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LEAH EDWARDS New York City-based performer returns to Cache Valley to take on key roles in a pair of Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre shows

The Herald Journal

JULY 10-16, 2015

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July 10-16, 2015

COVER 8 Leah Edwards returns

to Logan to perform during 2015 Utah Festival Opera

THE ARTS 4 Summer Concert Series

continues at the Tabernacle

4

Lyric Repertory delivers four different productions

5 Utah Festival Opera

opens up 2015 season

5 Oneida Stake Academy musical coming up soon

6 Time to decide who will make us laugh during the 2016 presidential election

MOVIES 3 Aaron Peck finds less

is more with new ‘Minions’

7 Two stars: ‘Self/Less’

fails to prove its own theory

COLUMN 10 Hinkamp feels a little

lost during holiday weekend

11 Lyric Rep delivers

Agatha Christie mystery

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

Sandra Bullock arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “Minions” last Saturday at the Shrine Auditorium while wearing some unique shoes. (AP Photo) On the cover: Leah Edwards, left, stars in the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s production of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” with W. Lee Daily, center, and Adam T. Biner. (Photo courtesy of Waldron Creative)

FROM THE EDITOR If you live in Cache Valley, a pilgrimmage to Bear Lake on a beautiful summer day is a must.

And after hitting the beach on Tuesday, my family and I still need to go to Bear Lake on a beautiful summer day.

Tuesday was definitely not that day.

By the time we finally decided it was time to surrender to the elements around 3 p.m., the beach at the Idaho end of the lake looked more like Utah Beach — you know, the one the Allies assaulted at Normandy on June 6,

1944? It was cold, dark, drizzly .and dangerous ... not the cloudless, 85-degree day my in-laws were anticipating when they scheduled their annual get-together at the so-called “Caribbean of the Rockies.”

Now, there were a few hints of sunshine when first arrived, and the temperature probably got close to 70 degrees a few times. But other than my oldest daughter, who dared to venture out on the boat to go tubing with her cousins, the rest of us were pretty content to just sit around on the beach as lightning popped on the mountain tops surrounding the lake.

But things finally got organized in the skies in the early afternoon, leading to a lot of wind, a whole lot of lightning and thunder and some serious rain. The sud-

den drop in temperature led to us bugging out like a M*A*S*H unit as quickly as we could, throwing camp chairs, canopies, coolers (and possibly some children) in the trunk and heading for home a couple of hours early.

Still, I contemplated stopping off in Garden City for the requisite raspberry shake ... until I remembered that we were all still freezing. My decision not to get a shake was soon backed up when we reached the top of Bear Lake Summit, and our car’s thermometer read 59 degrees.

That’s just a mere 40 degrees cooler than it had been in Cache Valley just a handful of afternoons earlier.

— Jeff Hunter

Gru’s groupies get too much screen time in solo venture

– Cache humor columnist Dennis Hinkamp (Page 10)

By Aaron Peck Cache movie critic

The Minions are relentlessly adorable little oafs.

“Despicable Me” and “Despicable Me 2” are made all the more delightful with their presence. Say what you will about the franchise’s bland storytelling and instantly dated pop culture references, the Minions are the yellow beating heart.

Except, when you subtract Margo, Edith, Agnes and Gru from the proceedings, things get pretty repetitive really quick.

When “Despicable Me 2” hit home video, the Blu-ray came with three brand-new minion-themed short films.

That’s exactly how the little guys should be used.

Stretching their origin story into a full-length movie reeks of desperation, and it reveals just how shallow they are when used as main characters.

A narrator (Geoffrey Rush) walks us through the early life of Minions.

Perhaps a smarter movie would’ve just let the beginning of the movie play without a narrator. We already know the Minions. We can’t understand their language, but we can read their outrageous expressions. The fact that a narrator is written into the prologue exposes the thought process of the film-

PET OF THE WEEK Available for adoption

AP Photo/Universal Pictures

Characters Stuart, left, Bob, Kevin and Scarlet Overkill, voiced by Sandra Bullock, appear in a scene from the animated feature, “Minions.”

★★ ‘Minions’ Director // Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda Starring // Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Geoffrey Rush, Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders Rated // PG for action and rude humor

makers. That we, as an audience — adult and child alike — are too dumb to understand what’s happening on screen, even though we clearly do. It’s a tad insulting and altogether tedious.

One interesting aspect about Minions is they appear to be immortal. Or maybe they just age really slowly. They’ve apparently been around for millions of years; since the beginning of life on earth. When other creatures were flopping

their way onto land, Minions were already walking upright.

We’re informed that they reflexively followed whomever they perceived to be the biggest, baddest villain around. They jumped from one master to another.

Which raises another question: if Minions are so finicky in their allegiance, how come they didn’t abandon Gru’s sinking ship in “Despicable Me” to join upand-coming villain Vector?

After running out of villains to follow, the Minions are left leaderless. So, Kevin, Bob, and Stuart set out to find a new evil boss in order to save the Minion tribe from an eternity of depression. What follows is a rather pointless story void of any real tension or conflict. It’s a story more suited for one of those Minion five-minute shorts.

Setting the entire movie in 1968 is a bold move. Packaging a kid’s movie inside an era which is completely alien to them seems counterproductive. Fortunately, the setting creates a pop culture vacuum where none of the screenwriters can shoehorn in current pop culture references, which was a nice See MORE on Page 12

Pet: Banana Foster From: Cache Humane Society Why he’s so lovable: Banana Foster has a very distinguished taste for grain-free foods. He knows what’s good, and he knows that you’ll be a good forever home for him, too. Come give this beautiful boy the good life. Contact the Cache Humane Society at 792-3920, or visit Banana Foster in person at 2370 W. 200 North in Logan.

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Less is more with ‘Minions’

“I prayed in the direction of no particular god that all the people sucked from their chairs and blankets would return by dusk.”

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Lyric Repertory Company season rolls on

The Lyric Repertory Company at Utah State University brings four hot shows to one cool place this summer.

“The Lyric has been a big part of the community since 1967,” says Dennis Hassan, co-artistic director of the Lyric Rep. “This season we have a great cast from across the country, including interns and apprentices.”

Opening this year’s season is “Noises Off,” a comedy by Michael Frayn. In this play within a play, a The Lyric Repertory Company presents “The manic menagerie of traveling actors Mystery of Edwin Drood” through Aug. 1. rehearses a flop called “Nothing’s

On.” Personal problems from divorces and illicit love affairs to missing contact lenses distract the actors.

Doors slamming, on and offstage plotting and misbehaving sardines all figure in the plot of the hilarious and classically witty play, Hassan says.

The funny farce plays June 11-13 and 20, July 8, 11, 14, 18, 24 and 30.

“Noises Off” is rated intermediate for mild adult themes.

Arlene Hutton’s “Last Train to Nibroc” opened June 17.

In December 1940, an eastbound

cross-country train is carrying the bodies of American writers Nathanael West and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also on board is religious and bookish May, and charming, young flyer, Raleigh, who is heading to New York to be a writer. The two discover they are from neighboring towns and Raleigh decides to take May to the Nibroc Festival in Kentucky. Through distance and heartache, May and Raleigh find a spark that carries on through See SEASON on Page ???????

Noon shows continue at Tabernacle

Series features a wide variety of musicians The Summer Concert Series continues this week at the Logan Tabernacle.

All concerts begin at noon, except as noted. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

For a more information, visit logantabernacle.blog spot.com, facebook.com/ logantabernacle or cache communityconnections.com.

Friday, July 10 Organ Recital: This show will feature performances by Lynn Thomas, Kadie Clark and Millie Camire. They will play a variety of classical and contemporary organ compositions highlighting the organ’s lyrical as well as grand capabilities.

Saturday, July 11 at 7 p.m.

Salt Lake City Letter Carriers Band: This group performs a variety of concerts consisting of fun, toe-tapping music such as “Hound Dog Rag” and

Members of the Betty Hammond family will perform on Wednesday at the Logan Tabernacle.

“Woodwind Polka,” along with marches, show tunes, pop songs and even a little New Orleans jazz.

The band was organized many years ago to provide music for the delegates attending the National Letter Carriers Conventions and to perform for events and activities throughout our various

communities. At their last convention in 2012, they played for 8,000 delegates in Minneapolis. The band has marched in the Days of ’47 Parade in Salt Lake City for over 50 years.

Today the Salt Lake City band is only one of six U.S. Post Office bands remaining in the nation. Under the direc-

tion of Steve Talbot and Allan Cook, the 34 volunteer musicians continue the wonderful traditions that were established many years ago and love to share the joy of music with others.

Monday, July 13 Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre: Singers and instrumentalists will per-

form their favorite music in addition to previewing the upcoming UFOMT season, which includes “Man of La Mancha,” “Carousel,” “La Boheme,” “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and other performances. For more information, visit utahfestival.org.

Tuesday, July 14 John Waldron & Surprise Performer: Waldron will provide a three-segment program: 1. Harmonica history, including types and playing styles with examples; 2. A name-that-tune sing- along; 3.

Harmonica solos with organ accompaniment by Karla Axtell on the last number.

Born into a very musical family, Waldron never learned to read notes but played keyboards and harmonica by ear.

As a young man he found a harmonica, took it apart, cleaned it and learned how to play it.

Wednesday, July 15 Betty Hammond & Vocalists: A group of “family” singers — all related to one another — will perform a varied program of solos See NOON on Page 13

“If These Walls Could Talk” are free, but a donation is requested to help restore the building into a cultural center and local history museum.

The anticipation to repeat the outstanding success enjoyed at the debut Written by Cecile Costley and directed by Danielle Dunn, the musiof “If These Walls Could Talk” last cal features local actors, dancers and year has charged the musical’s direcvocalists playing both historical and tors for this year’s production.

The original production will be pre- fictitious people from Franklin Counsented at 8:45 p.m. July 16-18 in front ty. The storyline centers on a grandfaof the Oneida Stake Academy at 90 E. ther trying to connect to his digitallydistracted grandson, a father hoping Oneida St. in Preston. Admission to

to inspire his rambunctious young family and a young man in love eager to share a meaningful secret with his sweetheart. They all unexpectedly meet at the Oneida Stake Academy building and discover that sometimes, walls can talk.

From dancers to actors, to singers and organizers, participants in the pageant last year are thrilled to repeat The Oneida Stake Academy is the alma mater of

Harold B. Lee and Ezra Taft Benson, who served

See MUSICAL on Page 12 as presidents of the LDS Church.

It’s Festival Opera time ’15 season underway at the Eccles Theatre The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s 23rd season will burst onto the stage July 8 to Aug. 8, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

More than 250 musicians, performers and crew members will come from renowned stages across the nation, including Broadway and the Met, to the historic venue in downtown Logan to present spectacular stage productions in true festival fashion.

The 2015 season includes four Mainstage Productions in repertory: “Man of La Mancha,” the Cervantes classic starring Michael Ballam; Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” a tale of love and loyalty; “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” a fun-filled musical romp about a window washer who follows a self-help book and makes it to the top; and Puccini’s beloved “La Bohème.”

All productions will be

COMING UP Unicorn Theatre show

The Unicorn Theatre will present it’s Summer Pillow Production, “The Prince Who Wouldn’t Talk,” at 7 p.m. July 16-18, at the Carousel Ballroom on the second floor of the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, July 18.

Written by James Brock and directed by R. Giselle Call, tickets for “Prince” are available at the door or by calling (435) 554-8311. General admission tickets are $6; children under 2 are free; and family tickets for up to six people are $30.

The Pianists! concert

Four professional pianists will push the music to the max when they join forces in a master concert at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main St. The Pianists! features lively and passionate works by Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and others.

The performance is part of Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre’s 23rd season and showcases precision, showmanship and fun. It’s far from a traditional formal concert some might call “stuffy.”

Instead, accompanists Utah Festival accompanists Michael Bunchman, Stephen Carey, K. Bruce Ford and Dallas Heaton interject humor and personality along with skillful perfection to the delight of audience members of all ages.

Call 750-0330 or visit utahfestival.org for tickets and more information.

Photo courtesy of Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre

Founding director Michael Ballam will be performing in the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s production of “Man of La Mancha” this summer.

accompanied by a full orchestra.

Those four Mainstage Productions continue in repertory along with 31 accompanying interactive Academy classes taught by industry experts, back-

stage tours, breakfasts with the stars, literary seminars and five special concerts. That’s not to mention chamber music concerts, “Bon Appétit” (a one-woman tribute to Julie Child), late-night cabarets,

the gala dinner in conjunction with the opening night of “Man of La Mancha” on July 11 and so much more. In all, 131 events in 32 days comprise the See TIME on Page 13

Jason Wiberg art show

A memorial tribute for Jason Wiberg will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at the Prince Gallery, 2600 N. Main St. Entitled “Color in Motion,” the exhibit at the Prince Gallery will display 60 original paintings that Wiberg painted from December 2014 until his death on July 19, 2014.

The show will be on display from Saturday, July 18, to Friday. July 31.

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By Necia P. Seamons Preston Citizen staff writer

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‘Mike XXL’ ‘Terminator’ fail to take top spot NEW YORK (AP) — July 4th went off like a dud at the box office.

Anticipated new releases “Magic Mike XXL” and “Terminator Genisys” fizzled, leaving the popular holdovers “Jurassic World” and “Inside Out” to top the holiday weekend.

Despite the brawny enticements of Channing Tatum and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the four-week rule of Universal’s dinosaur sensation “Jurassic World” continued with an estimated $30.9 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Pixar’s acclaimed “Inside Out” nearly caught up to the runaway dinos, taking in $30.1 million in its third weekend of release.

The strength of those June hits and the unfortunate timing of July 4th this year coming on a Saturday (rather than stretching out a long weekend) meant the sequels “Terminator Genisys” and “Magic Mike XXL” both failed to match previous installments.

Paramount’s “Terminator Genisys,” the fifth film in the series which also marks Schwar-

opening Tatum’s malestripper romp “Magic Mike XXL” on Wednesday. But after a strong start, the film managed just $12 million over the weekend. Over five days it made $27.1 million.

The openings were disappointing for the new releases, but each has a different makeup.

“Terminator Genisys,” an attempted reboot in AP Photo the 31-year-old, James “Inside Out” came up just short of “Jurassic World” at the Cameron-created franbox office over the Fourth of July weekend. chise, was made for $155 million. “Magic Mike zenegger’s return to his million since opening XXL,” a road-trip sequel most iconic character, Wednesday. to Steven Soderbergh’s took in $28.7 million over Warner Bros. also tried 2012 hit original, was the weekend and $44.2 to expand the weekend, made for just under $15

Nearly time to decide Who will make us laugh during 2016 election?

NEW YORK (AP) — A presidential campaign is beginning without late-night television hosts who helped us laugh through past ones, both a cultural loss and an opportunity for new voices.

David Letterman is gone, taking his unmatched ability to have serious conversations with public figures and not skimp on humor.

Jay Leno’s rat-a-tat pace of oneliners is history. Jon Stewart exits next month, along with a research team that allowed him to bust politicians and journalists for hypocrisy.

Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Larry Wilmore and Kate McKinnon are the most likely comic stars to emerge for Decision 2016.

“As much as it’s sad to see Jon leave and have Letterman and Leno gone, it’s not like the new class coming in will be doing plate spinners,” said Rory Albanese, executive producer of “The Nightly Show” with Wilmore on

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Stephen Colbert, above, Seth Meyers, Larry Wilmore and Kate McKinnon are the most likely comic stars to emerge for Decision 2016.

Comedy Central.

A recent sign of the new landscape came when Jimmy Fallon invited Jeb Bush on NBC’s “Tonight” show to slow-jam the news, the comic slipping in titillating jokes about the presidential family name. Fallon seemed overeager during the ensuing interview, the conversation

rarely straying beyond biography points like how the Republican met his Mexico-born wife.

Similarly, President Barack Obama was asked to participate in a signature comic routine on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this spring, reading mean tweets See TIME on Page 11

million.

Megan Colligan, head of worldwide distribution for Paramount, said the weekend simply didn’t play like a holiday weekend.

“The weekend got off to a very sluggish start because people didn’t have off until Friday,” said Colligan. “Our start was just not where it needed to be. Some of that does have to do with it is pretty severe competition. ‘Jurassic’ is still such a powerhouse in the marketplace and it was hard to anticipate that See SPOT on Page 12

Reruns are missing this summer season NEW YORK (AP) — One thing in shorter supply during what has always been known as broadcast television’s rerun season is reruns.

Of the 100 most-watched prime time programs on broadcast networks last week, one-third were repeats, according to the Nielsen company. The Fourth of July week would be considered the height of summer rerun season, as it is traditionally the least-watched week of television in a calendar year, or close to it.

A generation ago, the majority of prime-time broadcast shows in the summer would be reruns.

But modern-day consumers are increasingly less willing to watch programs that have been on the air before, particularly when cable gives them a greater degree of choice. Networks have been forced to adapt by providing more original programming in the summer.

The 33 reruns include a handful of immediate repeats, with episodes of

shows like CBS’ “Extant” or NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” that ran originally only days earlier. CBS also had the most popular scripted original series of the week with the premiere of “Zoo.” The more traditional CBS had 16 of the 33 reruns, including popular shows “NCIS” and “The Big Bang Theory” that finished in the Nielsen company’s top 10 for the week. ABC was next with 10.

Fox scored a rare win in the weekly prime-time ratings, led by its coverage of Sunday’s women’s World Cup soccer final where the U.S. beat Japan. (The game isn’t on Nielsen’s list of top individual programs since coverage began before prime time).

For the week, Fox averaged 6.7 million viewers, CBS had 5 million, NBC had 4.7 million, ABC had 3.5 million, Univision had 2.1 million, Telemundo had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1 million and the CW had 730,000.

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‘Self/Less’

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effects either. There’s a car chase scene that is very nuts-and-bolts action cinema; it’s quite exciting. A shootout provides some well-choreographed gun fighting, and the hand-to-hand combat that would make Jason Bourne proud. Director Tarsem Singh even has a way of shooting montages that gives them a surprisingly atmospheric quality.

The craftsmanship here est in things that normal is slick. It’s reminiscent people might find entertaining. He ruins a man’s of ‘90s sci-fi action career just because he can. cinema.

So, it’s all the more Conversely, Reynolds’ disappointing when the Damian is a wise-crackmovie just doesn’t work AP Photo/Gramercy Pictures ing playboy who eventuAbove, Natalie Martinez, left, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen and Ryan Reynolds share a scene ally grows a heart of gold given the constraints in “Self/less.” Below, Ben Kingsley also stars in the new film. when the going gets tough. it’s set for itself and the It doesn’t make any sense. way it executes them.

A genuine how’s-thisThe personalities don’t going-to-end feeling is mesh. It ultimately ruins quickly replaced with any sort of lofty comment the film might have derivative twists. A Director // Tarsem Singh story about a spiteful had about the unfairness Starring // Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kinglsey, Derek billionaire is taken over of socioeconomic class Luke, Natalie Martinez, Victor Garber, Matthew by a shadowy corporate systems and what really Goode, Michelle Dockery, Melora Harden conspiracy. Kingsley’s constitutes immortality.

Rated // PG-13 for sequences of violence, some decent and quick per If there’s a saving sexuality and language grace here it’s that “Self/ formance is undermined

by Reynolds’ wry and Less” has some pretty unwelcome one. vindictive maniac, either. up. There’s nothing to in to. well-constructed action “Self/Less” is just In the short few minutes scenes. They aren’t over There’s nothing there that even hint at the idea that another experiment that makes you think, Oh yeah, these would be things that Kingsley is on screen, his the top and littered with fails to prove its theory. computer-generated this guy is totally Damien. Damian would’ve ever be Damian shows no interHe’s someone entirely Action! different, which creates a PROVIDENCE 8 UNIVERSITY 6 535 West 100 North, Providence 1225 North 200 East, Logan disconnect so noticeable The Gallows (R) 1:10 3:45 5:45 7:40 10:20 Gallows** (R) 11:00 12:50 2:40 4:30 6:20 and worrying, it’s impos8:10 10:20 2297 N. Main Inside Out 2D** (PG) 11:30 1:50 4:10 6:30 sible for the film to ever July 10 - July 16 MOVIE HOTLINE 753-6444 • WWW.WALKeRCINeMAS.NeT Inside Out 2D** (PG) 10:40 1:05 3:15 5:50 bridge it.

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The allegorical implications of “Self/Less” are ultimately lost in its incomprehensible casting choices, and its failure to really understand its subject.

Chief among the many problems with the newest body-switching movie is casting an actor in Ryan Reynolds who is supposed to mirror the mannerisms and personality of Ben Kingsley. This experiment fails so miserably it’s difficult to understand how no one caught it during filming.

A highly secretive, extremely expensive technology called shedding creates a reality where brilliant wealthy people who are about to die can have their consciousness transferred to another body. Early on it’s explained that the bodies are lab-grown, and that all personality traits will be transferred over — the same “person” just a different vessel.

Kingsley promotes a very unique personality for the wealthy Damian as the movie opens.

Damian is a real estate/ architect genius who has built an empire. We witness Damian in the first few minutes ruin another man’s fledgling career out of spite, even though he only has months to live because cancer is eating him alive.

Then, when Damian undergoes the shedding process and his mind is transported to the body of Reynolds, he is, for all intents and purposes, a completely different person. Suddenly, Damian is granted the dry wit that has followed Reynolds throughout his career. He’s no longer a

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How to succeed in UFOMT actress Leah Edwards is a perfect fit for two 2015 shows STORY BY JEFF HUNTER Like a lot of girls, Leah Edwards had big dreams while growing up in Richmond, Virginia.

She wanted to be an elite gymnast.

And a professional ballet dancer.

And a renowned pianist.

But unlike most girls, she accomplished all of those goals before she even got out of high school.

“I actually joke about how I had three different careers by the time I was 16,” Edwards says with a smile. “I actually started as a gymnast when I was really little, but it got really intense really quickly, so my mom said, ‘I want you to have a childhood. Let’s put you in dance.’

“Then I was dancing professionally by the time I was 9 with the Richmond Ballet. But soon I had to make a life choice about what I wanted to between piano and dancing, and I chose piano.”

Edwards became so successful as a pianist that she ended up attending high school at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. And from there, she was accepted at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.

But after two years of undergrad work in the piano program at Eastman, she was serving as an accompanist at one of the school’s vocal studios when she “fell in love with this teacher, and the way that she could make anybody sing and love music.”

“Even if they came in really defeated, everyone would leave her studio just excited about singing,” Edwards explains. “So, I asked if I could take a lesson, and after I took one lesson she told me I should change my major immediately.

“And so I did.”

The former gymnast/ballerina/pianist

A native of Richmond, Virginia, Leah Edwards now lives in New Yo returned to Logan this summer for a second season with the Utah

quickly became regarded as a talented soprano, which resulted in her relocating to New York City to attend the renowned Julliard School at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where she would earn a master’s degree in opera.

“And I have been singing ever since,” Edwards notes. “And that’s why I’m in Utah.”

——— And Utah is clearly where Edwards

wants to be right now because she’s perfor in two different prod Festival Opera & M “I love climbing m declares. “It’s all I d rehearsing.”

Edwards says that Cache Valley in late hiked Crimson Trail a couple of times fro

n musical theater

ork City with her husband, renowned opera singer Dimitri Pittas. She Festival Opera & Musical Theatre. (Jeff Hunter/Herald Journal)

w. And not just rming this summer ductions for the Utah Musical Theatre. mountains,” she do when I am not

t since coming to e May, she’s already l in Logan Canyon om each direc-

tion. And that during her time with the UFOMT last year, she’d do the Wind Cave Trail almost every morning, reaching the “Witch’s Castle” in as few as 37 minutes.

“I don’t want to come here and be with people who don’t want to hike,” says Edwards, who was planning to take on the trail to Naomi Peak — the highest point in Cache County — immediately after our late-morning interview.

“That doesn’t seem very fun to me because on Sundays, there are cars and cars of us who hike all day and then run down mountains just to race back to Herm’s (Inn) before 2.”

“Those are important things,” Edwards adds with a laugh. “We call it ‘tuna-melt speed’ coming down the mountain.”

Of course, coming from the home she shares in Queens with her husband, world-renowned opera singer Dimitri Pittas, Edwards finds that getting acclimated to the higher altitude on the hiking trail also helps her deliver with her voice on the stage. And she should know. Edwards has also spent time performing with the Santa Fe Opera (elevation 7,199 feet) and the Aspen Opera Theatre (elevation 7,890 feet).

In addition, the beautiful soprano, who has been described as “the epitome of elegance and eloquence” with an “entrancingly beautiful voice,” has appeared as a guest vocalist with the New York Philharmonic and the New York City Ballet. But after graduating from Julliard, she says she managed to “find her own way” to the musical theater.

“There was no chance for the musical theater in the opera program at Julliard,” she says. “But I got a gig almost immediately out of school in musical theater, and it’s been where I’ve been ever since. I’ve really enjoyed it — not that I don’t enjoy opera, because I do — but that’s where my life ended up going, and now I’ve been part of the New York theater community for the past 10 years.”

During that time, Edwards has shared the stage with the likes of Rosie O’Donnell, Sandy Duncan, Kristin Chenoweth and Wayne Knight of “Seinfeld” fame. She did “Girl Crazy” with the man better known as Newman — “He didn’t mind if we called him that,” Edwards insists — in 2009 with Encores! at the New York City Center.

“I didn’t get to know him in great depth because those productions only last two weeks, but he was really lovely,” Edwards says of Knight.

With Encores!, Edwards says “really, really famous people” are brought in See HOW on Page 13

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, July 10, 2015

The definition of a good vacation is one that is long enough or weird enough that it makes you forget all your passwords. The three-day Fourth of July weekend almost got me there.

So, I woke up late Friday morning, which is always a good thing even though you still have that twitch telling you that you should be doing something financially productive on a weekday.

I got over it and ate breakfast twice. When I went out to greet the world, the world greeted me back with hundreds — if not thousands — of empty chairs and blankets all over town.

It was as if onethird of Logan’s population had been sucked up to the rapture, or alternately smote for their transgressions. It gave me pause to consider why I was still earthbound as I am neither deeply

and lots of cars. I wanted Cars.com and eBay to come alive solely for my pleasure. So, I sat myself down at 300 West and Center Street and waited for the miracle to materialize. Seemingly, many of the other formerly raptured/smote gathered for the same thing. There was music, frivolity, open containers and all manner of un-Logan-ness going on.

Around 6:30 p.m., BikPhoto courtesy of Dennis Hinkamp ing Brent led a cavalcade Chairs and blankets secure valuable real estate prior to last ing their second chance at of ancient autos driven at Friday’s Freedom Fire celebration in Logan. life? The fireworks were a unsafe speeds down Cenreligious nor have I done to an act of faith. I prayed nice touch, but my calen- ter Street on both sides of dar said it was only July 3. the road as if they couldn’t any particularly smotein the direction of no Emboldened with my figure out if they were in worthy sinning lately. I particular god that all the powers of prayer, I woke the United States or Engmust have been left behind people sucked from their land. The police just stood for a purpose. chairs and blankets would on July 4 meditating on by and directed traffic. fireworks and cars; lots Taking my good fortune return by dusk. If they did seriously, I gathered up not, I would repent of my all the blankets and chairs ways or go live in San my truck could hold and Francisco; coin flip. motored toward Deseret Well, you probably read Industries to make a dona- that the parking strips, tion and receive sizable hills and lawns of Logan tax deduction in honor of were replenished with my departed brothers and people on the night of sisters. About halfway July 3. You have me to there I stopped, consulted thank or blame depending with various gods, and on your particular belief decided to return everyset. But why were they thing and instead commit there? Were they celebrat-

Spot Continued from Page 6 that wouldn’t have burned off a little more by now.”

“Genisys” failed to come close to the previous “Terminator” film, the Schwarzenegger-less “Salvation,” which had a five-day debut of $65.3 million over Memorial Day weekend in 2009. “Genisys,” which critics have slammed, is finding better business abroad. It made $74 million international over the weekend.

“Magic Mike XXL,” however, had the benefit of largely positive reviews and tracking numbers that suggested a possible No. 1 opening of more than $40 million. The original debuted with $39.1 million.

But “Magic Mike XXL” failed to

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Feeling lost on 4th of July weekend

I heard that the swarm of cars continued down Main Street unfettered.

My head was spinning, but I remembered that this was the Fourth of July and the most holy remembrance of independence, so I headed to the football stadium hoping to make it before the twilight’s last gleaming. I arrived in time to find that all seats were still available. I sat patiently with my blanket and bag of snacks only to discover that apparently the celebration had been moved to Wellsville.

Fortunately, I brought my telephoto lens.

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Dennis Hinkamp only asks that you celebrate July 24 just as responsibly.

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expand its audience. Whereas moviegoers for the first film were 73 percent female, “Magic Mike XXL” was a staggering 96 percent female, Warner Bros. said.

Dan Fellman, head of domestic distribution for Warner Bros., said the film performed worse than expected in the South, Midwest and in Canada.

Such a “girls-night-out” release, he said, didn’t materialize over the holiday weekend.

“Our audience wasn’t available to us,” said Fellman. “We might be down but we’re not out. I’m in the wait and see mode.”

Hollywood’s summer has been inching close to equaling its record 2013 season, thanks partly to the unexpected success of “Jurassic World.” (Now with $558.2 million domestically, it’s already the fourth-best showing of all time in North America.)

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Given such predictable material, the Lyric Repertory Company’s current production of “And Then There Were None” obviously stands or falls on the strength of its per-

formers. Knowing that, director Richie Call’s gifted cast struggles valiantly to energize a wordy script and a plot that ponderously unfolds at a glacial pace.

Lyric newcomer Stephen Humes is simply wizard as an unrepentant playboy who dies way too early in the show.

Also making his Lyric debut is R. Scott Zaborski, who is memorably bombastic as a washedup police detective more concerned about filling his ample stomach than saving his skin.

Savannah Hubbard is another welcome new

Time Continued from Page 6 posted about him online. Kimmel used his interview to ask Obama about the day-to-day life of a president, including whether he drove, went to the dentist or sneaked into the White House kitchen for a late-night snack.

Fallon and Kimmel host the two most popular programs on late-night TV now.

While their broadly comic shows don’t ignore public affairs, that’s not in either host’s wheelhouse.

“I don’t think there’s a particular comfort factor there,” said Bill Carter, author of books on late-night television including “The Late Shift.” ‘’But in fairness to Fallon, there wasn’t for Letterman when he got started, either.”

That leaves a path for Letterman’s replacement. Colbert, who will compete in the same time slot with Fallon and Kimmel starting in September, hasn’t talked much about the new show other than saying he won’t be playing a character like he did on Comedy Central. His adeptness at topical material was evident on “The Colbert Report,” and his interest obvious in how he couldn’t resist the comic fodder of Donald Trump’s campaign announcement last month. Colbert released a video on the “Late Show” website that nailed the surreal randomness of Trump’s speech.

“So much of this is about whether the

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host is passionate about it, if they really want to do it,” Albanese said. “Because if it’s not coming from their gut ... it can feel kind of empty.”

Meyers has emphasized politics on “Late Night” since Vice President Joe Biden showed up for the debut. Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and Carly Fiorina have appeared for interviews. Meyers is trying to do more comic pieces responding to the day’s news, said Mike Shoemaker, “Late Night” executive producer.

Meyers admired Letterman’s ability to

face on the Lyric stage, convincingly portraying a terrorized heroine without ever descending into scream-fest cliché, especially in the play’s harrowing climax.

Lyric veteran Patrick Williams delivers an equally fine performance, deftly making a killer’s heartfelt confession into a touchingly beautiful reminiscence.

Chris Klinger, Blythe Coons, Peter Surace, Stefan Espinosa, Arika Schockmel, Joseph Tisa and Gordon Dunn round out the play’s ensemble cast with solid characterizations as Christie’s

other eccentric victims.

Although too much of the play’s malicious mayhem happens safely off-stage, director Call still has a surprise up his sleeve to build suspense.

That’s because the audience doesn’t know if they’ve seeing Christie’s 1943 version of the play — to which she added a cheesy happy ending — or the 2005 revision of “And Then There Were None” that recaptures the darker fun of the author’s original 1939 novel. Naturally, it wouldn’t be fair to let that cat out of the bag here.

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make an interview feel unscripted. His appearance with Cruz showed the host’s ability to stand toe-to-toe with a political guest for a substantive conversation with some laugh lines. When the Texas Republican talked about his Senate filibuster on Obama’s health care law, Meyers shot back, “How’d it go?” and earned a brief glare from Cruz. He asked Cruz his response to Sen. John McCain calling him a “wacko bird” and about his opposition to gay marriage.

Research is the key to making sure these interviews go well, Meyers said.

“You have to know their positions,” he said. “The one thing I’ve found when you’re talking to a political guest, be they Republican or Democrat, if you don’t cut them off, they’ll talk the whole time.”

Meyers will replay a political interview in his mind and brood over something he wished he’d said more than he ever would for a movie star. He wants viewers to come away liking, or at least knowing more about, his political guests.

In one sense, the appearances are auditions, since he wants politicians to view his NBC show as a desirable destination.

“If you do really good stuff with politicians, ultimately other politicians will find out,” he said. “At the end of the day, they do like attention, so it’s not like it’s the hardest sell on earth. I mean, they go on C-SPAN.” Stewart’s take on a day’s events will be missed more than his interviews.

“What you got from both of these guys

mances of “And Then There Were None” will continue at the Caine Lyric Theater at 28 W. Center St. through July 29.

——— Editor’s Note: Charlie Schill is a former city editor of The Herald Journal.

He has directed and performed with theater groups in the U.S., South Korea and Germany.

Schill also served as theater critic for The Temple Daily Telegram in Temple, Texas and Pacific Stars & Stripes and Japan Times, both daily newspapers in Tokyo, Japan.

was a very specific and unique point of view you could rely upon,” Albanese said. “You would say, ‘I can’t wait to hear what Jon Stewart is going to say about this, or what Letterman is going to say.’”

Stewart’s replacement, Trevor Noah, is expected to keep the DNA of “The Daily Show.” But as a South African not steeped in American politics, the perspective is sure to be different.

Tina Fey, with her dead-on Sarah Palin impersonation, was the comic star of the 2008 presidential campaign.

“Saturday Night Live” has another winner with McKinnon, whose portrayal of a cravenly ambitious Hillary Clinton holds great promise for the next year.

Wilmore has increased his topical content following the January debut of “The Nightly Show.” His ongoing “unblackening” segment showcases an unburdened president as his term winds down. Wilmore is encouraging candidates to join him for interviews over soul food, as he did with Rhode Island’s Lincoln Chafee.

“We were very conscious of not doing ‘The Daily Show’ after ‘The Daily Show,’” said Albanese, who worked with Stewart before joining Wilmore.

“But with Jon leaving and the political landscape heating up, for us it makes much more logical sense for us to be covering this stuff. The thing we’ll bring to it is that Larry’s perspective is different. He’s looking at the world through a different prism.”

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In Agatha Christie’s classic stage whodunit “And Then There Were None,” 10 alleged murderers are invited to a mysterious island to meet fatal justice one by one.

If that plot sounds familiar, perhaps you’ve seen an oh-so-very-English movie version of “And Then There Were None” made 70 years ago. Or a really awful (and typically American) remake entitled “Ten Little Indians” in 1965. Or any one of about a dozen episodes of the old television series “Murder She Wrote.”

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Time Continued from Page 5 annual Festival.

Concerts include The Pianists July 11, the International Opera Semifinals and Finals July 15 and 29, “Tribute to Richard Rodgers” July 22 and Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” on Aug. 5, conducted by Dr. Craig Jessop and featuring the American Festival Chorus, special soloists and the Utah Festival Orchestra.

Artistic and founding director Michael Ballam auditions hundreds of singers across the nation each year. The best move to Logan for a few months to perform music in the mountains in beautiful Cache Valley.

The audience experiences some of the country’s greatest talent all under one roof for unbelievably affordable prices.

All Mainstage Productions and concerts are held in the Ellen Eccles Theatre at 43 S. Main St. Performance tickets are available online at utahfestival.org, by calling 750-0300 or in person at the Utah Festival Box Office located in the Dansante Building at 59 S. 100 West.

Musical Continued from Page 5 the performance this year, organizers said.

“My granddaughter ‘has’ to be in the play again this year,” Dunn said. “She absolutely loved it last year.”

Local residents are also thrilled for a repeat production.

“A lady I was talking to the other day was very excited because she said she missed the pageant last year,” Pat Moses said.

Moses and Glenda Swainston are making and gathering costumes. Other people were so impressed from last year’s production that they want to return this year.

“I had a couple from Weston tell me that the pageant touched their hearts and helped them to see what a great heritage the community has in that building,” said music director Carla Gunderson.

“The music Tyler Castleton

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Michael Ballam stars as Don Quixote in UFOMT’s “Man of La Mancha.”

Mainstage Production tickets are $13 to $77, concert tickets are $11 to $41 and Academy tickets are $10.

Other event prices vary. Discounts are available for season ticket purchases and groups. Youth and students of all ages get 50 percent off tickets with ID. Academy tickets and discounts are not available online.

“Man of La Mancha” A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisi-

wrote for it was fabulous.

He really got the spirit of the academy. Everyone that sang the music felt it. I felt it. He brought the courage the pioneers had, the camaraderie they had, and the dreams they had, and brought them to life in the songs,” Gunderson continued.

“How could he have known that every person that comes through those (academy) doors will know that those pioneers built that building to last forever?”

Castleton has said that he wrote the music as a gift to his hometown.

“I knew it would be difficult with my schedule, but … I said I would wholeheartedly.

Frankly, I wanted to make a contribution. I wanted to help tell the story of our heritage and our history and of all the wonderful and amazing people who came before us. I feel really privileged to … use (my talents) to help.”

At the time, Castleton was in the middle of producing a

tion, Miguel de Cervantes stages a play using his fellow inmates in a bid to save his possessions including his prized manuscript. He becomes Don Quixote and wins over his comrades with hilarious antics and devotion to chivalry. Starring Michael Ballam as Don Quixote, “Man of La Mancha” dreams “The Impossible Dream” of the down and out, but noble of heart.

Starring UFOMT founding director Michael Ballam, “Man of La Mancha” plays at 7:30 p.m. July 11, 24, 29, Aug. 6 and 8, and at 1 p.m. July 16, 18, 23 and 31.

“How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” J. Pierrepont Finch is a window washer with ambition. Using advice from a self-help book, he climbs the corporate ladder at World Wide Wickets and wins over the hearts of his coworkers and Rosemary Pilkington.

It’s a wild ride to the top featuring musical numbers like “A Secretary Is Not a Toy,” “Cinderella, Darling” and “Brotherhood of Man.” “How To Succeed” is classic Broadway and plays at 7:30 p.m. July 10, 16, 18, 30 and 31, and at 1 p.m. July 24 and Aug. 8.

“La Bohème” Young Bohemian, Rodolfo, and his friends struggle to make it as artists in Paris, but his life changes when a chance encounter with a seamstress named Mimi lights a flame in their hearts. Will they find lasting love, or will jealousy and poverty drive them apart? “La Bohème” is one of the most beloved and performed operas of all time. Don’t miss this timeless classic.

“La Bohème” plays at 7:30 p.m. July 8, 23, Aug. 1 and 7, and at 1 p.m. July 17 and 25.

“Carousel” Carefree carnival barker Billy Bigelow loses his job. Nevertheless, he marries Julie, and when she tells him she’s pregnant, he commits a robbery in desperation to provide for his family. Little did he know of the lasting consequences. Will he get a chance to right his wrongs? Carousel has been a Broadway favorite for 70 years, exploring themes of consequences, love, and redemption. Time Magazine calls this classic “the best musical of the 20th century.”

“Carousel” plays at 7:30 p.m. July 9, 15, 17, 22 and 25, and at 1 p.m. July 30 and Aug. 1 and 7.

“If These Walls Could Talk” will be presented at 8:45 p.m. July 16-18 at the Oneida Stake Academy in preston.

tour and debut of the boy band, Beyond 5, so his time was extraordinarily tight. He wrote the music, but in his heart, he knew it wasn’t right. So, despite the hopes of the Oneida Stake Academy Foundation Pageant Committee’s directors, he scrapped the songs.

The pageant therefore, was not

a part of Franklin County’s Centennial as it was originally intended.

Determined to find just the “right” message with his songs, Castleton rewrote them all, and when they finally came together, the music was worth the wait, said Peggy Christensen, co-chair of the OSAF

Pageant Committee.

Castleton said he found inspiration in the characters and script Costley created by imagining the mindset and heartfelt feelings of the characters.

“I tried to put myself into the place of the townspeople so long ago when the prophet was encouraging them to make education a bigger part of their lives,” he said.

“The music conveys exactly the message and emotions we were hoping for,” said Christensen. When the actors, dancers, light are added to the music on the steps of the grand building itself, the effect is magical.

“We are thrilled with how the pageant has turned out, and we are pleased to sponsor such an uplifting event in celebration of our community’s heritage,” said OSAF chairman Nathan Hale.

For more information on the Oneida Stake Academy, visit oneidastakeacademy.org or its Facebook page.

How Continued from Page 9 for the lead, while the ensemble is made up of talented Broadways actors, some of whom have Tonys. The company then has a week to rehearse a musical that hasn’t been done in New York City for 25 years or more, before presenting seven shows in six days.

“You’re just thrown into it,” Edwards says. “But everyone is lovely, and it’s like group effort to put on a show. Then everybody just goes back to life as it previously was.

“It’s also one of my favorite companies to work with.”

——— One of those other favorite companies? Since Edwards is back in Logan for her second season, it should come as no surprise that she thinks highly of the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre.

“The level of work here is so insanely high, all around,” she proclaims. “Costumes and lights and sound; everything is on such a hugely professional level. To me, it isn’t different than working on Broadway, and, in fact, it’s a lot better in some ways.”

Edwards first auditioned for UFOMT founding director Michael Ballam in New York City in the fall of 2013. Her performance in that audition resulted in her earning coveted roles as Laurey in “Oklahoma!” and Cosette in “Les Misérables” during last year’s

funky acoustic bliss. His ability to make one guitar sound like a full arrangement is truly astounding, but his clear technical ability never overshadows the artistic appeal of his music.

This talent has propelled him into the international spotlight where Miller has been the featured artist both in Australianbased and internationally circulating magazines.

festival, which, in turn, led to her returning this summer as Rosemary Pilkington in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and Carrie Pipperidge in “Carousel.”

“I loved it here last year,” Edwards says. “The company is so family-oriented as far as it being a family. Michael seems to have a really special way of finding personalities that gel, on top of voices and acting and dancing.

“In this business, we’re sort of forced to all be together for a certain time, for whatever gig and sometimes you enjoy those people and sometimes you don’t. And here, I made lifetime friends almost immediately. I don’t know if it’s because of the sunshine and the mountains, but it’s one of the best experiences I’ve ever had in a company.

They’re very supportive, they treat you well and they love you.”

Edwards says that normally the UFOMT tries to limit working hours to six hours a day, but since she had to perform in dress rehearsals for both “Carousel” and “How to Succeed …” on a couple of occasions, those ended up being 14-hourlong days.

“Basically, I just had to try and take five minutes before I walked into rehearsal, and be like, OK. What show am I doing?” Edwards says. “But I love it.”

One of those 14-hour days just happened to be the Fourth of July, which was also Edwards’ birthday and her and Pittas’ fifth wedding anniver-

During his previous appearances at Why Sound, the audience was electrified as Miller pulled on his vast, genre-crossing background to weave together a show that continues to be a topic of conversation. It is anticipated that his return will leave audiences awed, so don’t miss it.

Visit whysound.com and adammiller.com.au for more information.

sary. The couple was on their honeymoon in Tahiti when Pittas fell from a horse, and in the process, doctors discovered a 4 1/2-inch-long tumor in his chest.

“So, we sort of did that the first six months of our marriage,” Edwards says.

Despite that, the couple ended up on an episode of “The Newlywed Game,” which required working around Pittas’ chemotherapy schedule.

“We did well,” she says. “We didn’t win, but we gave some very funny answers.”

Just a few years prior to that game show appearance, Edwards was also on “The Price is Right” during Bob Barker’s last two weeks as the host. She was the first one to make it to Contestants’ Row, but never could make it up on the stage.

“There’s a really nice clip of Bob Barker yelling at me … well, telling me I was going to be the least deserving contestant who ever won ever,” Edwards says with a chuckle. “I didn’t get the bid, but I did get 45 minutes of TV time, which was fun.”

While Edwards might not have got the price right, she certainly seems to be in Logan at the right time. She says its “an incredible little town to be in for the summer.”

“The community is so inviting, and it’s also a very interesting contrast for me from New York,” she notes. “And it’s so much more pleasant. … And we don’t like to tell to tell anyone about the Festival Opera except for our friends because we want to keep our jobs here.”

Continued from Page 3 break from the two earlier “Despicable Me” movies.

Removing the girls and Gru from the equation results in a movie completely devoid of any sort of emotional conflict. The minions might be fun and silly, but that can only carry a movie for so long.

After a while all the jokes

Noon Continued from Page 4 and duets, featuring songs from Broadway, the big bands, opera and folk. The performers are Michael Bailey, Natalie Bailey Burningham, Susan Haderlie, Betty Hammond and Elli Price, who will be accompanied by Merrilee Broadbent.

Michael Bailey has sung with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for eight years.

He has a degree in choral music education and has taught music for the past 30 years.

Natalie Bailey Burningham received a bachelor’s in music therapy at Colorado State University with voice as her main instrument. She has sung the role of Hansel in “Hansel and Gretel” with the Heritage Theatre.

Susan Haderlie has performed with opera and stage companies throughout the U.S. including the Utah Opera, Idaho Falls Opera, Cimmeron Opera, Heritage Theatre, Marjorie Lyons Playhouse and her latest performance with Lyrical Opera Theater in the role of Suzuki from “Madame Butterfly.”

Betty Hammond has a master’s in vocal performance and a bachelor’s in piano performance and English. She has taught for

years with the USU Music Department adjunct faculty.

Elli Price is the daughter of Rodney and Karen Price. She has been a soloist for a variety of events and is making her debut with the Logan Tabernacle Concert Series. She is taking online college courses and sings with the Logan Institute Choir.

Merrilee Broadbent is a gifted accompanist who started playing the piano at age 3 and has been busily involved in music ever since. She plays and sings for her own talented family and accompanies for the Cache Children’s Choir, as well as many other venues.

Thursday, July 16 Carolyn Bentley’s Harps: This fine group of harpists will present a varied program of solos and ensembles pieces from a wide selection of music genres: folk, classical, pop, international and jazz. They will be joined by vocalist Kristi Toone Gilbert and violinist Lori Wiser. There will also be a special ensemble performance of a medley from the score of a beloved movie celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Can you guess which movie?

The harpists who will perform are Christine Altom, Katie Anderson, Kami and Lienne Cupal, Elise Idso, Addison Line, Samantha Loosli and Carolyn Bentley.

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Australian fingerstyle jazz/ blues acoustic guitarist Adam Miller will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 15, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission to the performance is $15. Tickets will be available at the door.

The excitement surrounding Miller is palpable. This talented musician’s intricate fingerwork creates complex rhythms of

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start to feel like an endless string of lightly related skits instead of a coherent movie.

There are some parts that are genuinely funny, but for the most part “Minions” is derivative and pointless.

The sporadic moments of buffoonish humor, which make them so loveable, isn’t so great when those moments become less sporadic and more the norm.

With Minions, less is truly more.

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The 43rd annual Logan Downtown Summer Sidewalk Sale will continue on Friday, July 10, and Saturday, July 11, throughout downtown Logan.

Visit logandowntown.org for more information.

SATURDAY The Logan Library presents “Learning @ the Library” — classes showing how to get the most from your e-reader device or computer using the free resources available at the library. “eAudiobooks & the Library” will be taught at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 11, at the Logan Library. You can use the library’s devices or bring your own. Sign up in person at the information desk or call 716-9120.

Twin Flames will perform classical to rock ‘n’ roll guitar music from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at the Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market on the grounds of the Historic Cache County Courthouse at the corner of Main Street and 200 North.

Lace ‘N Levis Square Dance Club will be dancing on Saturday, July 11, at 1650 E. 2600 North in North Logan. This week we are having a class for anyone who has not danced for a time or thinks they would like to start square dancing. The class is open to couples, singles and families. Come out and learn how much fun square dancing is for everyone. Round dancing class begins at 6 p.m., basic square dance class at 7 p.m. and plus and main stream club dance at 8 p.m. For more information contact lacenlevis@hotmail.com, or call Mike at 757-4479.

Four professional pianists will push the music to the max when they join forces in a master concert at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main St. The Pianists! features lively and passionate works by Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and others. The performance is part of Utah Festival

Opera and Musical Theatre’s 23rd season and showcases precision, showmanship and fun.

It’s far from a traditional formal concert some might call “stuffy.”

Instead, accompanists Utah Festival accompanists Michael Bunchman, Stephen Carey, K. Bruce Ford and Dallas Heaton interject humor and personality along with skillful perfection to the delight of audience members of all ages. Call 750-0330 or visit utahfestival.org for tickets and more information.

The 25th Street Market at the North Logan Library will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 11. A community market, it features local crafts, fresh produce and more. This week’s featured musical artist is guitarist Robert Linton. Linton is a musician of deep thoughtfulness, this sensitivity is evident on his recordings of lyrical guitar instrumentals. Linton plays finger-style nylon-string guitar, his songs exude such tranquil beauty and peaceful solace that they work their way into your soul without you even realizing it.

The 2015 Cache Gran Fondo will be held Saturday, July 11.

The annual Italian-style ride features either 50- or 100-mile routes. A portion of the proceeds go to funding breast cancer screenings for women who live in Cache Valley, and over the past three years, more than $80,000 has been raised for this special cause. The ride begins at Logan Regional Hospital from 6:15 to 6:35 a.m. and ends on 100 North in downtown Logan.

Visit cachegranfondo.com for more information.

Get your dancing shoes on and grab some friends because it’s the 8th annual Street Dance — a free community dance and silent auction to benefit Four Paws Rescue. Caffe Ibis will host this year’s dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 11, as Federal Avenue will be closed off for dancing in the street. Awesome outdoor live music will be provided by Daniel Weldon of the Legendary Porch Pounders

and The Gordon Greenwood Trio. The event is free to the community, but there will be donation jars and a silent auction with items featuring local restaurants, businesses and services. All proceeds from the silent auction will benefit Four Paws Rescue.

day Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 13, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s movie is “Despicable Me,” which is rated PG. Admission and popcorn are free.

The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre will host its annual Gala Fundraising Dinner at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at the Riverwoods Conference Center.

The event features a special program featuring principal artists and musicians. Dinner is $75. For tickets and additional information, visit utahfestival.org or call 750-0300.

The Nighttime Food $ense class will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in the Cache County Administration Building multi-purpose room, 179 N. Main St. Keep the kitchen cool and the heat outside. We will be teaching the techniques and skills to create the best BBQ and grilled dishes this summer by grilling and broiling. Call 7526263 and reserve your spot; reservations must be made 24 hours in advance. Out of respect for the hearing impaired, no children please.

SUNDAY Sundays Under the Trees Near Old Main will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 12. Utah State professor Randy Lewis will speak on “Amazing Spider Silk Developed at USU.” Bring your lawn chairs. In the event of inclement weather, the talk will be moved Room 225 at Old Main. The public is invited to attend.

The Harmaleighs will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 12, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. The Utah State University Alumni Band will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 12, on the USU Quad. The concert is free and open to the public. In case of inclement weather, performances will be held in the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center. Call 797-8022 or visit arts. usu.edu for more information.

The Post-Mormon Community is a non-sectarian organization of individuals and families who have left Mormonism. The Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner and socializing at a local restaurant at 6:30 p.m. every Sunday evening. Newcomers welcome.

For more information call Jeff at 770-4263 or visit our website at www.postmormon.org/logan.

MONDAY The Logan Library’s Mon-

TUESDAY

The Logan Library will host Teen Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s theme is “So Bored!” We’re pulling out some of the best board games ever invented.

WEDNESDAY Australian fingerstyle jazz/ blues acoustic guitarist Adam Miller will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 15, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $15.

Essential oil basics and Q&A: Take control of your health.

Join us for this informative and interactive class at 4 p.m.

Wednesday, July 15, at the Riverside Apartments, 1265 N. 800 East (the workshop will be held on the third floor of the new/tall building; street parking is readily available across from the west end of the stadium parking lot).

THURSDAY The original production of “If These Walls Could Talk” will be presented at 8:45 p.m. July 16-18, in front of the Oneida Stake Academy at 90 E. Oneida St. in Preston. Although admission is free, audiences are

encouraged to make a donation to the restoration of the Oneida Stake Academy building as a museum of local history/cultural center for the community.

The Unicorn Theatre will present it’s Summer Pillow Production, “The Prince Who Wouldn’t Talk,” at 7 p.m. July 16-18, at the Carousel Ballroom on the second floor of the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, July 18. Written by James Brock and directed by R. Giselle Call, tickets for “Prince” are available at the door or by calling (435) 5548311. General admission tickets are $6; children under 2 are free; and family tickets for up to six people are $30.

Sport Parent Night will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at Edith Bowen Laboratory School Auditorium on the campus of Utah State University. Come learn how to make the most of your child’s sport experience.

The USU Families in Sport Lab offers tips on how to make sports a positive journey for the young athlete and the family. Parents who attend will have the chance to win door prizes.

Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corporation’s Summer Open House & Block Party will be held from 4 to 7 p.m.

Thursday, July 16, at the Maple View Subdivision at 2720 S. 1100 West in Nibley. Come take a tour of 16 owner-builder homes that have recently been finished. For more information, call 753-1112.

The USU Piano Department is excited to present Cool Classic 2015. These piano recitals feature faculty and prize-winning students of Gary Amano performing solo and concerto repertoire from all periods. College virtuoso and faculty performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at the USU Performance Hall.

Admission is free, but student scholarship donations of $5 are encouraged and appreciated.

Please email Luke Hancock at Ldhancock@gmail.com for more information.

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