcement of same...Great Stuff)
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Bell Telephone Pioneers
The performance was great. Some say it was better than the previous year's mystery. This is a moot point. Everyone had a grand time and enjoyed being part of the support cast.
Thank you for your help and pleasant cooperation. Hope to see you next year.
M.S.
Oakville Life Members
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Bell Canada
Brian:
Quite often, I am pleased with the treatment or service that I receive from an organization, both as an individual or as an employee of Bell Canada. However, it is not often that I am so impressed with an organization that I take the time to send a letter listing the accolades that I have heard as a result of the services provided by a supplier. Here is that letter.
From the moment that your team walked into the "ship's" dining room, the energy level started to rise. It was fascinating to watch my co-workers interacting with your crew. The actors' ability to pick up on nuances and bring it into the play was very impressive (and very funny)! How the detective knew that our president had been doing the hula with the social director, I will never know. the feed back that I received ranged from terms like "one of the best murder mystery events that I have ever attended" to "the best going-away ever". I guess that is not a wide range, but at that end of the scale, it is hard to distinguish one superlative comment from another.
I am now worried that your team have set a standard that others will fear, and it may become more difficult to find volunteers to organize the next event.
One mandate of the Employee Developement Centre is to exceed customer expectations. I had expected a professional presentation, but your team's ability and your professionalism vastly exceeded OUR expectations. On behalf of the organizing team, my co-workers at Bell, and our honoured guests, it was a pleasure to have dealt with you and your company, and you can be assured that the term "word of mouth" was not lost on individuals that work for a communication company.
Best wishes,
M.M.
Associate Director
Employee Development Centre
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Bell, Temple Barristers & Solicitors
Dear Mr. Caws:
RE: Bell, Temple Summer Functions
We wish to express our appreciation to you and your cast with regard to our two murder mystery functions.
Both functions were a Hit!
Best regards.
Yours very truly,
C. CR.G.
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Bell, Temple Barristers & Solicitors
Dear Mr. Caws,
RE:Mystery Bistro Theatre
McLean House, Estates of Sunnybrook
We wish to again extend our appreciation to you and your cast for the enjoyable evening.
Best regards!
Yours very truly,
C.C.R.G.
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Blake, Cassels & Graydon Barristers & Solicitors
Dear Brian,
Thank you for your letter of June 6, 1991. As anticipated, the choice of a murder mystery won rave reviews and was a total departure from our usually reserved dinners! Participants in the office were all talking about it the next day, expressing how much fun they had, and Tony Doyle is looking into getting onto the Law Clerk' Committee so he won't miss any future parties because he had so much fun at this one! (I still think Tony was Orville's father--did you notice the strong family resemblance?) You'll be pleased to know that I've already had a request from the Associate Lawyers' Entertainment Committee for information on your group, which I was very happy to pass along, and you may be getting a call from someone in that connection sometime in the future.
Again, Chris, Sylvia and I would like to thank you for making our evening such a success! The organizers next year will have a hard act to follow!
Yours truly,
N.G.
Patent & Trade-mark Agents
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Bluewater Summer Playhouse
Thanks for a great show-everyone enjoyed it immensely-I haven't heard laughter like that from certain members of the audience in a long time!!
We would like to do a repeat (in better weather of course) as I'm sure word of mouth around town will ensure increased ticket sales.
Hope everything was OK from your end and that your cast were comfortable -maybe next time you will be able to enjoy our fabulous beaches!
Thanks again!
J.W.
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Bombardier Aerospace Regional Aircraft-E-
Dear Brian;
On behalf of everyone associated with Bombardier Aerospace Regional Aircraft, please allow me to extend our heartiest thanks for the great murder mystery that Mysteriously Yours presented to our associates during the 1998 Marketing & Sales Department Meeting in London.
From the initial planning stages through the night of the event, we sincerely appreciated the way that you handled every detail. All of our associates enjoyed "The Maltese Blue Jay" immensely.
Please convey our thanks to all of the performers for a job well done! We look forward to working with all of you again in the near future.
Sincerely,
L.S., CMP,
Manager - Conventions & Special Events
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Bombardier Aerospace
Seems like everyone has a great time. Thank-you to you and your people for making me look so good. "The event was a huge success!!! The Flight Operations Steering Committee had a buzz after the dinner which lasted throughout the conference"
L.D
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The Bombay Company
Dear Brian,
Let me start off by saying that Mysteriously Yours Inc. and its representatives are extremely professional and talented. The feedback from our Store Managers was full of excitement, enthusiasm, delight and praise. They were taken aback for a short period of time as the characters first mingled amongst the crowd but they soon caught onto the idea and participated with enthusiasm. Mysteriously Yours Inc. turned what has been in the past a very conservative and reserved occasion into a light-hearted and fun evening full of laughter and intrigue.
I would highly recommend other companies incorporate Mysteriously Yours Inc. into their next employee function (and I have already recommended various associates consider the idea.) I thank you and your "Casablanca" players for the effort you put forth in making our Awards Dinner such a memorable evening and I look forward to our paths crossing again in the near future.
Yours truly,
N.O.R.
Office Administrator
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Borden and Elliot Barristers and Solicitors
Dear Brian:
Last week, our personnel group attended one of your murder mystery evenings at the Toronto Hilton Hotel.
I thought you might be interested to know that we had such a wonderful time, I have now written the attached article which will be included in a newsletter being sent to more than 100 law firms in Toronto later this month.
I hope this exposure will result in many others attending one of your presentations, and having as entertaining an evening as we did.
Your sincerely,
D.E.
Personnel Manager
YOU'LL "DIE" LAUGHING
It was really all my secretary's idea.....
A couple a times each year, our personnel group goes out to dinner together, sometimes to one of our homes, other times, to a restaurant. It's a great way to keep in touch with each other, and to bring some perspective to our jobs (life is not all work!)
When we were trying to decide where to go in October, my secretary suggested that we try something different, such as participating in a "murder night". I had heard a little bit about these (so-called murders happening on trains, cruises, during weekends at various hotels, etc.) and as a long time mystery buff, I was both curious and tempted.
We contacted "Mysteriously Yours" and discovered that hree evenings each week, a "murder" takes place in a downtown hotel, and guests are invited to share in the fun.
I've always believed that the only way to overcome temptation is to give into it, so we signed up!
On the night of the "murder", we registered outside one of the hotel's meeting rooms, and nervously sipped cocktails, trying to work out which of the other guests around us were in fact actors. before too long, one of the so-called guests approached us and behaved as if we were long-lost friends, harking back to the "good old days", dredging up supposed memorable times we had shared. After confusing us totally, she moved on to another group of guests, and another person (apparently her husband) came up to us, crying on our shoulders about the marital difficulties he and his wife were apparently going through. This pattern continued, with several people joining us at different times, and talking to us as if we knew all about them.
From the various conversations, we finally pieced together that we were all at a supposed school reunion, brought together primarily because a new chemistry wing was about to be opened in the school.
We continued with our cocktails, mingled with other guests, and even sang our old "school song"! We tried desperately to glean whatever fragments of information we could from those guests who appeared to be actors, hoping that this would help us solve the murder that we knew was coming. (To our dismay, we later discovered that what appeared to be some wonderful clues were, in fact, simply red herrings.)
When the shool principal stepped up to the podium and began his speech opening the new chemistry wing, a dispute broke out between him and a disenchanted chemistry professor. As the vice-principal stepped in to prevent the professor physically attacking the pricipal, the latter lurched forward clutching his throat, and fell to the floor, seemingly dead.
A shocked murmur ran through the crowd, and we were quickly hustled into a nearby dining room, while "school authorities" sought emergency help for the principal.
Once we were seated in the dining room, a "Canadian Mountie" Dudley DoWrong (corny, but it worked!), entered the room and informed us that the principal had in fact been murdered.
We had been having a pretty good time up until that point, but the fun got even better from then on, as Dudley carried out his investigation.
In what was a cross between a polite Don Rickles and a humorous Joe Friday, he mercilessly interrogated various characters (there was an actor seated at each table) often involving the guests. There did not appear to be a formal script, as the dialogue seemed to be ad-libbed most of the time, although the actors never strayed from the original story line, and kept in character throughout. For instance, at our table, we were joined by the supposed wife of the principal - a dizzy, dipsy, doorknod of a woman, many years younger than her husband; how she managed to keep up her squeaky voice all night is beyond me!
Dudley has us all in stiches, as he continued his investigation while we sipped our soup. At one point, I was laughing so much, he admonished me by pointing out to all and sundry that I was "dripping bodily fliuds all over the table"!
Adding even more entertainment was a second "murder" which happened at our table, right under our noses, between cources!
Before we began dessert, we were each given the oppertunity of writing down the name of the person we thought did the murders, and this prompted a great deal of discussion and debate. Dudley revealed all (so to speak!) after dessert, and yes, the clues were there for those who could see them.
It was one of the most enjoyable evenings I have had for some time, and I thoroughly recommend it, not only to mystery buffs, but to anyone who doesn't mind letting his/her hair down once in a while.......
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Brampton Seniors
Dear Brian,
Re: Brampton Seniors Drop-In Group - March 17th, 1993
I wish to say thanks for the time and courtesies shown the seniors group on their first visit to a Murder Mystery Matinee.
The buffet luncheon was terrific and the window seats was one of the highlights for the seniors. Please express my apppreciation for the excellent service from the friendly staff.
I have had nothing but positive feedback from those who attended, and they are also looking forward to returning next year.
With best regards, E.T.
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The Brantford General Hospital Foundation
Dear Brian,
Thank you very much for providing us with tickets for your show at The Old Mill on January 22nd. It was a wonderful afternoon!
The three committee members that attended with me had not had the pleasure of seeing your group in action previously. They were all impressed and are looking forward to our event in April with great anticipation. Their comments extended from "The time flew" to "I am convinced everyone will have a great time."
This performance gave us the opportunity to see how we can fit in our Silent Auction and raffle. It also served as the inspiration for creative ideas for decorating.
Thank you again. I look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
B.F.
Director of Development
Once again, thank you for all your assistance in coordinating the event. I hope to have another.
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The Brantford General Hospital Foundation
Dear Brian,
Thank you very much for the terrific evening. You and your cast did a superlative job!
In spite of the difficulties with the accoustics and the number of people at the event, we have received nothing but praise for your presentation. Many have asked if this will be an annual event.
The end result of the event is that we will contribute almost $15,000 to the Dialysis Clinic at The Brantford General Hospital.
On behalf of everyone involved in the Gala, and particularly our guests who enjoyed your performance so much, thank you again.
Sincerely,
B.F.
Director of Development
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Bryan Mills & Associates Ltd.
Dear Brian,
Thank you for helping to make our company Christmas party a resounding success. Unfortunately, I was not able to share in the fun due to illness, but from all the positive comments I heard at work after the event, I can confidently say that a great time was had by all!
Best Regards,
M.G
Director, Business Development
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CAFE Upper Canada
Dear Brian,
Subject: "MURDER MYSTERY" Workshop
On behalf of the Board of Directors I would like to thank you for your contribution to the "Murder Mystery" event held on Thursday, November 6, 1997. Your session received a good to excellent rating from those attending.
Thank you for your interest in CAFE and we look forward to when our paths cross again. In the meantime, we wish you continued success.
Sincerely,
M.E.
Managing Director
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Campana Systems Inc.
Dear Brian,
Thank you so much for a very entertaining evening at our recent AXIS User Group for AAA/CAA automobile clubs. I had many enthusiastic comments from our customers, as well as our own staff on the success of "Murder at the Grand Hotel". In fact a number of people stated that the event was the best ever put on for their enjoyment at any of the AXIS User Meetings over the past 5 years.
Thank you also for generously providing tee-shirts for all the winners. That was an unexpected, but delightful surprise! We appreciate all you have done to make our evening successful.
Congratulations on a very funny, mysterious production and a very talented cast!
Sincerely,
R.S.B.
Marketing Communications
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Campana Systems Inc.
With such a positive responses from the Mystery Dinner last week, I couldn't waste anymore time in sending a "Thank-you" for a wonderful evening.
Being the second year in a row that you have entertained our customer user group, it was mentioned that this years' "The Mystery of the Maltese Blue Jay" was even more entertaining than last year.
Also ... thank you for making a special effort in sending me a t-shirt. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the dinner, but I am anxious to attend the next one!
We look forward to seeing you next year. Thanks again.
Sincerely,
J.H.
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Campbell Soup Company
Dear Brian,
On behalf of everyone who was at the Millcroft Inn on Tuesday, Claudia and I want to thank you and the troop for "making" the evening. Everyone we spoke with raved about the Mystery event. The combination of your characters and the personalities of our people seemed to mesh really well. The "extras" who were part of the script had a ball, although I don't think your cast members need worry about any competition!
From the moment Lana walked into the River Room with her powder puff to Sam Spade's announcement of the killer, it was non-stop laughter and entertainment. The script was well thought out and the "zingers" directed at the Campbell people present were right on the mark.
All in all, it was an evening that will be talked about for a long time. We will be happy to recommend you to anyone looking for an entertaining evening event.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
C.M & C.R.
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Campbell Soup Company
Brian,
We had a wonderful time. Even knowing what was going to happen didn't spoil our enjoyment of the evening. You have a very talented group to work with and we both envy you your job!
As well, we both want to know what your actors do at their day jobs!
Regards,
C. & C.
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Campbell Soup Company Ltd.
Hello Brian,
Just a quick note to say Thank You & "Souper" Job on May 1st at the Old Mill for our Campbell team.
Everyone enjoyed the performance immensely. I'm still hearing comments-especially about Ginger! Please pass on our appreciation to the actors..
I, personally, was thrilled with the amount of personalized material you were able to incorporate into the act. I think our group was equally surprised and impressed.
I hope to be able to use your services again soon, however, in the meantime will certainly recommend you to anyone planning a function for personal or business use.
Regards,
B.W.
Manufacturing Administrator
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Canadian Association of Legal Support Staff
Dear Mr. Caws,
On behalf of the Canadian Association of Legal Support Staff and the Metropolitan Toronto Legal Secretaries Association; I would like to extend my warmest thanks to you and your staff for hosting such an enjoyable evening. Our convention was extremely successful and all of our delegates and guests who attended the murder mystery last week thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Once again, thank you for all of your assistance in the planning of this event and I look forward to perhaps dealing with you again in the future.
Yours very truly,
D.H.
Convention '90 Chairman
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Canadian Automotive Leasing Association
Dear Brian:
I must tell you that your troupe have certainly made the "most wanted" list of many of the guests at the CALA AGM. I fielded many requests for information on your group, (ran out of fliers early) and had to endure endless repetitions of catch phrases and punch lines. At least five people introduced themselves as "a leasing professional...a Canadian leasing professional" the next morning.
Thr praise was fulsome and well deserved. I was very impressed with the standards and flexibility of your cast. I believe it was Frank Benson a famous actor/manager who, when asked on his death bed, "Sir, you are dying, is it hard?" replied "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard." I can offer no greater compliment to your company than to say you played comedy (and largely improv comedy at that) and made it look easy.
On behalf of the board, the members, and myself, thank you very much for a very entertaining evening. I'm sure you will be hearing from many of the companies present when they are looking for enertainment.
Sincerely,
M.M.
Executive Director
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Canadian Dental Service Plans Inc.
Dear Brian,
Just a note to thank you and the Mysteriously Yours performers for an excellent and enjoyable show at the Vaughan Estates on June 5th.
Reviews from the CDSPI staff were raving. (or is that rave reviews?) Anyway, the compliments have been flooding in; they all had a great time. Several of them have inquired about the Royal York shows, so you may not have seen the last of us.
Thank you once again for the corporate discount and the Mysteriously Yours t-shirt. All the best.
Yours truly,
J.D.
Training Coordinator
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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Dear Brian,
On behalf of the Regional Board of Greater Toronto Commercial Banking I would like to thank you for for all your efforts in ensuring that our annual year-end Regional Celebration was such a resounding success! We are still receiving congratulatory responses from not only our invited guests, but also from the spouses and partners of our own employees.
The cast you supplied was fabulous and their interaction with our group was hilarious. Everyone appreciated their quick wit and some of the nicknames they came up with for various guests have now stuck!
Thank you again for making our evening celebration such a success. A first class event!
Yours truly,
N.G.
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Canadian Pacific Hotels Corporation
Dear Brian,
I would like to thank you for your assistance in making Friday night a success. The "Murder Mystery" broke the ice and brought everyone closer together for the weekend.
I understand that the Royal York function was the highlight of the weekend.
Again, Brian, thank you for helping to put the Royal York up front and centre.
Sincerely,
J.V.T
Director, Convention Sales
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Canadian Partner Airlines
Dear Brian,
A note of appreciation for the terrific performances your group put on for our guests in Sudbury on February 7, 1990 and again in Timmins on March 5, 1990. The Mysteriously Yours cast's keen professionalism and comedy skills accounted for the difference between a humdrum travel trade reception and an evening they will remember for a long time. It was great to work with you and most of the same cast again this year. We will look forward to doing so again.
Regards,
P.L.
Manager, Public Relations
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Canadian Partner Airlines
Dear Brian,
A letter of appreciation for the wonderful performance by your troupe for our guests in Sault Ste. Marie on Wednesday, May 31. Thanks to your cast's professionalism and to a genuinely entertaining show, Canadian Partner emerged relatively unscathed from what could have been a disastrous evening. I would not hesitate to recommend Mysteriously Yours to anyone looking for a different form of entertainment for a travel industry function.
Sincerely,
P. L.
Manager, Public Relations
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Canadian Society of Association Executives
Dear Brian,
Well, the 1994 Winter Management Conference is now over, and from all accounts, the Sunday night Mystery night was a success! Your actors were able to get the delegates to participate, and from the level of noise in the room, they enjoyed it too!
It was a great pleasure to work with you, and in the end, given the cold, cold weather, staying at the Royal York for the event was the best choice all around.
Thanks again, Brian. Hope to work with you again soon.
Kindest personal regards,
J.F.S., C.A.E. G.P.
President Manager, Meetings & Events
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Canadian Tire Dealers' Association
Dear Brian,
I would like to thank your cast for a wonderful evening of Murder and Mystery. A word that could describe the arrangements would be PERFECT. A word to describe the show would be PERFECT. Everyone had a fabulous time. Everything was so professional, it really was a crime!! My complimentsto you, the cast and everyone behind the scenes who made the evening a complete success. My best wishes to all of you. May you achieve everything you endeavour to attain.
Best regards,
C.M.
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Canlight
Dear Brian,
Just a quick note to thank you for a great performance on Friday, August 22, 1997. Everyone from Canlight definitely enjoyed the show. It was very well done. Your staff was absolutely marvelous; they had everyone going.
Once again a job well done and thank you for a fantastic performance.
Yours truly,
S.A.
Office Administrator
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Canon Canada Inc.
Just a short note to let you and the cast know how pleased I was with the event you staged for the Canon Information Systems Group National Sales Meeting on Thursday, January 21.
When Laura Roe and I first discussed the idea of a "Murder Mystery" evening, our major concern was that everyone in the group-from senior corporate executives to secretaries-would feel part of the show, have a lot of fun and not feel "put-upon" by the ensemble.
We were also concerned about the the "corporate sensitivites" of some of our most senior executives, who attended the dinner. As it turns out, we needn't have been.
The evening was a success beyond our fondest hopes. The ensemble was on target, bright, engaging and hilarious. They provided us with, in the words of one Director "the most fun I've ever had at a Canon meeting". It was certainly a memorable evening.
Please pass along my warmest regards to the members of the cast, as well as my congratulations on a job well done. You can be assured that I will not hesitate to recommend your services to my peers.
Sincerely,
E.M.
Manager, Sales Strategy
Information Systems Products
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Canon
Good morning Brian,
I want to thank you and your group for providing Canon with a very good event on October 18th at Blue Mountain. I received nothing but great reviews from our participants who truly enjoyed themselves.
I certainly would recommend Mysteriously Yours to anyone planning a fun evening!
Sincerely,
P.K
Sales Administration Assistant
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Cantours
Dear Brian and Lili:
A belated but sincere thanks to you and your cast for a terrific show at the Royal York Press Night last week. We all really enjoyed ourselves, and the show was great! Congratulations on a wonderful evening.
I heard Michael Lyons speaking about the show the next day on CFMX, and he gave it a really good review. You should benefit from the positive press.
Best wishes for a great season, and we'll be suggesting "Murder on Sunset Blvd." to our clients.
Yours sincerely,
J.S., CTIS
Director of Marketing & Sales
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel
The murder mystery at the Varley Art Gallery was stupendous. Our group found the tour of the gallery very interesting . The food provided by Unionville House was excellent - the hors d'oeuvres were out of the ordinary, the meal was delicious and the dessert was to die for. The Mysteriously Yours troupe had us in stitches throughout their performance.
I have received rave reviews from the attendees.
R.P.
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Casa Loma
Dear Brian:
I just wanted to thank you.....I thoroughly enjoyed the performance - I truly felt like I was cruising the Mississauga River. I particularly enjoyed Hazel's performance.
Again, thanks so much. I'll continue to spread the word.
Sincerely,
K.O.
Sales/Promotions Manager
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CBM Design Driven Maufacturing
Hi Brian, everyone really enjoyed the party and the murder mystery. I have heard only positive feedback. It was so funny and really made for a memorable party. I was very impressed with the professionalism of the cast when working with me and the hotel staff. I would highly recommend Mysteriously Yours.
J.W
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CBM Ltd.
I just wanted to send you a note to let you know that the murder mystery was a huge success. Everyone is still laughing today and had a great time. The actors were fabulous. I was also very impressed by their professionalism when working with the hotel staff and myself to coordinate the evening.
Thanks for a memorable event to you, Larry and the crew!
J.W
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Cerner Corporations
I wanted to send along our thanks to you and your cast. The Murder Mystery was a great success and your entire team did a GREAT job. Everyone was still talking about it all day on Friday.
A.K
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CGA Ontario
Good morning! I must say it was a pleasure working with you as well. Thanks to you and your group for a job well done. Our group had a blast! I loved the way your group interacted and captured our audience. The accolades and comments we received certainly told us that they enjoyed the performance immensely and we chose well.
M.K
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CGI
Brian,
The whole event worked out wonderfully! From everyone I spoke to attend enjoyed themselves immensely. They loved the food, ambience and the entertainment. The whole event went well without a glitch. Mind you I did get nervous at the beginning when I found out that you were planning to hold the same "Survivor Mystery" which we had last year (which we both were not aware of until that night) but even more surprisingly, I must admit I was very impressed by the quick turnaround of your team to provide another Mystery on such short notice. I commend you and your team for being so utterly professional in pulling it off, even in a crisis you and your team still managed to make me the talk of my social club.
We will definitely do it again next year with another Mystery that will knock their socks off. Right?
Best Regards,
L.T
CGI-CSB Team Leader
Senior Consultant
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CIBA-GEIGY Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
Thank you for you letter of June 14, 1993. The "Murder at the Grand Hotel" was enjoyed by the Medical Department of Ciba.
It added a delightful ending to a very busy day. The cast was terrific especially "Columbo".
I was surprised how the actors knew who had a sense of humor and who they cpuld embarrass (examples: Patrick, Bill and Sharon) considering I didn't provide any notes to you ahead of time.
Thanks again,
F.T.
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CIBC
Dear Brian:
Re: Murder Mystery for Year 2000 Information Exchange-Monday March 2, 1998
at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in the Alpine Room
Thank you for the memorable evening. We had a great time. Your mystery was almost, but not quite, as challenging as Year 2000! Thank you for including the references in your dialogue.
Sincerely,
C.S.
Consultant, Year 2000
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CIBC
This is an overdue Thank you for the wonderful lunch our group enjoyed at your theatre on December 12, 2001. From my initial requests for information to your patience with finalizing our details to the actual performance and the very attentive wait staff, everything was exceptional. As my boss said 'It couldn't have been better."
Thank you and the staff at Mysteriously Yours…Mystery Dinner Theatre for a memorable afternoon!
C.W
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CIS Infinity
Dear Brian,
Thank you so much for arranging such a fabulous show! All our clients enjoyed themselves and thought that the cast did a great job!
Please feel free to use my name as a reference if you need to. I would be glad to tell your prospective clients that this is our second year choosing Mysteriously Yours and we have yet to be disappointed.
Thanks for pulling this together!
Looking forward to speaking with you next year.
Sincerely,
M.Z
Advanced Utility Systems Corp.
B.C.
My husband and I would like to thank everyone connected to "Mysteriously Yours". You all helped to make the evening of January 15 a night that our 75 guests thoroughly enjoyed.
The actors and actresses went out of their way to chat with and include our most important guests-the bride and groom, best man and maid of honour. And my husband thoroughly enjoyed playing the role of Juliet.( He was good too!)
Several unforeseen glitches arose Saturday night and we were so pleased with everyones co-operation. Our request that my husband and I pay for our guests coat checking and liquor was handled with grace and courtesy. As I was trying to be sure our guests were happy, I appreciated this.
And the show! Well I think our favourite was Carumba. The show was terrific. Our guests ranged from 12 years of age to 84 years young and all ages in between. The entire group loved the show and we heard comments like "I've got to tell...about this."
Thank you for absolutely everything.
Yours truly,
B.C.
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Club 32
On behalf of our bowling group "Club 32" would like to thank you for the fun evening we had at Mysteriously Yours on June 8th. The cast is friendly & very fasy with the ad-libs.
Thanks again,
(Mrs.) K. S.
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The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Camille, the afternoon we spent at your theatre was something out of the ordinary and most enjoyable for us all.
Lunch was superb and the performance was quite amusing.
I am sure our experience will be kept in mind for future events.
Sincerely,
S.R
Medical Review Assistant
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Collier and Park Advertising Ltd
Dear Brian:
Just a brief note to let you and your "cast of characters" know how much all of us enjoyed your performance at our Christmas party last Friday evening.
We have had numerous enthusiastic comments about how successful a party it was and how much your people added to everyone's fun.
As for myself, being a surprised fiancee and widow in the space of just a few moments was quite a stupendous experience. And Chuck is still talking about the great jokes that "Philip Morris" did on him. He says he'll never (!) wear that tie again....
I enclose our Christmas card from last year to remind you of our own cast of characters and to wish you and your group a very merry Christmas and a terrific 1988 from the uplifting people at 888!
Yours sincerely,
C.J.D.
Executive Vice President
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Communities in Schools
Brian: I wanted to thank you for the wonderful evening you and your troupe provided for our fundraiser last Tuesday. Everyone had a great time, yet again, and we look forward to doing it again next year. I, personally, appreciate your flexibility and assistance every step of the way. I know it can't be easy working with me.
Again, heartfelt thanks!
R.S Executive Director
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Consumer Impact Marketing
Dear Brian,
I can't even begin to tell you what a fabulous job you and your company put together. From the moment we walked in, our team and clientt were excited, relaxed and looking forward to an amazing evening. The incorporation of audience members, the murder, the murder and mystery, and to top it off, the food, were beyond anything we could ever have expected. People are still commenting on that evening and I must say thank you for all you excellent work. I look forward to your next mystery.
sincerely,
Charlene Martisekont
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Consumer Impact Marketing
Hi Brian - thanks again for the evening- the guests provided really super positive feedback - please share with your squad.
C.W
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Continental Paper Grading of Canada Inc.
Dear Camille,
I would like to thank you for a wonderful evening.
Our entire group had a great time. It waaas nice to meet you after talking
to youon te phone so often. The actors were amazing and their interaction
with the audience was hilarious. We laughed so much-and you made us
think a little bit too!
The food was absolutly delicious. Everyone commented on how good everything was. I would like to thank you again on behalf of our company for making the evening so enjoyable! I would Certainly recommend your establishment to anyone who would like a very enjoyable evening.
Sincerely,
Lorraine Redfern
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Cook (Canada) Inc.
Dear Brian,
We wanted to thank you for a truly excellent performance at our "Over The Top" celebration last evening. Although ours is a fun group, it is doubtful if we have ever enjoyed such universal mirth. Certainly there was a steady explosion of belly laughs, not to mention weeping eyes. We had many comments about sides, sore from laughing, and one lady who said she laughed so much her face hurt. Perhaps it is fortunate we are in the health care business.
We were especially delighted with the performance of the players, particularly with their ability to remain In Character throughout the evening, and the way in which personal information was woven into the script.
Thank you once again and please be assured the word will go forward.
Yours truly,
S.W.
D.M.
T.C.
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Coopers & Lybrand Ltd.
I would like to thank you, the actors and staff of Mysteriously Yours for co-ordination an entertaining, fun filled event. We had a blast at the Royal York on Friday. The skit involving Rob Tollerton was hiliarious (I think he's planning to cut my pay though). The food was delicious and the actors were great. Congratulations on a successful evening.
Sincerely,
F.N.
Technical Support Specialist
P.S. Please tell Sam Spade that the Lady of Fatima says HELLO!
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Credit Valley Hospital Foundation
Dear Brian,
The talent and professionalism of your troupe is unparalleled. Our
Murder Mystery dinner was an enormous success and our patrons are eager
to repeat the event next year.
We thank you for your most entertaining production, your great spontaneity with our group and your unique approach to custom script writing.
With my best wishes for your continued success.
Sincerely,
N.B.
Vice President Resource Development
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The Credit Valley Hospital Foundation
Dear Brian,
Once again the murder mystery was a great success. Many thanks to you
and your colleagues for a great performance...
The evening was great and we are grateful to have had the oppertunity to work with you again.
Sincerely
N.B.
Vice President
Resource Development
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Crime Writers of Canada
I just wanted to thank you and your staff for throwing such a wonderful Arthur Ellis Awards dinner for us on Thursday. No saying "I told you so" now, but we should have gone with you years ago. The food was lovely, your servers (especially William who kept bringing me nibbles, bless his liver and lights) were terrific, and the ambience was everything we could have asked for.
Rick says you and he have come up with an even bigger extravaganza for next year - can hardly wait for that.
C.
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Crop Protection Institute
Dear Mr. Caws,
Thank you for your letter dated October 14, 1992. We would like to confirm that the evening was most entertaining, all present had a fun time.
The mystery itself, was a good activity for people to get acquainted and we shall keep you in mind for future events.
Thanks again,
L.R.C.
Chairman
Warehousing Committee
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CWT Meetings & Events
Everything went really well. The actors did a great job and I think everyone seemed to really enjoy it. It was the right level of involvement for the partners and the group did a really good job of working our people into the story.
L.H
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Dairy Queen Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
On behalf of all the staff at Dairy Queen Canada Inc., I would like to thank you and your staff for an excellent performance. You have a very talented staff/cast who obviously enjoy their work very much.
Again, our thanks to all of you for a flawless performance. A wonderful and unforgettable time was had by all. Casablanca will never be the same for us again.
Yours truly,
J.D.
Franchise Administration
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Davis & Company LLP
As you can see from the comments Brian, everyone had a fabulous time. I'm still getting comments…It was a wonderful performance and a very new style for the firm. I think/hope we can set a precedent for the many Christmas's to come… Thank you again for a wonderful time.
S.P
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Delcan Group
I believe everyone had fun. There was lots of participation and lots of laughter. It was nice to see how your cast included so many of our people, they really didn't need much information from me, most of the stuff they used they gathered from the cocktail reception. Really well done. Very professional.
S.R
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Deloitte & Touche
Dear Brian,
On behalf of Deloitte & Touche, I would like to send you a word of special thanks for the excellent performance at our recent "Financial & Special Services Conference", held at the Royal York, November 14, 1992.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves, right from the start at cocktail hour and during dinner. Your whole team of CASABLANCA actors and actresses were outstanding!.... Polly, Rick, Ingrid, Jacques, Victor, Joseph, Bella, and Sadie were all excellent, and they really made us laugh; we were in tears! I also received so many positive comments from our whole group on the evening's performance; especially from Bill Bakk and "Joyce DeWitt".
Thank you once again for making our evening such a success! I definitely would consider booking "Mysteriously Yours" again--an evening of sincere laughs and fun! Best Wishes for the Christmas Holidays and in the New Year.
Sincerely,
L.M.F.
Conference & Meeting Planner
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G.& C.D.
Dear Brian,
Wow! Weddings are usually memorable. However, with your combined participation you made ours unforgettable. We were most impressed with the professional way you combined your humorous mystique of a murder mystery with the reverence of our wedding.
All of you were delightful guests as well as a truly high calibre performing troupe. Collectively, our guests report "best wedding ever" and have suggested we consider getting married annually.
With thanks and appreciation for the memories,
G.&C.D.
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Ontario Chapter of the E.A.S.A
Dear Mysteriously Yours,
On behalf of the Ontario Chapter of E.A.S.A I would like to extend many thanks to you and your staff for the enjoyable evening to our members at the Wyndham Bristol Hotel Saturday, April 24, 2004. You show was hilarious as were some of our people. Again many thanks and keep up the good work.
S.H
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Eli Lilly Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
Just a short note to thank you and cast of "The Casablanca Mystery"
for a great night of entertainment.
The murder mystery was certainly the highlight of our divisional meeting. With a small group, such as ours, it is often difficult to find evening activities. The cast did an excellent job of involving our entire group and keeping everyone laughing.
Thank you once again and I will be sure to recommend you for other functions.
Yours truly,
R.W.
Personnel Representative
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Encore Cruises
Brian - it was terrific! A very professional group of actors.
C.V
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Erindale Campus-U of T (Review)
Mysteriously Yours Murder Mystery
by Steve Viau
Medium 2 student newspaper Erindale Campus-U of T
Cliches often work their way into writing. Tried and true adjectives used to describe shows are awesome, excellent and killer. Death Enters The Firm really is a killer show.
The latest in a series of original murder mysteries from Mysteriously Yours, Death Enters the Firm is an interactive comedy whodunit. Guests have the option of both dinner and show or simply the show, but either way the talented cast serves up healthy helpings of both ham and red herring.
Unconventional in presentation, Death Enters the Firm consists of six verstatile actors as skilled at improve as they are at following a script. The audience is encouraged -and occasonally forced-to participate as information is continually revealed; eventually half of all the people present are viable suspects. The scenario: Lemon Lite, a popular soft drink company, was holding a company meeting to announce the promotion of one of the VP's to partner.
Suddenly, moments after the announcement, the new partner dropped dead. A Mountie-a Canadian Mountie at that-shocked the assembled by telling us it was murder. The schtick that followed was more innuendo and double entendre than investigation; even so, the intrepid investigator from Newfoundland moved closer to the truth.
The final touch to the investigation required that the audience fill out ballots with their solution: the Mountie took these into consideration and revealed his findings in a dramatic conclusion.
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Evans Martin
Dear Brian:
On behalf of everyone at Evans Martin I would like to thank you for
an extremely enjoyable evening. Though I wasn't able to attend due to
personal circumstances, everyone I talked to just raved about the show.
Everyone enjoyed your ability to bring various people from the crowd
into the action.
Again, I'd like to congratulate your team on a job well done and we look forward to working with you again,
Yours very truly,
Evans Martin
P.J.
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Event Spectrum Inc.
Dear Brian,
Just a short note to say our sincere thanks on behalf of Technology Imaging Services for providing an outstanding performance. The client and all of the guests were absolutely thrilled with the evening. Please pass on our thanks to your group of actors whose characters made the event a tremendous amount of fun.
We definitely look forward to working with you again on future projects.
Best regards,
C.R.
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Executive Women International
Dear Brian,
Just a short note to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for
your production of the "Admiral Reform School" murder mystery
last Thursday evening.
Your team of performers were both very professional and enthusiastic in every detail and contributed greatly to the success of our fund raising event for Executive Women International.
I have been inundated with phone calls from those who attended the murder mystery saying how much they enjoyed the show and what a fine group of performers you have. It sure was a fun evening.
Please convey to all those who participated, my congratulations on a job well done.
Yours truly,
A.M.
Ways & Means Director
Toronto Chapter
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Father McGivney CHS
I would like to thank you and the actors for presenting a great murder mystery on December 6. The students thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and indicated that it was one of the better field trips they have been on. As we continue our study in law and investigative techniques, I'm sure reverences will be made to Lana Turnover and the rest of your talented cast.
I wish you continued success in the future and look forward to employing your services next semester. If you could keep me abreast of possible performances in April or May I would appreciate it.
Cordially,
C.M.
Social Science Teacher
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Fenton Kiwanis Club
Dear Brian,
You were a hit! The reception was overwhelming positive. As good as
the performance was a year ago, it was even better this year and, as
you said, the crowd was really with the actors. We'll be in touch with
you later this spring in regard to next year. Again, great job.
Sincerely,
R.J.B., Ph.D
Superintendent of Schools
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Fenton Kiwanis Club
Dear Brian,
Wanted to let you know that the feedback from the Murder Mystery Dinner
has all been positive. Everybody had a great time.
Once again, your group made this event the success it is. Looking forward to the next one, and so are many others.
M.D.
Fenton, Michigan
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The First Congregational Church
Everyone enjoyed the show and they all thought the food was very good. Your entertainers are really good at what they do. It was funny and their adlibs were very timely when the audience didn't do what we were supposed to do. Everyone was impressed with your entertainers. Everyone enjoyed the food. It was a fun evening. Keep it up. We will be back.
G.B
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Fisher Scientific Ltd.
Dear Brian,
Congratulations on providing a very enjoyable evening of entertainment
for our guests at the Chimo Hotel last Tuesday.
The whole idea of a murder mystery evening was "something different" to offer during our regional sales training session. Not really knowing just what to expect, I was a little concerned at first about the reaction from some of our more sensitive guests, when your cast arrived at our cocktail hour and started their performance with such fervor and fun (I could have died for Leona's dress!) However, as the evening progressed and everyone relaxed, I realized how perceptive, prudent, and well-rehearsed your actors were. The personal details about our employees were very smoothly worked into the script, in good fun and in very good taste. I feel that our guests were very professionally entertained. The plot of "Merger, He Wrote!" was well carried, and kept everyone interested and laughing the entire evening. Should anyone ask me about casual dinner-theatre entertainment, I will definitely give my heartfelt recommendation that they invite the firm of Mysteriously Yours Inc. to handle their arrangements.
Sincerely yours,
A.G.
Regional Training Coordinator
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Flushing Travel
Dear Brian
My husband and I had a great time, our first "mystery outing"'. This is an evening I will highly recommend to my Toronto bound clients.
Thank you agian,
Sincerely
M.E.
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Focus Planning
Dear Brian,
What a wonderful evening of entertainment that you and your very talented
comedians have made for my group last October 12th at the Royal York.
I was very impressed with the professionalism and the creativity of your troupe and my guests have most enjoyed the customization of the play with the insides of the company.
I only received excellent comments on this evening. Thank you, Brian, for your contribution to the success of the event.
I look forward to working with you soon.
Best regards,
M.L.
President
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Ford Motor Company
Dear Brian,
I would like to take the opportunity to thank you and your entire cast for making our Sunday evening dinner event a great success.
While all of the activities during our Ford incentive trip (October 25,26, 27) were memorable (i.e. Phantom of the Opera, CN Tower, Casa Loma, Living Arts Centre, etc.) the Murder Mystery event that you and your staff conducted was among the most memorable events of our trip.
I look forward to hosting next year's 3rd Quarter incentive trip in Toronto and will definitely include Mysteriously Yours as part of it.
Thanks again for a great evening and please pass my thanks along to your entire staff.
Very truly yours,
D.M.K.
Merchandising Manager
Pittsburgh Region
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Fortune Investments
Dear Brian and the Cast of Mysteriously Yours,
Just wanted to send a quick thank you. You all did a fantastic job on Friday night. The script, acting and organization was terrific.
Thanks again for a truly entertaining evening.
J.J.
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Fresenius Medical Care
Dear Brian,
Just a short note to thank you for an excellent afternoon of entertainment provided by Mysteriously Yours. Everyone is still talking about the fun they had and their favourite characters. The cast is extremely skilled in getting everyone to participate. Brian, I really appreciate the way you were able to introduce certain individuals as part of the plot. Not one person objected to their embarrassing situations being revealed. Please convey our appreciation to all who made our Christmas lunch an affair to remember.
Best wishes for a very Happy Holiday Season.
Yours truly,
J.C.
Secretary
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Going Places
Dear Brian,
We have talked many times at the Canadian Marketplaces in Rochester about your show and I have wanted to see it as long as I've known about it.
Finally I knew I was going to be in Toronto long enough over Easter to plan an evening for the show.
This being our first murder mystery we didn't know quite what to expect and it was great fun. We listened very carefully, asked questions, examined the weapons... in short, did everything we could think of to be able to guess the murderer, the weapon, and the location. We guessed a part of it, but close does not get you a cigar. It was a humbling experience.
Thank you for the opportunity to see the show, Brian. I have a supply of your brochures and I will see that my Toronto bound clients are aware of Mysteriously Yours.
Wishing you continued success...
Sincerely,
L.B.
President
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G.G.
Hi
A belated thank you to the cast and staff for making my post-birthday a pleasant celebration. Everyone at Mysteriously Yours is and always has been most kind to me and I appreciate it.
Thanks again for a wonderful evening - see you soon,
G.G
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Goldfarb Shulman Patel and Co.
Thank you very much. Everyone here enjoyed the evening! They thought the food was excellent, and the show was even better. They all said that it was a great, Funny show. Thank you so much for working so hard with me on this! I hope we can do this again in the future, Thanks!
C.S
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Goliger's Travel
RE: My group visit to Toronto on Wednesday, December 1 for the performance of "Death Enters The Firm".
I spoke with each of my clients on the return bus trip to London. There was universal agreement that the entire trip was a great success and particularly the mystery presentation.
The setting was beautiful- The Old Mill in its Christmas splendour, luncheon was delicious and the theatrical presentation-extremely well-done and often hilarious.
Thanks to you and your company.
Best wishes for the future.-Please keep me informed re: future plans.
Yours truly,
D.
Travel Counsellor
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Goodman Phillips & Vineberg
The evening was enjoyable and the theatre group was most entertaining. Everyone in the department had a great time.
Yours very truly,
N.H.
Secretary
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Grand Blanc Business Association
Dear Brian,
I apologize for not responding sooner to the successful evening at the Mansion on October 30, 1990. I am still receiving thank you notes, letters, and flowers from participants that evening expressing their enthusiasm. Everyone is talking about doing this again next year and hopefully making this an annual event. I could not have done this without your efficiency, professionalism, and unique and talented actors. Many of us have not laughed that hard in a long time and some expressed the evening as being the highlight of the entire year for them.
Thank you for all your help and patience and I am looking forward to seeing you all again next year.
Yours very truly,
I.S.
Manager
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Grand & Toy
Dear Brian,
I must express our congratulations to you and your cast for an outstanding
performance and a very entertaining evening. I can assure you that all
Grand & Toy attendees had a marvelous time. It was very interactive
and the kind of performance that had everyone's attention.
I will surely keep in touch and will recommend you to anyone who is interested.
Again thank you very much it was fun, fun, fun!
Regards,
A.F.
Retail Administration Assistant
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Graphic Packaging Corporation
Re: Graphic Packaging Corporation Murder Mystery Production: January 8, 1996
Dear Brian,
I would like to express my appreciation to you and the entire cast of the Murder on Sunset Blvd. production, recently performed for our conference delegates at the Marriott Hotel.
It was virtually unanimous amongst the delegates that the production was truly outstanding. The cast really got members of our conferences involved in the proceedings which turned out to be hilarious.
The group problem solving methodology at each table to figure out "who done it" helped people to collaborate and build consensus around an issue. The delivery of the team conclusions via poem or song also produced some very creative and humerous outcomes. Thanks to Camille for organizing this methodology with short notice.
It was unfortunate that not all of our U.S. delegates could participate due to the massive blizzard which forced cancellation of their flights. Please call and let's discuss how to handle this situation.
All in all, a terrific job done by all. Please extend our hearty thanks to the cast for a memorable experience.
Regards,
R.B.
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Guardian Insurance Company of Canada
Dear Brian,
On behalf of everyone who attended our final banquet dinner. I want to thank you and the rest of the Mysteriously Yours team for a great evening of entertainment and murder!
All of the arrangements for our dinner ran smoothly; from making the reservations right on through until the "moment of truth". The Mysteriously Yours team was an enthusiastic crew who definitely added spirit to our evening.
Everyone talked and laughed about the event for the remainder of the night... a definite success!
Thank you again for contributing to a great evening.
Sincerely,
C.M.
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GWL Realty Advisors
We all had a fantastic time at both presentations. Our guests thought the event was a great idea and had a lot of positive things to say. We set out to have a fund team/relationship building event with our partners in crime (no pun intended!) and I think the murder mystery was a great way to achieve that. Simply put, it was a blast!
At both of these events we had administrative staff, senior executives and presidents and everything in between that attended. The fact that they all had a terrific time shows that your presentations are great for all age groups and people from a variety of backgrounds.
The scripts are fantastic and very funny, but you're talented, versatile performers make the show and the experience spectacular!
S.R
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H.S.
Hi;
This is just to let you know that I really enjoy your shows. The last one I saw was the 'Kiss of the E-Mail Female'...hilarious.
Also, as a rather severe asthma sufferer, I appreciated that the last show was totally non-smoking.
Thanks!
H.S.
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Hay Management Consultants
Dear Mr. Caws,
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed "The Hay Reform School Reunion"
that you hosted for us at the Old Mill on November 30. The evening received
rave reviews from the staff, many of whom considered it the best Hay
Christmas party to date. Your cast did an excellent job of bringing
out the fun side in people; we were surprised ourselves by the extent
of involvement some of our more conservative employees took.
Thanks again for a most entertaining evening.
Sincerely,
S.T.
Manager, Personnel
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High Line Corporation
We at High Line, would like to take this time to say thanks for the wonderfully entertaining night enjoyed by all on December 22nd at the Royal York Hotel.
The show-THE TRIAL OF SHERLOCK HOLMES-script and cast was exceptional! The audience participation was great fun and full of laughs.
We would not hesitate to attend again.
Again thank you very much, and we look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Yours truly,
D.H.
Coordinator
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Hockley Valley Resort and Conference Centre
Subject: Munich Reinsurance's Murder Mystery
Good Day Brian,
I received your letter today, thank you! Munich really enjoyed their
Murder Mystery. I spoke to the convenor the next day and she said the
group loved it. Thank you again!
A.R.
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Holiday Inn On King
Dear Mr. Caws,
Thank you for a wonderful and successful afternoon.
The Holiday Inn On King is always looking for great team building opportunities and events, and Mysteriously Yours was a smash. The entire staff voted yourMystery Bistro Theatre as one of the best in our series of events, and for a majority of the staff, this was the best to date.
Thanks again Brian to you and your staff for an afternoon of fun, adventure and team building. Your group made the event from start to finish, planning to execution, a planner's dream come true. I personnally never worked less and enjoyed an event more because you took care of everything.
If the Holiday Inn of King can be of any service to you and your group in the future, please do not hesitate to call.
Cordially,
M.A.K.
V.P. of Operations & General Manager
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Honeywell Retirees Club
Just a short and belated note to thank you for the personal attention extended to the Honeywell Retirees Club and especially to me, for our outing on January 26, 2005.
Keeping me up-to-date regarding available attendance numbers, always returning my calls and in general going the extra mile for the client has made dealing with Mysteriously Yours… an absolute pleasure.
The luncheon and service at the Old Mill were outstanding and the play was fabulous.
W.F.W
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Howard Johnson Hotel
Dear Brian:
Last Wednesday night, Mysteriously Yours provided Howard Johnson Toronto East Hotel with the most memorable evening we have had in a long while.
It is one week later and we are still receiving rave reviews about the wonderful performances your troop gave to entertain our guests.
It is without hesitation that everyone at Ho Jo's will recommend both your special custom mysteries and the Royal York dinner theatre.
Brian, once again, thank you for making our corporate dinner such a smashing success.
Sincerly,
T.C.
Sales Manager
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Howe Gastmeir Chapnik Limited
Just wanted to let you know we all had a wonderful time on Saturday, December 11. Everything went smoothly and the young children were well behaved and also had a lot of fun. I brought my two teenaged sons and they both also had an amazing time. We will definitely have to do this again.
Thank you so much for all the preparation you provided to help make it a memorable and fun evening.
B.P
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The Hunt Club Condominium(Unionville)
On behalf of all attendants who thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the mystery of the Maltese Blue Jay on December 10, 1997. We wish to congratulate you and the performers for bringing the Hunt Club The Best Social Event Ever. There was not one person who didn't tell me how much they enjoyed a great night of fun & laughs, and the ultimate question when could we expect a return engagement?
Our biggest problem for a future engagement will be with our limited seating and who will get tickets and how do we handle those residents who will be extremely disappointed. Nice problem eh! Would you personally thank each performer who gave their best to a receptive audience and made our Annual Turkey Dinner the best ever.
FVV
President & Chairman of the Board
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The Hunt Club Condominium (Unionville)
Dear Brian,
Responding to your letter of December 21, 1998 I can excitedly and honestly say this year's presentation of the "Love Boat Mystery" exceeded last year's presentation (which was excellent). In every dialogue without exception those people who were fortunate enough to attend and enjoy both this year and last year's presentation confirmed the above.
Your cast and your organization were professionals to the highest degree and I congratulate and compliment all of you on behalf of the happy residents of the Hunt Club condominium, and those unfortunate residents who could not attend because of seating limitation.
We are looking forward to next year's presentation perhaps "The Y2K Files"?
F.V.V.
Chairman of the Board
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Hydro Magnesium Marketing
I am writing just a brief note to thank you for making my (Hydro's) event such a wonderful success.
Your characters were outrageously funny and enetertaining and very professional. I received so many compliments fronm our customers the next day, so I felt I had to share some of that with you and your group. Thank you.
I look forward to taking in one of your shows the next time I'm in Toronto.
Best regards,
A.A.
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IBM Canada Ltd.
Dear Brian,
On behalf of all the attendees at our Function Day on September 12, 1990 at Fantasy Farm, I would like to extend a sincere thank you. Please convey to the performers of the Reform School Reunion that the mystery was an overwhelming success which everybody just raved about. Thank you for making our CIC Function day a success, and we will certainly tell others about Mysteriously Yours.
Yours truly,
P.R.M.
Canadian International Center
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IBM Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
Just a quick note to let you know how much we all enjoyed The IBM Reform School Reunion. Everyone has a great time and there's still a few jokes about Mona going around the office.
Wishing you all continued success!
Yours truly,
K.G.
Industrial Sector Newsletters & MSP Announcements
Industry Marketing
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IBM Canada Laboratory
Reference: IBM Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Recognition Event, Murder Mystery , Royal York Hotel, 12/1/94
Brian!
Your Murder Mystery was a "smashing success"! I received many compliments regarding the evening. The Royal York Hotel was impressive, the dinner and service were excellent.
The Murder Mystery itself is an excellent choice for a group as it appeals to everyone and our group was particularly impressed how you wove the guests into the action. Despite the large group, everyone felt part of the mystery. The evening capped a day of celebration and was well deserved recognition for a project that was both difficult and long. Your professionalism and excitement was fitting for IBM saying thank-you to our people and their families. I sincerely thank you for making the evening special.
I highly recommend you and your company.
Again, many thanks.
P.B.
Manager, Distributed Application Development Tools Business Operations
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IBM Common Financial Systems
Dear Brian,
I just wanted to let you know that the Murder Mystery was a terrific success. Everyone in our finance function was talking about it for days afterwards.
It was really creative how you fit humorous comments about the finance managers into the mystery. Thanks again for helping making our Finance Function Day so much fun.
Sincerely,
A.S.
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ICI Paints
Dear Brian,
Happy New Year! Just a few lines thanking you for your letter and to say what a smash hit you all were. Yes, everyone thoroughly enjoyed Mysteriously Yours and should other occasions occur throughout the year I will definitely contact you.
Once again, many thanks,
Yours sincerely,
S.S.
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Imasco Ltd.
Dear Brian,
First of all, my apologies for being so delinquent in writing to tell you how much our group enjoyed your troupe's presentation of "The Mystery of the Maltese Blue Jay" on September 19 last. The actors were outstanding and a good time was had by all.
I much appreciated your efforts in putting a cast together on such a short notice. I received nothing but praise from my group. They had a truly enjoyable evening.
Once again, thank you for all your assistance in coordinating the event. I hope to have another occasion to invite you and your cast to entertain in the near future.
Sincerely,
S.S.L.
Administrative Assistant to the Vice President, Human Resources
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Imperial Tobacco Ltd.
Dear Brian,
On behalf of all our managers and spouses, we would like to thank you for presenting the murder mystery evening at Grandview Inn. It was a great experience which we truly enjoyed and it certainly enhanced our meeting.
Sincerely,
R. M., S. B.
Regional Sales Director, Sales Administration Manager
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IMS Canada
Dear Brian,
Many thanks for providing entertainment at our December 14th meeting, held at Niagara-on-the-Lake. Your performance, "The Trial of Sherlock Holmes", was orchestrated extremely well and was very entertaining. Our staff enjoyed it thoroughly.
Brian, renewed thanks for providing a relaxing, amusing and delightful evening of fun and entertainment.
Kind regards,
P.C.
Vice President
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Ingram Micro
Hi Brian;
Just a short note of "Thanks" for the wonderful service we received at Eaton Hall on Saturday, May 24th. All of your staff went out of their way to truly entertain us and all of my guests had a wonderful time. It was hard getting them out of Eaton Hall at the end of the evening. Please convey my appreciation to all involved.
Best regards,
C.C.
Marketing Manager, Education Division
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Injury Management Services Ltd.
Dear Brian,
Thank you for your letter of December 27, 1994. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff for the very entertaining Mysteriously Yours Christmas luncheon. Our staff thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. We will certainly keep you in mind for next year's Christmas luncheon. Thank you.
Yours truly,
S.S.
Administrative Assistant
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Insight Business Consultants
Dear Brian:
It was a pleasure meeting you and your troop. I have heard nothing but glowing comments about the evening at "The Insight Reform School Reunion".
The majority of our employees are programmers who are not necessarily the most fun bunch of people around so I was pleasantly surprised when they all joined in and actually started yelling and enjoying themselves! That is a great accomplishment on your part!
Thanks again for a fun evening.
Your truly,
INSIGHT BUSINESS CONSULTANTS
M.C.
Office Manager
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International Association of Business Communicators
Thanks for entertaining I.A.B.C. members once again with an evening of good natured fun!
I look forward to doing business with you again!
T.R.
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International Corporate Events
Dear Brian,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much for the outstanding performance that Mysteiously Yours... hosted at the Old Mill for my client on October 26th, 2000.
The "Who Wants to be a Dead Millionaire?!" (Is that your final answer?!), was an enormous success. My client commented that their employees were still talking about it weeks later.
International Corporate Events would not hesitate to utilize the perfornces of Mysteriously Yours... in the future for any of our clientele.
Brian, again I would like to thank you for the prominate job that you and your actors were able to achieve on such short notice, to pull this event together so dynamically.
Yours truly,
International Corporate Events
Christine Rector
Account Manager
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Investors Group
Dear Brian,
It was a pleasure having you perform for our clients on Oct. 20/98. Everyone had a wonderful time!!! The actors were superb. We will have you back again.
Again thank you.
Your very truly,
D.B.
Division Manager
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Irene Taylor Ltd.
Dear Brian,
As always, your shows and cast were superb and lived up to even the exceedingly high expectations of both the Audit & Law groups of Royal Bank Financial Group. I received many positive comments. I love working with people who make our job easier and who make us look good!
Thanks again,
I.T.
Management Consulting
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i.STAR internet inc.
Dear Brian,
Just a note on behalf of the iSTAR internet inc. team to thank you and the cast for an enjoyable evening. Your group are truly a professional team who entertained us "mentoring" some of our "aspiring actors" to actively participate through the evening.
Yours truly,
M.W.M.
Vice President, Human Resources
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ITEA - International Theatre Equipment Association
Dear Brian,
I want to compliment your staff on a job well done making our dinner extra exciting.
Sincerely,
R.H.S.
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Janssen-Ortho Inc.
Dear Brian:
Thank you for a wonderful evening of entertainment. It was enjoyed by all.
Best regards,
F.S., B.Sc.
Clinical Research Manager
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Jim Brown Travel Service Inc.
Dear Brian,
On behalf of the entire Agway group I would like to thank you for a wonderfully entertaining evening!! The murder mystery was lots of fun, your actors did a fantastic job. The feedback from the group was very positive, everyone really had a great time. Thank you for all of your assistance and for providing this group with a great highlight to their trip. We look forward to working with you for future groups. I won't have any problem recommending your organization when we next have a group looking for something fun to do in the evening.
Sincerely
B.S., CTC, DS
Group Coordinator
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Johnson Insurance Limited
To whom it may concern:
Re: Friday November 20, 1992 Performance
We, the Social Committee of Johnson Insurance Limited, would like to thank you for providing us with an evening out that we will not soon forget.
We had what we consider to be the best seat in the house, right in front of the stage and right in between the two sets of doors that the actors entered through. Being right in the middle of the action was quite an experience for us all.
We all agreed that the presentation was incredible. The clues were given in such a way that "the killer" was not obvious to us, it could have been any of the actors.
We have all decided that we would like to go again sometime but with a larger group. Please keep us informed as to future mysteries that you will be performing.
Again thank you for putting on such a great show and keep up the good work!
Yours truly,
The Social Committee
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Keg Restaurants
A job well done. You have some very talented staff working for you. We were always made to feel important, which is so instrumental for success in the hospitality field.
See you next year!
M.C
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KPMG Peat Marwick Thorne
Sorry for the rather slow response to your letter-things couldn't be busier around here. I spoke with several people who attended our Murder Mystery Night for a reaction and everyone said they really enjoyed it and had a good laugh. Although we started the evening as a group of people who didn't all know one another, we all felt quite connected by the end of the show.
I myself had a great time and would recommend your group for future events.
Yours truly,
D.B.
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Kraft Canada
Thanks to you and the cast of CSI: Baker Street for a fantastic show. Our group had a wonderful time. They declared it to be a very memorable experience-especially due to the group participation! In particular, our compliments go to Jean Daigle. The group found him to be a fantastic host - and several were heard to remark that "They'd like to have that guy at parties!"
K.M
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Krown Rust Control System
Dear Brian,
I wanted to write and tell you and your cast how much everyone enjoyed the Murder Mystery you performed for us at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Saturday, April 13, 1996. Everyone is raving about it and still chuckling over some of the situations presented. You and your cast seem to stay current with today's news and including pertinent information and active participation from the group added to the hilarity. They especially thought your cast of actors and actresses were quick witted and well able to respond off the cuff to audience participation. This made it even more enjoyable. I am sure this is an evening that everyone will still be talking about for a long time to come.
I would highly recommend this form of entertainment to any group planning a social event. Thank you once again.
B.A.
Office Manager
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John Labatt Ltd
Dear Brian:
Well, a great time was had by all. Thanks so much. All the girls are still talking about what a wonderful day it was. Just fabulous!
Never before have I had so many men in such a short time, though! Easy come, easy go, I guess!
Thanks again.
Keep in touch, Brian.
Yours truly,
N.D.
President, Good Cheer
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Lac Minerals Ltd.
Just wanted to send along a brief note following our murder mystery evenin last night to express thanks from all those who attended. Feedback this morning was tremendously favourable and provided the right atmosphere for our annual post audit ceclebration. The actors were all very good and many in our group were impressed with the improv/personal nature of the show, particularly the spontaneity of the actors. Please pass on our thanks to all those involved in last night's show.
One thing we noticed about the show was that it put all in the audience on the same level, something that is important to do when you have people there from vice president down to accounting clerk. It might be the kind of event that would suit a Christmas office luncheon and we will give it some thought for later in 1994. Until then, thanks again.
M.D.
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Labour Management Services
Many thanks to you and everyone else at Mysteriously Yours… we had a total blast last Friday. People are still talking about it. Food was great service was great and the performers were wonderful. I will recommend you everywhere.
G.L
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Lederle Laboratories
Dear Brian,
On behalf of the Lederle sales group, I would like to thank you and the murder mystery actors for a wonderful evening of laughs and entertainment.
All of the arrangements went off smoothly, the information provided on various individuals in our group was included nicely into the text and the jokes were tasteful.
The feedback on the evening from the group has only been positive. The actors are to commended for an excellent performance.
Thank you once again.
Yours sincerely,
N.P.
District Sales Manager
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Lerner & Associates
Dear Brian,
Thank you once again for the top quality performance that your group put together for our firm. I have heard nothing but praise both for the actors and the evening as a whole. I hope we have the opportunity to make use of your services again and will highly recommend you if the opportunity arises.
Yours very truly,
C.K.B.
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Lick's Homeburgers & Ice Cream
Dear Brian,
Thank you for making our first Gold Star Winner Dinner event of 2002 a great success. All of our managers and employees had a great time and lots of laughs. We will definitely consider booking an evening with you again! You're serving staff and the show's "personalities" were true professionals. Mysteriously Yours made our event easy to both plan and attend.
Thanks again,
L.H
Marketing Coordinator
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London Life Insurance Company
Dear Lili,
Just a short note to thank you for orchestrating the "London Life Reform School Reunion" at Clevelands House for us on September 11, 1989. Everyone seemed to enjoy the murder mystery and enjoyed the actors, both in the mystery and afterwards and talking to them in the relaxed atmosphere. I appreciate very much the interest taken by your company which ofcourse guaranteed the evening would be a success. You can rest assured that the next time the opportunity arises for us to entertain our guests with a mystery night we will certainly be contacting you.
Sincerely,
C.H.S.
Conference Coordinator
Individual Marketing-302
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London Life Insurance Company
- Dear Brian,
This is just a short note to inform you about how much we enjoyed the mystery dinner which you performed at in Clevelands House in September. From all the feedback received from the guests, everyone had a terrific time. If at any time in the future you require a reference, please don't hesitate to have the potential client give us a call. I look forward to working with you again some time in the future, possibly in the Toronto area.
Sincerely,
C.H.S.
Conference Coordinator
Individual Marketing-302
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Mackenzie Financial
I just wanted to say, how amazingly well the mystery went and how much fun everybody had. There was a ton of laughter, cheers and applause and I had people coming up to me later saying what an awesome idea it was to have you guys there. I am sure that we will be utilizing you again!!
M.G
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Make-A-Wish Foundation (Toronto)
- Dear Brian:
On behlaf of the Make-A-Wish Foundation (Toronto), thank you for your support of our Second Annual Murder Mystery Night & Silent Auction.
J.S.
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E.E.M.
Dear Brian,
I can't remember having such a good time at a dinner theatre before as we had last night. My husband and I love plays, theatre, etc. and we go every chance we get, but rarely do we attend a dinner theatre where we can't wait to go back.
The cast was excellent! The food was delicious! The whole evening was a class act!
We especially liked cocktails before dinner where we picked up some clues, as well as after dinner when we chatted with the actors/actresses who appeared to be as fine in person as they are in character. We had the priviledge of dining with "Nana Nina" and "Trudy". Nana didn't say much but Trudy was so convincing as the neurotic nurse it was incredible.
Our friends, the B.s (whom, by the way beat me out for the return visit) and ourselves were making plans to come back, before we even got out of the Hotel. Congratulations to you all!!
Mysteriously Yours...
E.E.M.
The Queen of Spagetti Sauce!!
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Manion, Wilkins & Associates Ltd.
I have done nothing since our event on September 15th but tell everyone I know how great you guys are!
P.L
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Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
Dear Brian,
Re: Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Benefits Conference
I want to personally thank you for the outstanding Murder Mystery Dinner which took place at the Cranberry Resort in Collingwood.
The Mysteriously Yours group were very entertaining and professional AND never out of character! Everyone interacted throughout the evening and based on our evaluation forms, the Murder Mystery Dinner was definitely the highlight of the conference.
Thank you again for a wonderful evening and wish you continued success in the future.
Sincerely,
T.S.
Corporate Benefits Administrator
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Marathon Realty Company Ltd.
Dear Brian,
I am still receiving accolades from staff regarding golf day. In particular my good sense to hire your troupe for the evening entertainment.
You have a group of incredibly talented people. I'm sure you're very proud. It's impossible to name just one as the best. They are equally brilliant.
Just so you know, the comment that received the most laughs was the reference made about our Executive Vice-President and Vice-President really being the old guys in the balcony from the Muppet Show.
Thank you for your contributions towards making Marathon's Employee Golf Day a smashing success.
Sincerely,
L.C.M.
Human Resources
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Marsulex
Dear Brian,
A belated word of thanks for the mystery theatre your group provided on June 27th. Everyone who attended the dinner enjoyed themselves tremendously. In fact, I don't hesitate to say it was the most entertaining company dinner Marsulex has ever had.
I also wish to thank you for the planning which was done before hand. It enabled the evening to run smoothly.
Yours sincerely,
J.L.
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P.M.
Thank you for your letter of July 19. I'm sorry it took me so long to reply.
I can certainly say everyone enjoyed my wife's birthday party and especially the Murder Mystery, which was, according to all accounts, the highlight of the evening. How can you beat a double shooting/murder at dinner with me as a suspect? And, everyone thought it was great the way you worked in Carolyn's love of short leather skirts, zippers and going topless on vacation. Andrew, my young son, was super happy to be profiled with his Nintendo expertise. Also, most of the guests later sent me thank you notes for including them in what everyone said was the most fun filled action packed evening of their life time.
The whole evening was superbly well captured by the videographer. It was fun and laughter from beginning to end on the tape.
So thanks for a great job.
Yours very truly,
P.M.
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McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.
Dear Brian,
First let me apologize for not sending this letter sooner.
Our whole group had such a great time that night, they are still talking about it and would love to do it again.
I had never been to a murder mystery prior to our event and I would most certainly recommend your group.
Thanks again for such a wonderful time. I will certainly not hesitate to organize another event in the future. (hopefully soon!)
Sincerely,
L.R.
Marketing Assistant
School Division
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McNeil Consumer Products Company
We had a very interesting evening and we appreciate all that your group did to accommodate us. You make it very easy to relax and enjoy ourselves, from your excellent customer service in the head office to the very talented group of actors (and I assume, backstage and technical staff) that made being a part of the mystery very fun. I find it amazing that your actors can pick out the people that are comfortable with a higher level of participation versus those that prefer to watch the antics at a distance. Everyone in our group was relaxed and comfortable. We all enjoyed sharing our table with "Miss Lana Turnover".
Your company provides an enjoyable evening and I will definitely recommend your dinner and show to anyone interested.
Thanks again,
K.R.
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Memorex Canada Inc.
Dear Brian:
On behalf of all of the attendees of our 1988 Kick Off Meeting, I would like to thank you very much for a most entertaining evening, with the Murder at Eaton Hall on January 5.
The comments I have received have all been very positive. Your cast is to be commended on their excellent performance, who, despite the efforts of almost all of the 75 attendees, managed to maintain their sanity throughout the entire evening,
Please extend both our sincere thanks and best wishes for 1988 to your cast,
(Unmysteriously) Yours very truly,
K.F.
Manager, Public Relations
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Merrell Dow
Dear Brian:
...Everyone enjoyed the entertainment - the actors were great.....
Regards,
S.K.
Merrell Dow Social Club
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Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Inc.
Dear Brian,
Thank you for your letter of March 8, 1991. I apologize for taking so long in replying; however, we wanted to have our survey results in before responding to you.
Our results were overwhelming in approval for the Murder Mystery. Everyone who participated had a great time and all agreed that the idea of involving the entire audience was a real treat. Many of our associates indicated that this is the type of event that they would like to do again. We would like to thank you and your group for an excellent show. It appears everyone had an excellent evening.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
J.M.
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Metropolitan Toronto Convention and Visitors Association
Dear Brian;
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for a fabulous evening last night. Both Sahar, my fiancee, and I really enjoyed the Murder. Sounds morbid, doesn't it?
The presentation was tremendous, and the performers were quite, uh, (how shall I put this?) different. I do realize that it is important for the actors to become familiar to all present, and the cast certainly proved capable of the task.
The format of the evening was quite effective. From previous conversations, you do know that I was involved in a "cocktail" murder, but a dinner is much more fun. This gave the actors a chance to become quite familiar with us, as opposed to wandering back and forth from one grouplet to the next.
Again, Brian, thank you so much for the invitation, and the opportunity to see your production. I would sincerely endorse any opportunity to present "Mysteriously Yours" at a future Business After Hours, though I think we would both agree that for a complete success, the venue would have to lend itself to the Murder.
Keep in touch, and if I can be of future assistance,...
Sincerely,
J.R.
Member Services Co-ordinator
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Miller Dallas Inc.
Dear Alex,
It was a pleasure to finally meet you last Friday. On behalf of the staff here at Miller Dallas Inc., I would like to thank you for providing us with a wonderful evening on April 23, 2004 at your beautiful theater.
The murder mystery was a huge success! The actors were fantastic, the food was delectable, and I have heard nothing but rave reviews from my colleagues. Please pass on our thanks to your Executive Chef Av for a wonderful dinner. I was amazed on how well the actors interacted with our staff and made our energetic group a part of the show.
The level of professionalism and courtesy you showed both the group and myself was outstanding and I again, thank you for everything. All the best with this new show. I look forward to working with you again sometime soon.
Sincerely,
N.M
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Miles Canada Inc.
I would like to extend our sincere thanks for one of the most enjoyable social evenings our group has had. The characters and the performance was wonderful.
We have had so many people compliment us on our choice of enterainment for our social dinner, but the compliments should be given to all your cast members that presented your "Murder At The Grand Hotel".
I don't think any of us have laughed and giggled that much in a long time, and believe me, we all needed that relaxing night out. I only wish I had brought a camera to capture some of the most hilarious moments during the evening.
We would definitely recommend your company to anyone who is organizing a social event, and hope to have the opportunity to work with you again some day.
Sincerely,
MILES CANADA INC.
L.B.
Telecommunications Analyst
(Social Committee Member)
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Miles Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
This belated note is to thank you and your cast for a most entertaining evening at our National Meeting in December.
Comments from our "amateur sleuths" indicated a high level of participation and enjoyment in solving the murder (or trying to!) and interacting with your cast.
Best wishes for a successful 1995.
Yours very truly,
S.P.
Vice President Sales
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Make-A-Wish Foundation
Dear Brian,
On behalf of the Make-A-Wish Foundation (Toronto), thank you for your support of our Second Annual Mystery Night & Silent Auction. The comments regarding your actors and performance was fabulous. Our event was tremendous success! Through you continuous support our Foundation will continue to contribute to the happiness and hope of children suffering from a life threatening illness.
As a result of your support the special wishes of seven Wish Children will come true. Recently the following wishes were granted:
Four year old Brandon, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumour, spent six fabulous days with his family at the Daytona 500 NASCAR Race and met with his favourtie race car driver, Dale Earnheardt.
Ten year old Michael, who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, realized his wish of "Swimming with the Dolphins" when he traveled with his family to the beautiful island of Bermuda.
These courageous youngsters and their families must live on a daily basis with the realities of serious disease and its emotional, physical and often financial impact on the entire family. The Make-A-Wish Foundation works to provide a carefree escape from this reality into a world where wishes do come true.
On behalf of our Wish Children, thank you for turning dreams into a reality!
Sincerely,
J.S
Public Relations & Fundraising Coordinator
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The Mississauga Hospital
Dear Brian,
RE: The Mississauga Hospital Medical Staff Dinner at the Mississauga Golf and Country Club
Thank you for putting on a wonderful show. It was what the staff all needed to relax and forget the real world for a few hours. They are all excited to see if it can happen again next year! The people who did not come really heard about all that they missed.
Furthermore, thank you for the tickets to the Radioland Murders which me and my guests also enjoyed.
The staff and I look forward to your future return visit.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
E.C., M.D.
Vice President
Medical Society
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MIX 99.9/CFRB
Dear Brian,
On behalf of all of us here at MIX 99.9, please let me thank you once again for a great evening last Tuesday.
Your group should be commended for their attention to detail and visible enthusiasm and concern in delivering a first class wrap-up party.
You have assisted greatly in helping us leave a lasting impression with our listeners, and our sponsor Thomas J. Lipton.
We look forward to working together again very soon!
Best regards,
L.R.
National Account Executive
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Moore Response Marketing Services
Dear Brian,
On behalf of Moore Response Marketing we would like to thank you and the cast of "Grand Hotel" for making our customer appreciation dinner at George Brown House a success. Moore staff and guests had a wonderful time.
It is without a doubt the best clients we ever had.
Brian, once again thank you for the Mysteriously Yours t-shirt and more importantly for making the evening a memorable one for our clients.
Many thanks,
J.A.
Account Co-ordinator
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Motorola Information Systems
Dear Mr. Caws,
Thank you again for an entertaining and fun evening on May 2, at "The Codex Reform School Reunion". It was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended.
It was very nice to see everyone relaxing and joining in on solving the murder mystery(even though we obviously are not super sleuths)
Yours truly,
E.M.S.
President
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Munich Reinsurance Company of Canada
RE: Murder Mystery-February 29th, 1996
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff for your involvement in making this a very enjoyable evening which was had by all. It looks like the Murder Mystery evening was a great success judging by the positive feedback we have received from our clients.
Sincerely,
C.R.R.
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National Ski Academy
Hi Brian,
Yes we did have a wonderful evening with your Number #1 team.
I would use Mysteriously Yours again and/or recommend you anytime. Thanks so much for organizing our fun.
K.P
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No Frills
I just wanted to send a note of thanks to you and the actors for a wonderful evening of Mysteriously Yours…
The no-frills group had a great time, we truly enjoyed the Murder Mystery. Your actors did a great job getting everyone involved and having a good laugh. It was an opportunity to have a laugh and get everyone involved.
R.M
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North York Branson Hospital
Dear Brian,
Thank you for a very enjoyable evening of mystery and mayhem.
Your "Welcome Home, Billy Ray" troupe had everyone's interest and participation! It was the most relaxed and fun event I've ever had the pleasure of organizing with the medical staff.
Dr. Shapira is now known to all of us as "Uncle Al". He specifically mentioned what a fantastic time he had.
Thank you to all of you at Mysteriously Yours...for a wonderful, entertaining evening.(and thanks for the t-shirt!)
Sincerely,
C.H.
Senior Medical Administration Secretary
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Northern Telecom
Dear Brian,
Thank you for your kind letter. We should be the ones to thank you for a superb evening. What could have been a routine dinner was transformed into a marvelous evening of fun and laughter. Many of our group were meeting each other for the first time and, for some it was their first visit to Toronto. You provided the catalyst to relax and break down the barriers between strangers. Thank you..and your great cast for your entertainment and interest. Rest assured, you will hear from us again.
Yours sincerely,
T.N.H.
Regional Sales Manager
Ontario Region Cable Group
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Northern Telecom
Dear Brian,
Everyone I spoke to really appreciated and enjoyed the evening with your company. Enthusiasm was even voiced on their evaluation sheets, despite there not being a particular area for comments for evening activities. The senior managers had a great time and it was an opportunity for the new grads to see that, once you reach somewhere near the top, you can still be human.
Thank you for all your efforts,
P.J.H.
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Northern Telecom
Brian,
The Murder Mystery evening at our conference went extremely well. It helped make our conference a great success. The troupe did a fantastic job entertaining our customers. The whole evening could not have worked out any better. Your team far exceeded my expectations.
Thank you,
C.S.
Marketing Manager
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Novopharm
We all had an absolutely fabulous time- the feedback was great. Your crew did a great job and it was a real pleasure meeting the people behind the characters. Hope we can work together again.
S.B
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Hart/Murdock Artists Management
Dear Judy
Thank you for doing such a wonderful job of organizing the entertainment for our Mystery Night last Saturday.
We received many positive comments from our members and their guest and it was evident this final such function of the season was one of the most successful.
Thank you again for a job well done.
Your very truly,
C.A.W.
General Manager and Secretary
Dear Brian - Thought you would like a copy of this letter. Congratulations to you and Mysteriously Yours for a fabulous job done for Oakdale Golf and Country Club last Saturday, August 22/87.
All the best,
J. S.
Hami Entertainment
Division of Hart/Murdock Artists Management
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Oetiker Ltd
Dear Brian,
On behalf of Oetiker Limited I would like to thank you for your assistance in providing a fun-filled evening for the Oetiker employees.
The Mysteriously Your event was a complete success and I've had nothing but positive feedback. The actors were comical, professional and extremely well received.
Thank you again for all your help.
Sincerely
G.G.
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The Ontario Archaeological Society
Dear Brian,
This is a very belated, but heartfelt, thank you for putting on the Murder Mystery at Columbus Centre in March on behalf of the Ontario Archaeological Society.
The evening was a tremendous success, Detective Carumbo from Carumbus Centre was an inspiration, and many people are asking me when I am holding the next one. (Columbus Centre wants Carumbo back!)
Please thank all those involved, from the actors who did such a magnificent job to Cynthia who encouraged me when I became nervous at not pulling it off.
I hope we will be able to work together again sometime. In the mentime, you can be sure I will recommend your company to others who may be interested in a similar event.
Yours Sincerely,
J.S.
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Ontario Association Of Fire Chiefs
Dear Brian,
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff for taking part and making our conference a great success. Everything was perfect and we only had praise about your entertaining show.
I hope that you receive a good response from groups of this type in the future.
Once again, Brian, keep up the good "Murder Mystery" work.
Yours truly,
S.B.,B.R, B.R
Ladies Program Committee
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Ontario Hospital Association
Dear Brian,
RE: Mystery Dinner
Conference for Executive Secretaries & Administrative Assistants
Park Ballroom, Inn on the Park
FANTASTIC! EXCELLENT! GREAT FUN! LET'S HAVE IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR!! were a few of the enthusiastic comments received regarding the "Welcome Home, Billy Ray!" (or: Achy, Breaky, Murder!") evening.
A fun time was had by all in attendance. The "Fun Nun" a.k.a. Sister Mary Christelle Macaluso from the Sisters of Mercy, Omaha, Nebraska actively participated and enjoyed it immensely. I gave her the "Mysteriously Yours" t-shirt you so graciously provided me with as a momento of her visit with us.
Please pass these comments on to the actors/actresses involved they did a "super" job!
Once again many thanks to you and your staff and we will be in touch for future programs.
Kind regards,
C.C.
Program Planner
Education & Convention Services
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Ontario Hospital Association
RE: Seminar for Hospital Auxiliaries
This is the second year in a row we had Mysteriously Yours for the above-mentioned program and it was even better then last year (frankly, I don't know how that was possible)!
The actors were simply "fantastic"! Their interaction with the registrants was terrific. They did a wonderful job and I would appreciate it if you would thank them personally on behalf of the group. "Jill" was the highlight of the evening and please let her know how much the group enjoyed the performance! With funding cuts, closures, mergers and downsizing in the health care industry I want to thank Mysteriously Yours for bringing "humour back into health care" as laughter is good for the soul!
Brian, on a personal note, it has been a pleasure working with you these past few years. I'm moving out of the city and leaving OHA at the end of the month, however, don't be surprised if a group of us from the north show up at the Royal York one evening for "Mysteriously Yours"!
Once again, thank you and I wish you and your group continued success with your future endeavours.
Sincerely,
C.C.
Program Planner
Education & Convention Services
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Ontario Hospital Association
Dear Brian,
Thank you for participating in the recently held conference "Educational Seminar for Hospital Auxiliaries: Towards the Year 2000." Once again, it was a pleasure working with you and I thank you for your contribution to the success of the conference.
Sincerely,
E.D.
Bell, Program Planner
Education & Convention Services
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Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan Board
Brian,
Thanks again for all your hard work in making the OTPP Investments Appreciation Dinner a huge success!!!! All morning, I've been receiving phone calls and emails from staff expressing their thanks and explaining what a blast they had last night. Mysteriously Yours Staff were really wonderful! They made all of our guests feel comfortable, and provided outstanding service. Special thanks goes to Alice, William and Alex - the were remarkably helpful last evening, and I appreciate their assistance tremendously.
Comments that I've received so far are:
"I was really surprised, it was a great night"
"I was really skeptical about going, until I walked in the room. Looking around, I knew that it had to be good."
"The actors were really funny, and they had great jokes"
"Nobody from our Department had ever been to a murder mystery before, they had so much fun, and talked about it all morning"
"I want to thank you for doing such an amazing job of organizing last night's event. I had an excellent time. Everything was first class!!!!!"
"I want to thank you for doing such an amazing job of organizing last night's event. I had an excellent time. Everything was first class!!!!!!"
"I just wanted to say thanks for your efforts in putting together the event last night. I thought it was both a great night (minus my part which I've gotten loads of heat for! and a great idea."
Brian, thanks again and kind regards,
S.G
Executive Assistant, Investments
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Ontario Milk Marketing Board
Dear Brian,
On behalf of all the ladies that attended The Ontario Milk Marketing Board's Welcome Home Billy Ray Mystery production, I would like to thank you and all your performers for a wonderful afternoon.
Everyone seemed to really enjoy it and I was accused afterwards of setting up a couple of the guests. Naturally, I played pretty stupid. The performance was something very different from what we have experienced over the last few years. I have always believed that everyone needs a change once in a while.
Once again, thank you for a wonderful performance and best wishes to your company for all the shows ahead.
Yours truly,
G.L.
Comminications Officer
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Ontario Milk Transport Association
Dear Brian,
Many thanks to you and your troupe for a super mystery evening last Saturday, October 25, 1997. Customizing the play made it incredibily humorous and certainly left the audience laughing.
Thanks for a great evening.
Yours truly,
J.W.
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Ontario Principals' Council
Hello Camille:
Thank you so much for all your help organizing the trip to theMystery Bistro Theatre for my group of principals. It was a huge success. The evaluation forms that we collect at each meeting were full of comments about how much fun they had at the dinner theatre. The food, the service and the show were all splendid. Please pass along our appreciation to everyone at the Mysteriously Yours.
D.D Office Manager
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Osram Sylvania Ltd.
Hello Brian!
Just wanted to thank you and your team for a very memorable evening at our office facility in February. Once again, I found your troupe to be extremely entertaining and accommodating. We all died with laughter during the "Murder in Paradise" presentation.
It has been a pleasure working with you.
Regards,
L.F
Manager, Marketing Communications and Information
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Oxford Properties Group
Thanks Brian! We had a great time and I will pass your company's name on to other teams in our company if they are looking for something fun!
A.F
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Pallett Valo
Dear Brian,
Our staff are still talking about the Pallett Valo Reform School Reunion; it was definitely a hit! We're also very anixious to see the pictures, since our usual 'official photographer' didn't take any because you were doing so. As I mentioned to you at the event, I'm more than happy to pay for a set of prints, and would very much like to have them for our Christmas party on December 12. Please give me or my assistant, Maureen Strickland a call and let us know the amount.
Thanks, yours very truly,
C.H.
Adminstrator
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L.P.
Dear Brian:
If we overlook my surprise and embarrassment at the announcement of my upcoming marriage to "Mr Barker" and my grief over his sudden demise, I think I can safely say we all had a terrific time. In fact, I'm quite certain I will be planning future evenings at the Royal York hotel. (Next time you plan to marry me off to a wealthy man, could you make sure he remains alive!)
Thanks again for a very enjoyable evening.
Sincerely,
L.P.
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Pechiney Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
This is a short note to express how much Pechiney Canada Inc. enjoyed the "The Mystery of the Maltese Blue Jay" at the Royal York Hotel on Saturday, December 2, 1995.
Our group had a fabulous time (we're still laughing...). Your presentation of the mystery was very entertaining, your cast was excellent portraying their roles, and the whole evening was a lot of fun.
I would highly recommend Mysteriously Yours.... to anyone interested in yourMystery Bistro Theatre.
Once again, Pechiney Canada Inc. would like to thank you for making our 1995 Christmas Dinner such a memorable one!
Yours very truly,
J.B.
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Pension Investment Association of Canada
Dear Brian,
Sorry you beat me to it with your thank you note!! Time just passes too quickly.
Keith and I just wanted to let you and your group know that our delegates thoroughly enjoyed our evening with Mysteriously Yours. Our conferences are generally heavy in content, and it appeared that the delegates appreciated the lightness of the presentation and enjoyed the interaction with your group.
It was a pleasure meeting you Brian and my special thanks to "Mr. Schwaaaannnn Lake". Everytime he said that word I had to laugh.
All the best with this new show,
J.D.
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Personnel Association of Ontario
Dear Brian:
Just a quick note to wish you and the folk at Mysteriously Yours a happy and profitable 1989.
I am enclosing a copy of the article which appeared recently reviewing our November 9th murder mystery evening. As the article suggests and the survey we conducted confirms, everyone had a great time.
Brian, again thanks very much for your efforts on our behalf. I hope our paths will cross again in the not-to-distant future.
Yours truly,
C.J.
Director, Toronto Region
Dinner Meeting Commitee
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Petro-Canada
The show was fantastic!!! I have only heard good things about it from our conference attendees.
R.P
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Mysteriously Yours... Brian Caws - a night of merriment, mayhem and murder...
By Maureen Jones and Fran Maclean
The first Toronto Region Dinner for the 1988/89 season began with a murder mystery dinner at the Sheraton Centre. Right from the start we could tell it was going to be a fun night.
We arrived at the hotel at the appointed hour for cocktails. We were transformed immediately from HR people into alumni from the Royal York Reform School who had gathered for an annual reunion.
The cast mingled among the "students", introducing themselves, explaining why they were there and dropping a few clues.
The principal of the reform school, Gore Rella was there. he was joined by his lovely daughter Barbra Rella, the Vice-president of Physical Fitness and Discipline and his new bride Cindy Rella, (also known as Bimbo Rella) an ex-grad of the Royal York Reform School. Barbra Rella's estranged husband Frank, the Business Manager and Fund Raiser for the school was there wth his friend, the voluptuous Mona. He was trying to make his wife jealous, but it didn't seem to be working.
Orville Beekerbacker, an ex-grad of the school, who had always been hopelessly in love with Ciny Rella, was also there. Orville had invented a hair growing solution which had earned him millions. Because of this he fully expected to have the school's new chemistry wing named after him.
The tension was mounting. Gore Rella stood to announce who the chemistry wing would be nmed after. He named someone, but it wasn't Orville. Suddenly, Gore Rella dropped dead. Everyone thought it was a heart attack, but it turned out to be murder.
We were then ushered into dinner and an investigation into the murder began. Throughout the meal suspects were questioned
by none-other-than Dudley Dowrong of the Mounties. Shocking facts were revealed. J. B., Personnel Manager, Benjamin
Film Laboratories Ltd., was appointed to keep an eye on the number one suspect, Orvill Beekenbacker.
Dinner and the investigation ended. We amateur sleuths were asked to piece the clues together as the suspects tried
to convince us of their innocence.
Everyone submitted their guess as to the identity of the murderer. K. F., Recruitment Officer, Polaris Computer Systems Ltd., who cleverly figured out "who dun it" won a Brian Caws Murder Mystery evening for two at the Royal York.
Now that we've all had a chance to mingle with and meet Toronto Region Dinner participants it will be much easier to approach them at the next meeting.
Maureen Jones is Vice-President, Director of Human Resources at FCB/Ronalds-Reynolds, Ltd. Fran MacLean is a Consultant with Stevenson, Ernst & Whinney.
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Pillsbury Canada Ltd.
We are in receipt of your letter of April 22, 1992 with regard to your "Old Man Murder" presentation.
We really appreciated the talent of your company players, and the enjoyment they provided.
There were quite a few of our people who were not impressed with the idea of having a Murder Mystery at our meeting, that is the reason why we kept this very secret until everything started to to happen, and they were the ones who enjoyed it the most.
Thanks for making our evening very enjoyable, and if any of our other departments ever are looking for an evening of laughter and enjoyment, we will highly recommend "Mysteriously Yours".
Thanks again,
B.M.
Regional Sales Secretary
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Pipeline Communications
Brian & Cast
BRAVO!
We couldn't have done it without you ... Thanks
It was great fun!
The Pipeline team
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Polypenco Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
After such an incredible evening of your presentation of "The Y2K Files" at our DSM IAPD evening, we were disappointed that we were unable to book your services for our company golf tournament. However, we will be calling you once we have confirmed our date for year 2000. I have received numerous comments from all regarding the show on August 12, 1999. One of them being "How are we ever going to top this?!"
Thank you so much for making the evening a success and I will be calling you soon.
Yours very truly,
LMB
Office Administrator
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Pontiac Travel Service
Dear Brian,
We totally enjoyed the " Mysteriously Yours" performance on Saturday, October 23rd. Loved the format and the acting.
I can now knowledgably inform my Toronto bound clients about the great fun your play affords.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
J.R.
Pontiac Travel Services Agent
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Procter & Gamble Inc.
Dear Brian & Company,
Just a brief note to express our thanks for a very entertaining evening. I've received many compliments and handshakes on a decision well made...obviously your cast of talented actors deserve all the credit!!
I personally appreciated the smooth, easy and professional manner in which yourself and your office handled our Special Event. Our group being a pretty conservative bunch, had an "amazing, super, great" time, to quote some of the actual responses from my peers.
We will definitely recommend your show to others! Thanks again.
Sincerely yours,
N.M.
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Progistix
Dear Brian,
I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for your superb performance at our Operations Management Meeting held at the Cranberry Inn.
It was a pleasure to have only positive feedback after this event.
I look forward to working with your group in the future.
Sincerley,
B.M.F.
Administrative Assistant
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Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
Hi Brian,
We have wrapped up the convention and have had much input from staff, attending delegates and also the planning committee.
We have had high praise for the entertainment and the "Goodbye, Mr. Bond" interactive event at our gala evening. An interactive mystery event was quite a departure for us. PDAC has a very standard format that has been followed for years and typically, we have had a casino at this event, off and on, for a number of years. It was somewhat of a risk for me as an event planner to recommend a new idea based on conversations with you and a couple of your business references.
We were extremely happy with the creative professionalism and the successful outcome of the entire event. We had excellent participation from the vast majority of guests and it was great to see people enjoying the event, interacting with the actors and other guests, laughing and having fun.
The martini bar certainly helped to drive the James Bond theme and assisted in creating a relaxed mood. People really enjoyed the James Bond movie clips and soundtracks which tied into the Bond characters and their roles. This really added some production value to the event.
The finale of the night with the draws for the cash prizes was absolutely seamless. I thought that Robbie Lane and "M" did a fantastic job in building the excitement with each draw and each winner. Great job! Great entertainment! Kudos to the actors and all involved.
L.M and I agree that we would not hesitate to recommend Mysteriously Yours (either in-house or off-site) to any event planner or company considering your services for their entertainment.
It was a pleasure to work with you Brian. Thanks again for all your creative help and support in making our gala evening a huge success.
Best Regards,
D.B
Convention Coordinator, Social and Special Events
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Research Dynamics
We really enjoyed last night’s performance. The actors did a superb job especially since they had to work in close quarters. They also did really well in working with a few of our more “unusual” people. I didn’t greet all your actors personally so I don’t know all of their real names. Larry did a great job as Phrank the inspector. “Sue” was quick to pick-up on how to work with our Joe. I think “Regis” was surprised by Joe’s improve. John, Scott and Anne Marie were really good at working the crowd. I’m sure they’ll tell you we were an unusual crowd. A great time was had by all.
Thanks,
H.A
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Red Carpet Food Services
Thank you very much for the wonderful evening. Everyone at our company thoroughly enjoyed the talents of your staff. They certainly kept us entertained and intigued for the whole evening. This is an event that we would definitely consider again for a company function,
Once again, thank you.
Yours truly,
C.P.
Accounting and Administrative Assistant
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Reeves Bradshaw Consultants Inc.
Our group had a very enjoyable evening at yourMystery Bistro Theatre, it was alot of fun and very well done, with good audience participation- a terrific way to relax and be entertained after an equally enjoyable meal.
Having organized the evening, I was more than pleased at the outcome and would have no hesitation in recommending it to others. In fact, I actually won more show passes, so will ensure that these are also used.
Please thank everyone involved.
Yours truly,
M.R.
Administrator(Head Office)
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Reid Elementary School
Thank you for your kind letter regarding our group attending your "Death Enters The Firm" mystery/dinner theatre production. We certainly did enjoy the evening and we thank all of you for an evening to remember!!
I planned that weekend around the theme "The Phantom of the Opera Mystery Weekend." Fifty-nine signed up only knowing that they were travelling by train to Toronto to see "The Phantom of the Opera." They received 5 "mystery" envelopes on the train and one of those envelopes was titled "Mystery Dinner and Surprise". That was the evening spent seeing your great production! Everyone truly enjoyed it and can't wait to attend again.
I am currently planning another "Mystery Weekend" to Toronto between Christmas and New Years and I'm sure I will have just as many as I had this time, if not more.
I will be writing to you in September of this year to sign up for another evening of fun. I hope you are pleased that your production is part of a "Mystery Weekend Package"!
(Hopefully, I have found a new sideline business because I love "mysteries" and I truly enjoy coming to Toronto!)
Thank you, again!
Sincerely,
J.B.
Secretary
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Reid Elementary School, Grand Blanc, Michigan
Dear Lili and Brian,
THANK YOU so much for the comp you gave me last Saturday night. That was very nice of you to do that! As you know, I truly love your show and enjoy coming back again and again. 'Tangled Web' was fantastic! My daughter and sister loved it too!!
I don't remember the real names of your characters but Sam Spade and Joe Hardy deserve Oscars! "Sam" has been the lead character in all the shows that I've seen and he truly knows how to play the parts AND the audiences. His ability to ad lib is amazing, and, paired with his sense of humor, shows what a great talent he has!
Joe Hardy is also a natural! I know that he's a new actor to your group and I hope he'll be with you for a long time to come. He played the part exceptionally well!! He will certainly remember us as he swept my daughter off her feet, literally!! (We have the funniest picture to prove it!)
I'll be contacting you soon to set up my group coming back to see you in February.
Take care, and THANKS AGAIN!!
Sincerley,
J.B.
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Revlon
Hello Brian!
I just wanted to let you know how much everyone at Revlon enjoyed the mystery dinner - they had never laughed so hard, it was a spectacular act and memorable event indeed. Kudos to you and your team of excellent, professional actors.
Thank you!
D.C
Executive Assistant to VP Sales
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R.G Mitchell Family Books Inc.
We had a wonderful time at Mysteriously Yours! I thank you for making Wednesday, January 5 such a special evening for our sales team. As you were aware, the evening was a complete surprise to the team - right from the limo ride down to the theatre to some of them actually being part of the mystery!
Please pass along my thanks to the cast of the play for being respectful to us by not using the language they probably could have with another group!
I have asked for feedback from the group with regards to Mysteriously Yours and the response was fantastic! They all had such a great time and they loved being part of the play itself. The food was great and our servers were exceptional.
We look forward to coming back in the near future.
L.P
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Roadway Express (Canada) Inc.
It was certainly a privilege and most enetertaining to see the presentation of "The Mystery of the Maltese Blue Jay."
Our group can't say enough about the show. Our Vice President of Sales from Cincinnati said it was excellent!
Coming from him that's a great compliment, as he travels three, sometimes four days a week, across the United States. This sort of entertainment is common in his travels.
Our guests tell us it was very relaxing and so much fun. We found the cast to be most professional, they didn't miss a beat.
Hats Off...and Many Thanks.
Sincerely,
S.M.T.
Administrative Assistant
Corporate Accounts Office
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The Robert Morris Associates
RMA loved Old Man Murder. We attended the June 17 performance and everyone raved. People commented that the food was so much better than you'd expect at a buffet, they thought the show was very funny, and agreed that it was the perfect event to end our board meeting.
Thanks so much for working Tom Ripke and Dev Strischek into the show. Our delegates howled when they saw the two of them singing back up for Frankie Starlet (especially since they had to imitate jungle animals!!!)
We have a large conference at the Westin next October and I'd be pleased to receive information on group events for up to 700 people--along with being a lot of fun, it was a great networking and teambuilding exercise for people.
Thanks for a great event and I look forward to working with you in the future.
Sincerely,
K.P.
Meetings Manager
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Roche Diagnostic Systems
Dear Mr. Caws,
We recently had a Mysteriously Yours evening and would like to express our thanks for providing us with such enjoyable entertainment.
Our staff was greatly amused and impressed with the quality of the actors involved. We would certainly consider your group for another one of get togethers in the future, and will not hesitate to recommend you to other divisions within our Corporate organization.
Thank you so much for a great evening.
Regards,
S.H.
National Sales Manager
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Rogers Communications
Brian,
Thank you for a great evening at the Rogers Sales Conference! The show was fabulous & enjoyed by all!
You all made me look very good!
Thank you again.
T.P.
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Rogers Network Services
Dear Brian,
Thank you for the wonderful show you put on for us on Saturday night. The feedback was great and it was suggested that we repeat this event next year.
I would appreciate if you would send me some information on upcoming shows.
Best regards,
P.D.
Telecom Analyst
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Rogers Radio
Dear Ms. Wood:
I just wanted to write to tell you how much our group enjoyed the Murder in Casablanca performance at the Old Mill on March 26.
A group of 28 of us attended this performance as our year-end finance event. We first had the pleasure of enjoying an array of dishes from the delicious lunch buffet. Then we enjoyed an afternoon filled with laughter, intrigue and mystery.
The Old Mill is a breathtaking spot to hold this event, and I just wanted to take the opportunity of thanking you and your dedicated and professional staff for an afternoon well spent!
All the best,
S.S
Vice-President Finance
Rogers Media
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Ronzoni Foods
Hi Brian, just received your letter, and I would like to say that the feedback from our associates was wonderful. Everyone said what a great time they had, and they thoroughly enjoyed the show, actually more this time than the first time we came, it made a huge difference with the actors not being on stage. The service was wonderful and very personal as well.
I would like to thank you ad the actors for making our evening such an enjoyable and quite humorous event. They really had us energized…
F.S
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Ross Seniors' Social Group
Yes! Our group had a really enjoyable evening (didn't hear one complaint- not one!!) We thought the whole thing was very well done and, although I'm not really a "buffet fan", have to admit that the food was excellent from start to finish. In other words, a very good evening which was fairly priced. The cash bar works very well, too.
Our group, most of whom have been members for, probably, forty years, do a lot of "socialising" and travelling; I'm quite sure we shall all return for another night of fun.
Thanks, again.
D.J.R.
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Royal Bank of Canada
Dear Brian,
I am taking a few minutes to thank you and your staff for a wonderful, funny, and entertaining evening. Everyone was so surprised as they had never experienced anything like it before and they thought it was great. I had so many favourable comments the following week and I wish to pass on the message. Your characters mixed so well with our group and we laughed so much, especially with Sebastian getting into the role as Cato.
Thank you again for the wonderful evening and maybe we will do this kind of entertainment another time.
D.D.
Manager, Operations
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Royal Bank of Canada
Dear Brian,
RE: Royal Bank-National ABM Conference
Just a quick note to thank you and the actors for helping to make our inaugural National ABM Conference a resounding success. The pain in my side from laughing lasted well into the evening! There were many accolades the next day from those who attend the mystery.-a definite success!
We look forward to using your company for upcoming events.
Yours truly,
D.B.
Manager, ABM Planning & New Initiatives
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Royal Bank
Dear Brian:
Thank you for your letter dated October 26th. all the staff had an absolutely marvellous time. they are still talking about it now. Not only were the costumes and actors top notch but the way you incorporated the stories on the individual staff was very skillful. The consensus is that it was one of the best bank events the staff ever attended. Word of mouth must have already gone around because I received a phone call this morning asking about details and price. Hopefully you not only get business from us but we get to invite you back again.
Your truly,
S.J.
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Royal Bank
Hi Brian,
Thank you so much for all your help with our event on Tuesday. Our staff really enjoyed themselves. The service was excellent, the food was delicious, and the show was great. The actors were so funny - it was very gratifying to hear all the laughter. Everything was very professional.
Thanks again,
S.R
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The Royal Canadian Legion
Just wanted you to know that our Woodbridge Legion Seniors really enjoyed our day at the Old Mill on February 22nd. The meal was just fantastic, they were very impressed. The theatre presentation was very interesting and unusual and ofcourse quite comical, and very well done.
We heard nothing but positive response and I'm sure everyone will remember it is a wonderful day out.
Sincerely,
B.K.
Mackenzie (Ont. No. 414) Branch
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Royal Lepage York North Realty
Dear Brian,
I am just back in my office after our Awards Luncheon and would like nothing better than to sneak home early, but I cannot let this day go by without letting you know what a huge success our celebration was because of the production performed by your Mysteriously Yours troupe. From the outset, your group drew our staff into the mystery with their incredibly quick-witted humour. At times, they were so well versed in real estate in real estate that I had to shake my head to remind myself that they were not agents, themselves. They 'schmoozed' with the staff, ate lunch with the staff, laughed with the staff and totally engrossed everyone in their plot. By the end of February, with our largely dark days, chilly temperatures and getting around in the snow, a day of laughter is great for the soul. Thank you to you and your crew for giving that gift to a group of seventy over-worked real estate agents. Truthfully, we have never held as successful a function. I am already being asked if we can arrange to have your troupe back for next year's luncheon, so obviously, I will be in touch. Please pass on our thank you to your amazing cast.
Regards,
D.L
Broker/Owner
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S&O Tours Inc.
Dear Brian,
We would like to extend a warm thank you to you and your cast for the wonderful job you did on January 17, 1990. Our group leader luncheon was a huge success due to your time and efforts. Until now, our group leaders have been reluctant to take their groups to a murder-mystery of any type. You will be interested to know that we are working on about six bookings that include your show at the Royal York Hotel. We received the copy of the comment cards you mailed us, and we are still receiving compliments by phone. One of our corporate clients is also interested in your troop performing at one of her luncheons this year. Thank you again for a job well done.
Sincerely yours,
M.S.
Director of Sales/Marketing,
D.D.
Sr.Tour Coordinator,
D.D.
Charter Coordinator
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St Michael's Hospital
Brian and Troop,
Thank you for an entertaining evening. You have been the talk of the laboratories. everyone had a great time. Thanks for all your help.
J.B.
on behalf Diagnostic Laboratories Southern Ontario Division
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Sears Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
Just a short note to say thank you to you and your troop for an exceptional performance on Wednesday night at the Delawana Inn in Honey Harbour.
It certainly was a fun evening. Everyone enjoyed themselves especially the folks you were able to seed into the plot.
Again Brian thanks on behalf of the President's Forum Committee, all the attendees and a special thanks from myself.
Sincerely,
J.F.
Manager Leadership Development
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Sears Travel Service
Dear Brian,
From the reponse your company received from the participants both in applause, verbally and written "The Mystery of the Maltese Blue Jay" was a big hit and fit into our business perfectly. It was great to see everyone so involved and having a good time. The actors having fun with some of our people as well as some of our suppliers personalized the program nicely. Everyone did such a great job for a really fun evening.
THANK YOU.
Sincerely,
A.G.
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Se-Car Consultants Inc.
I would like to thank you for helping in the organization of Se-Car's Christmas dinner. The actors that put on the performance of "Murder on Sunset Boulevard" were hilariously professional and entertaining. Both Se-Car employees and our guests that attended were extremely impressed with the amount of audience involvement.
Again, I commend your organiization for the wonderful evening we received and look forward to dealing with you again in the future.
Sincerely,
K.L.
Asst. Manager
Risk Management
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Shiseido (Canada) Inc.
Dear Brian,
On behalf of Shisedio/BPI Canada I would like to thank you and the wonderfully talented actors that participated in our evening of mystery on June 11, 1996 at the Royal York Hotel.
By the response of the people I spoke with the next day, I'd have to say it was a great success! Everyone said it was a lot of fun and they had a great time! I've been recommending Mysteriously Yours to my friends and family since. I'm also hoping to get some friends together in the near future for another evening of mystery.
Wishing you continued success.
Sincerely,
V.V.
Sales Administrative Assistant
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S. & R. S.
Hi, there, "Margaret",
Thanks to my son and daughter-in-law, it was our pleasure, recently, to attend, and enjoy, your production of "Mysteriously Yours"! My son and I even won 2 of your T-shirts for correctly guessing the name of "who - dunnit". Just in case this letter falls into "the wrong hands", I will not divulge the identity of said culprit.
Our compliments to the entire cast for a very enjoyable experience. I really feel that you had the best lines in the play, namely, "safe-sex", and the unforgettable, "tutu tootsie, good-bye". Loved it!! Also got a kick out of the way the ballerina said, "witch!". Baron Ratt was just that, (as you well know0, a real cad.!
As for the "victim", if someone else hadn't "done him in", I would have gladly volunteered! He really needed killing! As for his brother, the doctor, I should probably report him to "somebody" for prescribing ointment for my "rash", when I was doing so well with the baby powder!!!
I'm not sure exactly how to spell his name, but I thought it was amazing how much "Carumba" looked like Columbo, just another "unmade bed"!! Right down to his stubby cigar, his "Goodwill" topcoat, and all the mannerisms.
I felt the maid deserved better treatment, at the "hands of " just about everybody, but she still managed to keep up "a good front".
Sorry "Margaret", but I don't know your real name, so I hope you recieve this thru our "wonderful" postal service.
Thanks again, to all of you talented folks for a memorable evening in the theatre.
Our best wishes for continued success and all "full houses".
Yours very truly,
S. and R.S.
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S.S.
Subject: thank you very much for the evening
I was in Toronto this past week and went to the murder mystery on Thurday. I enjoyed the Y2K Files very much becauce I love the X-Files. I thought that it was very hilarious and amusing. It was even more for the group that I was with because of the fact that our chaperone was chosen to be a part of the skit. I would just like to thank you again for a very humorous night. THANK YOU.
S.S.
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SHL Systemhouse
Dear Brian,
I usually make it a habit of not sending out thank you letters... but in this case you left me with little choice... your team put on such a wonderful performance it left me speechless (only because I am still laughing). Thank you so much for tailoring the event to our industry and specific peculiarities of our employees. It was a wonderfully entertaining and enlightening experience for all. My staff are still talking about it. What more can I say... thank you.
Regards,
W.B.
Managing Director, Delivery Services
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Sico Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
Brian, we would like to thank you and your troupe for making our President's Award dinner a successful one. Your company made the evening entertaining and enjoyable for all of us.
We wish you and your company the very best on your future engagements. Once again, Brian, thank you.
Yours sincerely,
A.H.
General Sales Manager
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Simmons Canada Inc.
Our Executive group thoroughly enjoyed "The Trial of Sherlock Holmes", the night of February 17. The interaction of guests and the cast was superb and our Vice-President -Human Resources, Dave P. ("Big Dave") especially, enjoyed sharing in the fun.
It ws a memorable evening and if future performances are of the same calibre, you may be sure that "we'll be back!"
Yours truly,
J.M.V.
Executive Secretary to P.S. Thody
President & CEO
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Simmons Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
Yet another overwhelming success, I think the response cards you received from our audience said it all.
On behalf of all of us from Simmons, we extend our appreciation for the contribution of your Murder Mystery troupe, in making our 1999 National Marketing Conference a major hit.
The Thursday, January 7, 1999 performance was nothing short of terrific; a great time was had by all. Please extend our thanks to Jean (Inspector Perrault) and all the other actors for putting on a most enjoyable and entertaining evening...as always.
Thank you again Brian, and we'll certainly keep you in mind for our next get together.
Yours very truly,
B.B.
National Advertising Manager
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Singapore Airlines
Dear Brian,
We wanted something different; we wanted something good. We got both on July 7 at our "Awards Night" at the Sutton Place Hotel.
The "Awards Night" for our top agents in Eastern Canada is an important date on our calendar. The evening's activities are a reflection of Singapore Airlines in the eyes of our agents.
All feedback indicates that the reflection is very positive.
On behalf of Singapore Airlines, I would like to say thank you to you and your group of performers for an outstanding evening. Your efforts were instrumental in making an important function very successful.
Thank you.
Best regards,
L.K.
Sales Manager Eastern Canada
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Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. Ltd.
Dear Brian,
By all accounts, an enjoyable time was had by all and I thank you and your group for a great evening.
With thanks and best wishes, I remain,
Yours sincerely,
J.S.
President & C.E.O.
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Slough Estates Canada
Dear Brian,
Thank you so much for presenting a wonderful fun evening for our Christmas party. Feedback from our staff was very complimentary and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. It was a great idea and my compliments to your group for a terrific performance. My best wishes to you & Mysteriously Yours for a successful 1991.
Regards,
A.S.
Administrative Manager
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Southern Ontario Division Freestyle Skiing
Dear Brian,
The Murder Mystery Night at the Ontario Club was a great success. Your cast couldn't have done a better job of entertaining our guests. The hilarity and clever wit was obvious throughout the evening. Only a few realized and appreciated Elvis' role. He was excellent and brilliant to have been able to combine the two characters for the evening. Please thank him for us. Elizabeth was again incredible. Her table was delighted with her performance and so were so many who asked for her to come again that evening. We do hope Inspector Crumbo is getting better each day. It is hard to believe he had pneumonia that night. It would be so easy to go on and on about each cast member. They are truly professionals.
Many people commented that this mystery was even better than last year and they'd love to come again.
Yours truly,
Mrs. D R.
Marketing & Fund Raising
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Canadian Ski Association Freestyle Skiing
Dear Mr Caws;
On behalf of the Southern Division of Freestyle Skiing, I would like to express our gratitude to you and your firm for providing a hilarious night of entertainment with a professional cast to our Murder Mystery Evening on November 2nd...
Yours truly,
J.O.
Chair-SOD Freestyle
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Southlake Regional Health Centre
On behalf of Southlake Regional Health Centre Medical Staff administrators, I would like to thank you for a great evening this past Saturday night. We all had a blast. It was really nice to have an evening together and in fun and relaxing setting.
G.N
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Speciality Travel
Dear Brian,
We want to thank you and all the staff at Mysteriously Yours for the delightful eening we had there on April 3. Our whole staff enjoyed the evening and we all have told many other agents about it.
We will certainly be delighted to recommend your show to our clients whenever we send someone to Toronto. Thanks so much for having us.
Thanks so much for having us.
Sincerely,
D. & E. D.
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St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School
re: Murder Mystery Dinner April 4, 1998 Glen Abbey Golf Club
I want to thank you and your actors for a most enjoyable evening. The performance was wonderful, the actors were extremely entertaining and people were commenting on how well they played their character roles. I was impressed with how well they worked the audience into the show with so little background information. A lot of the guests were talking about an evening out at the Royal York for more "murder mystery" fun. I think you have added to your reference list!
This will be a school sponsored event that will be remembered for quite a long time. Thank you again for participating in our Parent Social event.
Yours truly,
D.S.
Special Events Coordinator
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Sun Life
Thank you and your cast members for a fabulous evening. "A Clue To Murder" was definitely a great hit with my fellow colleagues, especially with our out of town colleagues - some of them have never been to a dinner show before.
M.C
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Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Dear Brian,
Thank you for your follow up letter. I would like to thank you and the cast for helping to make our meeting a great success. We have received very positive feed-back about the performance from our guests. The mystery was great but to tell the truth, I think that everyone was having so much fun, they forgot to follow the clues. Your use of the background information was great but I think that your cast's improvization was even more so- especially "Yummy" & "Sabrina". By the way, Paul, our "Macarena" king, is having a hard time living it down and we just LOVE it!.
Anyway, thanks again. I will definitely recommend your theatre production for similar events events and I will try to get down to one of your public performances in the near future.
Regards,
J.O'S.
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Suncor Sunoco Group
Thank you for the most wonderful evening at yourMystery Bistro Theatre. Everyone had a great time and here are some of the comments.
Sincerely,
G.C.
"Thanks for an evening full of laughs." -M.
"A good time was had by all..." -E.
"Thank you Dr. Freud for a memorable evening!" -S.
"I still say it was O.J. Simpson Thanks, "- R.
"Thanks for a wonderful time!"-O
"I had a great time, thanks."-K.
"Thanks for a great time"-R
"Thanks!"-A
"Enjoyed it very much, hope to attend again in the future."-R.
"Very entertaining, very funny, all in all, a VERY good time!-E.
"Thanks!"-M.
"Thanks for a good time"-C.
"A lot of fun."-A
"What a great night."-L.T.
"Thanks for the laughs"-K.C.
"Never would have guessed who!"-C.P.
"It was a wonderful time that we all had."-T
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Superior Electric Supply Company
Everyone here at Sesco had a marvelous time. The food was good, and the service was excellent. The show was hilarious and the interaction with the actors was good fun.
I don't know about the other tables but our waiter William was outstanding.
Perhaps we can do it again next year.
B.T
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Tartan Tours
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you and the cast on another great show. "Boom...You're Dead!" was another great hit. Our passengers raved about the show all the way home and asked if we would be attending your shows again. We assured them that we indeed will be booking other performances of Mysteriously Yours. Our accolades also go to the Old Mill for the sumptuous lunch provided. As always there was no disappointment with either the show or the lunch.
Again our congratulations and look forward to booking and seeing you again soon.
Yours sincerely,
D.S.
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E.A.T.
We have celebrated everything from birthdays to special anniversaries with Mysteriously Yours...Mystery Bistro Theatre.
My family, friends and I would like to thank your very talented actors for giving us many an enjoyable and entertaining evening. Being able to participate in the performance makes this experience so much fun. We are always guaranteed a good laugh. The food is great too.
Looking forward to many more humorous and entertaining shows.
A favourite Mysteriously Yours fan.
E.A.T.
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Taylor & Morgan, P.C.
This is just a little note to say thanks for arranging our group, Taylor & Morgan, P.C., to see the Love Boat Mystery on Saturday, September 12th. We had a terrific time and had so much fun!! The meal was great. I received a lot of thanks this week from our staff and wanted to pass them on to you!!!
Again, thank you for a wonderful time. It was a great introduction to Toronto for those of us who have never been to Toronto!! We will pass along our recommendations to our friends and family!!!
Sincerely,
J.L.F.
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TGA General Contracting & Restoration
Dear Brian,
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your production of "Murder in Paradise!" at our Annual Christmas Party. It was fun-filled, extremely entertaining and interactive.
All our guests at the party enjoyed the show and their participation broke the ice and allowed them to be at ease. Our employees have expressed a great interest in future murder mystery dinners. We will definitely consider "Mysteriously Yours" again in the future.
Please feel free to forward up-coming events for our perusal.
Yours truly,
S.B
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Thomson, Rogers
Barristers and Solicitors
Dear Brian,
Thank you for the incredible job you did at our Seasonal Luncheon last December 17, 1993. We received your letter and are happy to report that everyone enjoyed themselves immensely.
The Monday following your presentation of "Death Enters The Firm", staff members stopped by to compliment your performance.
Thank you once again for making our Seasonal Luncheon a success and we also hope that we will have the opportunity to work with you in the future.
Yours very truly,
G.M.N.
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TNT Expedited Services
Dear Brian:
I wanted to drop you a short note to thank you for your presentation of "Welcome Home, Billy Ray!" All our guests made a point of mentioning how much they enjoyed the dinner and mystery. Your group certainly played a valuable part in making our conference a very successful event. Please pass on our thanks and appreciation to all members of your wonderful cast.
Best Regards,
G.H
Vice President and General Manager
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Toromont Industries Ltd.
Dear Brian,
Just a short note to thank you and your actors for the wonderful performance you gave us.
Everyone in the group had an excellent time. Your actors did a marvelous job of incorporating our personalities into the presentation, and with very short notice.
I will certainly keep mysteriously Yours in mind for future company and personal entertaining. Thanks again.
Your truly,
N.A.
Executive Assistant
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The Toronto Star - Entertainment (Review)
Main Course: Murder
Bodies, intrigue and strange diners is the stuff entertainment is made of these days. Mystery evenings are making 'murder' most foul good clean fun.
The crime rate has soared during this murderously hot Metro summer. People are dropping down dead at the nicest places- on a luxury yacht, at the Royal York Hotel, at Casa Loma, and at PWD's Restaurant on Yorkville Avenue.
But its all good, clean fun; murder most foul is being committed in the name of entertainment. And since murder-mystery evenings are a hot item these days; I invited Inspector Charlie Salter of the Toronto police to help me investigate a couple of the scenes of the crimes.
As crime-novel buffs know, Salter is fictional. He is the creation of Toronto author Eric Wright, whose fifth Charlie Salter novel, A Body Surrounded By Water, was published last month.(Collins, $19.95)
Wright, who also teaches English literature at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, proves to be an ideal companion,-acute, patient and with a wry sense of humor. All three qualities are to be put to the test.
First stop was the Royal York where Brian Caws of Mysteriously Yours is presenting a thriller-written by Vince Grattani-every Friday and Saturday evening.
Arriving early for cocktails as per instructions, with about 50 others, we seem to have stumbled in on a private party.
The Francini family (that's Family as in Mafia) have come into town from Guelph to hold a bash for Nana Nina's 80th birthday. Nana herself is a mysterious figure with balck veil, big feet, and no coversation.
The Don is expected any moment but while we wait, other members of the family wander up and welcome us to the party-Nana's nurse Trudy O'Toole; the Don's sister Loretta; his son Tony and fiancee Charmaine ("she is nuts about me"); Angela and her husband Danny; the family accountant Frederick .
Danny takes the mike and does a deliberately tasteless comedy routine, airing some of the family's dirty linen.
Then, just as we're all leaving the room for dinner, there's a sudden thud and a scream; Danny is headfirst in the thick pile of a Royal York carpet, with Trudy kneeling beside him. A solid curly-headed detective called Tim Baker introduces himself and the murder mystery is under way.
Eric Wright and I head for a far table in the dining room. Baker joins us; along with a girlfriend. She says she's a talk-show hostess who is just in from Winnipeg and is staying at the Royal York, a story that is to change later.
Well, talk about coincedences; Pamela, the attractive blonde next to her who seems to know more about Toronto police divisions than Baker does, has also lived in Winnipeg and they went to the same high school there.
Then there's the dark haired Jill, who is sitting next to an older woman, Jill says she's a friend of Angela's (see cast above) and she doesn't know the lady next to her.
Later, under tough questioning from Pamela, it turns out she's Jill's mom. Or is she?
The guests at the table are perfect, perhaps too perfect. No one is what they seem, not even Charlie Salter(or rather Eric Wright)or myself. "It reminds me of the time we were in Russia." whispers Wright. "We spent the whole time trying to figure out who was with the KGB."
The audience, meanwhile, has willingly suspended its disbelief and is enjoying itself. "Come on Columbo," someone shouts as Baker begins to question the family, all of whom are seated at different tables. By the time the tomato soup and roast chicken has come and gone there's been another cyanide victim.
As Wright points out later, it's the character of Baker that is the key to the whole evening. Actor Terry Hart confidently walks a knife-edge, incorporating the comments of the audience into his patter while carefully steering the plot in the right direction. Toward the end of the evening, as we all vote on whodunit and why, I choose the most unlikely one I can think of, Wright picks another. We are both wrong.
Pamela seeks some help on motive, "Sex and money." says Wright immediately. "That's all it ever is."
After more plot twists and a burst of action at the end, the evening is over. Wright's verdict: "Much more value for money than I thought it would be at the start of the evening... "
Of the figure in the wheelchair: "Pleasant use of a familiar gimmick, and legitimately done."
Robert Crew - Toronto Star
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Toshiba of Canada
Dear Brian,
Where do I start?
From the first moment we spoke, I detected an air of professionalism and a high degree of ethics from you and your support staff.
Although I had not heard of Mysteriously Yours... before this event(my apologies), I was reassured by a number of individuals who have attended your presentations on previous occasions, that a fun evening would be had by all.
Without a word of a lie, I must say that I have yet to enjoy an evening as I did on Monday, March 2nd, 1998 at the Radisson Hotel in Markham. The actors and actresses were marvelous, and the characters were, to say the least, off the wall... WAY OFF!
You certainly delivered the goods and I wholeheartedly recommend your services to any corporation, large or small, who would like to have an event that will leave a lasting impression and, just as importantly, boost moral and encourage team spirit.
Wishing you continued success,
Sincerely,
SMS
Manager, Advertising & Sales Promotion
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Tourism Toronto
Dear Brian,
Thank you for your kind assistance and co-operation in helping make the 1996 Annual General Meeting of Tourism Toronto such a success!
I really appreciate your contributions, and want to say that on behalf of all of us involved with the event, it was a real pleasure to work with you and your team!
A sincere thank you for your support.
Regards,
J.H.
Communications Manager
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Toyota Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
TheMystery Bistro Theatre that we attended on Friday, September 13th '96 was excellent. I just wanted to let you know that evryone had a wonderful & most enjoyable evening. You & your crew have done an outstanding job. All those that attended had a great time and said " I haven't laughed like this in a long time".
I would definitely recommend this to any other company who is thinking about having aMystery Bistro Theatre.
I look forward to working with you again in the near future.
Sincerely,
D.N.
Coordinator Purchasing
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Trafalgar Castle School
Dear Brian,
Thank you for providing wonderful entertainment for the Murder Mystery at Trafalgar Castle on November 7. We've received a great deal of positive feedback regarding the actors and actresses, as well as the Clue drama.
I recently received a phone call from Ginny Green at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, asking about our Murder Mystery experience, and was happy to highly recommend Mysteriously Yours.
Thank you once again for an enjoyable evening.
Yours sincerely,
T.A.
Development Officer
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Trafalgar Castle School
Dear Brian,
Thank you very much for your letter with all the positive comments about the murder mystery.
I had quite a few calls on the Monday after the event from the Rotary crowd and from the Trafalgar group saying how much they had enjoyed the evening and how much they looked forward to another murder mystery night next year. We do hope to make it an annual event.
We owe the success of the evening to you and your spirited cast. Thank you.
I look forward to joining forces with you in another evening of crime next fall.
Sincerely,
C.R.
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Transcontinental Printing
On behalf of the Transcontinental Printing- Magazine & Catalogue Group I would like to "Thank you" for such a fantastic evening.
The professionalism shown at your establishment was superior to any other event that we have coordinated for either sales or clients.
The actors were priceless and all deserve Oscars for their performances, and for them to agree to do this one particular play again for us was great.
To the wait staff they were all very professional and efficient (by the way you can trust them - we tried to get the killer out of them - wouldn't give in ;-)
During the return trip to the hotel (which I must say was quicker than going) the bus was buzzing with laughter about the evening and why they thought this on that one had done it!! All I heard on Thursday morning at breakfast was "my cheeks & stomach still hurt from laughing last night" - that says a lot.
Brian again a big thank you to you and your staff for such a simply hilarious evening!
C.B
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Transworld Paper Ltd.
Dear Brian,
On behalf of Transworld Paper Ltd., I would like to commend you and your cast for a wonderful evening of fun & mystery. Our guests thoroughly enjoyed Transworld Paper Ltd's Reform School Reunion and your cast performed professionally. Transworld Paper Ltd. highly recommends Mysteriously Yours for an evening of excitement and fun. Again, thank you for a wonderful performance. Keep up the good work!
Yours truly,
S.C., T.B., T.V., R.Y., G.S., H.D.
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Travel One
Mr. Peter Paylor
Travel Trade Manager
Metropolitan Toronto Convention & Visitors Association
Dear Mr. Paylor,
On behalf of the Ardmore office of Travel One, I would like to thank you for your assistance with our FAM trip to Toronto this weekend.
The two-hour sightseeing tour proved informative and enabled us to better gain our bearings. Mysteriously Yours was delightful and provided us with a great alternative to offer our clients who visit Toronto.
Thanks again, Mr. Paylor, both for the sightseeing tour and for helping us obtain the mystery theatre tickets.
Sincerely yours,
B.M.
Manager
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Trimac Transportation Services Inc.
Dear Brian,
I'd like to take this oportunity to thank you and your cast for a fantastic evening. The consensus from the group is that it was one of the most enjoyable evenings they have had in a long time.
Willie (Miss Marple's friend) Hamel's comment was "I had a headache from laughing so hard." Another comment was "In ten years, no one will remember the meeting but they will never forget the laughs they had at the Mysteriously Yours dinner."
Thank you once again and I hope to have the opportunity to choose Mysteriously Yours for another entertaining evening in the near future.
Yours sincerely,
R.D.
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The UCS Group
Dear Mr. Caws,
Just a short note to express our thanks in providing us with the perfect murder mystery during our National Operations Conference at the Inn on the Park. The plot was hiliarious and created a very enjoyable evening after a day of meetings. Everyone thought the performers were excellent and certainly contributed to making our conference a big success. Please convey our appreciation to the team.
Regards,
A.S.
Operations Secretary
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The UCS Group
Dear Brian,
WOW!
That was the general consensus about the "Bond Schmooze" your company recently performed for us. The event was incredible, the actors beyond talented and schmoozing was definitely at an all time high!
The UCS Group thoroughly enjoyed the Bond game - and the winners were very impressed with their own sleuthing ability! I highly recommend Mysteriously Yours and the Bond event to anyone who is interested in a great evening of entertainment. Hopefully next time we can have you put on an entire murder mystery performance for our group.
Many, many thanks to the actors and the host for all of their work - their ability to mingle with our everyone and capture their attention was unbelievable. Their effort helped to make the event an unforgettable one!
Again many thanks and I look forward to working with Mysteriously Yours in the future.
Sincerely,
T.B.
Marketing Coordinator
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UUNET
Dear Brian,
Thank you for a terrific show on Saturday night. This was our best Christmas Party to date! Everyone agrees that "Mysteriously Yours" did a fabulous job of customizing the show for us and getting so many members of the company involved.
Our Social Committee wanted to do something fun and different for Christmas for what is a very youthful and diverse group - and we were not disappointed by our choice of a Murder Mystery Party. Please tell the cast how much we enjoyed the evening. They're super at what they do. Everyone was involved and interested, and entertained all evening.
Also, please do not hesitate to call me for a reference.
Regards,
K.K.
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City of Vaughan
I wish to take this opportunity on behalf of the group from the City of Vaughan, to express our appreciation to the entire cast of CSI Baker Street for a wonderful mystery performance. The plot was both hilarious & dramatic and it captivated our full attention to the very end.
The dinner theatre was exactly what the doctor ordered… a time to relax & interact with friends.
Thank you for the exceptional entertainment that Mysteriously Yours… Dinner Theatre offers!
G.R
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VIA Rail Canada Inc.
Dear Mr. Caws,
I am pleased to announce that VIA Rail's familiarization trip last May 28, 29 and 30 to Toronto with 11 major corporate clients of Voyages Bel-Air was a huge success.
I wish to extend our sincere appreciation, without your generous contribution and participation from you and your staff for the excellent service you provided us, this event could not have been possible.
On behalf of VIA Rail please accept our warmest thanks for helping make our fam trip a most enjoyable, constructive and memorable weekend.
Once again thank you, and look forward to a continued favorable relationship.
N.I.
Marketing Representative
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S.V.
Hello,
I am not sure if this is just for ticket ordering or for mail. If it is for ticket ordering please don't erase this until you read it. I just wanted to say that the mystery dinner was the highlight of my summer vacation and you can expect me back in the future. If somebody besides the actors are reading this please let the actors know that they were wonderful. I know that you probably receive hundreds of letters like this every day but if you could possibly e-mail me back I would be so grateful. Once again thanks for making my vacation great!
Sincerely,
S.V.
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Woolworth Canada Inc.
Dear Brian,
Just a little note to thank you for the event you ran for me on Friday July 11th. It was a great success and everybody had a wonderful time.
Please thank your crew of actors as they did a tremendous job and were able to incorporate "NORTHERN" into their routine.
I would have no hesitation to use your company in the future.
Once again thank you,
S.L., CMP.
Travel & Convention Manager
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Xerox
To: The staff of Mysteriously Yours
Just a quick note to thank you for your services. The show was a HOOT! It was a memorable 'kick-off' for us here at Xerox. Many of my colleagues have come to me to say that they thought it was our best company function ever! You and your staff are true entertainers and we were highly entertained. I am sure that we will meet again at another Xerox function. I am looking forward to it.
Again, thanks for a great evening.
D.C.R.
P.S. Requests for information regarding Mysteriously Yours has been overwhelming.
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Xerox Canada Ltd.
We, at Xerox Canada Ltd., would like to take this opportunity to thank you for arranging our afternoon at The Old Mill. We would also like to extend our appreciation and thanks to the troupe of performers from "The Mystery of the Blue Jay Falcon". It was a most enjoyable afternoon.
Kind regards,
D.F.
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Xerox, The Document Company
Dear Brian,
Even before I spoke with you about booking a private dinner theatre for our October 10th, 1995 staff meeting, I had heard lots of good things about Mysteriously Yours... and I wasn't disappointed.
You contributed to the success of the meeting from that very first call, answering all my questions about the programme and accommodating our need for an early finish for staff with babysitters and flights out of the city. When I needed help finding a venue, you took the time to recommend a number of options, and the planning kit you sent made the event a breeze to organize.
Of course, nobody else in the group knew how helpful you were in putting the evening together - they just had a great time! The actors who performed The Maltese Blue Jay were excellent and made everyone laugh while including us all in the unfolding mystery. A week later, I'm still getting rave reviews for the dinner theatre - even the hotel staff have told me how much fun it was to work with Mysteriously Yours.
Thanks again, Brian!
Best regards,
M.K.
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York-Med Systems Inc.
Our staff at York-Med Systems would like to thank you and your talented entertainers for a delightful evening. Several of our group got very much involved and everyone had a lot of fun.
We are always looking for something new and different and your group definitely filled the bill.
Sincerely yours,
C.F.
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