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Arts & Entertainment Calendar On the cover: Ashley Harman touches up a piece for a set at the Utah

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Festival Opera scene shop Thursday. (Alan Murray/

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year ago I was exposed to the process of set design for the first time. USU theater student Jennifer Stapley Taylor was chosen as a finalist for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Washington, D.C., and she would be competing for her designs in the USU production of “Sweeney Todd.”

While I had been to quite a few plays, I never thought much about what went on for the construction of sets. Stapley Taylor opened my eyes.

Scale models constructed with toothpicks, balsa wood and bristol board took more than 40 hours each to build. And that didn’t include research time and drawings.

For “Sweeney Todd” she ended up creating a background design of a collage of windows, doors and shutters that was shaped like the London skyline. Judges loved it.

I wonder how often the work of set designers goes unnoticed by audience members. I’m going to guess it happens

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a lot. According to Utah Festival Opera Company set designer Jim Lyden, the best designs won’t cause any big reaction from the crowd, good or bad (page 8).

Set design is just supposed to enhance the story, with the main focus being on the characters.

I will admit that I notice set designs more now than ever since talking to Stapley Taylor, who is now graduated and designs sets for Egyptian Theater in Park City and the Hale Centre Theater in Salt Lakc City. I think about the colors, construction and time that goes into the scale models and research. Last summer I went to the show “In the Heights” in New York City and “Lion King” in Salt Lake City. Both sets included amazing skill and imagination. During Logan’s annual “Nutcracker” show in November, I couldn’t help but notice the giant Christmas tree on stage and wonder who made it.

After you read this week’s feature about sets at the Utah Festival Opera Company, you’ll probably react more to set design in future plays, too, even though you’re not supposed to.

— Manette Newbold Cache Magazine editor

What’s inside this week Everyone stretches the truth a little, according to Dennis Hinkamp

(Page 10)

(Page 5) Corky Siegel coming to Logan

Two movie sequels don’t live up to their predecessors

(Pages 6 and 7) Books .......................p.13 Crossword.................p.14

Cute

pet photo of the week

This dog is available for adoption!

Pet: Nikki From: Cache Humane Society Why she’s so lovable: Nikki

is one fantastic dog. She has enchanting eyes and excellent coloring. She is very friendly and has a loving personality. Nikki walks great on a leash, has had previous training, and will sit and shake on command. She was calm and well-mannered during evaluation, and appears to be great with children of all ages.

Slow Wave is created from real people’s dreams as drawn by Jesse Reklaw. Ask Jesse to draw your dream! Visit www.slowwave.com to find out how.

Teens take stage tonight in Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest’

Pictures, pottery and paint Logan School district to host summer art classes

o you like to draw, paint D make things out of clay, take pictures, use the computer and be outside?

Miranda (Maria Luisa Bates) and Ferdinand (Kristina Roy) look on as Prospero (Peter Daniels) talks about his magic.

ou are a wizard so powerY ful you can cause solar eclipses and raise people from the dead.

You have managed to bring all of your enemies to your island where they are at your mercy. But when faced with a choice between the magic you love or the happiness of your only daughter, what will you do?

With hilarious comedy, beautiful language, music and more than a few surprises, Logan Youth Shakespeare brings “The Tempest,”Shakespeare's magical story of vengeance and forgiveness,

to the Logan Arthouse stage (795 N. Main). The show opens tonight and runs through next weekend.

Three different casts will present matinees at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 28, Monday, May 30, and Saturday, June 4, with evening shows at 7 p.m. Friday, May 27, Thursday, June 2, and Friday, June 3.

Tickets can be purchased at the door for $5 (adults) and $3 (children 5-18). No children under 5, please. Logan Youth Shakespeare is a CVCA program. For more information call 753-6518 or go to www.centerforthearts.us.

In “Mud, Marks, Megabytes and Mayhem” we will do all of this and more. On the first day we will start your own artist’s sketch journal to keep all of your artwork, writing and ideas in.

You’ll learn to make digital photos that are fun to take and exciting to look at.

You’ll get an opportunity to watercolor, airbrush, collage and Chinese brush paint.

At various locations around town we will draw, paint and photograph bugs, birds, plants and even each other. Each student will get to create a set of original artist trading cards to exchange with class members and teachers.

Participants will explore pottery making in 12th century Korea by reading and living the Newbery Award-winning novel, “A Single Shard.”

In between, we will spend time back at the art studio making whistles, pots, chirping birds and bugs out of clay that we will fire and glaze. One clay project will even be fired in a modern

version of an ancient Japanese Raku kiln. The pots will be removed from the kiln while they are still glowing red hot and placed in a container of paper and sawdust. After the smoke and flames die down and the pottery has cooled, you will see the amazing colors and textures on your pottery. To go along with your sketch journal, artwork and pottery, we will also create our own blog of our adventures to show family and friends.

The classes are taught by John Westenskow and Janet Rouse, Mount Logan Middle School art instructors.

Enrollment is limited.

Session 1 will be held Monday through Thursday, July 11-14, and July 18-21, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Session 2 will be held Monday through Thursday, July 11-14 and July 18-21, from 1 to 4 p.m.

Incoming sixth- and seventh-grade students are welcome to enroll. Cost is $80 per session and lunch is provided.

For other LCDS Summer Community Ed classes, visit http://www.logan schools.org/commedsummer2011.pdf.

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Theater

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All mixed up

The Bullen Center to be filled with blues he Cache Valley T Center for the Arts presents Corky Siegel Chamber

Blues Friday, June 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bullen Center.

Is it blues, is it classical?

Walking the line between Beethoven and B.B. King, and armed with the creative genius and instrumental prowess that have defined his career for nearly four decades, Corky has pioneered an original, genrebusting Chamber blues – a fresh, innovative sound capturing the sparkling qualities of classical music merged with the emotional melodic style of blues, all within an intimate chamber setting.

“Corky Siegel has merged together a blues musician, a classical string quartet, a jazz percussionist with an East Indian tabla player to create an original award-winning sound,” said Wally Bloss, executive director for the Cache Valley Center for the Arts. “This combination of music appeals to blues and classical fans alike. It’s so diverse in its sound that you will not be able to stop yourself from dancing right out of your chair.”

Under Corky’s lead, The West End String Quartet and percussionist Frank Donaldson complete the Chamber Blues Band. Corky Siegel has earned an international

reputation as one of the world’s great blues harmonica masters.

The Chamber Blues players include Corky Siegel, harmonica and piano; Chihsuan Yang, violin; Aurelien Fort-Pederzoli, violin; Doyle Armbrust, viloa; Jill Kaeding, violin; and Frank Donaldson, percussion. This hybrid musical adventure is the result of a marriage between Muddie Waters and Mozart. Classical music and

the American-born blues unite for a joyful and quirky celebration of sound and a unique amalgamation of musical flavors.

Corky Siegel’s career began with a fortunate break when he formed the legendary Siegel-Schwall Band that toured the major rock palaces and clubs in the ’60s and ’70s. He was introduced to the blues through his very first steady engagement at Peppers the internationally

renowned blues club where his job included performances with the blues masters themselves, such as Willie Dixon, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, and Howlin’ Wolf.

Today, as a composer, singer, blues harmonica, piano player and songwriter, Siegel has received many awards for his talents including the Lila Wallace/Reader’s Digest/Meet the Composer’s national award for the chamber music composition, and

the Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award for Music Composition.

Siegel has written and performed works for Arthur Fiedler and the San Francisco Symphony, the Grant Park Symphony, and the National Symphony Orchestra. His music has been choreographed by five different international ballet companies and has been used for many national television specials and motion pictures. Siegel currently has 17 recordings and numerous reissues on various record labels such as Vanguard, RCA, Varese Sarabande, Alligator, Gadfly Records, and the prestigious classical label Deutsche Grammophon.

Siegel continues to perform as a guest soloist with symphony orchestras worldwide, which have included the New York Philharmonic, Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Metropolitana De Lisboa in Portugal, and many more.

For more information on Corky Siegel Chamber Blues visit www.chamberblues.com.

Tickets for the show in Logan are $15-$30. They can be purchased online at www.CacheArts.org or at the Cache Valley Center for the Arts Ticket Office in the Bullen Center at 43 S. Main.

Jon Schmidt playing for Mountain Crest band he Mountain Crest T Marching Band is going to Washington, D.C., to represent the state of Utah in the Fourth of July Independence Day parade. Pianist Jon Schmidt is donating his time to benefit these kids at a concert Thursday, June 2, at 7 p.m. in the Mountain Crest Auditorium. Tick-

ets are $12 and are available at either Macey’s or Mountain Crest.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

Money will go towards sending the band to the country’s capital for once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Jon Schmidt is known for his classical new-age piano music.

He has released several albums

and has frequented Cache Valley for Christmas concerts and performances throughout the years.

His shows are lively and fun, with Schmidt throwing in his sense of humor to his music.

For more information about Schmidt check out www.jon schmidt.com.

Composer and musician

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ou may know Robert Linton as one of the founders of Why Sound in Logan, or maybe you’ve listened to him strum quiet guitar melodies that tell the stories of autumn trees. The 29-year-old musician says he’s been surrounded by music his entire life.

His most recent album, “Throughout the Autumn Light,” was released in February after five months of recording the working with Grammy award-winning producer Corin Nelsen and several other accomplished musicians. He has also written material specifically for Harpo Productions, which has been played on various episodes of The Oprah Winfrey Show and will continue to be used on Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Linton says future goals include progressing in his music, composing for future CD releases and making new connections.

Why Sound is located at 30 Federal Ave. in Logan. The following shows are $5 and start at 8 p.m.

Friday, May 27: Utah will perform rock music.

Saturday, May 28: Tracing Yesterday will perform rock music with Staples.

Monday, May 30: Cruz will perform hip-hop music.

Friday, June 3: Oddmality will perform metal/hip-hop music with Unthinkable Thoughts.

Friday, June 10: Demolition Bio will perform metal music with Autostigmatic and Nescience.

• “I have always had a passion for music. I was surrounded by music growing up; I started taking guitar lessons at the age of 12 and was eager to learn songs by the bands my dad had introduced me to, many of which he had listened to growing up.”

Saturday, June 11: Becoming Everest will perform hardcore/metal music with Our City Skyline and The Trial Reform.

• Linton’s songs are inspired by nature and the seasons, especially the autumn months.

Monday, June 13: Rivals will perform hardcore/metal music with Sumptuary.

• “I recorded my previous release ‘Whisperings at Nightfall,’ at Imaginary Road Studios in Windham County, Vt. After the release of ‘Whisperings at Nightfall,’ I toured through Denver, Las Vegas and Phoenix. I have performed many times since then in northern Utah and surrounding areas.”

Tuesday, June 14: Eliza Rickman will perform acoustic music with Polygamy.

• “If you search for my music online you may find my music listed under categories such as ‘New Age,’ ‘Easy Listening,’ ‘Ambient’ which all describe my music. I also describe my music as ‘Soft Adult Contemporary’ and simply ‘Instrumental Guitar.’”

Photo by Jennifer Meyers

why sound’s upcoming shows

Wednesday, June 15: Fire in the Skies will perform metal music with Deicidal Carnage.

Saturday, June 18: Street Def presents Logan Hip-hip Series #9. Artists to be announced.

Monday, June 20: Mary and the Giant will perform bluegrass/acoustic music with The Pretty Darns.

• In 2008, Linton helped open Why Sound on Federal Ave.,which offers local and non-local live music and a recording studio.

Thursday, June 23: Priory will perform acoustic music with Buffalo, Boots to the Moon and the Shuttles.

• “We offer local musicians a steady place to play, along with providing a place for local musicians to network with one another. Local musicians also have the opportunity to record their music along with having the ability to learn more about the recording process.”

Friday, June 24: Suzy Rashid will have a CD release party with Eyes Lips Eyes.

Saturday, June 25: Pernicious Wishes will perform hip-hip/experimental music.

• Linton says the best part of working at Why Sound is interacting with local musicians and “helping the music scene to thrive in Logan.”

Tuesday, June 28: Dandy Lies & Daffy Dealings will perform hip-hop/poetry music.

• His CDs can be purchased through www. robertlinton.com, iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby.

Wednesday, June 29: Paul Christiansen will perform acoustic music with Amy Nguyen and Skyler Smith.

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Meet ROBERT

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Film

Second ‘Hangover’ feels awfully familiar

By Christy Lemire The Associated Press

t's hard to imagine a Icashing more half-assed attempt at in a second time than

"The Hangover Part II." Seriously, it feels like the script was pieced together with the help of Mad Libs, with only slightly different and raunchier details replacing those that helped the original "Hangover" from 2009 become the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time (it made more than $467 million worldwide).

But so much of the allure of that first film was the novelty of the premise, the unpredictability of the adventures, and the sense that we, too, were wandering in a daze, helping solve the mystery of the debauched night before.

Despite their throbbing heads and increasing sense of panic, these guys clearly had a blast, and they made us wish we could have joined them. That sequence where the motley group of friends wakes up in a fog and surveys the damage in a trashed Las Vegas hotel suite is a brilliant and efficient little piece of storytelling, full of clever details and meticulous production design.

Director Todd Phillips, who also co-wrote the script this time (along with Craig Mazin and Scot Armstrong), apparent-

Still playing “Bridesmaids” Rated R ★★★1⁄2 This takes the typically cliched wedding movie genre and completely upends it and reinvents it into something surprisingly daring and alive. But it also takes the Judd Apatow-style buddy comedy, with its mixture of raunchiness, neurosis and sentimentality, and tailors it to female experiences and sensi-

ly thought so, too. That's just one of many gags from the first ★1/2 film that are repeated in "The “The Hangover Part II” Hangover Part II." Giving the people what they want is one Rated R thing. Making nearly the exact same movie a second time, but aggressive man-child Alan. shifting the setting to Thailand, piano to sum up how horrible Galifianakis' dark, off-kilter is just ... what, lazy? Arrogant? the situation is, Stu bursts into song with an acoustic guitar. shtick made him the breakout Maybe a combination of the And instead of having sex with star of the original film, and two. a hooker with a heart of gold, while he gets many of the best Instead of finding a baby in Stu does it with ... well, we lines here, he's also even more their hotel room, the guys find a chain-smoking, drug-running won't tell you. Suffice it to say, infuriating. this is Thailand, so it's not that Justin Bartha is along, too, capuchin monkey. Instead of but just barely; as Doug, the waking up with a missing tooth, huge of a shock.

Bradley Cooper is also back groom in the first film, he Ed Helms' mild-mannered as the group's de facto leader, was missing the entire time. dentist character, Stu, wakes the arrogant Phil, as is Zach In the sequel, he remains up with a facial tattoo. Instead Galifianakis as the passive safely ensconced at the group's of bursting into song at the bilities. That the film achieves both of these ambitious goals simultaneously while remaining (mostly) hilarious is a testament to the power of Kristen Wiig as co-writer and star, and to the awesomely eclectic ensemble cast of strong comedians who surround her. Wiig stars as Annie, a Milwaukee woman who’s recently lost her bakery and her boyfriend. The one bright spot in her life is her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph), who’s just announced that she’s

getting married and wants Annie to be her maid of honor. But Annie ends up competing with Lillian’s new BFF, the perfect and passive-aggressive Helen (Rose Byrne). 125 minutes.

“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” Rated PG-13 ★1⁄2 The fourth film in the ridiculously successful Disney franchise is the shortest in the series, but it still feels overlong and overstuffed: needlessly

convoluted yet, at the same time, phoned-in. And the fact that this one’s in 3-D does nothing to liven up the action. Those threedimensional digital effects mainly consist of various swords and snakes and such being flung at our faces. Boo! Did you jump?

That’s not to say this summer behemoth doesn’t have its thrilling moments. Rob Marshall (“Chicago,” ‘’Nine”) takes over for Gore Verbinski, who directed the first three “Pirates” movies, and his knack for choreography

luxury seaside resort, so he misses out on yet another wild night. While there's less of him, there's also more of Ken Jeong's character, the obnoxious, effeminate gangster, Mr. Chow. He was the weakest part of the first "Hangover" and gets even more face time here, with no improvement.

They're all there for the wedding of Stu and the beautiful Lauren (Jamie Chung) in her parents' home country. He insists he doesn't want the kind of crazy bachelor party that resulted when Doug got married, but he gives in and agrees to have one beer — in a sealed container — on the beach with his friends. Joining them is Lauren's younger brother, Teddy (Mason Lee), a 16-yearold Stanford pre-med student and cello prodigy.

Naturally, the guys all wake up in the squalor of a Bangkok hotel (shot in a tangible, grimy steaminess by Lawrence Sher), absolutely blanking as to what they did the previous night.

Again. And yes, that word appears a lot in the script, as in: "I can't believe this is happening again!"

We can.

"The Hangover Part II," a Warner Bros Pictures release, is rated R for pervasive language, strong sexual content including graphic nudity, drug use and brief violent images. Running time: 101 minutes. comes shining through in individual set pieces. It’s everything in between that makes this such a repetitive bore. Johnny Depp’s performance as the randy Capt.

Jack Sparrow, which seemed like such a free, goofy, inspired bit of work when the first film came out back in 2003, now feels so dialed-down and obvious, it’s as if he could do it in his sleep.

— All reviews by The Associated Press

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he first “Kung Fu Panda” movie was a hit, which Dreamworks Animation sorely needed. After three terrible movies – “Bee Movie”, “Flushed Away”, and “Shrek the Third” – Dreamworks was in desperate need of a franchise that both audiences and critics would adore. “Kung Fu Panda” was it. It seemed that “Kung Fu Panda” had finally given Dreamworks a leg up.

Like they were coming one step closer to sitting aside Pixar instead of constantly looking up at them. While “Kung Fu Panda” may have helped Dreamworks in that aspect, the second film of the franchise takes a few steps backwards.

Jack Black reprises his role as Po, an overweight panda who has become a kung fu warrior. The Dragon Warrior to be exact. The first film had Po trying to overcome his physical drawbacks; the second film is centered more around Po’s emotional demons.

It’s been a longrunning joke in “Kung Fu Panda” that Po was obviously adopted, but no one really acknowledges it. Po’s father is a goose, so it’s pretty obvious they aren’t related by blood. “Kung Fu Panda 2” deals with Po’s origins: Where did he come from? Where are the other pandas?

Who were his real par-

The Reel Place

By Aaron Peck

ents?

The antagonist is a peacock named Lord Shen, voiced by Gary

★★★ “Kung Fu Panda 2” Rated G

Oldman. Shen has discovered the destructive force of gun powder and canons and is going to use it to conquer all of China. The Furious Five and the Dragon Warrior are called in to stop the slaughter before it starts.

The first half of “Kung Fu Panda 2” feels like a Saturday morning cartoon special. Lots of high-flying action coupled with humor even the kids might not find amusing. They retread a lot of the same jokes they visited the first time around. The first

half is slow and may have your kids wandering in the aisles before the second half kicks it up a few notches.

After the potty humor is over with and the stiff first act is in the

past, the movie starts to unfold into a rather emotional tale. We find out about Po’s past during some truly harrowing flashbacks. Po’s origin story adds emotion to a film that was, until now, riding along on the same old jokes the first movie made.

The action in the second half is also much better. A gigantic action scene aboard Shen’s war boats as they float out

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Behind the scenes

The process of designing the perfect set

D

esigning sets for live theater is a bit of a thankless job. It takes an extraordinary amount of creativity, ingenuity and technical expertise, and yet, if done right, the audience won’t even notice.

It’s a subtle art, according to Utah Festival Opera Company set designer and technical director Jim Lyden. If the audience has a conscious reaction to the set — even a positive one — then the design isn’t working. Their attention should be on the characters and the story, not the backdrop.

“No one ever pays $100 to go see the scenery on Broadway,” Lyden said. “They want to see the story.

As an audience member, I know it’s a really good show when I’m just watching it. I’m not going, ‘Did they weld up a steel truss to hold up that back thing, and was that made out of styrofoam?’ If it’s a great show, I’m lost in the story.”

UFOC has four shows scheduled for this summer: “Don Giovani,” “Oliver!,” “Boris Godunov” and “South Pacific.” The opera’s construction crews are currently hard at work building the sets for all four, each created by a different designer to reflect the mood and setting of the performance.

“For instance, ‘Oliver!’ — which is designed by Dennis Hassan, who works at the university — it’s Charles Dickens, set in London, and he’s gone for a look that I would describe as claustrophobic,” Lyden said. “There are very few straight lines in the design, and

everything’s kind of leaning in.

There’s a lot of stuff on stage, and it’s kind of chaotic.”

That’s exactly what good set design should aim for, he explained. It’s not just about creating a historically accurate backdrop for the actors to perform in front of. It’s a whole art form unto itself, complete with its own subtleties, and it’s as much a part of the show as the performers.

“As designer, my idea is to get a vision of the play,” Lyden said. “I get a reaction both from the practical needs of the show — in ‘Don Giovanni,’ we need a balcony for a woman to be up on. That’s part of the script. The other part of it is an emotional response to the music, and what we’re trying to do is really set a mood for the whole space.”

There’s brainstorming, there’s sketching, there’s scale modelbuilding. But that’s only the beginning of the process. The designer can flex his creative muscles all day long, but eventually he’s faced with the task of bringing his creations into the real world — on time, under budget and ready for opening night.

“I put on the technical director hat, and I have to figure out how we’re going to afford it, and how we’re going to build it,” Lyden said. “We have to change the sets out in less than two hours between our matinee shows and our evening shows. So, how are we going to move it, and how are we going to store four sets backstage? That’s always an interesting challenge.”

And changing things up between shows isn’t the only challenge. The sets have to be designed with scene changes in mind — and backstage crews have mere seconds to get everything switched over.

“We’re looking for every second that we can shave off of those transitions,” Lydon said. “Because 30 seconds is actually a long time when you’re sitting out in the audience, and that can break the mood of the play. Suddenly you’re thinking, ‘What am I going to do after the show? Do I need to do laundry?’ We want you to stay in there, thinking about the characters and the story.”

So every element of the transition is planned — and rehearsed — in advance. To move this, they have to move those two things first. Then the other thing has to rotate so that this can slide out.

Sometimes, they can do a scene transition without even drawing the curtain.

“We did a scene where everyone in was either one of the singers, or one of our crew costumed as gardeners and servants,” Lyden said.

“These massive units were sort of waltzed out. The singers were coming in as if they’re arriving at a party. So the music is playing, and these beautiful costumes, and they’re coming in laughing, and some of them just happen to be carrying a chair. And it all gets settles and moves seamlessly into the next scene.”

See SET on page 10

By John Funk • Photos by Alan Murray

All photos taken at the Utah Festival Opera scene shop Thursday.

Behind the scenes

The process of designing the perfect set

D

esigning sets for live theater is a bit of a thankless job. It takes an extraordinary amount of creativity, ingenuity and technical expertise, and yet, if done right, the audience won’t even notice.

It’s a subtle art, according to Utah Festival Opera Company set designer and technical director Jim Lyden. If the audience has a conscious reaction to the set — even a positive one — then the design isn’t working. Their attention should be on the characters and the story, not the backdrop.

“No one ever pays $100 to go see the scenery on Broadway,” Lyden said. “They want to see the story.

As an audience member, I know it’s a really good show when I’m just watching it. I’m not going, ‘Did they weld up a steel truss to hold up that back thing, and was that made out of styrofoam?’ If it’s a great show, I’m lost in the story.”

UFOC has four shows scheduled for this summer: “Don Giovani,” “Oliver!,” “Boris Godunov” and “South Pacific.” The opera’s construction crews are currently hard at work building the sets for all four, each created by a different designer to reflect the mood and setting of the performance.

“For instance, ‘Oliver!’ — which is designed by Dennis Hassan, who works at the university — it’s Charles Dickens, set in London, and he’s gone for a look that I would describe as claustrophobic,” Lyden said. “There are very few straight lines in the design, and

everything’s kind of leaning in.

There’s a lot of stuff on stage, and it’s kind of chaotic.”

That’s exactly what good set design should aim for, he explained. It’s not just about creating a historically accurate backdrop for the actors to perform in front of. It’s a whole art form unto itself, complete with its own subtleties, and it’s as much a part of the show as the performers.

“As designer, my idea is to get a vision of the play,” Lyden said. “I get a reaction both from the practical needs of the show — in ‘Don Giovanni,’ we need a balcony for a woman to be up on. That’s part of the script. The other part of it is an emotional response to the music, and what we’re trying to do is really set a mood for the whole space.”

There’s brainstorming, there’s sketching, there’s scale modelbuilding. But that’s only the beginning of the process. The designer can flex his creative muscles all day long, but eventually he’s faced with the task of bringing his creations into the real world — on time, under budget and ready for opening night.

“I put on the technical director hat, and I have to figure out how we’re going to afford it, and how we’re going to build it,” Lyden said. “We have to change the sets out in less than two hours between our matinee shows and our evening shows. So, how are we going to move it, and how are we going to store four sets backstage? That’s always an interesting challenge.”

And changing things up between shows isn’t the only challenge. The sets have to be designed with scene changes in mind — and backstage crews have mere seconds to get everything switched over.

“We’re looking for every second that we can shave off of those transitions,” Lydon said. “Because 30 seconds is actually a long time when you’re sitting out in the audience, and that can break the mood of the play. Suddenly you’re thinking, ‘What am I going to do after the show? Do I need to do laundry?’ We want you to stay in there, thinking about the characters and the story.”

So every element of the transition is planned — and rehearsed — in advance. To move this, they have to move those two things first. Then the other thing has to rotate so that this can slide out.

Sometimes, they can do a scene transition without even drawing the curtain.

“We did a scene where everyone in was either one of the singers, or one of our crew costumed as gardeners and servants,” Lyden said.

“These massive units were sort of waltzed out. The singers were coming in as if they’re arriving at a party. So the music is playing, and these beautiful costumes, and they’re coming in laughing, and some of them just happen to be carrying a chair. And it all gets settles and moves seamlessly into the next scene.”

See SET on page 10

By John Funk • Photos by Alan Murray

All photos taken at the Utah Festival Opera scene shop Thursday.

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Everyone stretches the truth, right? Right?

hat do Tiger Moms, W “Three Cups of Tea” and Lance Armstrong have in

Slightly Off Center

common? They are calling us back to a post-egotistic reality. After so many years of

By Dennis Hinkamp positive reinforcement, selfactualization and daily affirmations, it’s time to shoot for a little humility.

I’ll go first. This column is probably not going to suck, but I’m no Dave Barry or Ernest Hemingway. If it weren’t for spell check, I couldn’t spell kat. I got good grades because I only took easy classes and I just went to graduate school because I had one year of eligibility left for the track team. I waste huge amounts of time on the Internet and I haven’t sent a a lot of heroics in his book, Christmas card to anyone in “Three Cups of Tea.” It’s diftwo years. ficult to tell who’s lying and Now let’s move on to pubwho’s just making stuff up. lic figures.

I take the distinction There is so much rhetoric between lying and making flying around about Lance stuff up seriously. Lying is Armstrong’s alleged performisrepresenting a documentmance-enhancing drugs use able fact while making stuff and Mortenson making up

up is what I, and many others, do when they write. For example, it would be a lie to say I was born in Boston.

I, unlike the president, have always had a birth certificate readily available.

In contrast, making stuff up would be to say I’m 6 feet tall. I was 5 foot 11 inches tall when I was 15 and have not grown an inch since. But what the heck, it makes a lot cleaner sentence to say that I’m 6 feet tall, 175 pounds. I ran eight marathons, but let’s just call it 10. I mean, are you really going to measure me or spend the time to research all that other stuff? Everybody rounds up or down to fit the situation.

This is the problem many nonfiction writers have. You find yourself typing along and start to realize this stuff just isn’t all that interesting.

I feel this most of the time when I’m reading nature writers. Bird songs always seem to come wafting from somewhere at just the right

moments and all shades of blue are azure. In fact, these may be the only times when the words “azure” and “wafting” are used in nonfiction.

Armstrong and/or his teammates are lying; we just don’t know who yet. My guess is Armstrong started out as a humble hero and it just wasn’t enough. He had to keep adding more and more to his personal fable. I like Lance and I’ve told lots of people that being a cancer survivor and finishing 23rd in only one Tour de France would have been heroic enough to deserve a book.

But no, he had to break the all-time record, date rock stars and make several comebacks.

The “Three Cups of Tea” guy has mainly been caught making stuff up so his journey would seem more heroic and his book tours become more profitable. He also appears to be an incredibly inept manager of a non-profit organization. It was a great

story; it just should have been listed as fiction.

The arc of this story wraps back to Tiger Moms because these two guys were probably raised by moms who kept telling them how wonderful they were and how they should follow their dreams no matter how self-centered those dreams were. If they had become doctors, lawyers or engineers, none of this would have happened. I don’t know this for a fact; I’m just making it up because it makes me sound more insightful. As the Internet acronym goes, this is all IMHO (in my humble opinion).

Dennis Hinkamp gave up trying to be heroic and sticking to the facts a long time ago. He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback at dhinkamp@ msn.com.

See a magician today, or in June Set agician Al Lampkin M is scheduled to perform his family show of clean comedy and magic at the Recital Hall of Magical Moon Toys’ new location, 1940 N. Main, North Logan, at 7 tonight.

The cost of admission is $5 per person and the public is welcome to attend this family event. Advance purchase of the tickets is recommended and are available from Magical Moon Toys (old location, 1451 N. 200 East, Suite 190, Logan) and Peewee’s Sweets (1 N. Main, Logan).

After a lifetime based in southern California, Al relocated to West Valley City in 2008, but has traveled and performed in 25 countries around the world and appeared on more than 100 television shows including the “Tonight Show” starring

ollowing the sold-out sucF cess of the April and May performances of “Matinée Enchantée,”

Johnny Carson.

Al’s performance is being hosted by the Cache Valley Conjurers and will last about 45 minutes. Following the performance he will give a special lecture for magicians.

For more information about Al, check out his website at www.allampkinmagic.com.

deceptionist Richard Hatch, violinist Rosemary Hatch and pianist Jonathan Hatch will present a third performance in the historic 1878 Thatcher-Young Mansion on Saturday, June 11, at 2 p.m. Richard and Rosemary Hatch, co-owners of the Hatch Academy of Magic and Music, will again be joined by their son, Jonathan Hatch, in a 75-minute program featuring the music of Camille Saint-Saëns, Johann Sebastian Bach, Michio Miyagi and Fritz Kreisler and magic created by RobertHoudin, Axel Hecklau, Dai Vernon and Punx, among others. A unique feature of the program is the ensemble aspect with magic and music performed simultaneously. While the performance includes numerous magical and musical solos, it is the ensemble pieces, with the magic choreographed to the music, that give this program its special character.

Continued from page 8 So what does UFOC do with their old sets once the show is over? It would be a shame to throw all that hard work into the nearest garbage bin, after all. Rather, Lyden explained, they continue to generate income for the opera long after the company is done with them.

“We actually keep most of our old sets,” he said. “And a big part of what the opera does in the off season is, we rent them out to companies all over the country. Our sets are engineered not only to break down for our changeovers, but to pack into a semi, send across the country, and then usually myself or my assistant will fly out there to show the local crew how to put the set together.”

And although Lyden oversees the whole process, he stressed that it’s not a one-man show. UFOC’s talented crew of designers and builders are who really make the sets come together.

“I couldn’t do this without a great team,” Lyden said.

“I bring in and hire about 40 people every summer. They come from regional theaters and a lot of schools. A lot of the same people who run the Eccles shows in the winter will work for us in the summer. Both professionals and students. We have an equal number of both. It’s important to me that we pass these skills on.”

Rhythm

Summer noon music Noon Music at the Tabernacle and Logan High School begins Monday, May 31. Admission is free for all performances and everyone is welcome. Here are a few of the first performances that will be held next week at the tabernacle:

Tuesday, May 31 Banjoman & Co. will bring lively, foot-tapping music to the Logan tabernacle on Tuesday, May 31, at noon in the band’s sixth appearance at this venue.

The group will perform a variety of tunes: some bluegrass standards, a waltz, a march, familiar songs like “You Are My Sunshine,” instrumentals with banjo, fiddle and autoharp, and several original songs writ-

ten by the group leader, Dave Taylor, or Banjoman. Since 2003, this local group has performed at many venues in Cache Valley and from Murray to Idaho Falls, from Brigham City to northern Wyoming, including several county fairs.

Banjoman’s core Company includes his wife Kathy on bass fiddle and Brian Judy on guitar. The three perform as

a trio at smaller venues, but often include a fiddler to make a foursome. Jesse Taylor, son of Dave and Kathy, who was featured on two of the band’s three released CD albums, will join in for a good share of the numbers at the concert Tuesday.

Dave will have available copies of Banjoman & Co.’s three CDs and his latest recording release, a singer/songwriter

double album CD, “Many Moods,” containing 21 of his original songs as performed with the full band and individual members of the Company.

Dave was given the name of Banjoman as a result of his solo performances as a strolling, banjo-toting minstrel in the Festival of the American West in Logan for 15 years.

Brian Judy, took guitar les-

Wednesday, June 1

Thursday, June 2

Karla Axtell, pianist, has had numerous opportunities to share her talents over the years. She received her bachelor of music degree with piano emphasis from Utah State University studying under Gary Amano and Dennis Hirst. Karla taught piano for many years, accompanied the Cache Children’s Cantate Choir, and has served as accompanist for numerous community events and soloists. She is currently the rehearsal accompanist for the American Festival Chorus under the direction of Craig Jessop.

Karla has a love for the organ. She began her organ career as church organist and then began studying more serious works. She has performed in the Logan tabernacle numerous times at the piano and organ. Karla recently traveled to Italy with the USU University Choirs where she accompanied the choirs at the organ in various cathedral performances. She is currently studying organ with Lynn

Corey Christiansen studied with legendary jazz guitar educator Jack Petersen in Tampa, Fla., In 1999, Corey received his master’s degree from the University of South Florida.

From 2000 to 2007 Corey was the senior editor and guitar clinician for Mel Bay Publications. This job allowed him to tour, give clinics, develop products, produce recordings and rub shoulders with the best musicians in the business.

“Awakening,” Corey’s first CD as a leader, was the initial release on Mel Bay Records, the entertainmentrecording division of Mel Bay Publications. “Awakening” spent 12 weeks on the JazzWeek chart, reaching number 16 in March 2005.

In 2007 Corey moved back to his native Utah and continued touring in the U.S. and Europe.

His music draws on the tradition of the masters but leans toward the future, rooted in the tradition of the jazz language but just bluesy and

Thomas.

Karla is marred to Bruce Axtell. Together they have six daughters, two sons and eight grandchildren.

Karla has produced two classical piano CDs, “Quiet Garden” and “Intermezzo,” as well as two CD’s consisting of LDS hymns arrangements by local composer, Jay Richards, for orchestra and piano titled “Hymns of Faith” Volume I and Volume 2. They are available at The Book Table in Logan.

gritty enough to not alienate larger audiences. Corey’s current music follows his first two recordings proving he has the ability to keep the artistic integrity of the music without pushing listeners away.

sons from Dave in 1997 then later teamed up with Dave and Kathy to provide guitar backup for the Company. Kathy’s musical background is in piano, organ, and vocal coaching, but she took up the bass fiddle to be with her husband when the band was formed. Jesse, though a hot fiddler, seems to prefer playing guitar in a rock and roll band called American Attic.

In the fall of 2008 Corey assumed duties teaching fulltime at Utah State University.

Even with a busy academic schedule, Corey still tours and continues to record.

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Loehfelm has another winner in ‘Devil She Knows’

By The Associated Press

aureen Coughlin, M a 29-year-old cocktail waitress at a seedy Staten

Island bar, has dropped out of college and is lying to her mother about it. She tells herself she’s saving money so she can go back to school, but she knows that is also a lie.

She pictures herself flirting for tips from drunks until she’s too worn out to attract them anymore. The only thing she can aspire to, she figures, is a promotion to work behind the bar. Being a barmaid for life is a terrifying prospect, but she cannot work up the will to do anything about it.

As “The Devil She

Knows,” Bill Loehfelm’s third novel, unfolds, Maureen soon discovers what real terror is.

Late one night, after closing time, she stumbles upon a homosexual encounter between her boss and Frank Sebastian, a powerful Staten Island politician.

“I didn’t see anything,” she says, and rushes off. But the next day her boss is found dead on the railroad tracks, and Sebastian warns her that she better keep her mouth shut about what she had seen the previous night.

Maureen promises she will, and at first she means it. She figures Sebastian killed her boss to silence him, and she has no intention of meeting the same fate. But

‘Beekeeper’s Lament’ is a fascinating read

By The Associated Press

o doubt you’ve read N at least one article about the global honey bee crisis;

namely, that vast numbers of bees are dying or mysteriously disappearing. It’s the stuff of science fiction, but the reality is assuredly more disturbing. Hannah Nordhaus gets to the heart of the myriad possibilities of what’s threatening our bees, and why we should all be concerned.

The subtitle says it all: “How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America.”

Nordhaus centers her account on John Miller, a migratory beekeeper who hauls truckloads of bees from crop to crop to help

farmers who don’t have natural pollinators. Honey bees are crucial to American agriculture, pollinating crops of 90 different fruits and vegetables. We would lose our almond crops almost entirely without bees, for example.

Nordhaus meticulously details this process, demonstrating how modern apiculture affects everyone from keeper to bee to farmer to consumer.

Miller makes a genuinely likable American hero, despite the repeated mentions of how much he is not a “people person,” instead preferring the company of bees — and as the bees themselves come across as brilliant creatures, it’s not at all hard to see why.

soon, she wavers. Can she let Sebastian get away with murder?

Sebastian senses what is on her mind and begins to stalk her, sending her threatening messages and dispatching thugs to break into her apartment.

As the threats escalate, Maureen turns to Nat Waters, an aging detective who is struggling with a dark secret. She soon concludes that Waters is no match for Sebastian. She has no choice but to fight back on her own.

In Maureen, Loehfelm has created an unlikely hero who is both appealing and believable. She is fearful and vulnerable, but as the suspenseful story builds, she finds a reservoir of courage

City’s most tribal borough so vividly that the place emerges not so much as a setting but as a main character in its own right. And he tells his story in an original voice that is by turns gritty and lyrical.

“The Devil She Knows” is a worthy successor to the author’s previous Staten Island novels, “Fresh Kills” (2008) and “Bloodroot” (2009). Rarely has a crime novelist launched a career with a trio of books that display such superior craftsmanship. she never realized she had.

Loehfelm, who grew up on Staten Island (he now lives in New Orleans), portrays the street life of New York

Bruce DeSilva is the author of “Rogue Island,” which recently won the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award for best first novel.

* This week’s New York Times Best-seller List * HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Dead Reckoning,” by Charlaine Harris 2. “Buried Prey,” by John Sandford 3. “10th Anniversary,” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro 4. “The Sixth Man,” by David Baldacci 5. “The Land of Painted Caves,” by Jean M. Auel HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. “Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me,” by Chelsea Handler, Glen Handler, Roy Handler and others 2. “Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?” by Steven Tyler 3. “Bossypants,” by Tina Fey 4. “In the Garden of Beasts,” by Erik Larson 5. “Unbroken,” by Laura Hillenbrand PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION 1. “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett 2. “Water for Elephants,” by Sara Gruen 3. “Something Borrowed,” by Emily Giffin 4. “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” by Jennifer Egan 5. “Cutting for Stone,” by Abraham Verghese

Keep your reading list updated at www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

Children’s Picture Books 1. “The Very Fairy Princess Takes the Stage,” by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton. Illustrated by Christine Davenier 2. “Of Thee I Sing,” by Barack Obama. Illustrated by Loren Long 3. “Charlie the Ranch Dog,” by Ree Drummond.

Illustrated by Diane DeGroat 4. “A Sick Day for Amos McGee,” by Philip C. Stead.

Illustrated by Erin E. Stead 5. “Silverlicious,” written and illustrated by Victoria Kann

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Answers from last week

Calendar Friday

tour May 27 at 2 p.m., 3 p.m., and 4 p.m. Cost is $3 per person.

C.A. Davidson will be doing a book signing at Hastings bookstore on Friday, May 27, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 28, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Davidson wrote “Epic Stories for Character Education,” a resource for parents, teachers, grandparents and other mentors to help build good character in the rising generation and develop leaders for the future.

Rasmussen Pottery is having their Spring Pottery Sale, free Perennial Give-away and garden tour May 27 and 28, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Rasmussen Pottery Studio, 263 W. 300 North, Hyrum.

Great selection of perennials!

Come learn about how we make Aggie Ice Cream at a public ice cream

The Hyrum Museum will be honoring veterans with an expanded display. Bring your family to discover more about some of the local heroes.

Admission is free. The Hyrum Muse-

Crossword

um will be open over Memorial Day weekend on Friday from 2 to 5 p.m., Saturday from 12 to 3 p.m., Sunday by appointment and Monday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or by appointment. Families, groups or individuals visiting from out of town may schedule museum visits by appointment. Call 512-4447.

Saturday Storm, a girls soccer team, will be holding a car wash at Master Mechanic in Providence on Saturday, May 28, from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

www.ThemeCrosswords.com

By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Afflict 6. Defunct auto feature 13. Asportation, e.g.

18. New York county 19. Crowned, in a way 21. Grain nucleus 22. Dessert named for Clue suspect?

25. Some germ cells 26. S-curve 27. Area in grocery store 28. Kind of party 29. ___ Mills 31. Window covering 33. Most outdated, in Scotland 35. Hold back 36. Song texts 38. Ring king 39. Certain investment, for short 42. Seemingly forever 43. Scene of a fall 46. Recipe directive 50. Fruit named for Clue suspect?

55. Discharged 57. European finches 58. “___ Lunch” 59. Bubbly beverage 60. Nicholas and kin 63. “___ of the Bay” 64. Antechamber 65. Paperlike cloth 67. Freshen 69. Muralist Rivera 71. Destroy disk data 73. Dig discovery: var.

75. “The Parent ___” 77. Pigtail 79. Alicia of “Falcon Crest” 80. Plato’s plaza

81. Text at the bottom 83. Bodyguards, e.g.

85. Sandwich dressing named for Clue suspect?

89. Rams’ ma’ams 90. Central points 91. Morrison or Johnson 92. Outback runner 93. Symbol of sovereignty 95. From the 1930’s 98. Arctic native 102. In a goofy manner 106. ___ paradise 107. Illusion type 110. Part of B.C.E. 111. Candies 113. Jacob’s brother 114. Goings-on 115. Wild fruit named for Clue suspect?

120. Progeny 121. Proboscis adornment 122. Dark shades 123. Balmorals, e.g.

124. Some occupants 125. Coasters Down 1. South African monkey 2. Cuckoo 3. Put in stitches 4. Blood ingredient of the gods 5. Coniferous forest 6. Not aweather 7. Air Force acronym 8. “What’s that?”

9. Start of two Henry Miller titles 10. Military missions, for short 11. One way to read

12. Make oneself heard 13. “___ Do it Every Time” (Jimmy Hatlo comic strip) 14. Start for cup 15. Carry away 16. Pseudos 17. Doctor 18. City pollution sources 20. Word with base or bank 23. “___ Me Why” (Beatles tune) 24. Hooky player 30. Eastern V.I.P.’s 31. Warner ___ 32. Floor coverings 34. Alarms 37. ___ man 40. Drilling grp.

41. Scared, in the South 43. Provoke 44. Kind of doughnut eater 45. Dorothy’s aunt and namesakes 47. Be cautious 48. Repeating 49. Stewart or Serling 50. Door aperture 51. Just beat 52. It’s called gules in heraldry 53. Poke 54. Kim follower?

55. “Mangia!”

56. Port on the Clyde 61. Put away, in a way 62. Containing an antidote 64. Anatomical cavities 66. Deodorant type 68. Buddhist temples 70. Orders to plow horses

72. Krypton, e.g.

74. Sought a seat 76. ___ Shop Boys 78. Rabble 80. Big heart?

81. Swine ___ 82. Confuse 84. Eyes 86. As a whole 87. Network of weather stations, abbr.

88. Some trial evidence

94. Mouthwashes 95. Irish whiskey 96. Pulpits 97. Parks on a bus 99. Tick, e.g.

100. Dave Winfield is the only Hall of Famer to wear this team’s cap 101. Gambits 102. Tournament round 103. Temper 104. Dogie catcher

105. Chinese dollar 106. Test answer 108. They can be taken en passant 109. _____ ligation 112. Small cave 113. Work units 116. Trial lawyer’s advice 117. Kind of tax 118. Cable choice 119. Inhabitant of 43-Across

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Stokes Nature Center invites adults to Backyard Harvest: Origins of Organics from 3 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 28. Two local organic growers will share their knowledge and expertise about how to reduce your reliance on chemicals while controlling garden pests and weeds. This program will be held off-site; call for directions. Cost is $5 ($4 for SNC members). Registration required. For more information, call 435-755-3239 or visit www. logannature.org.

Banjoman & Co. will perform lively, foot-tapping songs for the public and residents at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday at Legacy House, 330 E. 1400 North in Logan. All are welcome for this free concert.

Monday

The Hyrum Senior Center schedule is as follows: Monday, closed; Tuesday, chair yoga at 10:30 a.m. and games at 12:30 p.m.; Wednesday, brain health day with a program and food to try that helps your brain; Thursday, chair yoga and foot soaks at 10:30 a.m.; Friday, bingo at 12:30 p.m. Please call by 10 a.m. if you are joining us for

lunch at 245-3570. We are here Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All seniors are welcome. We invite the summer citizens to come out and spend time with us. Also, we are taking applications for the farmer’s market that will start in June. Please let us know if you have any home grown or hand crafted items you’d like to sell.

The second annual Memorial Day Release a Balloon for a Loved One will be at the Logan Cemetery, east of Baby Land, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the releasing at 1 p.m. Helium donated by Airgas and 100 percent biodegradable balloons donated by Plant Peddler. Free of charge. For more information, look for Release a Balloon for a Loved One on Facebook.

The Hyde Park Lions will be having their all you can eat Memorial Day breakfast Monday morning from 7 to 10 a.m. at the city offices, 113 E. Center.

The cost is $4 for adults and $3.50 for children under 12.

On Monday, May 30, KSM is holding “Ovation Roadshow” from noon to 4 p.m. at KSM Music, 50 W. 400 North. The schedule is as follows: noon to 1 p.m., free restrings including free strings on any acoustic guitar; 1 to 2 p.m., history and innovation of Ovation Presentation (enter to win $700 ovation for attendees); 3 to 4 p.m. local musicians perform to enter to win a $5,000 gift package by Ovation.

Tuesday Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will be holding a fishing activity in Hyrum on Tuesday, May 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. Cost is $3. Bring your license, pole and sunscreen.

Common Ground Outdoor Adventures is a nonprofit organization that provides outdoor recreational opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities.

For more information call 7130288.

Pintech Computers will be

offering free computer classes each Tuesday at 6 p.m. On May 31 the subject is: “Open Discussion - bring your questions about computers.” Classes are held at 270 N. 400 West, Suite C, Hyrum. Call Don Pinkerton at 435-245-8324 for more information.

Wednesday A 5K and 1-mile family fun run/walk will be held at Nibley Elementary School on Wednesday, June 1. The 1-mile begins at 6 p.m., with the 5K beginning at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $5 per person or $20 per family will support activities for the next school year. This fun end-of-theschool-year event also includes a craft fair and a pizza and drink sale from 5 to 9 p.m. Please come join us! Craft vendors may contact Amie Earl at 787-1974 regarding booth space.

The Logan Lynx U12 girls soccer tryouts will be held June 1 and 2 at Bridgerland Park (900 N. 100 West) in Logan from 5 to 6:30 p.m. both nights.

Please bring soccer ball, water bottle, and make sure to wear soccer cleats and shin guards.

We are looking for additional players and possibly a replacement keeper. For any questions, please contact Chris Hollingsworth at 881-9430.

Join us as Sarah Parslow, Macey’s floral department manager, teaches us all we need to know to have the perfect “colorful” summer wedding. She will tell us what colors are “in” and how to get the most bang for our buck at a free community class from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Macey’s Little Theater.

Stokes Nature Center invites all ages to Nature Night from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 1. This month’s theme is Bugs!

Participants will play bug games, make bug crafts, learn bug facts, and go on a bug hunt. This program is free. All are welcome to drop in; activities are ongoing.

For more information, call 435755-3239 or visit www.logan nature.org.

Thursday

For more information or to sign up, please call 435-563-5625.

Tryouts for the Valley Blast U13 Girls State soccer team will be held Tuesday, May 31, from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 1 from 5 to 7 p.m., and Thursday, June 2 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Bring water, cleats, shin guards and a size five ball. Check out our blog at valleyblastsoccer. blogspot.com.

Bridgerland Literacy will be having a garage sale Saturday, June 4, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Baugh Motel, 153 S. Main Street, Logan. We would love to take your donations for the event (call us 208-3395549 or 435-245-2151) and we will arrange pickup. You can also drop off items to the BATC parking lot at 600 W. 1400 North on June 2 or 3 between 5 and 9 p.m. Or, bring them to the Baugh Motel the morning of the event and enjoy donuts while you shop.

TFS XPLOSIVE (Formerly Nitro) will be holding tryouts for the U12 Girls age group Thursday, June 2, and Friday, June 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Heritage Park in Nibley. Please bring a ball, water, shin guards and a desire to work hard and have fun. If you have further questions, please call Rob Gines at 757-6011 or Rachel Haycock at 787-8541.

OPTIONS for Independence will be hosting an Autism Spectrum support group Thursday, June 2, from 7 to 10 p.m.

OPTIONS is located at 1095 N. Main in Logan. For more information contact Anna at 753-5353.

Join us for a free “Living Well Workshop” presented by Bear River Health Department. This is a fun, interactive five-week workshop beginning May 12 for anyone with an ongoing chronic condition (arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, joint pain, etc.).

The course continues June 2 and 16 at 2:30 to 4 p.m. at the Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan. For more information contact Kim at 792-6521 or Julie at 792-0353.

Hershey’s Youth Track and Field meet will be held Thursday, June 2 at 6 p.m. at the Logan High School track, 195 S. 100 West, Logan. Contact Shelley Compton at 716-9246 for more information.

Ongoing Sky View High School swimming pool has swimming lesson sign-ups going on now.

Sessions run for 10 days Monday through Friday, 40 minutes a day. Cost is $35 a session.

Registrations are now being accepted for the second annual trombone and baritone summer camp. The camp will run August 1-5 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Sarah Houghton’s home. Low brass players in grades 6-12 will receive individual and group instruction during this fun week, which begins with a family barbecue and ends with a recital at The Book Table. For the best price, register before June 15. Registration forms available at www. trombonestudio.blogspot.com or by calling 435-363-7451.

Register now for vocal performance camp. VPC 2011, for ages 12-18, will be held Aug. 8-12 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at USU’s Chase Fine Arts Center. VPC provides more than 60 hours of instruction in solo voice, choir, auditioning, dance, musical theater and recitals for only $90 with a schedule that allows you to sleep in or make those morning team practices.

Call Bonnie at 435-753-1806 or go to cachechildrenschoir. org.

The Plymouth Queen contest will be held Saturday, June 4, at Plymouth’s rodeo arena..

Sign up at 10 a.m. The contest starts at 11. Age divisions are 14 and up for queen, 9 to 13 for junior queen and 8 and under for sweetheart. Contact Kellie (435)279-4759 or Jamie (435)230-5024 for rules, patterns and more information.

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The CAche Practical Shooters (CAPS) will hold its monthly pistol match Saturday, May 28, at 9 a.m. at the Cache Valley Public Shooting Range, three miles west of Logan on the Valley View Highway. The match will consist of six stages, including a USPSA Classifier. Approximately 150 round of ammunition are required. Minimum caliber is 9 mm. Luger. A required new shooter orientation class will begin at 7:45 a.m. and participants will join the match at 9 a.m. The match is free to first time shooters or shooters who have not shot with us previously.

Check the web site at www. utahshooters.org for additional information. Match fees are $12 for members and $17 for nonmembers. Membership is not required. Eye and ear protection are required and spectators are welcome. Rain or shine test your skills. For information contact Rich Meacham at 435-7878131 or drmeacham@comcast. net.

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