If you’re on the team, you’ll get an email Friday, May 4 concerning the Moody Ques tent and design, team member items (passes and T-shirts), and pre-event activities.

Memphis in May has posted the map of Tom Lee Park for the 2012 World Championship BBQ Cooking Contest. View the map here.

Although individual booths are not numbered, we believe we’ve located ours. The two tiny booths at the southernmost tip of the park are S-209 and S-210. Count up the right side (not the river side) from there and you will find our booth, S-214.

The Moody Ques are pleased to announce a new sponsor: The Blind Bear. The Blind Bear will order paper products for the team and will purchase plastic cups with team and sponsor logos. We are pleased to have them join our other sponsors WordPress, Holliday Flowers, and Double J SmokeHouse and Saloon as part of the Moody Ques.

The Blind Bear is a 1920s-style speakeasy in the old Circa/Bar None space on Main, run by operating partners Jamie and Jeannette West and Colin Bergstrom. The Bear has a pool table, a full bar, a menu full of inexpensive but good food, and private rooms and tables/couches that can be reserved. Weekly events include

• “Hung Over Like a Bear” brunch Sundays 3-6 PM
• Half off bottles of wine (excluding house wine) and $4 sausage and cheese plate Mondays 6-9 PM
• Poker with Jamie Tuesdays at 8
• Trivia with Charles Wednesdays at 8
• Live acoustic music Thursday and Friday
• Follow the Bear on Facebook or Twitter to get a password to get in free Fridays and Saturdays

They also have 1920s gangster and flapper parties now and then, the first of which was “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.”

Please stop by and have a drink at our new sponsor if you haven’t already!

A message from treasurer Frank Howell:

Hello everyone,
For those who don’t know me, my name is Frank and I am the treasurer for the Moody Ques.  For those who have not yet paid, we are now getting close to the main event and need to secure the rest of our dues to begin paying for necessary items and to understand how many wristbands, T-shirts, etc. to purchase.  It is important that if you plan on being a member of the Moody Ques that you go ahead and pay team dues.  Please remember that after the 5th of April, late fees are required.  On April 15th, we will be required to make the decision of how many 3-day passes to purchase.  If you do not pay by the 15th, or contact me to get a good understanding of when you can pay, we will not be able to reserve passes or a T-shirt for you.  After the 15th we will also begin contacting the people who are on the waiting list.  Please feel free to contact me anytime to discuss this.  The most convenient way to pay dues is through the website….moodyques.com.