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Cache Magazine Piano prodigy 15-year-old Kuha’o Makana Case visits Logan to share natural musical talent with audiences

PLUS: Utah Festival Opera reviews

The Herald Journal

JULY 20-26, 2012

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July 20-26, 2012

ART 3 Gallery Walk to take place downtown

3 Local gallery displaying Barbara Edwards’ art

theater 4 Utah Festival Opera

reviews by Charlie Schill

12 Old Lyric’s ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ draws big laughs

13 Old Lyric’s ‘Greater Tuna’ now playing

Movies 7 Batman series ends with ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

MUSIC 6 See who’s playing at the Tabernacle this week

COLUMN 11 Dennis Hinkamp

shares extrovert etiquette

CROSSWORD 14 Try completing this week’s puzzle

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

Kuha’o Makana Case, 15-year-old blind piano prodigy, performs Thursday, July 12, in the Kent Concert Hall. (Cover and inside photos

by Cody Gochnour/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR

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f you haven’t noticed, it’s play mania over here. Last week, the Utah Shakespeare Festival shows were featured and now that the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre 2012 season is underway, Charlie Schill has written reviews for each of the four mainstage productions. All of them will continue playing at the Ellen Eccles Theatre for the next three weeks.

Schill has also reviewed the Old Lyric Repertory shows which have steadily been released since mid-June. This week

we’re featuring two more reviews for “Lend Me a Tenor” and “Greater Tuna.”

As you can see, there is plenty going on for the theater and opera buffs.

I always love a good play or musical. There’s something about sitting in a beautiful theater watching talented actors and singers tell stories as they weave around a stage full of props and sets. Since interviewing theater designers a couple years back, I pay more attention to costuming and lighting.

Without each piece of the puzzle, a play just wouldn’t be complete.

Tonight I’m going to see “Big River.”

It will be the first time I’ve watched a show in the Caine Lyric Theatre. Unfortunately, I never made it to any of the

Old Lyric productions last summer, and I hear it’s a great experience. I’m excited to see a show based on Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn in musical form.

At the Freedom Fire event at Romney Stadium a couple weeks ago, actors from the Old Lyric previewed a couple songs from “Big River.” The talent was incredible. I also interviewed Huck actor Stefan Espinosa a little while ago, and he made this staged classic tale sound fun. Huckleberry Finn is a role Espinosa couldn’t play almost anywhere else, he said, and the charming, mischievous character is right in his element.

Who doesn’t like a little mischief every once in a while? Happy play-going!

— Manette Newbold

See artwork at 21 locations tonight Join the Cache Valley Center for the Arts Downtown from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight for the CVCA Gallery Walk.

This event provides art lovers a free opportunity to socialize and tour a full spectrum of galleries, local businesses, and nonprofit art spaces – all in one day. Start at any location and pick up a map; just look for galleries marked with the official CVCA yellow banner. For exhibition details, visit cachearts.org or email events@cachearts.org.

The July walk features 21 locations and artwork

by Mike Bullock, Brooke Lambert, Michael Langenheim, Sam Capasso, Susan Dunker, Andrea Steffs, Ernie Verdine, Scott McClellan, Cache Valley Photographers, Vincent Cobb, Jeremy and Larry Winborg, Holly Conger, David Jackson, Kristi Grussendorf, David Holmes, Logan High School students and Mount Logan Middle School students, Josh Munns, Sharon Ohlhorst, Haley Cliften, Scott Bushman, the Utah Watercolor Society and more.

Locations include:

“Tasty Apples” by Barbara Summers Edwards.

• Cache Valley Visitors Bureau, 199 N. Main St. • Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, 52 Federal Ave. • Citrus & Sage and The

Crepery, 131 N. 100 East • Creative Threads and The Image Foundry location, 55 N. Main St. • The Diamond Gallery and

Sego Even Planning and Floral Design, 41 N. Main St. • Fuhriman’s Framing and Fine Art, 75 S. Main St. • Gia’s Italian Restaurant, 119 S. Main St. • Global Village Gifts, 146 N. 100 East • Jacks Wood-Fired Oven, 256 N. Main St. • Joy Ride Bikes, 65 S. Main St. • Logan Downtown Alliance, 160 N. Main St. • Logan Fine Art, 60 W. 100 North • Mountain Place Gallery, 123 N. Main St. (above The Sportsman) • Oasis Books, 25 W. Center St. • SDesigns at the ThatcherYoung Mansion, 35 W. 100 South • S.E. Needham Jewelers, 141 N. Main St. • The Spirit Goat, 28 Federal Ave. • The Sportsman, 129 N. Main St. • St. John’s Episcopal Church, 85 E. 100 North • Utah Public Radio, 43 S. Main St. • Winborg Masterpieces Art Gallery, 55 N. Main St., 208

“(Kuha’o Case) has a perfect sense of pitch. We were at my parents house, and we were listening the crickets chirp outside.

Kuha’o said, ‘I think that’s a D-flat.”

– Andy Thunell, friend of Case, page 8

PET OF THE WEEK Available for adoption

Barbara Edwards’ art on display at Logan Fine Art Gallery Born and raised in Southeastern Idaho, Barbara Summers Edwards is a fourth generation native of the American West. She is represented by galleries from Utah to Texas where she is currently represented by Logan Fine Art Gallery. She resides in Smithfield with her artist husband, Glen. Graduating from Utah State University in illustration, Barbara worked as a freelance illustrator and then evolved as a

fine art oil and watercolor painter. Commonly portraying figurative imageries, her painterly, realistic paintings have received numerous awards as they have been exhibited in international, national, regional and state shows.

In December 2011, the Oil Painters of America board of directors awarded Signature Member status to Barbara for her “remarkable talent,” an honor received only by

a limited number of artists. The Utah Arts Council purchased two of her paintings for the State of Utah’s Permanent Collection. One of those, “Gotcha!” hangs in the Utah’s Governor’s Mansion.

Barbara’s painting; “First Snowfall” was awarded Best of Show in the 2010 American Plains Artists 26th Annual Juried Exhibit. She also had the honor of being juried numerous times into the

prestigious International Arts for the Parks Top 100 Exhibit and in 2002 was awarded the Yellowstone National Park Purchase Award and also the Arts for the Parks Wildlife Award of Merit. Earlier in the same exhibit, U.S. Art Magazine selected her painting for its Award of Excellence.

Barbara’s painting, “Birth of a Nation,” received a Juror’s Choice Award at the 2009 National Paint the Parks Show & Competition.

Pet: Sheldon From: Cache Humane Society Why he’s so lovable: Shel-

don is shy at first in a new environment, but once he’s comfortable, he’ll bounce off the walls.

He’s also as cuddly and purry as a person could want. He may be frightened of toddler-age children, but older children should do fine with him. He’s good with other cats. Sheldon has long fur that will require occasional bathing and frequent brushing to keep him looking his best.

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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UTAH FESTIVAL OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATRE 2012 SEASON

Faust

T REVIEWS BY CHARLIE SCHILL

he Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre opened its 20th anniversary season July 12 with a thrilling production of the opera “Faust” by Charles Gounod.

“Faust” is a retelling of the classic German legend of an aging scholar who abandons his lifelong quest for knowledge in exchange for pleasures of the flesh guaranteed by a deal with the Devil. Originally written as a five-act opera, stage director Daniel Helfgot has wisely chosen to present a somewhat abbreviated version of the tale.

Gounod’s opera also ends less ambiguously than the conclusions provided by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christopher Marlowe and other dramatists.

UFOMT veteran Jessica Medoff is sensational as Marguerite, the ultimately doomed object of Faust’s sexual obsession. In a role in which she must evolve from carefree maiden to haunted lover to insane murderer, Medoff skillfully employs her trademark vocal versatility to wring every drop of emotion

All photos courtesy Firefly Film Video

out of her arias, especially the his final damnation. famous “Jewel Song” and her In the title role, Marc Schreiner redemptive “Anges purs, anges is unfortunately far less compelradieux.” In addition to filling ling than the talented performers every corner of the Ellen Eccles around him. Schreiner has a fine Theatre with her strong lyric tenor voice, but his acting fails to soprano voice, Medoff’s porevoke much audience sympathy trayal of Marguerite is heartfelt about Faust’s tragic decisions and captivating. and eventual condemnation to Kyle Pfortmiller is equally Hell. memorable in the role of ValThe supporting cast of “Faust” entin, the brother of Marguerite. includes Jaime Hartzell, John Even on a stage literally crowded Buffet and Sarah-Nicole Ruddy, with talented ensemble singers, along with an enthusiastic Pfortmiller’s baritone voice was ensemble of nearly 50 singers absolutely dominant. Now in and dancers and musicians. Barhis fourth season with UFOMT, bara Day Turner conducted the Pfortmiller is thankfully becommore than 50 musicians of the ing as familiar to local audiences UFOMT orchestra. as he is to those of the MetropolThe staging of “Faust” by set itan Opera in New York City. designer Shawn Fisher was brilThe final standout performer liantly evocative of the opera’s in “Faust” is Kristopher Irmiter supernatural theme, especially as Méphistophélès. Irmiter is during Marguerite’s climatic thoroughly despicable as the redemption. The complex lightdemon who tempts Faust to sell ing design and flawless execuhis soul for youth and the pursuit tion by Chad Bonaker also conof sensation. His richly exprestributed to the occult mood of sive bass-baritone voice drips “Faust.” both menace and contempt for Repertory performances of human foibles as Méphistophélès “Faust” will continue at the Ellen irresistibly draws Faust toward Eccles Theatre through Aug. 11.

Kiss Me, Kate

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he Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s ongoing triumphant production of “Kiss Me, Kate” proves once again that musical comedy classics never lose their charm in the hands of gifted directors, performers, musicians and technicians.

Dual roles are the order of the day (or night) in “Kiss Me, Kate,” which is the immortal Cole Porter’s take on backstage shenanigans during the premier of a musical version of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” during the late 1930s. As tempers flare in the dressing rooms, old scores get hilariously settled on stage between former spouses, current lovers and visiting thugs in this much-beloved musical.

In the capable hands of director Maggie L. Harrer, “Kiss Me, Kate” is a delight from start to finish, with talented leading men and women, stylish and jazzy choreography, a knock-‘em-dead chorus, a talented orchestra and eye-

catching costuming.

The lovely Vanessa Ballam is back for this UFOMT season, appearing as the saucy film star Lilli Vanessi reluctantly portraying the aforementioned Kate the shrew.

Since Lilli might be charitably described as a witch now and then, the role is something of a welcome change for Ballam after her recent string of “nice girl” roles for local audiences.

But she is very much up for that challenge both vocally and in the acting department, playing a spirited woman who is every bit a match for her conniving ex-husband.

Lilli’s former better half is Fred Graham, the producer of the show who, despite his emotional conflicts with Lilli, has egoistically cast himself opposite her in the lead role of Petruchio. UFOMT favorite Kyle Pfortmiller plays Fred, a fast-talking scoundrel whose lingering feelings for Lilli are touchingly displayed in the play’s musical numbers.

See KATE on p. 12

The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre season runs through Aug. 11. Tickets for the four mainstage shows are $12 to $76 and are available at the Dansante Box Office, 59 S. 100 West in Logan, by calling 435-750-0300 ext.

106, or online at www.utahfestival.org. The Ellen Eccles Theatre is located at 43 S. Main in Logan.

Tosca

inventiveness of its orchestration and the fact that its characters continue to captivate both performers and audiences.

There is no denying that

My Fair Lady

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he organizers of this season of the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre saved their best for last, premiering a glorious production of Learner and Lowe’s “My Fair Lady” on the evening of Friday, July 13.

This UFOMT production is pure magic for the eye

and ear, capturing both the charm of the original musical and the intelligence of its source material by George Bernard Shaw. The result was a show in which the highly literate dialogue dances and sings as well as the music.

The crown princess of Cache Valley’s most

“Tosca” is something of a departure from traditional grand opera in that the production has only two See TOSCA on p. 12

famous theater family, Vanessa Ballam, appears as Eliza Doolittle, a role that she was very likely born to play. It’s a hoot to watch the poised Ballam stretching artistically to portray the unrefined guttersnipe Eliza in the play’s early scenes. But Ballam’s theatrical talents are wonderfully displayed as Eliza’s transformation into a genteel lady continues, especially in her heartbreaking pantomime of growing disappointment in the opening of Act II. What self-respecting impresario could resist taking the stage with his daughter in “My Fair Lady?” Not Michael Ballam, who dons the colorful and memorable role of (who else?) Eliza’s father, Alfred P. Doolittle. The elder Ballam is almost unrecognizable behind a bulbous nose until all the skills of a master thespian shine through when he begins to speak and sing.

See LADY on p. 10

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espite opening on Friday the 13th, the premier of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” proved to be very good luck for the 20th anniversary season of the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre.

The local matinee audience gave the dark operatic masterpiece a spontaneous and universal standing ovation.

Opera aficionados either love or hate “Tosca,” with almost no opinions in the middle ground. Some critics have famously dismissed the opera as “mere melodrama” or “a shabby little shocker” due to its depictions of murder, torture, attempted rape and suicide.

But “Tosca” remains one of the most frequently performed operas because of the power of its score, the

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AT THE TABERNACLE

All performances take place at noon and are free to the public.

Monday, July 23 Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre

Singers and musicians from the UFOMT will perform selections of their own choosing.

Tuesday, July 24 Chris Mortensen

Chris Mortensen is an experienced performer.

Starting at age 14, he played bass guitar and sang in many cover bands through the years, playing pop, classic rock, country, blues, and jazz. In 1989, his country band, Diamondback, won the True Value Country Showdown for the state of Utah. Mortensen’s bands have shared the stage with many top country acts, such as Rodney Crowell, Sawyer Brown, Tammy Wynette and Chris LeDoux. Presently, Mortensen plays mostly as a solo act at various cowboy gatherings, mixing a good share of original tunes with favorite western songs, playing his jumbo acoustic guitar. He also performs in a duo, Saddle Serenade, with Mary Jo Hansen, and occasionally puts together a full band of seasoned musicians.

Mortensen has also performed as a side man, on bass, with the great Celtic band, Leaping Lulu.

Wednesday, July 25 Crimson Quartet The Crimson Quartet, Daun Kwag, Donna Lee, Gavon Peck, Rebecca Ransom, was formed in 2010 but the members have been in smaller ensembles and orchestras together for at

Chris Mortensen least six years. They’ve performed at weddings, funerals, gallery walks, resting homes and at the Tabernacle. For the last two years, the group has received superior ratings at the State Solo and Ensemble Competition and had the honor

Crimson Quartet of working with The Cypress String Quartet and the Carducci String Quartet during the Quartet in Residency program at Logan High. Three of the members have been winners of the Concerto Competition at Logan High.

Thursday, July 26 The Treble Makers Becky Olson, Sally Jones and Evelyn Burch, with accompanist Lynne Morrey, are The Treble

The Treble Makers Makers. They have been performing together for many years and all are accomplished musicians.

They specialize in music from the ’20s through the ’60s.

Friday, July 27 Old Lyric

The Old Lyric Repertory Company presents previews from its season productions.

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Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has become a shut-in. People insinuate that he’s turned into a modern day Howard Hughes by making jokes about him peeing in mason jars as he holds up in a shutoff section of his mansion. Wayne is still battling the demons he

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With “Batman Begins,” Christopher Nolan ushered in a darker, grittier superhero movie. The kind of superhero movie that was focused more on telling a story about living, breathing characters rather than geeking out about costumes, gadgets or villains. Yes, Nolan’s Batman films have had all those things, but he’s kept them understated.

They’re simply a means to telling a story, instead of its main facilitators.

“The Dark Knight Rises” is Nolan’s last Batman

left over from “The Dark Knight.” Batman is still wanted for the murder of

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is first and middle names together in Hawaiian means “extraordinary gift,” and Kuha’o Makana Case certainly has the chops to demonstrate he is living proof of that.

The 15-year-old Hawaiian native can create complicated renditions of popular and classical songs on a whim. After he’s heard a song only a few times, he’ll improvise a full arrangement with intricate rhythms, harmonies and chords using nearly the entire keyboard. On Thursday, July 12, Case sat down to tickle the wooden keys of the refurbished Holtkamp organ on center stage at the Utah State University Kent Concert Hall and played a concert for the public.

During his first song, “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” both of his hands spread out across two keyboards and his feet stomped on the pedals.

The performance brought a thundering applause.

Case’s performance was all done based on listening to the song only a few times. Because he’s blind, playing by ear is the only way he can learn new music. During intermission in last week’s concert, Case listened to “Call Me Maybe,” by Carly Rae Jepsen twice, then played it back to show the audience his talent.

He also performed Michael Jackson’s hit “Beat It” which he claims he had never heard until a few days prior.

“The gift comes from the Heavenly Father,” said Case, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, when asked how he learned to play full arrangement-sounding tunes on both piano and organ.

Case is in Cache Valley for the second time this year to perform at several locations in Logan and throughout Utah, and participate in lessons with Lynn Thomas, director of organ studies at USU. Case is also trying to raise money through public donations on Kickstarter.com, a website that helps fund creative and artistic projects. He plans to buy his own piano and produce his first CD, an endeavor he expects will cost around $30,000. Donations on the website surpassed that amount recently, and anything above that is going to help Case with future visits to Utah and other music lessons for him. He will record his first CD with covers and original songs on it by the end of the month.

Helping Case is his young friend, Andy Thunell, of River Heights; Thunell’s aunt Barbara Townsend, knows the Case family as a member of their LDS ward in Hawaii.

Thunell has filmed several videos for YouTube of Case ripping through popular tunes, and they have had thousands of views. In the videos, Thunell would explain Case’s talent, play a popular song to Case, and then Case would play it back.

“He wants to touch other people’s lives with music,” Thunell said. “He has a perfect sense of pitch. We were at my parents house, and we were listening the crickets chirp

outside. Kuha’o said, ‘I think that’s a D-flat.’”

Case came to the valley for the first time in April after Townsend suggested that the he play at a performance in Cache Valley. Case stayed with Thunell and Townsend.

“From the moment I heard him play, I’ve never been so touched in my life,” Thunell said. “People wanted his music, but he didn’t have money to (record) it, and that’s the drive. I just kept testing him. Then, he invited me to escort him at the concert. Now I feel like he’s like my little brother.”

On the first trip, Case met Richard Elliott, principal organist of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City, who Case considers his “hero.”

Case was born two months premature and a surgery procedure afterwards caused his retinas to detach because of too much oxygen. This caused him to become blind.

Case began playing piano only a few years ago, at age 12. His grandmother, Iwalani Case, took him to two piano teachers to learn the basics, but “we found it wasn’t worthwhile for piano lessons,” she said.

“They were just paying money to entertain the piano teacher, because Kuha’o was so advanced,” Thunell said.

Case learned pretty quickly on his own — even though “he doesn’t utilize all of his fingers.”

Plus, he doesn’t have his own piano at home to practice.

“He plays so joyfully that tears run down my eyes,” said Case’s grandfather, Donald Case.

Musicians who have played with Case are baffled by his ability. His grandmother said that when professional musicians ask him how he can play so well with so little background, Case will say, “when you figure it out, you tell me.”

That’s the sentiment shared by Thomas, director of organ studies at USU, who sat down with Case for a one-on-one lesson prior to the USU performance.

“It really is quite breathtaking,” Thomas said. “He plays with joy like you can’t believe; he’s on a road to discovery and who knows where it will lead.”

Thomas, who has been playing the organ for at least 40 years, said Case is the perfect organ player, in a sense.

“His fingers are so slim, like spider legs,” he said. “He’s blessed in ways we should all be jealous of.”

Thomas said he wasn’t sure how last week’s private lesson with Case would go because he’s never taught organ to a blind person.

“The jury’s still out on that one,” Thomas said, when asked how he thought he did with teaching Case. “Our biggest challenge is not letting the bugaboos of ‘proper technique’ kill the natural talent that he’s been gifted with.

You don’t want to drown his skills out in a ‘tsunami of correctiveness.’”

Case wants to finish high school in Hawaii, and to be the organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir or a “worldrenowned organist.”

Piano prodigy 15-year-old Kuha’o Makana Case brings ‘extraordinary gift’ to Cache Valley

Story by Kevin Opsahl • Photos by Cody Gochnour Kuha’o Makana Case performs Thursday, July 12, at Kent Concert Hall. That evening, Case demonstrated to the public his ability to improvise intricate renditions of popular and classic tunes after hearing them only a few times.

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is first and middle names together in Hawaiian means “extraordinary gift,” and Kuha’o Makana Case certainly has the chops to demonstrate he is living proof of that.

The 15-year-old Hawaiian native can create complicated renditions of popular and classical songs on a whim. After he’s heard a song only a few times, he’ll improvise a full arrangement with intricate rhythms, harmonies and chords using nearly the entire keyboard. On Thursday, July 12, Case sat down to tickle the wooden keys of the refurbished Holtkamp organ on center stage at the Utah State University Kent Concert Hall and played a concert for the public.

During his first song, “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” both of his hands spread out across two keyboards and his feet stomped on the pedals.

The performance brought a thundering applause.

Case’s performance was all done based on listening to the song only a few times. Because he’s blind, playing by ear is the only way he can learn new music. During intermission in last week’s concert, Case listened to “Call Me Maybe,” by Carly Rae Jepsen twice, then played it back to show the audience his talent.

He also performed Michael Jackson’s hit “Beat It” which he claims he had never heard until a few days prior.

“The gift comes from the Heavenly Father,” said Case, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, when asked how he learned to play full arrangement-sounding tunes on both piano and organ.

Case is in Cache Valley for the second time this year to perform at several locations in Logan and throughout Utah, and participate in lessons with Lynn Thomas, director of organ studies at USU. Case is also trying to raise money through public donations on Kickstarter.com, a website that helps fund creative and artistic projects. He plans to buy his own piano and produce his first CD, an endeavor he expects will cost around $30,000. Donations on the website surpassed that amount recently, and anything above that is going to help Case with future visits to Utah and other music lessons for him. He will record his first CD with covers and original songs on it by the end of the month.

Helping Case is his young friend, Andy Thunell, of River Heights; Thunell’s aunt Barbara Townsend, knows the Case family as a member of their LDS ward in Hawaii.

Thunell has filmed several videos for YouTube of Case ripping through popular tunes, and they have had thousands of views. In the videos, Thunell would explain Case’s talent, play a popular song to Case, and then Case would play it back.

“He wants to touch other people’s lives with music,” Thunell said. “He has a perfect sense of pitch. We were at my parents house, and we were listening the crickets chirp

outside. Kuha’o said, ‘I think that’s a D-flat.’”

Case came to the valley for the first time in April after Townsend suggested that the he play at a performance in Cache Valley. Case stayed with Thunell and Townsend.

“From the moment I heard him play, I’ve never been so touched in my life,” Thunell said. “People wanted his music, but he didn’t have money to (record) it, and that’s the drive. I just kept testing him. Then, he invited me to escort him at the concert. Now I feel like he’s like my little brother.”

On the first trip, Case met Richard Elliott, principal organist of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City, who Case considers his “hero.”

Case was born two months premature and a surgery procedure afterwards caused his retinas to detach because of too much oxygen. This caused him to become blind.

Case began playing piano only a few years ago, at age 12. His grandmother, Iwalani Case, took him to two piano teachers to learn the basics, but “we found it wasn’t worthwhile for piano lessons,” she said.

“They were just paying money to entertain the piano teacher, because Kuha’o was so advanced,” Thunell said.

Case learned pretty quickly on his own — even though “he doesn’t utilize all of his fingers.”

Plus, he doesn’t have his own piano at home to practice.

“He plays so joyfully that tears run down my eyes,” said Case’s grandfather, Donald Case.

Musicians who have played with Case are baffled by his ability. His grandmother said that when professional musicians ask him how he can play so well with so little background, Case will say, “when you figure it out, you tell me.”

That’s the sentiment shared by Thomas, director of organ studies at USU, who sat down with Case for a one-on-one lesson prior to the USU performance.

“It really is quite breathtaking,” Thomas said. “He plays with joy like you can’t believe; he’s on a road to discovery and who knows where it will lead.”

Thomas, who has been playing the organ for at least 40 years, said Case is the perfect organ player, in a sense.

“His fingers are so slim, like spider legs,” he said. “He’s blessed in ways we should all be jealous of.”

Thomas said he wasn’t sure how last week’s private lesson with Case would go because he’s never taught organ to a blind person.

“The jury’s still out on that one,” Thomas said, when asked how he thought he did with teaching Case. “Our biggest challenge is not letting the bugaboos of ‘proper technique’ kill the natural talent that he’s been gifted with.

You don’t want to drown his skills out in a ‘tsunami of correctiveness.’”

Case wants to finish high school in Hawaii, and to be the organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir or a “worldrenowned organist.”

Piano prodigy 15-year-old Kuha’o Makana Case brings ‘extraordinary gift’ to Cache Valley

Story by Kevin Opsahl • Photos by Cody Gochnour Kuha’o Makana Case performs Thursday, July 12, at Kent Concert Hall. That evening, Case demonstrated to the public his ability to improvise intricate renditions of popular and classic tunes after hearing them only a few times.

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Batman Continued from p. 7 There are sequences and plot twists in this film that, frankly, would be found cheesy or clichéd in most any other superhero film. Yet, the way Nolan’s screenplay is laid out here, the way he pieces the action together with the character-centric scenes, provides for a unique viewing experience.

The beginning of the movie feels a little crowded.

Too many new characters being introduced and not enough time to get to know them. Among them are Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), an expert cat burglar who takes an interest in Bruce Wayne; John Blake (Joseph

Gordon-Levitt), a rookie police officer who is sure that Batman isn’t the right fall-guy for what happened to Harvey Dent; Miranda Tate (Marion Cotillard), a rich scientist who is interested in new technology being produced by Wayne Enterprises; and of course Bane (Hardy) who seems like an indestructible force.

“The Dark Knight” is so memorable because of Heath Ledger’s brutal depiction of The Joker. Does Hardy’s Bane reach those heights? In a way, yes. It isn’t as great of a performance – his entire face is covered the entire movie. Instead it’s the aura of Bane that is scary. The Joker was a nihilist, Bane is a pragmatist. The Joker wanted chaos, Bane wants stern military-like rule. He’s a man driven by ideals that

all military dictators are driven by. He’s just as scary since he’s able to convince others to die for his cause.

And his cause is a frightening one.

At two hours and 45 minutes, the movie does seem a tad long, but it does build to one heart-pounding conclusion and a series of climactic events that are well worth the price of admission. The film isn’t without its faults though. There seem to be one too many right-timeright-place scenes, coupled with a sense of linear time that is fuzzy at best. However, those complaints matter little in the grand scheme of Nolan’s farewell to Batman.

He’s capped the franchise off with a very well put together send-off. Fans, both rabid and casual, will likely be pleased with the outcome.

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tion to playing straight man to Higgins’ most outrageous comments, Daily lends his trademark slapstick buffoonery to the song “I’m an Ordinary Man.” Continued from p. 5 UFOMT newcomer Ben Houghton is also excellent in the In the role of the high-handed phonetician Henry Higgins, Kyle role of Eliza’s dim-witted suitor, Freddy Eynsford-Hill. HoughPfortmiller continues to dominate the UFOMT’s 20th anniver- ton’s solo rendition of the lyrical sary season. Pfortmiller success- “On the Street Where You Live” fully walks the fine line between is unforgettable.

In addition to being one of fully displaying the insufferably the most intelligent musical obtuse sense of entitlement in comedies, “My Fair Lady” also Higgins’ character and the danoffers one of the richest scores ger of making him completely ever written. There’s not a bad distasteful to the audience. The note to be found in its roster of gifted baritone also reins in his more than a dozen songs and the own voice, resisting what must UFOMT orchestra under the brilbe an almost instinctive impulse liant direction of Karen Keltner to actually sing the lyrics brings the play’s music to breathassigned to Higgins in the musitaking life. cal’s score rather than reciting Repertory performances of them.

“My Fair Lady” will continue at Local favorite Lee Daily is the Ellen Eccles Theatre through hilarious as Higgins’ upper-crust sidekick, Col. Pickering. In addi- Aug. 11.

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Being ‘painfully’ shy is not actually painful Slightly Off Center DENNIS HINKAMP

Due to a couple recent popular books, being an introvert is becoming almost as trendy, though less painful, as barefoot running. There are only a few things I can write about authoritatively; one of those is being an introvert, shy, quiet or all the other things that I have been called since kindergarten by extraverts.

Introverts are now described in positive terms such as thoughtful, creative and measured.

As a result, nobody really wants to identify themselves as being an extrovert or, as I like to call them, loud, impulsive and obnoxious.

Seriously, I don’t know how many times I have had people come up to me at events and think it is perfectly proper to say something like “you sure are quiet,” whereas I have seldom come up to an extrovert and said, “you are really loud. I could hear you in here as soon as I pulled in the driveway; I don’t see how your larynx is going to hold out at this pace.” Of course that is the trouble with being an introvert; it’s easier to write it than say it.

Let me give you the inside scoop; this is how to interact with an introvert: 1. Stop using the “painfully shy” description. It’s not painful, it is just different. Calling someone painfully shy is sort of victim blaming.

You are assuming that the norm is to be gregarious and that being the life of the party is a goal in itself.

2. Don’t ask open ended questions. I think I’ve only known one person who asked “how

are you” who really meant it and I was paying that person $80 an hour to do it. It really is a weak question to ask anyone. If you just want to acknowledge that you see each other in the hallway just smile or say “hi.” If you want to start a brief conversation, come up with a

real question. This will take some effort since most of you extroverts are lazy by nature. Try something that is tied to a news or climatic event; this proves that you both read and are aware of your surroundings. Many introverts will talk your ear off if you ask them for their opinion.

3. Collaborative work spaces just make introverts shrivel up. I know it is cool in some MBA textbooks out there, but those textbooks are written by people who have nice offices with doors.

Some of the worst, least productive, months of my life were spent working in a cube farm.

4. I don’t know if still waters really run deep, but often introverts are full of ideas, you just

have to figure out more efficient ways to extract them. I can come up with about 10 brain storm ideas for anything, but not if I have to do it while you write them down on a white board or if I’m a focus group.

Focus groups are an extrovert’s playground

where they can just verbally romp around and gesticulate the whole group into submission. Most introverts need to go back to their nooks, check their email, remove unused icons from their desktop, trim their finger nails and eat an orange; but then

they will just rip off 10 great ideas in about five minutes of frantic keyboarding.

Dennis Hinkamp encourages all introverts to keep sitting down for their rights. Feedback can be sent to dennis. hinkamp@usu.edu.

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For fans of madcap comedy, The Old Lyric Repertory Company’s production of “Lend Me A Tenor” is the perfect summer entertainment. The risqué farce authored by Ken Ludwig — which debuted Wednesday, July 11 — is a laugh riot.

Originally written for American regional theater audiences, “Lend Me A Tenor” tries hard to incorporate all the comedic elements of classic theatrical farces like “No Sex Please; We’re British.” Those include mistaken identities, improbable plot twists, physical comedy, lovely actresses in sexy underwear, double entendres, innuendoes and rapid-fire entrances and exits through numerous slamming doors.

Although “Lend Me A Tenor” falls somewhat short of the frantic pacing expected of a true farce, the OLRC veterans in its cast nevertheless provide characterizations that are pure

Kate Continued from p. 5 Fred adds fuel to the potential fire with Lilli by wooing the exnightclub hoofer Lois Lane, who he has cast in the Shrew musical for reasons other than her dubious talents.

Since turn-about is fair play, Lois is actually two-timing Fred with her co-star Bill Calhoun and a string of other past and present suitors. Siobhan Doherty and Ben

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‘Lend Me a Tenor’ cast offers pure comic gold

provided ample proof that either of these performers could actually have sung the lead in “Otello.”

Amanda Mahoney is Photo courtesy Old Lyric Repertory Company wonderfully winsome as From left to right, Lego Louis as Tito Merelli, Amanda Mahoney as Maggie and Richie usual in the role of MagCall as Max are shown in a scene from the Old Lyric Repertory Company’s “Lend Me gie, a star-struck opera a Tenor.” groupie who sees Merelcomic gold. subtle comic timing in suddenly gets the chance li’s visit to Cleveland as Lego Louis returns as a hilarious seduction to fill not only Merelli’s her opportunity to have Tito Merelli, a traveling scene in Act II. shoes, but also his bed. a once-in-a-lifetime opera star who finds that Merelli’s alter ego From then until the final romantic fling. Unfortuevery woman in 1930s in “Lend Me A Tenor” curtain, Call plays the nately, Maggie is never Cleveland seems deteris Richie Call as Max, role of opera super star quite certain with whom mined to succumb to his an aspiring opera with roguish gusto. she is flinging. dubious charms. Louis singer who is seemLouis and Call also Local favorite Stefan not only brings Meringly doomed to get no deserve kudos for their Espinosa appears as an elli vividly to life with a respect. Call’s portrayal vocal talents. Their sing- insufferable bellhop, a broadly stylized perforis skillfully understated, ing lesson duet in Act I role that proves the old mance, but also reveals until the perennial loser of “Lend Me A Tenor” adage that “there are no Houghton lend their considerable talents as singers and dancers to the roles of Lois and Bill.

UFOMT veterans Lee Daily and Daniel Quintana round out the lead players as a pair of gangers who appear to collect a bogus gambling debt from Fred and stick around to deliver an unforgettable rendition of “Brush Up Your Shakespeare.”

Repertory performances of “Kiss Me, Kate” will continue at the Ellen Eccles Theatre through Aug. 10.

Tosca Continued from p. 5 crowd scenes including the thunderous “Te Deum” that climaxes Act I. The thrust of the opera then becomes an intimate and suspenseful game of cat and mouse in which each of the lead performers is double-crossed with fatal consequences.

UFOMT newcomers Carla Thelen Hanson and Jonathan Burton portray the ill-fated lovers Floria Tosca and

Mario Cavaradossi with consummate artistry.

They are both gifted actors and each is splendid when performing solo, especially in their respective famous arias “Vissi d’arte” and “E lucevan le stele.” But when Hanson and Burton combine their soaring soprano and tenor voices in any of the opera’s duets, the result is literally spellbinding.

“Tosca” would, of course, just be a simple tale of misplaced jealously without the villainous intervention of Baron Scarpia, the head of the royalist secret

small parts, only small actors.” Espinosa stands tall, taking the stage a mere handful of times and staying just long enough to steal any scene he’s in.

Arika Schockmel is a hoot as Merelli’s finally fed-up Italian wife and Tamari Dunbar is delicious as a scheming soprano who is more than willing to sleep her way to the top. Wendi Hassan and Tom Worthen are also convincing in supporting roles.

Repertory performances of “Lend Me A Tenor” will continue at the Caine Lyric Theater at 28 W. Center St. in Logan through Aug. 11.

Charlie Schill is a former city editor of The Herald Journal. He has directed and performed with theater groups in the United States, 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.

police in 19th Century But the real star of Rome. The leitmotif “Tosca” is the UFOMT that introduces Scarorchestra under the pia is one of the most direction of Karen recognizable themes Keltner. Those unseen in contemporary opera and too-often unsung and Jeffrey Snider, a musicians performed voice professor at the the opera’s complex University of North arias, recitatives, choTexas in Denton, pulls ruses and other musical out all the stops to live elements flawlessly, up to his character’s sweeping both the despicable reputation. performers and the Snider’s resonant bariaudience relentlessly tone voice leads the toward the dramatic opera’s ensemble in the and disturbing concluglorious Act I finale sion of “Tosca.” and his sinister admisRepertory perforsion of the joy of rape mances of “Tosca” will in “Ha piu forte sapore” continue at the Ellen in Act II is equally Eccles Theatre through unforgettable.

Aug. 10.

“Builders of the West”

By Dixie L. Clawson But lo, they were driven to the West To worship God and pass the test.

They worked the land, the best they knew But the crickets decided to move in too.

Sego Lily’s they did find, With beauty and food all combined.

Now the land around us is beautiful to see, With mountains, valleys, rivers and trees.

Our lakes are filled with beautiful fish, So man can catch them, Oh! What a dish.

Our mountains and valleys are filled with big game, And our fields are filled with acres of grain.

Yes, the land around us is beautiful to see, So let’s keep it clean for all to see.

With heartache and song the pioneers came, For without them where would I be?

They sacrificed their very all for me.

“I Don’t Need No Bologna Sandwich”

By Heather Malmberg I was walking to school when suddenly gravity quit but just for me and I started floating up so I grabbed on to a tree branch but my lack of gravity gave me superhuman strength and I uprooted the tree.

So I’m floating up holding a tree when I suddenly realize I’m being abducted but instead of being scared I’m really excited because I forgot to pack a lunch and I figure the aliens will feed me.

Send your poems and stories to mnewbold@hjnews.com.

The Caine Lyric Theatre echoed with belly laughs Tuesday, July 17, as The Old Lyric Repertory Company premiered its final regular production of 2012, the comic tour de force “Greater Tuna.”

“Greater Tuna” is frankly a strange little show. It was the first, and best, of four satires written by the comedy team of Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard back in the early 1980s. All of those shows were set in the fictional town of Tuna, allegedly the third-smallest community in Texas. “Greater Tuna” lampoons small town life in general and our perceptions of Texans in particular by highlighting improbable interactions between some of the town’s most bizarre inhabitants. It’s like an updated version of “Our Town,” if that classic play had been written by some redneck rather than Thornton Wilder.

At first glance, “Greater Tuna” looks like a perfect vehicle for a small repertory company like the Old Lyric. After all, this play can be staged with only two actors and needs practically no scenery. The challenge is that those two actors have to convincingly portray a total of 20 eccentric characters of various genders and ages. So, “Greater Tuna” is deceptively easy to produce, but difficult to perform

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The saints did come, from far and near to build a temple and worship here.

‘Greater Tuna’ packed with fast costume changes, wisecracks

Photo courtesy OLRC

The actors in “Greater Tuna” play all roles, both male and female. In this scene, Lee Dailey appears as grandmother with her just-out-of-jail grandson played

by Stefan Espinosa.

well.

But the OLRC has definitely risen to that challenge. Director Richie Call (last seen hilariously as Max in the OLRC’s production of “Lend Me A Tenor”) has put together a winning team for “Greater Tuna,” brilliantly led by local favorites W. Lee Daily and Stefan Espinosa on stage.

After years of performing supporting roles in local stage productions, Daily finally gets the chance to step into the stoplight and conclusively proves

that he is among our most versatile actors.

Daily seemed to effortlessly melt into the appearances, dialects and demeanors of 10 separate characters, most successfully while in drag as Bertha Bumiller (a harried housewife who is a loyal member of the Smut Snatchers of the New Order) and Pearl Burras (an elderly chicken rancher who is addicted to poisoning dogs).

Espinosa was equally effective at making rapid changes of char-

acter while portraying many of Tuna’s most celebrated losers, dimwits and delinquents.

But he was most wickedly funny as town snob Vera Carp, in a characterization that was reminiscent of the old “Church Lady” skit on Saturday Night Live.

Kudos are also due to the unseen costume crew who performed miracles backstage helping Daily and Espinosa make seemingly impossible changes of attire in a matter of seconds.

Repertory performances of “Greater Tuna” will continue at the Caine Lyric Theater at 28 W. Center St. in Logan through Aug. 16.

Charlie Schill is a former city editor of The Herald Journal. He has directed and performed with theater groups in the United States, 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.

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17. Wassail alternative 18. Slip in a pot 19. Augment 24. Publicity 25. Hired killer 31. Blood-typing letters 33. First 34. Some like it hot 36. “Well done!”

37. Sibling of 91-Down 38. “___ and Tequila” (Chesney tune) 39. Rocky hill 40. Fat letters 42. Palindromic title 44. Antediluvian 46. Twelfth Night, vis-àvis Epiphany 47. Baby or house follower 48. Kind of driver 49. Time out?

50. Fashions 51. Tang 52. Most brazen 58. Be theatrical 59. Kind of store 61. Like some postage 63. Easily tamed bird 64. Dior creation 65. Near 66. Chinese dynasty 67. Thumbs-up 69. Neighbor of Swed.

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Friday The Cool Classics piano recital for Rising Young Stars will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the USU Performance Hall. The performance features pre-college students.

Smart Bites free weekly workshops will take place at 11 a.m. every Friday through Aug. 24 at the Cache County Senior Center, 240 N. 100 East in Logan. The hour-long workshops will be packed with valuable nutrition information, easy recipe demonstrations, samples and simple exercise ideas.

Deicidal Carnage will perform with Gravetown and Nescience at 8 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

The Cache County Library will have an annual book sale from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 20, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 21 at 15 N. Main in Providence.

The Cotton Ponies will perform punk/alternative/ rock music with Atomica and Via Versa at 7 p.m. at the Willow’s Miniature Golf Park. Free. Those who mention they are there for the band will get a discount on miniature golf.

Maddi Radford and Sara Olsen will perform at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 South. Maddi will play from 6 to 7 p.m. with Sara following from 7 to 8.

Brooke Lambert’s art will be on display from 6 to 9 p.m. at Caffe Ibis during the Gallery Walk. There will also be a street dance outside the cafe featuring local band DEVIA. Bamboo Growth: Chinese Culture Exploration is presented by the Little

Bloomsbury Foundation 1 p.m. every Friday at Great Harvest Bread, 55 W. Center St. This week’s theme is Chinese cooking with a dumpling demonstration.

For more information, call 435-787-1303.

This season Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre has added free outdoor entertainment Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 11.

A variety of performances will run from 6:50 to 7:15 p.m. on the south side of the Ellen Eccles Theatre, at 35 W. 100 South. Deceptionist Richard Hatch will perform July 20.

SATURDAY Macey’s will hold a free teddy bear picnic from 1 to 3 p.m. at their Little Theater. There will be teddy bear stories, snacks and crafts. Kids are invited to bring their favorite teddy bears.

Mendon City will hold a half-marathon as part of its Pioneer Day Celebration at 6:30 a.m. at the Mendon Station, 100 N. Main St. Runners can only register online at Active.com before race day. Cost is a $25 donation and will be applied to completing the 100 East pedestrian pathway in Mendon.

Bill Jensen, author of “Adder in the Path,” will have a book signing at 3 p.m. at Hastings.

The next Loaves and Fishes Community Meal will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 12 S. 200 West in Logan. Enter on 200 West upstairs. For questions, call 435-7520871. Following the meal, a Cane Ball tournament will be held with members of the valley’s Burmese popu-

lation.

The Rotary RAW (Ride Around the Wellsvilles) will take place Saturday.

This year’s RAW includes 100-mile, 68-mile and 25-mile races. The event is an open start from The Rotary Pavilion in Willow Park West between 6 and 8 a.m. A Crumb Brothers lunch will follow for riders.

All proceeds go to local scholarships, the Cache Community Food Pantry or a dictionary for every third grader in Cache County.

For more information and to register, go to www.rotaryRAW.com.

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Common Ground Outdoor Adventures, a nonprofit that serves individuals with disabilities, is hosting a movie night from 8:30 to 11 p.m. Cost is $3. To request more information, call 713-0288.

Pioneer Valley Lodge will serve a Russian buffet at 12:30 p.m. at 2351 N. 400 East, Logan. At 1:40 p.m., there will be a presentation on the USSR. An RSVP is required for the buffet lunch.

For more information, call 435-792-0353.

SUNDAY The USU Alumni Band will perform at 7 p.m. on the Quad. In the case of rain, the performance will be moved to the Kent Concert Hall.

Sundays in the Park will continue at 1 p.m. on the lawn adjacent to the Old Main Building on the USU campus. Barbara Day Turner will address the group. In the event of rain, the group will meet in the Family Life Building, Room 206.

Izzak Alexander will perform from noon to 2 p.m. at Caffe Ibis. Free.

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