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The Herald Journal
MARCH 4-10, 2016
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March 4-10, 2016
COVER 6 Utah State University hosts 43rd annual NASC Pow Wow in fieldhouse
THE ARTS 3 Harmonica master Gary Allegretto visits schools prior to the Rendezvous
4 Cache Valley Cowboy
Rendezvous to feature country artist Billy Dean
4 Shakespeare comedy
‘Twelfth Night’ nears final performance at Utah State
4 AFCO set to perform
Bach’s ‘Matthew Passion’
5 ‘Sound of Music’ comes to the Old Barn Theatre
MOVIES 8 Half star: New ‘London
Has Fallen’ stumbles hard
8 ‘Deadpool’ KO’s ‘The
Gods of Egypt’ at box office
9 Three stars: Disney’s
‘Zootopia’ is just ‘awesome’
COLUMN 5 Dennis Hinkamp shares the best of the worst ideas
CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week in Cache Valley
A drum group provides the beat for the Grand Entry during last Saturday’s afternoon session of the NASC Pow Wow in the Nelson Fieldhouse at Utah State. On the cover: Head man William Leonard of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin performs. (Jeff Hunter/Herald Journal)
FROM THE EDITOR There’s a scene from a 1999 episode of “The Simpsons” that I can still remember watching for the first time. Asked to visit Hollywood by Mel Gibson, the entire family flies to Southern California, landing on a runway in front of a sign that declares: “George Kennedy Airport.” It was one of those times where I broke into near hysterical laughter, while my wife simply gave me a perplexed look. But having been a huge fan of the “Airport” movies from the ’70s, I found the joke extremely hilarious and clever because it was George
Kennedy who helped get the majority of passengers from four different distressed airplanes safely back on the ground (or out of the ocean, in the case of “Airport ‘77”). Throw in “Earthquake,” “The Naked Gun” movies, a couple of John Wayne films — the scene of him getting smacked in the face by The Duke with an ax handle in “The Sons of Katie Elder” is priceless — and an Academy Award-winning performance as Dragline in “Cool Hand Luke,” and it was hard not to appreciate George Kennedy as the ultimate man’s man. Kennedy, who passed away at the age of 91 earlier this week in Middleton, Idaho — he and his wife moved to the Boise area in 2002 to be closer to one of their children — will always be one of
my favorite actors. The kind of man who you’d want by your side in a crisis, even if you’re say, an alpha male like Charlton Heston or Paul Newman. So, maybe naming an airport after George Kennedy isn’t just something to laugh about ... even in Utah. After all, it was in “Airport ’75” that Kennedy helped Heston land a 747 that had been hit by a small plane in the process of being diverted to Salt Lake City International Airport during a cross-country flight. “My wife and son are up there on that airplane. I’m going to Salt Lake City,” Kennedy declared in that film, much of which was filmed in and above the Beehive State. — Jeff Hunter
‘Harmonicowboy’ blows through valley Gary Allegretto visits schools, set to perform at Rendezvous There’s little question that Gary Allegretto is a brave man. After all, prior to embarking on a full-time career as a musician and actor, he was a Hotshot for the U.S. Forest Service, an L.A. firefighter and a bouncer for some rowdy honkytonks. But Monday morning at Canyon Elementary School in Hyrum, Allegretto took on arguably his most dangerous challenge yet. He handed out free harmonicas to a couple dozen fifth graders. “Don’t put it anywhere near your mouth until I say to,” Allegretto firmly instructed as the free Hohners were handed out to Barbara Shidler’s music class. A harmonica in the wrong hands and/ or lips is, of course, a potentially lethal device, providing an opportunity for a child to deliver an awful lot of noise without the benefit of anything that actually sounds like real music. That’s why Allegretto — who needed just over an hour to teach the fifth graders how to play four short songs on the harmonica, including “Home on the Range” — later made the students take “The Harmonicowboy’s Oath.” “I promise to only make people happy when I play the harmonica,” Allegretto had the kids repeat. “That means when someone don’t want to play your harmonica, you don’t play your harmonica,” he explained. “If your teachers and teacher’s aides and bus drivers tell you to put it away, you put it away. And when you go home, when your parents and babysit-
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By Jeff Hunter Cache Magazine editor
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ALL MIXED UP
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Left, Gary Allergretto is a renowed harmonica player currently based in Los Angeles. Top, Allegretto kidded fifth-grade students at Canyon Elementary School on Monday that he could play the harmonica with his ear. Above, it turns out that he had “the world’s smallest harmonica” hidden in his hands.
ters and guardians and brothers and sisters tell you to put it away, you put it away.” Of course, it’s hard to imagine that anyone ever tells Gary Allegretto to put his harmonica away. Nicknamed “The Harmonicowboy,”
the Los Angeles-based musician has recorded four albums, and just recently, his work was featured in Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur,” which was released last Thanksgiving. According to Allegretto, the animated film was near completion when
the production company contacted about playing an original song written by Academy Award-winning composer Mychael Danna. They were unhappy with the performance of another harmonica player used during a scene in which several dinosaurs enjoy an evening around a campfire, and brought in Allegretto to re-do the music. “They said things were coming down to the wire, so they sent me the See VALLEY on Page 11
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all mixed up Cowboy Rendezvous starts up The Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous is pleased to welcome award-winning country singer Billy Dean in concert at the sixth annual event slated to be held March 4-6 at Mountain Crest High School in Hyrum. Appearing with Dean at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5, will be Canadian performers Eli Barsi and Doris Daley,
and hosting the Cowboy Family Dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, will be Michael Martin Murphey and his band. Tickets are on sale now at cachevalleycowboyrendezvous.com. Billy Dean concert ticket prices range from $10 to $50, while Michael Martin Murphey dance tickets are $15 adults and $10 students/children.
In addition, a Cowboy Opry featuring Gary Allegretto, Ernie Sites and Thatch Elmer & Tumbleweeds will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, March 4. Tickets are $10 for adults, children $1. Dean has sold more than 5 million albums worldwide, with 11 Top 10 singles and five No. 1 hits. He has been nominated and received awards in every major music
award entity, including a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year for “Somewhere in My Broken Heart.” In 1992, Dean won ACM’s New Male Vocalist of the Year award and was a CMA Horizon Award nominee. For more information on the 2016 Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous, visit cachevalleycowboyrendezvous. com.
‘12th Night’ continues Shakespeare play wraps up this weekend
Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night” will take the stage Feb. 29 through March 4 at the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State University. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5. Tickets are $13 adults, $10 seniors/youth, $8 USU faculty/staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information or tickets, contact the CCA Box Office in room L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 7978022 or visit cca.usu.edu. “Twelfth Night” contains innuendo and double entendre common to all Shakespeare. The length of the show and story line may be inappropriate for 12 and under. In the play, twins Viola and Sebastian are separated in a shipwreck and each believes the other is dead.
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“Twelfth Night” will be performed from Feb. 29 to March 5 at USU.
Viola dresses as her brother and becomes a trusted confidante to Count Orsino. Orsino is madly in love with
Countess Olivia who, in turn, falls in love with the in-disguise version of Viola. Riotous disorder ensues.
“I believe this play carries prominent themes of life, death See OPEN on Page 11
Billy Dean
AFCO to perform ‘Matthew Passion’ at Eccles Theatre Dr. Craig Jessop will conduct the critically acclaimed American Festival Chorus & Orchestra, along with a stellar cast of soloists, the USU Chamber Singers and the USU Women’s Choir, in a performance of J.S. Bach’s revered sacred masterwork, “St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244,” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 25, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. A free informance and open rehearsal, providing insight into the work, will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at the Logan Tabernacle. Tickets to the performance at the Eccles Theatre at 43 S. Main St. are $13-$22. Children over 8 years old are welcome. For more information, call 752-0026 or visit americanfestivalchorus.org. Experiencing AFCO’s performance of this eloquent and profoundly moving work will be a once-in-a-lifetime oppor-
tunity. As a way to help bring this work to life for the audience, Jessop chose to use Robert Shaw’s English translation of the work. “Shaw is very sensitive to the German textual/ musical overlay and at the same time very faithful to the Lutheran translation of the Bible as well,” Jessop says. The Good Friday performance date was carefully chosen as well. “Bach initially wrote the ‘St. Matthew Passion’ as a way to present the Passion story in music at Good Friday vesper services,” Jessop explains. “St. Matthew Passion” was first performed on Good Friday in 1727 at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. After Bach’s death, the St. Matthew Passion was virtually forgotten and never published until the young Felix Mendelssohn revived it in 1829.
was actually a precursor to what we now claim is “surround sound.” Quadraphonic went the way of the 8-track tape, which nobody thought was a good idea even at the onset. Sure, let’s design something that cuts songs in half and jams if you
leave it in the car overnight. The Concorde and supersonic travel: In a time-obsessed world, how could that not work? Sonic booms are bad? Really? When we have car sound systems that are more annoying at every stoplight even in Logan? I had a Concorde trip to Paris on my bucket list 30 years ago. I was saving up for either that or a bed and breakfast on the moon. I wanted to go from New York to Paris in 40 minutes without having to be an astronaut. Now, nobody is going to the moon, and air travel has regressed to a slightly faster version of Greyhound Bus accommodations. Waterbeds: Every real
hippie and poseur hippie had one of these. They were even endorsed by shill doctors extolling their calming and spinal rejuvenating effects. Earth mothers claimed they were like being in the womb again. OK, that last thing is just creepy, but they were quite comfortable. The downside was they could flood your room and anyone who lived under you. Algae and possibly unknown bacteria could breed inside them and rise up to bite your butt. All these problems were solvable. You could get bonus points for claiming your bed as an emergency water supply and fire
Lees to perform concert
Brandon and Kenzie Lee will perform at 6 and 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. A renowned pianist, Brandon Lee will be joined by his wife, Kenzie, who is an accomplished soprano vocalist, along with violinist Katie Syphus and keyboardist/guitarist Irv Nelson, in an informal concert consisting of a delightful mix of classical, Broadway, popular and comedy genres. Seating is limited and both shows will sell out quickly. Advance tickets are available by emailing to whysoundvenue@gmail.com.
Photo exhibit in Brigham
During Prohibition from 1920 to 1933, Americans could not produce, sell, transport or import intoxicating beverages. Bootleggers and temperance lobbyists, suffragists and flappers, and legends such as Al Capone and Carry Nation took sides in the battle against the bottle. These tumultuous times are examined in the national touring exhibit “Spirited: Prohibition in See IDEAS on Page 11 America” that opened at the Brigham City Museum on Jan. 28 and continues through March 16. Admission is free. The exhibit features Prohibition-era photos, artifacts, interactive touchscreen kiosks, videos and music. Some of the photos that emphasize the split between the “wets” and the “drys” are “Why the Twenties Roared,” “Billy Sunday Preaching” and “Prohibition Sparks a Fashion Revolution.” Local photographs about liquor and tobacco in Northern Utah from 1850 on will also be on view, specifically Rudolph Keyser’s Saloon (interior view); and the Willard Winery and Brewery. The museum is located at 24 N. 300 West in Brigham City. The entrance is on the west side. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. For further information, please call (435) 226-1439 or brighamcitymuseum.org.
‘Music’ fills the Old Barn The Old Barn Community Theatre in Collinston will present “The Sound of Music” from Feb. 26 to March 19. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays, with matinees at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, and Saturday, March 12. Directed by Laura Lee Hull, “The Sound of Music” tells the story of when Maria, a nun-intraining, proves to be too high-spirited for religious life, she is sent to serve as the governess for the seven children of a widowed naval captain. Her amazing rapport with the children combined with her generosity and kindness gradually capture the heart of the austere Captain von Trapp. “The Sound of Music” stars Josie Payne (Maria Rainer); Kenneth Larsen (Captain Georg von
Deseret Book signing
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Slightly Off Center DENNIS HINKAMP
Other than the 15 percent off breakfast specials, one of the few benefits of aging is perspective. Just like you can’t appreciate the size of a Bullmastiff without having a Chihuahua sitting next to it, you can’t judge the winners without considering the losers. Here’s some perspective to contemplate before you dump all your Bitcoins into a new startup: Quadraphonic sound: How could this not be a winner? It was twice as good as stereo and had a very cool sounding name. I think I dropped mine off at Deseret Industries about 1988 because I couldn’t even sell it for $10 back then. In perspective, it
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The best of the worst ideas COMING UP
David S. Taylor will be signing copies of his book, “Bring-to-Life Book of Mormon Stories, A Reference Guide for Speakers, Teachers, Students, and Parents” from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Deseret Book, 1309 N. Main St.
Photo courtesy Old Barn Community Theatre
“The Sound of Music” will be performed at the Old Barn through March 19.
Trapp), Kennedy Anglesey (Liesl); Adam Hales (Friedrich); Sophie Reynolds (Louisa); MarleeAnn Hull (Brigitta); Kenden
Hull (Kurt); Annalee Hales (Marta); and Sammie Dustin (Gretl). The Old Barn Community Theatre is located
at 3605 Bigler Road in Collinston. For tickets or more information, call (435) 458-2276 or visit oldbarn.org.
CVCA ceramics classes
Spring ceramics classes for children, pre-teens/ teens and adults begin the week of March 14 and run through May 26 at the Cache Valley Center for the Arts. Wheel-throwing and hand-building in all classes. Enrollment is on-going; cost is $80/$111/$161. Classes run five or 10 weeks. Please call the CVCA ticket office at 752-0026, Beth Calengor at 764-2286 or visit cachearts.org to register.
The Drumbeat Goes On ANNUAL NASC POW WOW AT UTAH STATE HELPS KEEP NATIVE TRADITIONS ALIVE
The Native American Student Council, in conjunction with the Utah State University Access & Diversity Center, continued to keep tradition alive as it hosted the 43rd Annual “Echoing Traditional Ways” Pow Wow on Feb. 26 and 27. It’s a big feat, especially given that it’s put on every year by one of the university’s smallest clubs.
“Each year, we put in countless hours trying to make this event happen,” Stacie Denetsosie, president of NASC, said. “We’re funded by donations — we wouldn’t be able to make this event happen without donations. And it’s a really important event to all of the clubs, especially when you think about the legacy of NASC and the things we’ve been through.” In keeping with its name, the USU pow wow is held each spring as a way to continue traditions, celebrate new beginnings, honor warriors, personal achievements, and provide ceremonies for dropped eagle feathers. Additionally, the USU pow wow annually kicks off the pow wow circuit for the state of Utah, and it’s a tradition that has run in Native families, particularly in the Intermountain area, for generations. For instance, Tyra Hardin, a USU freshman from Brigham City and a member of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, has been a participant at the pow wow with her
family ever since she was a child. “I’ve been dancing since I was little, probably about 8 or 7,” Hardin said. “What it means to me, it just means that we’re keeping our culture alive, and we’re staying together, like united, and we’re still going, even through everything that’s happened. And it makes us stronger, even as a family. My family comes, and we feel stronger after we come to these things. It brings us all together, even with NASC and all the volunteers, they all help so much, our whole council, the whole school actually. A lot of people volunteer who aren’t even a part of NASC, and it just gets us all together.” The feeling of community runs strong every year, not just for the Natives participating and the myriad student volunteers, but for the entire Cache Valley. Denetsosie, a native of Smithfield herself, spoke to the way the pow wow serves to enlighten local residents who attend about Native culture, traditional and modern. “Pow wow is a great avenue to educate the general valley about different Native cultures, because Native culture in the stereotypical sense is feathers and beads and leathers, but it really holds no significance to them,” she said. “But when they see our elders out there, the older women, carrying their fans and representing their tribes, it means a lot more than some corporate strategy to make Native regalia
in style. It’s just an overall good event.” In addition to being a place for Natives to meet and share traditions, there is a competitive aspect to the dancing and the drum circles. Dancers vie for top honors in the categories of Golden Age, Traditional, Grass, Fancy, Jingle and Tiny-tots. The drum circle singing groups also compete for a $1,000 winner-take-all cash prize. Lane Neaman, of Kearns, Utah, served as the arena director for this year’s pow wow, with Hank Johnson of Reno, Nevada, serving as master of ceremonies. William Leonard, from Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, was head man of the pow wow, and the newly appointed Miss American Indian Utah State University, Jasmine Despain, served as head woman, a responsibility she feels honored to have earned. “It’s a little bit scary; it’s a little bit great; it’s super awesome,” Despain said of her duties. “I feel very blessed, but it comes with a lot of responsibility. I was actually going to volunteer anyway ... and then I got crowned, and I was like, well, it’s a good thing I planned on being here both days.” The pow wow is conducted in three sessions: a Friday night session, a Saturday afternoon session and a Saturday night session. Each session begins with a grand entry, led by a dancer See DRUMBEAT on Page 10
Story by CHUCK NUNN Photographs by JEFF HUNTER
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‘London Has Fallen’ keeps falling down By Aaron Peck Cache movie critic
Rarely does a movie leave me feeling actively angry. Most bad movies are passively terrible. As in they are, by any measure, bad films, but they simply leave me feeling apathetic. “London Has Fallen,” crosses that line. It ventures into aggressively bad movie territory on all conceivable levels. For whatever reason we have a “… Has Fallen” franchise now, which is inexplicable, but never mind. Charisma-less Gerard Butler reprises his role of Mike Banning. Some might call Banning a “wise-cracker,” but that would assume that anything he says borders on intelligent thought at least to some degree. Instead, he’s a boorish Secret Service agent who lacks the grit of Jack Bauer and the style of John Wick. Not to mention his mouthiness never reaches the clever heights of John McClane. In “Olympus Has
‘London Has Fallen’ Director // Babak Najafi Starring // Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Jackie Earle Haley, Radha Mitchell Rated // R for strong violence and language throughout
hand this same group is populated by the most AP Photo imbecilic soldiers one Aaron Eckhart, left, and Gerard Butler share a scene from could imagine. Grammercy Pictures’ new film, “London Has Fallen.” When the bullets start flying endless streams of Fallen,” Banning saved and faces after the movie bad guys simply charge President Benjamin Asher was over, even though down hallways and pop (Aaron Eckhart) from cer- all that information was tain death at the hands of thoughtfully provided. For up behind cover allowing Banning to mow them terrorists who improbably a movie about two guys, down like cardboard cuttook over the White House. they sure do populate the Given what you know proceedings with a glut of outs. Yep, these are the guys who planned this about the first movie, it’s meaningless faces. unbelievably intricate easy to surmise what the During an impromptu second movie is about just funeral of the recently by glancing at the title. deceased British prime It starts off comically minister, all major heads of enough as we get reinstate gather in London to troduced to the vast array pay their respects. They’re of characters who we oblivious to the oncoming might vaguely remember attacks. What follows is from the first movie, but mesmerizingly stupid. probably not. Thankfully, Here’s a movie that the filmmakers see fit to on one hand wants us to introduce each person that believe that a group of pops up on screen with terrorists numbering in a caption name and title the hundreds has planned as if anyone else in this and deftly orchestrated an movie matters save Banoutrageously large scale ning and Asher. Anyone attack on the heart of Lonwould be hard-pressed to don without a hint of chatmatch character names ter; and yet on the other
‘Deadpool’ continues to reign LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of ancient Egyptian deities couldn’t take down the merc with a mouth. Marvel’s antihero blockbuster “Deadpool” continued to dominate North American movie theaters over the weekend, earning an estimated $31.5 million in its third week. The total domestic haul for 20th Century Fox’s comic book adaptation starring Ryan Reynolds as Marvel’s foul-mouthed mercenary now stands at $285.6 million, making it the third highest-grossing R-rated film behind “American Sniper” and “The Passion
of the Christ.” Lionsgate’s “Gods of Egypt” featuring Gerard Butler as a rebellious Egyptian god debuted in second place with $14 million. The film, which reportedly cost $140 million and also stars Brenton Thwaites and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, is Hollywood’s first major flop of the year. Other newcomers that failed to topple “Deadpool” this weekend included the feel-good Olympic tale “Eddie the Eagle” in fifth place with $6.3 million and the heist romp “Triple 9” in sixth place with $6.1 million.
attack. Sure they are. Banning and President Asher spend the movie running through the streets of London killing bad guys in a horrifically edited fashion. The editing techniques implied here border on the absurd. There’s almost no way to understand the chaos taking place because of the haphazard way the action scenes are strung together.
At one point, director Babak Najafi employs a one-take tracking shot that is one of the most confusing pieces of filming I’ve ever witnessed. A confusing, chaotic tracking shot. Well, that’s something new, I suppose. It would be at this moment that I should mention the ghastly special effects employed here. Explosions look as if they were made for a SyFy Channel movie. If there’s one thing our CGIobsessed movie industry has provided us, it’s the ability to spot cheap knockoffs at a quick glance. And boy, are these wares tarnished. See LONDON on Page 9
“World-Renowned Musicians in a World-Class Setting”
The Aizuri Quartet with Michael Rusinek, clarinet Monday, March 14 7:30 p.m. Caine Performance Hall Reserved Seating: Adults $24, USU Faculty/Staff $20, Students (ages 8 and older) $12 Tickets: (435) 797-8022 or arts.usu.edu More information at www.usu.edu/wassermann
London Continued from Page 8 Yet, those faults pale in comparison to the screenplay’s utter disregard for a complex world view. There is a speech given by Banning, which is so
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Judy Hopps, voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin, stars in a scene from “Zootopia.”
★★★ ‘Zootopia’ Director // Byron Howard, Rich Moore Starring // Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, J.K. Simmons, Kristen Bell, Alan Tudyk, Shakira, Tommy Chong Rated // PG for some thematic elements, rude humor and action
there a great animal war where mammals came out on top? Unfortunately, this is never dealt with. Perhaps in the sequel. But that’s all beside the point. Zootopia is a relatively friendly place, but the balance of power between predator and prey must be kept by the city’s police force. Naturally, the police force is populated with large, muscle-bound mammals like oxen, rhiinherently racist and so wholly repugnant that it’s hard to understand how it wasn’t rewritten or cut out entirely. His words are an avocation of genocide. Something that jumps the line of cheeky one-liners into some unsightly realm of depravity. It’s just gross.
nos and polar bears. That’s where Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) comes in. Hopps is a bunny from a rural carrot farm outside of Zootopia. Her dream is Action!
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a clever idea that provides interesting scene changes and reflection on just how a town like this would work. It’s imaginative, fun, and affords endless possibilities for storytelling. Central to the screenplay’s success is how it treats its core message. This is a layered approach to ideals such as acceptance and inclusion. It’s not just Hopps who finds herNick Wilde (Jason Bateself at the tail-end of man) is a conniving consocietal prejudice. No, fox. Even though Zootopia it’s a systemic problem has changed the ecologithat affects other mamcal system forever, some genetic tendencies remain. mals in varied ways. It certainly provides a Foxes and bunnies, don’t jumping off point for get along. Of course, the parents and children movie pairs up Hopps to talk about such suband Wilde as they jump jects as bullying, tolerhead first into a mystery surrounding the disappear- ance and the roles we play in society at large. ance of numerous preda Yet, in the end the tors within the city limits. thing that sticks with “Zootopia” is lushly me most is my son animated. The entire city exclaiming, during is something to behold, one of the movie’s big and far too grand to take in during such a short run- chase scenes, that what time. The city is surround- he was watching was indeed, “awesome!” ed by a dozen separate ecological systems, hous- It’s a simple critique, ing mammals in regards to but an accurate one nonetheless. their natural habitat. It’s
The Reel Place Aaron Peck
Halfway through “Zootopia,” my 4-year-old son turned to me and said, “Dad, this is so awesome!” That’s as much of a review as most should need in order to choose it as their next family outing. Disney’s early marketing of “Zootopia” threw people off the scent. Selling the movie with the tagline, “Like nothing you’ve seen be-fur,” suggested something unique. Anthropomorphic animals in animation, yes that surely hasn’t been done before, ahem, befur. However, despite its lame marketing, “Zootopia” manages to create a beautifully animated world populated by intelligent mammals, all the while carrying a storyline that offers up inclusion and acceptance as its core narrative force. It’s surprisingly effective to say the least. The city of Zootopia is a place where evolved mammals roam, predator and prey alike. A delicate truce has formed amongst the two disparate groups, only we’re never really given any clue on what the predators eat instead of their neighbors. Anyhow, “Zootopia” somewhat buries the lead, so to speak, because one might instantly wonder, Hey, where are all the reptiles or birds? Was
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Drumbeat Continued from Page 6 carrying the Eagle Staff, followed by a color guard provided by the Utah State ROTC, the head man and head woman, and all the participating dancers. Gary Watson, of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in Fort Hall, Idaho, carried the Eagle Staff for the Saturday afternoon entry. While the Eagle Staff is generally carried in the present day by a veteran of the Armed Services, Watson explained that since the tradition goes back to when all Native men were warriors, any man can still be asked to carry the staff. “Actually, on the Eagle staff, it goes way back,” he said. “All men were warriors — all men. So whoever is the arena director, they ask whoever they want to bring it in. But some tribes, they do have the veterans, but the warriors, way before time, before we got into the new world, I guess you could say, the new age, where they got to joining the military with the non-Indians ... before that, they were warriors, and they brought the staff. It kind of
Above, a young girl dances as part of the Grand Entry during Saturday afternoon’s session of the NASC Pow Wow at Utah State. Left, a young male dancer performs at the Nelson Fieldhouse.
varies throughout the pow wow to different tribes.” And it’s traditions like that, the things the participants continue to keep alive year after year, that matter the most, even above the competitions.
“It’s a great way to join culture, like Native cultures together,” Denetsosie said. “And it’s a great space for Natives to meet, because there’s not many places you can meet Natives in the valley. And it’s just a great gath-
ering of people. And the pow wow itself is all about healing; it’s about ceremony; it’s about all of this stuff — everything is medicine, in the singing, in the prayer, in the regalia. It’s a very sacred event.”
The Friends of the North Logan Library invite you to an evening of fancy fish stories by local authors Russ Beck and Chadd VanZanten. Tim King will provide a fly-tying demonstration at 7 p.m. Friday, March 4. Admission is free, and there will be light refreshments and a raffle. Join us for this first event in our new “Authors & Illustrators Series” at the library. For more information, visit friendsnll.org. The Cache Valley Mushers will host the 2016 K9 Challenge on Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5, at the Sinks Area in Logan Canyon. Races will begin at 8:30 a.m. For more information, visit cache valleymushers.com.
Logan High School is raising money with the community for the Make-A-Wish Foundation to grant Aden’s wish. Kristina Evonne will be playing original music from her debut album at 7 p.m. Friday, March 4, at the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West. Former Tides will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 4, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6.
SATURDAY Bret Hanson will perform from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. Common Ground Outdoor Adventures, a nonprofit organization that serves individuals
with disabilities, will host a ski day beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, March 5. Call 713-0288 to register.
SUNDAY Scotty Haze will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.
MONDAY The Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s movie is “The Intern,” which is rated PG-13. Popcorn and admission is free. Booklore Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, at
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Continued from Page 5 extinguisher. In retrospect, if we all still had waterbeds and spread the gospel of floatation sleeping we could have rid the world of bed bugs. Sailboards: Even right here in landlocked Logan, the dream of zipping across the E.coli infested waters of Hyrum Reservoir was irresistible. All the roof rack manufacturers were designing something that worked for skis in the winter and sailboards in the summer. The valley was rife with burdened down Subarus with skis and sailboards poised for that perfect spring day when you could do both. Then they disappeared faster than rusting Ford Pintos. They now must all be about 10 feet down in the landfill because you can’t even find them in the free section of Craigslist. Roomba: OK, their time is not over yet, but other than a few cute videos of cats surfing them, their clock is ticking. Who really wants a semi-sentient giant hockey puck in charge of your residential hygiene? And for the same price you could employ needy liberal arts majors to do the same job with less chance of a violent, though eloquent, uprising. ———
Continued from Page 3 music and learned it so I could go in and record it the next day,” Allegretto explained. “I practiced it, had it down and recorded in just an hour, and they were ecstatic. “But unfortunately, the other guy got his name in the credits instead of me because they were that down to the wire and the credits had already been done.” During his long career, Allegretto has also shared the stage with the likes of Prince, David Lee Roth and Rick James, and has also played with actormusicians such as Bruce Willis and Dennis Quaid. But then, many of those performances were done by his alterego, the blues musician also known as Gary Allegretto. “There really isn’t that strong of line between them because cowboy music started with the blues,” Allegretto
Dennis Hinkamp cannot be an anachronism because he was never popular in the first place.
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the home of Marilyn Maxfield. Chrysalis Paranova will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, March 7, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6. The North Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, at 475 E. 2500 North. This week’s movie is “Goosebumps” which is rated PG. Popcorn and admission is free. The Cache Valley Retired School Employees Association will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, March 7, at the Bluebird Restaurant. Julie Huppi will play Irish music on cello, and, Isaac Cox, president of URSA, will speak to us. All retired school employees in the valley are invited
declared. “When the freed slaves became cowboys and mixed with the European cultures, that was the first blues music. So, when the cowboys were embarking on those first cattle drives in the 1860s, there was a strong blues influence on the music.” Allegretto, who grew up in the Southwest and graduated with a forestry degree from Northern Arizona, said he received his first harmonica from his grandfather, and that it was “the instrument that won the West.” That’s why he’s spent years traveling around the world and around the country, including earthquake-battered Haiti in 2010, to share his music and teach children how to play the harmonica. But if you really want to put a smile on Allegretto’s face, ask him about the time he shared his lunch with Johnny Cash back in ’90s. An actor in a Taco Bell commercial that “The Man in Black” was featured in, Allegretto said everyone else on the set was a bit intimidated by Cash during a lunch break in the desert north-
Spelbring said the show has a great behind-thescenes team. Nancy Hills, associate professor in the CCA, is designing costumes for the show, graduate students have completed lighting and set designs
to attend. Reservations are required; if you plan on attending, please call Rodell Johnson at 750-0184.
TUESDAY The Logan Library will host Teen Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s theme is “So Bored!” Visit library. loganutah.org for more information. The Logan Library would like to invite the public to join library staff and board members in discussing the library’s future at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the Logan History Room. For more information, call 716-9120 or visit library.loganutah.org.
east of Los Angeles. “You don’t often get to mingle with a legend, so I thought, this is my only chance to ever have lunch with Johnny Cash,” Allegretto recalled. “So, I walked over, sat down with my tray and said, ‘Excuse me, Mr. Cash. Do you mind if I have lunch with you?’” “He said, ‘Are you talking to me, son? Because my name’s Johnny; my daddy’s name is Mr. Cash.’ Allegretto said the two talked about music and the harmonica during lunch, and that Cash was “just the nicest guy.” “He was just so gracious and such a good guy,” he added. “Never was a legend such a gentleman.” ——— Gary Allegretto will perform during the Cowboy Opry during the Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous at 7 p.m. Friday, March 4, at Mountain Crest High School in Hyrum. He’s also scheduled to play at other times during the annual event. For more information, visit cachevalleycowboyrendezvous.com and garyallegretto.com.
and a student is working sound design. Spelbring’s team has created an Act 0, Scene 0 “prologue” for the play to help the storytelling process. He says a lot of people have “Shakesfear” and are wor-
ried Shakespeare’s plays will be difficult to understand. “My job as a director is to make the story very clear,” Spelbring said. “Anyone who comes to see this production will not have a problem following the plot.”
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Cache Magazine calendar items are due Tuesday by 5 p.m. They will also run for free in The Herald Journal one to two days prior to the event. Calendar items can be submitted by email at hjhappen@hjnews.com. Any press releases or photos for events listed in the first half of Cache Magazine can be sent to jhunter@hjnews.com. Poems and photos can also be sent to jhunter@hjnews.com and run on a space-available basis if selected.
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