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FOREVER A COWBOY Ned LeDoux carries on fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical legacy at the Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous

The Herald Journal

MARCH 10-16, 2017

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March 10-16, 2017

COVER 6 Ned LeDoux brings his and his father’s music to 7th Cowboy Rendezvous

THE ARTS 3 Leaping Lulu celebrates St. Patrick’s Day March 11

3 Wellsville Elementary

to present ‘Peter Pan Jr.

4 Cache Theatre group puts a 1920s spin on ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ 4 Summerfest Arts Faire

names ’17 featured artist

5 Old Barn Theatre takes flight with ‘Mary Poppins’

5 Cache Valley Civic Ballet brings ‘Cinderella’ to stage

MOVIES 8 ‘Logan’ tops box office;

‘Moonlight’ re-release pays off for Best Picture winner

9 Two and a half stars:

‘Kong: Skull Island’ focuses on action, not characters

TELEVISION 8 Return of ‘The Voice’

brings big ratings for NBC

CALENDAR 11 See what’s happening this week in Cache Valley

Ned LeDoux sings “Western Skies” at a “meet-and-greet” event prior to his concert last Saturday night. On the cover: LeDoux performs during the Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous at the Mountain Crest High School Auditorium in Hyrum. (Jeff Hunter/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR My father raised me on the cowboy songs and gunfighter ballads of Marty Robbins, so when I discovered the music of Chris LeDoux, it was a natural fit. Yeah, I admit, I was one of the millions who came to appreciate LeDoux’s music via Garth Brooks. Coming on the future superstar’s debut album in 1989, the song “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)” featured the line, “The worn out tape of Chris LeDoux, lonely women and bad booze,” in trying to illustrate the

life of a rodeo competitor. A real-life bareback champion, LeDoux’s music wasn’t known all that much outside of rodeo circles before Brooks brought him to the attention of the rest of the country. But LeDoux soon found himself as a mainstream superstar, delivering numerous country music hits before his untimely passing in 2005. More than a decade later, Chris LeDoux’s son, Ned, is taking on the challenge of performing his father’s song, as well as some of his own. The longtime drummer in his dad’s band, Western Underground, Ned was the featured performer last Saturday night at the annual Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous in Hyrum ... and the response was stunning.

The Mountain Crest High School Auditorium was packed — the first sellout in the seven-year history of the event — making it clear that there are a lot of people that still crave genuine cowboy music, rather than the pop-music sounds of the majority of today’s country music. Although he doesn’t look much like his father, Ned LeDoux’s voice is definitely similar, and he’s doing an admirable job of carrying on the legacy of his father’s music. Music that was basically the only “current” music that I felt comfortable trying to get my father to listen to while on long drives under the “Western Skies” of Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. — Jeff Hunter

Logan-based Irish group will headline show Saturday night The Bridger Folk Music Society will present Leaping Lulu: An Evening of Celtic Music and Dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. This St. Patrick’s Day celebration will feature Celtic folk band Leaping Lulu in an engaging mix of Celtic songs, reels, jigs and impeccable Irish dancing. Tickets are available at the Ellen Eccles Theatre Box Office at 43 S. Main St., on the phone at 752-0026 or online at cachearts.org. Reserved seating prices are $14 to $22. Leaping Lulu is a neo-traditional Celtic folk band based in Logan. Former long-term band member and Irish tenor Kent Braddy will return to the Ellen Eccles Theatre stage to perform some favorite Celtic songs with Sara Gunnell on fiddle, Liz Fallis on flute and Don Anderson on guitar.

‘Pan Jr.’ coming to stage in Wellsville

Leaping Lulu will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

In addition to their solo concerts and Celtic dance collaborations, Leaping Lulu is highly regarded for their contra dance music, and has recorded five albums: “The Walk Home,” “High Road Low Road,” “The Moving Cloud,” “Into The West” and

“Celtic Night Live.” Highlights from past engagements include performances at the Salt Lake Arts Festival, Park Silly Sunday Market, Sundance Film Festival, Celtic Stew Irish Music Festival, Heber Valley Railroad, Thanksgiving Point

Highland Games, Malad Welsh Festival, Summerfest Arts Faire, Utah Irish Music Festival and broadcasts on KRCL-FM, KUSU and NPR’s “The Folk Sampler.” Visit leapinglulu.com for more information about the band.

Tickets on sale for UFOMT season Single tickets for Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre’s silver anniversary season are on sale now. Thanks to increased popularity and by using the newly restored Utah Theatre, the Festival’s season has been extended additional weeks and will run from June 23-Aug. 9. “This season is a celebra-

tion of iconic genius,” said Michael Ballam, founding general director. “All the works are the supreme offerings in each form of storytelling through music.” The Festival kicks off its 25th season with “Seussical,” a musical that celebrates childhood with catchy tunes and charming stories through the

stories of Dr. Seuss. The wonderfully whimsical “Seussical” at the Utah Theatre features favorite Whoville characters including the Cat in the Hat and Horton the Elephant. Join Quasimodo in the bell tower in a lush retelling of Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” This epic story of love, acceptance

and what it means to be a hero features songs from the Disney animated feature that will make your heart swell with laughter, tears and awe. Disney’s Oscar-nominated score is augmented with additional new music. “The Music Man” is the See SALE on Page 11

Students at Wellsville Elementary School will present Disney’s “Peter Pan Jr.” March 17-18. Performances will begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with an additional 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday. Admission is $3 per person and $15 per family. The 90-minute musical is based on the play by J.M. Barrie and the 1953 Disney film. The elementary-aged cast contains more than 120 students from kindergarten to sixth grade, led completely by volunteers. “We are always blown away by our talent, and this year is no exception,” said director Valerie Plowman. “They are sure to impress you. Our actors work hard, and we expect them to perform at professionals. This is no mere ‘elementary production.’ “We treat this like the real deal, and the children rise to the occasion. ‘Peter Pan Jr.’ is a heart-warming story familiar to us all. Come take an adventure into the land of imagination and let yourself slip into childhood again, enjoy music both familiar and new.” A free preview of select scenes from the show will be given at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at the Wellsville Elementary School, 525 N. 200 West in Wellsville.

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all mixed up Root tabbed as featured artist Logan’s Summerfest Arts Faire has selected glass artist Nikki Root as its featured artist for 2017, festival director Elaine Thatcher announced last week. Root’s glass art will be featured on all Summerfest publicity for 2017, and she will have a featured tent at the festival in June. Root lives in Providence, but

she fell in love with stained glass when she and her husband lived in Georgia, where it is common in antebellum mansions. Root had stained glass in her own home there, and she said, “Once you have stained glass in your home, you never want to live without it.” In 1994, Root and her family moved to Cache Valley, and she enrolled in a stained glass

class, where she learned the basics of cutting and soldering. She was able to create eight windows for her new home for which the Northern Utah Home Builders Association presented her with the 1995 Outstanding Glasswork Award. Since then, she has designed and created countless stained glass windows and, for several years she has instructed the

very stained glass class she once attended. After raising her five children, Root was inspired to develop her own techniques to create unique 3-D glass art panels incorporating vintage and antique glass dishes, as well as other glass items. This launched her career as an See ROOT on Page 10

‘Taming of the Shrew’ hits the ’20s Cache Theatre Company puts a twist on Shakespeare’s classic Put flappers and fedoras into a William Shakespeare classic, and what do you get? A stunning Cache Theatre Company production of “The Taming of the Shrew” set against the backdrop of a 1920s New York City skyline. Shakespeare’s work is relatable throughout many different periods of time and cultures with his ability to identify and amplify basic human experiences and behaviors. Since the time of Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew” has been portrayed in a variety of ways, from being put to song and dance in “Kiss Me Kate “to a more modern 1990s perspective in “10 Things I Hate About You.” There have been a reported 25 versions of this classic love battle from television and movies alone to confirm that, though centuries old, Shakespeare is still relevant. For tickets to this vintage retelling of a definitive story please visit cachetheatre.com. Performances will be March 30-April 3 in the Bullen Center Carousel Ballroom adjacent to the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

Cache Theatre Company director, Jeffrey Olsen, describes his inspiration for this art deco production of “The Taming of the Shrew” to come from the incredible energy and exuberance of plot in Shakespeare’s writing. For him, it seemed to fit perfectly with the lavish and lively 1920s era of social and artistic dynamism. So, how will this version be different from Shakespeare’s original? The cast is working hard to ensure that their production of “Shrew” both remains true to the emotion and wit of the original dialogue and distinctly human experiences, while refreshing those poignant moments with visually pleasing aesthetics and more contemporary environments. “The locations of the play will be opened up into exciting, vibrant environments, the costumes will be time-period appropriate and certain phrases in the original dialogue will be updated for the benefit of a 1920s New York setting.” Olsen says. “It’s exciting to consider how universally

The Cache Theatre Company will present “The Taming of the Shrew” March 30-April 3 in the Carousel Ballroom at the Bullen Center.

human we really are when a play hundreds of years old can visually and emotionally enrapture you in a modern context.” “The Taming of the Shrew”

is the love story of Petruchio and Katherine, respectively the tamer and the shrew. Petruchio is convinced that Katherine would make the ideal wife, as she is wealthy and he

is confident in his abilities to subdue. He believes he can tame Kate’s wild and insubordinate behaviors. He is introduced to Katherine as a potential prospect by Lucentio, a man desperately in love with Bianca, Katherine’s younger sister. Bianca, however, is unable to accept suitors until her eldest sister is wed, a decision enforced by their father Baptista Minola. Shakespeare’s telling takes the audience on a journey to bring these couples together through comedy, disguise, irrational rationalizations and the power of true love. Thus begins an epic love battle of wooing and taming the shrew. Cameron Cook, who will be playing the ambitious Petruchio, describes his character as unconventional and at times extreme, but with the interest of those he loves at heart. “You can always find some part of Shakespeare’s characters to relate to, and everyone who watches the play will find someone to relate to as well,” Cook observes. If it’s not the “leading man,” perhaps you will relate See SHREW on Page 11

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ups and downs, Mary’s special presence is infectious with both young and old alike urging us all to believe in magic. “Mary Poppins” features a delightful score including such musical favorites as “A Spoonful of Sugar,” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and “Chim Chim Cher-ee.” The Old Barn Community Theatre will present “Mary Poppins” at 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays March 3-25, at 3605 Bigler Road in Collinston. Matinees will also begin at 2:30 p.m. on March 11 and 18. For tickets and more information, visit oldbarn.org or call (435) 458-2276.

The Cache Community Band will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 10, at the Logan Tabernacle. The concert is free. For 39 years, the Cache Community Wind Symphony has been a major year-round contributor to the cultural and artistic landscape of Cache Valley. The Cache Community Wind Symphony consists of 65 excellent musicians that hail from throughout the valley, ranging in age from 14 to . . . well, 29 and still holding. All former and current band musicians are encouraged to participate with the Wind Symphony — to meet other musicians, recreate, rehearse and perform. The Cache Wind Symphony is conducted by Laverna Horne, Mt. Logan Middle School music department head and director, as well as Dr. Thomas P. Rohrer, professor and director of bands at Utah State University.

‘Cinderella’ returns to Cache Valley

The Cache Valley Civic Ballet will present “Cinderella” March 24-25 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

Cache Valley Civic Ballet’s presentation of “Cinderella” returns to the historic Ellen Eccles Theatre March 24-25. An entire generation has grown up with the Disney version of the classic story. Patrons will find the ballet production familiar, but will be able to go beyond the Disney telling of the story as the ballet tells anew the story of love, kindness and dreams come true. “Cinderella” adult ticket prices range from $10 to $21, are free for K-5 students, and high school and college students can take advantage of a 25 percent discount. Tickets are available at cvcballet.org and at the Ellen Eccles Theatre Box Office. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 752-0026. The role of Cinderella will be performed by Jade Wimmer. Wimmer began dancing with the Cache Valley School of Ballet in 2009 at the age of 7, and has been a member of the Cache Valley Civic Ballet Company since 2012. A freshman at Ridgeline High School, Wimmer is studying under the direction of Sandra Emile and Steffanie Casperson, and she has been awarded a scholarship to attend the Joffrey Ballet School in San Francisco this summer. She also has attended the Snowy Range Summer

‘Magnolias’ in Perry

The Heritage Theatre will present “Steel Magnolias” on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays March 3-25, at 2505 S. U.S. Hwy. 89 in Perry. Alternately hilarious and touching, “Steel Magnolias” focuses on the camaraderie of six Southern women who talk, gab and harangue each other through the best of times and cry, comfort and heal each other through the worst. For tickets and more information, visit heritagetheatreutah.com or call (435) 723-8392.

Cache Valley on Ice

The Herald Journal will host Cache Valley on Ice, a free family skate day at the Eccles Ice Center in North Logan. Admission is free, but the Herald Journal will be collecting non-perishable items or cash for the Cache Community Food Pantry. Skate rental fees will be waived for this event, but if you have your own skates, please use them. This fun day is being sponsored by Intermountain Clinics, Schreiber, South Valley Dental, Sam’s Club and Lee’s Marketplace. These sponsors will be hosting fun and interactive activities throughout the day. Lee’s Marketplace will be selling their gourmet popcorn and nuts with all proceeds being donated to The Family Place. There will be an inflatable obstacle course and a couple of other bounce houses, as well.

‘Pirate’ book launch

The book launch party for “How to Become a Pirate Hunter” will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 17, at the Book Table, 29 S. Main St. Events include a reading by the author, Marty Reeder, as well as a pirate costume contest, a book giveaway and original music by Composition Commodore, Tanner Lex Jones. For more information, See VALLEY on Page 10 visit martyreeder.com.

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It’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious as the popular family musical “Mary Poppins” flies onto the stage of the Old Barn Community Theatre on select dates March 3-25. Based on the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney film, “Mary Poppins,” the charming story surrounding the Banks children, Michael and Jane, whose mischievous behavior forces their parents to hire a new nanny, to “manage” them. Mary takes them on all kinds of magical adventures around London introducing the children to special friends including Bert, the chimney sweep. Through the Banks’ family

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lthough Clarke Daniels now lives in North Logan, he grew up in Lander, Wyoming, and was about 12 years old when Chris LeDoux brought the world bareback riding championship back to “The Cowboy State” in 1976. But as much as he appreciated LeDoux, who spent his high school years in Cheyenne, bringing a National Finals Rodeo title to Wyoming, Clarke said he appreciated LeDoux’s music even more. In order to help finance his rodeo career, LeDoux started writing and recording songs about the cowboy life in the mid ’70s, selling his albums out of the back of his truck at rodeo events around the country. “I grew up ranching, and I remember having his old 8-track tapes, and we’d plug ‘em into the pickup when we were out feeding cows or whatever we were doing,” Clarke recalled. So, that means that Clarke literally had “the worn out tape of Chris LeDoux” that Garth Brooks famously sang about in his 1989 hit, “Much

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The son of the legendary Chris LeDoux, Ned LeDoux was the featured performer last Saturday night at the Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous at the Mountain Crest High School Auditorium in Hyrum.

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Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)”? “Absolutely,” Daniels said. “I had ots of them.” “Actually, they’re still in our house,” Daniels’ wife, Laura clarified. The Daniels were two of a few dozen people who attended a “meetnd-greet” event last Saturday night couple of hours prior to the main oncert at the seventh annual Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous. During he hour-long session, fans of the legndary Chris LeDoux — who died in 005 — were treated to a visit from Ned LeDoux, the second-oldest of LeDoux’s children. A longtime drummer in his father’s band, Western Underground, Ned has emerged as a singer over the past ew years, performing many of his dad’s songs, while also writing some new music of his own. “It brings back a lot of the older memories, and I like some of the stuff hat Ned is doing that is new, too,” Clarke Daniels said of the younger LeDoux’s emerging career. “It kind

Prior to his evening concert last Saturday, Ned LeDoux, left, and his younger brother, Will, chatted with fans, including Clarke and Laura Daniels, and sang three songs.

WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS BY JEFF HUNTER of helps tie it in together. You can only hold onto the old for so long, so it’s nice to have a mix of the two.” While last Saturday’s show marked the first time Daniels had seen Ned in concert, he said he saw Chris LeDoux perform at least seven or eight times, while Laura saw the elder LeDoux in concert with Brooks a couple of times herself. “He was genuine — a local guy and a true cowboy,” Clarke Daniels said of Chris LeDoux. “There was no distinction in that. It was just part of the lifestyle.”

——— Ned LeDoux took the stage last Saturday following a brief set by Montana-based singer Trinity Seely that including some backing vocals by students from Canyon Elementary School, and some cowboy poetry from some young up-and-comers, as well as veteran poet and master of ceremonies, Sam DeLeeuw. DeLeeuw shared a story about meeting Chris LeDoux long ago at a rodeo in Sevier County, then noted that she was able to meet Ned just a little before the start of the show in

the MCHS Auditorium. “And this young man reminds me so much of his father, during just the little bit that we were able to visit here,” DeLeeuw said of Ned. “I asked him, ‘What do you want me to say about you when I introduce you?’ “’Just tell them, I am keeping my dad’s music alive.” That statement led to a huge round of applause, practically drowning out DeLeeuw proclaiming: “Ladies and gentlemen, Ned LeDoux.” With some concert goers already on their feet, LeDoux immediately broke into his father’s song, “Running Through the Rain,” which he quickly followed with what he said was the first of his dad’s songs he ever learned how to play, “I’ve Got to Be a Rodeo Man.” “Western Skies” came next, with LeDoux picking up another big cheer by substituting “Wasatch Mountains” during the line that states, “I gotta be where I can see those Rocky Mountains.” LeDoux, who performed in his father’s band for the first time in 1998 during a show in Pocatello, Idaho, said that ever since he was

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‘Logan’ rips up box office NEW YORK (AP) — The R-rated “X-Men” spinoff “Logan” slashed into the weekend box office, opening with a massive $85.3 million in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, while best-picture winner “Moonlight” got a significant, if far from superhero-sized, Oscar bump. The debut of 20th Century Fox’s “Logan,” starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, ranks among the biggest March openings ever and top R-rated debuts. Like last year’s R-rated “Deadpool” (also a Fox release), the better-than-expected opening for “Logan” — a darkly violent, grittily dramatic movie applauded by critics — further proves moviegoers’ hunger for less conventional comic book films. “’Deadpool,’ was to comedy what ‘Logan’ is to drama.

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Hugh Jackman’s return as Wolverine in “Logan” brought in $85.3 million at the box office during its opening weekend.

The only common theme is that they’re quote-unquote ‘comic-book movies’ and they’re rated R,” said Fox distribution chief Chris Aronson, who credited director and co-writer James Mangold and Jackman for executing their

personal vision for the film. Jackman has said it will be his final performance as Wolverine, whose claws he has worn for 17 years. “Logan,” made for about $100 million, See LOGAN on Page 9

Return of ‘The Voice’ helps NBC in ratings NEW YORK (AP) — Singing, dancing and Chicago was the formula NBC used for a weekly victory in the ratings. “The Voice” returned from a hiatus and earned three of the top four slots in the Nielsen company’s list of the mostwatched programs last week. The exception was “Little Big Shots,” the debut of another variety show, this one featuring talented youngsters with Steve Harvey as host. NBC, rebooting for the midseason, also landed in the top 20 with all four of producer Dick Wolf’s Chicago-based dramas that aired last week, including the latest, “Chicago Justice.” NBC averaged 7.3 million viewers in prime-time for the week. CBS was second with 6.1 million, ABC had 3.2 million, Fox had 2.4 million, Univision had 2 million, Telemundo had

1.4 million, the CW had 1.39 million and ION Television had 1.3 million. Fox News Channel was the most popular cable network, benefiting from its coverage of President Trump’s address to Congress. For the week of Feb. 27-March 5, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 13.03 million; “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 11.72 million; “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.35 million; “The Voice” (Thursday), NBC, 10.69 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 10.68 million; President Trump Address to Congress, Fox News, 10.68 million; “The Walking Dead,” AMC, 10.16 million; “Presidential Address Analysis,” Fox News, 10.15 million; “Chicago PD,” NBC, 9.59 million; “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 9.46 million.

Like I said, none of these characters are too deep. The biggest problem this presents is that the cast of characters becomes a shooting gallery (well, in AP Photo this case a gallery of gore) set up against large monVeteran actor Samuel L. Jackson stars in “Kong: Skull Island.” sters who will kill and eat (John C. Reilly), a military most of them. And when service member who was those people inevitably accidentally stranded on die, we shrug and move the island during World onto the next poor soul, War II. And that’s only because we don’t know director // Jordan Vogt-Roberts because we know a little any of them to begin with. Starring // Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, bit more about him than John Goodman, Brie Larson, Tian Jing, John C. There is a certain Reilly, Terry Notary, John Ortiz, Toby Kebbell we do about anyone else. B-movie charm associrated // PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi ated with “Kong: Skull There are flashes of violence and action, and for brief strong language Island.” Its main purpose character depth for the is to provide a backdrop various Vietnam era “Kong: Skull Island” is squashed, dismembered for massive animal battles. soldiers on display. One and digested, because who soldier is penning a letter The scale is impossible, filled with people. They are they anyway? Food. appear interesting on the home to his son. Or was it but the action is the only That’s what they are. outside, but not once are his wife? I honestly can’t thing that matters. In fact, “Skull Island” has much Even recognizable faces remember. Another solwe given even the remotest chance to get to know like Brie Larson and Tom dier is stern and socially Hiddelston are given any of them. We’re kept awkward to the point of nothing to do other than at arm’s distance, only being comedy relief. Then learning superficial things run around while being there’s Preston Packard recognizable. The best about them. This makes (Samuel L. Jackson), it easier when they inevi- character in the whole whose sole purpose on the movie is Hank Marlow tably get eaten, smashed, island becomes revenge.

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Logan Continued from Page 8 also sold $152.5 million in tickets overseas. “On a global scale, we’ve exceeded all pre-release expectations,” Aronson said. Last week’s No. 1 film, Jordan Peele’s horror sensation “Get

Out” slid just 22 percent — a small drop for any movie but particularly in the horror genre. The acclaimed Universal Pictures release, made for $5 million by Blumhouse Productions, dropped to second place but still grossed $26.1 million. Its 10-day total is $75 million. The Oscar best-picture winner “Moonlight” had its widest release yet, appearing on 1,564 screens. It

turned in its biggest weekend, too, with an estimated $2.5 million. That accounts for roughly 10 percent of the movie’s total domestic haul of $25.3 million. “Moonlight,” made for just $1.5 million, is also out on DVD and on-demand. Indie distributor A24 said it will be its highest-grossing release in its five-year existence. “Moonlight” also ranks fourth on iTunes.

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more in common with “Pacific Rim” than it does Jackson’s “King Kong.” While I wasn’t caring about the movie’s characters I found myself thinking about the logistics. All these huge animals on one relatively small island and not once did we see a giant mound of Kong poo. No seriously, wouldn’t it be everywhere? Also, while we’re at it, how does such a small area sustain such massive creatures, many of whom are predators, and rely on eating other large species. Seems like the food would run out fast. At any rate, there’s a moment where Kong grabs a tree, slides his hand down the trunk knocking off all the branches, creating a large, primitive Louisville Slugger that he’s planning to use on a would-be attacker. It’s a hilarious scene that perfectly encapsulates the movie’s purpose: it works as long as you don’t think about it. Like at all.

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“Kong: Skull Island” certainly delivers the monster mayhem goods. If you’re going into this version of King Kong wanting as many computer-generated monster fights as possible, then you’re going to get your wish. It’s exciting and brash and full of explosive nonsense. Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” is truly an underrated blockbuster — a weighty epic that pieced together huge special effects with an intimate story and detailed characters. In “Skull Island,” director Jordan Vogt-Roberts and his writing team opt for a much more streamlined approach. They’ve trimmed down the narrative, jettisoned character dynamics and go for broke on action, action, action! Don’t get me wrong, watching Kong fight giant squids and skull crawlers (the main movie baddies) and other impossible beasts is quite the spectacle. None of Vogt-Roberts’ action sequences come close to the Jackson’s Kong versus two Tyrannosaurus rexes, but his scenes stand on their own. The main difference between the two films is this: Jackson’s film had characters to care about, while Vogt-Roberts’ film provides characters for action fodder.

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Although he grew up in Kaycee, LeDoux now lives in northeast Kansas in the house Morgan was raised Continued from Page 7 in. Tall and lean, he doesn’t in Western Underground, look much like his father, he always thought, Yes, but the voice is certainly whenever he saw a familiar. And the younger Utah concert date on the LeDoux seems quite comschedule. fortable being out on the “I don’t know what it front of the stage after is. Maybe it’s the mounyears of playing the drums tains or there’s somein Western Underground, thing in the water, but which got together for fans here have always possibly its final show been great,” he prolast June at Chris LeDoux claimed. Days in Kaycee. LeDoux then perStudents from Canyon Elementary School in Hyrum help “You know, singing formed “Homegrown Trinity Seely perform a song last Saturday. never even crossed my Western Saturday Night” mind when my dad was before turning his of chewing tobacco we don’t have hawks. If around because I just focus towards the five you see one, it’s just kind being tossed up onto the wanted to be the best songs from his new EP, of passing through, and you stage — “Hooked on drummer I could be for “Forever a Cowboy.” never see it again,” Ned an 8 Second Ride” and him,” Ned said. “But I “Johnson County explained. “… So, I like to “Cadillac Cowboy.” He kind of starting banging War” is a remake of believe that that’s Dad.” also dedicated “The Ride” around on the guitar for a one of his father’s LeDoux then finished to local shooting victim few years, and when Dad songs, while “We Ain’t up his 18-song set by Deserae Turner, then passed away, that’s when Got It All” was a colsinging nine more of his closed his performance I kind of decided to start laboration with his father’s songs, including with the crowd favorite, singing a few of his songs. dad, created by Ned’s “Copenhagen” — lead“This Cowboy’s Hat” and “Whether it was for mother, Peggy, finding ing to at least one can walked off the stage with people or for the birds the crowd on its feet. out on the front porch, ——— I didn’t really care,” he Lingering in the dressadded. “There’s just someaunch ing room just off of the thing romantic about it, I ome MCHS Auditorium stage, thought, to just be able to attend the arty Ned LeDoux texted on sing in the kitchen or on his smartphone, checking the front porch. But I’ve in with his wife, Morgan, enjoyed it. It’s been a lot When: 17 march, 6:00-7:30 Where: the Book taBLe in Logan, utah and their 5-year-old son, of fun.” Why: Because it’LL Be fun! What kind of question is that?! LeDoux said the transiBronson. some lyrics that Chris has been working on before he passed away. “Brother Highway” is a very LeDoux-like song that is Ned’s first single as a solo artist, while “Forever A Cowboy” also has some of his father’s lyrics in it. “The Hawk” was the a real tear-jerker, however, as LeDoux described how his father once told him he would love to be a hawk if he ever died and had a chance to come back as something else. Then, about the time Chris passed away in 2005 after years of battling a rare liver ailment, a hawk — normally a rarity in the area — showed up, started following Peggy as she walked around the LeDoux ranch outside of Kaycee, and has hung around ever since. “The thing about our place up in Wyoming is,

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Root Continued from Page 4 upcycled glass artist, a genre she pioneered. She collects glass from all over the country, searching for pieces with unique style, color, texture and history. Each item is then individually hand-cut and

Valley Continued from Page 5 Dance Festival at the University of Wyoming, Ballet West’s Summer Intensive, Brindusa

tion to a singer/songwriter has been made easier by the way his father’s legions of fans have quickly embraced him. “Dad’s got such a following — a cult following — and his fans go back to the late ’70s to the early ’80s, and now they’ve grown up and had kids,” he explained. “So, now they’re passing his music down to their kids, and those kids are having kids. It’s just kind of getting passed on from generation to generation.” “From generation to generation” is right. Last Saturday’s concert was the first sell-out show in the seven-year history of the Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous, something the next generation LeDoux should probably get used to. “It’s been a great response, and it’s just the beginning,” Ned LeDoux said of the reaction to the release of “Forever a Cowboy.” “It’s just kind of to let people know what direction I’m going. I’ll be going back into the studio in May to finish the full album. I’m just trying to keep it country. Keep it cowboy.”

crafted to showcase the rich reliefs, dimensions and beauty of the original pieces. Root debuted her upcycled glass art at Summerfest in 2011. Since then she has displayed her work at art shows and galleries throughout Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming and California, receiving awards and rec-

ognition for her art. “We are pleased to present a piece of Nikki’s work on our Summerfest poster for 2017, especially since she really introduced and grew her art at Summerfest,” Thatcher said. The 2017 Summerfest Arts Faire will be June 15-17 on the grounds of the Logan Tabernacle.

Moore Summer Intensive, as well as several master classes and workshops. The role of the Prince will be performed by Luke Anderson. Anderson began dancing in 2002 with the Cache Valley Civic Ballet. He has

primarily studied ballet under Emile, although he has also trained under Sergiu Brindusa and Beth Moore. In addition, he has attended numerous dance intensives and workshops specializing in a variety of dance styles.

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SATURDAY

Cinders will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 10, at WhySound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7. Visit whysound.com for more information.

“The Stone of the Dragon” will be presented at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at Mountainside Elementary School at 235 E. 125 North in Mendon. Tickets are $1 for students, $3 for adults 13 years old and older and $7 for a family pass for the matinee.

The Cache Community Band will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 10, at the Logan Tabernacle. The concert is free. For 39 years, the Cache Community Wind Symphony has been a major year-round contributor to the cultural and artistic landscape of Cache Valley. Bridgerland Literacy, a nonprofit that offers one on one tutoring in reading and writing to adult learners that are conversational in English, is holding its annual Scrabble Scramble on Friday, March 10, at the Logan River Golf Course club house, 550 W. 1000 South. Registration is at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $60 for a team of three, and $10 for spectators. A light dinner will be served along with a silent auction. Register online at Scrabble Scramble at eventbrite.com, or at the door. Call 750-3262 for more

“The Stone of the Dragon” will be presented at 7 p.m. Friday, March 10, at Mountainside Elementary School at 235 E. 125 North in Mendon. Tickets are $1 for students, $3 for adults 13 years old and older.

The Bridger Folk Music Society will present Leaping Lulu: An Evening of Celtic Music and Dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are available at the Ellen Eccles Theatre Box Office at 43 S. Main St., on the phone at 752-0026 or online at cachearts.org. Reserved seating prices are $14 to $22. GLife, Family Grind Ent. and Black Lion will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at WhySound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6. Visit whysound.com for more information.

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Continued from Page 4 to the shrew of the story. Hillary Peterson is looking forward to playing the passionate and oft misunderstood Katherine. “The emotions are so high in this play,” she explains. “It is hilarious, shocking, serious and lovely. However I’m mostly excited to get on that stage and be loud.” Peterson continues, “I think a lot of people don’t realize that Shakespeare can be applicable for any audience when considering the position of men and women, the relationship between a father and his daughters, etc.” Peterson also admits that she’s elated about wearing the luxurious and flashy clothing iconic of the roaring ’20s while spouting her tyrannical monologues. Though “Taming of the Shrew” may be one of Shakespeare’s first plays, Cache Theatre Company is proving that his work will last through the ages and continue to find its place in contemporary theater.

Continued from Page 3 most iconic Americana musical of all time. Travel back to the innocence and charm of 1912 in River City, Iowa, where small-town antics could bring out the best in its citizens after traveling con man Harold Hill dupes them into buying marching band uniforms and instruments for a new boys band. Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical. Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” is comical farce and classical operetta at its finest. The pirates are celebrating young Frederic’s coming-of-age but he doesn’t want to be a pirate. Then there’s “Rex,” the serious and poignant tale of England’s most notorious monarch, Henry VIII. Michael Ballam will bring to life the powerfully problematic Tudor King coached by lyricist Sheldon Harnick

Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 13, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s movie is “Trolls,” which is rated PG. Popcorn and admission is free. The North Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 13. This week’s movie is “Sully” which is rated PG-13. Popcorn and admission is free.

TUESDAY 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 12, in the Logan History Room. For more information, call 716-9120 or visit library.loganutah.org for minutes of past meetings and this month’s agenda. The Cache Valley Chapter of the Utah Watercolor Society will meet on Tuesday, March 14, in the Jim Bridger Room at the Logan Library. Critique will begin at 6:30 p.m.; the meeting will start at 7 p.m. Maura Naughton will be the presenter.

(“Fiddler on the Roof”) featuring the music of Richard Rodgers (“Sound of Music”). The show is generating national attention with Broadway producers, who, along with members of the Richard Rodgers family, will be attending the festival this summer. Puccini’s immortal masterpiece “Madame Butterfly” is perfect for the first-time operagoer. A young Japanese geisha clings to the belief that her arranged marriage with a visiting American naval officer will be loving and permanent. “Butterfly” is one of Giacomo Puccini’s greatest accomplishments. Tickets for special concerts will also go on sale Feb. 14. It may be a once in a lifetime opportunity to spend an evening with 93-year-old Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning genius in “A Tribute to Sheldon Harnick” July 19. Harnick wrote “Fiddler on the Roof” and dozens of other musicals. He is scheduled to personally narrate the evening

The Logan Library will host Teen Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s theme is “So Bored!” Visit library.loganutah.org for more information.

WEDNESDAY Lunch or dine at Cafe Sabor and bling yourself with Nice&Bella Jewelry to help the animals of Cache Humane Society, from noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 15. For questions, call Isabel at 764-7730 or Marcy at 279-4352. A concert by the Utah State University Jazz Combos will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at the Caine Performance Hall. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for youth/seniors and free for USU students. Call 7978022 or visit caa.usu.edu for tickets and more information. Do you enjoy chess? The Logan Library is sponsoring an evening of chess at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15. For more information, email joseph.anderson@loganutah.org.

through his music and memories of his career of nearly seven decades. Other concerts include The Pianists, the International Opera Semifinals and Finals, and Giuseppe Verdi’s crowning achievement, “The Verdi Requiem.” The work will join forces of the American Festival Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Craig Jessop, with the Festival’s worldclass orchestra and soloists. The productions will be presented in repertory with full orchestra, and the season bursts with concerts, breakfast with the stars, Academy lectures and interactive classes, backstage tours and more. Performance tickets will be available online at utahfestival.org, by calling 750-0300 ext. 3 or in person at the box office located in the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West. Ticket prices vary by performance and start at $13. Discounts are available for season ticket purchases and groups. Students of all ages receive a 25 percent discount with ID.

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CrossworD By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Sputnik launcher 5. Hawk’s advocacy 8. Guitar great, last name 15. Nonsense 19. Lo-fat 20. Can come as a pellet 21. Mild and pleasant 22. Words with ‘’the minute’’ and ‘’date’’ 23. Lyric that ends in “on fire” 26. Amateur 27. Surveyor redo 28. Melodious 29. Totally gone 31. Farewell 32. “All ___ are off!” 33. Short poems 34. All-male affair 38. __ school 39. Reddish brown 40. Eccentric wheel 43. Floor space 45. Where spores are formed 47. Angel 51. Photovoltaic device 53. Matter 55. “Little Miss Dynamite” 56. Mainly nocturnal cat 57. Matterhorn, e.g. 59. Witness protection areas 63. No-frills 64. Gas or electric service 66. Long vowel mark 67. Lyric that ended in “my life” 70. Surgeon’s tool 72. Stays away, with “oneself” 73. Study of suffix 77. Small house, in London 79. Remain on the bench

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80. Orbital high point 81. Word connector 82. Greek letter 83. Careless 85. Old Spanish money 89. Mistakes 92. Determination 93. “That’s right!” 94. Kuwait’s currency 96. And so on, abbr. 98. Disrespectful person 100. Gorilla, e.g. 103. Handel oratorio 105. Monetary coins of Iran 110. President 111. “The Hobbit” locales 113. Sarajevo’s region 114. Palm species 115. Lyric ending in “what you want” 118. Profit in London 119. Bright wraps 120. Website abbreviation 121. Yen 122. Nest of a squirrel 123. “Hiding” place 124. Sporting facility 125. Views Down 1. With violet or conservative 2. Fathered 3. Art pens 4. Do up again 5. Judicious 6. Top student 7. Called it a day, for short 8. Lug 9. Ms. Carmen 10. Starting points 11. Not name 12. What the kids won’t eat 13. Naturally belong 14. Realizes 15. Providing protec-

tive supervision 16. Express a thought 17. Peacock walk 18. Basketball rims 24. Burden of proof 25. Butter holder 30. Stereo knob 33. Cat burglar, e.g. 35. Finesse 36. “What ___ the odds?” 37. Cold dessert 40. Stimulating leaf 41. Guinness and others 42. Bad-mouths 44. Reptilian type of sandal? 46. Coloring, in a way 48. Further 49. Hammer part 50. Boys 51. Show grief 52. Elaborate 54. Almost at the final 58. Military academy freshman 59. Hordeola 60. “Star Wars” Solo 61. Edible mollusks 62. Medical branch 64. Total 65. ___ too much 68. Downing Street number 69. Says 70. Highway division 71. Rescues 74. Arch type 75. Trains, with in 76. Thus far 77. Rand McNally graph 78. “Voila!” 80. Palo ___ 84. Pink lady ingredient 86. Gluttony 87. Milosevic predecessor 88. Commentator 90. Turn into something else 91. He dyes to live

95. Brit’s sleep problem 97. Woman’s bow 99. Kind of weight 100. Endocrine or pituitary 101. Potato press 102. Relation on the mother’s side 104. Worcester sauce, with Perrin’s 106. Problem 107. Incensed 108. Feudal lord 109. Fills to the brim 111. Survey 112. Hit hard 113. Soothing substance 116. Ornamental vase 117. Dryly amusing

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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