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Cache Magazine The Harp Way Local musicians share their talents during the Concerts at Noon Series at the Logan Tabernacle

The Herald Journal

JULY 19-25, 2013

contents

July 19-25, 2013

COVER 8 Local harp players come together for noon concert

THEATER 3 Free tickets available

now for Clarkston Pageant

4 Charlie Schill shares his

impressions of this year’s Festival Opera productions

5 Concerts at Noon series

continues at the tabernacle

5 ‘Widow’s Lazy Daughter’ coming to North Logan

6 Take a trip to Cedar City for Shakespeare Festival

MUSIC 5 Austin Weyand set to

perform show in Montpelier

5 Utah Ukulele Festival slated for Willow Park

11 Otter Creek coming

to Crumb Brothers bakery

MOVIES 7 New family film ‘Turbo’

never gets up to full speed

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is one of four productions currently being presented by the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre. (Photo by Waldron Creative). On the cover: Samantha Loosli performs a musical selection Monday during the Concerts at Noon Series at the Logan LDS Tabernacle. (John Zsiray/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR It’s summertime and it’s hot out. The temperature has now hovered between 90 and 100 degrees for weeks. Time to hit the beach, right?

Sure. But there’s also obviously plenty of good reasons to hit the stage, as well.

As you can tell from this issue of Cache Magazine, there’s seemingly no end to air-conditioned entertainment opportunities this summer.

At the forefront is the 2013 season of the Utah Festival Opera & Musical The-

atre, and beginning on Page 4, local theater critic Charlie Schill shares his impressions of the four productions currently being offered: “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Otello” and “The Flying Dutchman.”

And, of course, on the very same large block as the Ellen Eccles Theatre, there’s the Caine Lyric Theatre — home of the Old Lyric Repertory Company. The USU troupe is in the middle of its summer season, as well, with productions of “Nunsense,” “The Odd Couple,” “James & the Giant Peach,” “The Woman in Black” and “The Odd Couple” all underway.

But if you’re looking to get out of downtown Logan, there’s always the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City — see correspondent Barbara Stinson Lee’s review on the annual gathering beginning on Page 6 — and the popular Pickleville Playhouse.

Currently showing “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and the original “Bandito Rides Again,” the Pickleville Playhouse sits near the south end of Bear Lake — making it the easiest place around to hit both the beach and the stage during these scorching summer months.

— Jeff Hunter

Clarkston Pageant returns

LDS Church production begins run on Aug. 2 When Denzel Clark, former Clarkston mayor and first president of the Martin Harris Pageant, first thought of building an amphitheater from which to tell the story of Martin Harris, he didn’t have any idea how many people would actually come to see such a production.

“That first night, Rhett James and I looked out through the darkened clouds of an impending thunderstorm and wondered to ourselves, Will anyone come?”

Clark recalls. “From the Clarkston Cemetery we looked out across the valley and saw more headlights coming to Clarkston than I ever had seen in my life.”

“Since I was a little boy, small groups of people had come to see the tallest granite marker in the town cemetery, but never had thousands come all at one time to hear the story of the man who was so instrumental in the first publication of the Book of Mormon,” he adds.

Clarkston’s “Field of Dreams amphitheater” will again soon see thousands of headlights winding their way across the back roads of Cache Valley to the amphitheater located next to the secluded cemetery.

Now 30 years after its

“It’s a pleasant enough way to spend 90 minutes with the family.”

– Cache movie critic Aaron Peck on “Turbo” (Page 7)

PET OF THE WEEK Available for adoption

Photos by Nate Tolman and John Poppleton

Above, “Martin Harris: The Man Who Knew” will be performed in Clarkston Aug. 2-3, 6-10 and 13-17. Left, Harris is buried in the cemetery adjacent to the amphitheater.

inception, the Clarkston Pageant will likely see its 1 millionth visitor this season as the town of Palmyra, N.Y., comes to life again near the final resting place of Martin Harris, one of the

three witnesses to the events surrounding the translation of the Book of Mormon and the man whose convictions are re-told from this rural setting in western Cache Valley.

“We built a 3,000 seat amphitheater in Clarkston, Utah, a town of less than 500 people that doesn’t even have a grocery store or a gas station,” Clark says. “We built an outdoor theater and had never put on a show.

“We built it on faith without knowing if people would really come — but come they did, by the thousands,” Clark adds with

some satisfaction.

James, who wrote the original pageant script, noted that when he researched the life of Martin Harris he learned that Harris had a remarkable memory and an enthusiastic personality and that his testimony was often boldly punctuated with the words “I don’t believe — I know,” which James used in the subtitle of the play.

When Harris was brought to Utah he was invited to speak at the LDS General Conference and he frequently shared with others See PAGEANT on Page 15

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Festival Opera offers up four classics

‘Dreamcoat,’ ‘Fiddler’ top list of 2013 productions

Additional evening performances of “Fiddler on the Roof” are slated for July 18, 23, 26 and 27, as well as Aug. 8 and 10.

Matinees are scheduled on July 20 and Aug. 2.

“The Flying Dutchman” For those who have developed the acquired The Utah Festival taste for German opera, Opera & Musical the Utah Festival Opera Theatre’s ongoing pro& Musical Theatre’s duction of the classic ongoing production of musical “Fiddler on “The Flying Dutchman” the Roof” by composer

by Richard Wagner is a Jerry Bock and lyricist rare treat.

Sheldon Harnick is a Although “The Flyfamily affair in more ing Dutchman” is conways than one. sidered to be a mere In this production, romance rather than UFOMT patriarch one of Wagner’s later Michael Ballam shares masterpieces, this firstthe stage not only with ever production here his usual partner, eldest still represents a historic daughter Vanessa Balmilestone for UFOMT. lam, but also younger The opera is based on daughter Olivia Ballam the 17th century nautical Blair and son-in-law legend of a ghost ship Stefan Espinosa. The and uniformly excellent that is doomed to sail result of this apparent vocal and dramatic perforforever, never reaching nepotism is a predicta home port. To explore able evening of delight- mances to lovingly recreate the familiar sights and a theme of redemption ful entertainment. through love, Wagner “Fiddler on the Roof” sounds that theatergoers associate with “Fiddler added the plot element is a story of generaon the Roof.” On the that the ship’s curse tional friction, fading can only be lifted if a traditions and clashing other hand, the only area woman is eternally faithcultures. Although the in which this production ful to its captain. musical is set in Tsarist breaks new ground is in After his show-stopthe senior Ballam’s charRussia in the midst of ping performance as the Revolution of 1905, acterization of Tevye.

Méphistophélès in last The archetype for that its themes are ones that season’s production of still strike a chord with character was established “Faust,” the talented Krismodern Utah audiences. decades ago by legendtopher Irmiter returns in ary actors including Director Margaret Photos by Waldron Creative the title role of “The Flyrecent portrayals of Fagin Zero Mostel, Herschel L. Harrer’s attitude Top, Michael Ballam stars in “Fiddler on the Roof.” Above, ing Dutchman.” As usual, and Alfred P. Doolittle.

Bernardi and Chaim toward the original The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre is also preIrmiter delivers a solid The local impresario also senting “The Flying Dutchman” this summer.

Topol. But Michael BalBroadway staging of performance, using his lam has wisely chosen to departs from the expected this musical is clearly versatile bass-baritone in Tevye’s relationship put his own unique spin reverential. On one his dealings with his own a more likeable, slightly with his God, which is on Tevye by eschewing hand (sorry, couldn’t family and other residents less larger-than-life char- voice to convincingly express both the anguish a far more amiable one resist), that means that both the Yiddish accent of Anatevka. The sum of acter while generously and desperation of the than many actors adopt traditionally associated the UFOMT producthose decisions means allowing his fellow perghostly mariner. in that role. Ballam also with that role and the tion combines tradithat UFOMT’s grand formers more opportunity heavy makeup that nearly emphasizes a softer side tional choreography, See FOUR on Page 13 of Tevye’s character in old man plays Tevye as to shine on stage. obscured his identity in superb orchestration

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Charlie Schill

The Concerts at Noon Series at the Logan Tabernacle continues this week.

All concerts begin at noon.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

For a more information, visit logantabernacle.blogspot.com, facebook.com/logantabernacle or www.cachecommunityconnections.com.

Friday, July 19 Cinnamon Creek Singers: The woman’s folk group is comprised of 12 women from Northern Utah who for 20 years have arranged, performed and shared their love for traditional Western pioneer, railroad and American folk songs. The group was created to preserve and promote national and regional folk music heritage. Traditional instruments are used during their programs and the group uses authentic and original arrangements. Stories and journal entries are used during the program to bring to life Western pioneer history from a woman’s perspective. Railroad songs, religious hymns, Western migration songs and traditional folk music are performed by women who wear traditional costumes representative of the American West in the late 1800s.

The Cinammon Creek singers include: Ronda Shaffer (direc-

Emily Heap

Celeste Carruth

tor), Janet Hunt, Diane Erickson, Annette Barber, Pam Bench, Angela Daugherty, Diane Dunn, Kaye Jacobsen, Tere Moore, Janice Toyn, Eleanor Wellings, Merrilee Wells and Becky Whittier.

For more information visit www.cinnamoncreekfolksingers. com.

Monday, July 22 Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre: Singers and instrumentalists will perform their favorite music in addition to previewing the upcoming UFOMT season.

Tuesday, July 23 Banjoman & Company: This local group will perform some lively foot-tapping banjo music, including bluegrass as well as

some familiar folk melodies and some original compositions. The band’s theme and title of two of their four released CDs is “Bluegrass and a Bit More.” Dave Taylor is Banjoman, a moniker given him by the mountain men at the Festival of the American West, where he was a banjototing, strolling minstrel for 15 seasons. Taylor is the lead singer and plays guitar and autoharp, as well as picking the five-string.

Banjoman’s Company provides vocal harmonies and consists of Brian Judy on guitar, his wife Kathy Taylor on acoustic bass, and his son Jesse Taylor on fiddle.

COMING UP Austin Weyand in Montpelier The Austin Weyand Band will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, July 19, at the Allinger Community Theatre in Montpelier, Idaho, as part of the 2013 concert series for the National Oregon/California Trail Center.

Tickets are now on sale at the Center or online at www. oregontrailcenter.org. Tickets to this special event are $15 for adults and $10 youth, ages 15 and under.

Weyand is a virtuoso acoustic guitarist, entertainer and storyteller. Austin is backed by seasoned musicians Thomas Pratt (bass), Colin Jensen (drums) and Bear Lake Valley resident Jamie Bartschi (fiddle). Weyand has been to the Allinger Community Theatre several times and has amazed crowds with his guitar skills and technique. The band’s goal is to imagine some of the most influential acoustic guitarists of our time spending an evening together playing music, telling stories and having some laughs.

For more information about Austin Weyand and his band, visit www.austinweyand.com. For more information about upcoming theater and center events at the National Oregon/California Trail Center, call (208) 8473800 or visit www.oregontrailcenter.org.

Utah Ukulele Festival

The Utah Ukulele Festival will be held Aug. 2-3, at Willow Park. Come bring your uke to learn and play along, and enjoy a free family-friendly music festival celebrating the unique contributions of the ukulele from the Polynesian Islands with special guest Cubworld. The event will include vendors, concessions, entertainment and workshops. Visit utahukefest.com for more information.

Local artists at Utah State Local artists are exhibiting their work in “Artists of

Cache Valley” opening July 22 in the Tippetts Exhibit Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State UniSee NOON on Page 10 versity.

“This exhibition allows the faculty, staff and students of USU to see work by some of the many strong visual artists living and working in Cache Valley,” said Laura Gelfand, head of the Department of Art and Design.

“This also creates an opportunity for these artists to connect with Utah State and the department in a new way.”

The exhibit features the work of local artists, including Joe Alleman, Michael Bingham, Colleen Howe Bleinberg, Heather Campbell, Jerry Fuhriman, Kristi Grussendorf, Mike Malm, Jim Morgan and Debra Teare.

‘Lazy Daughter’ visits North Logan

As part of the 24th of July celebration, North Logan is putting on a new musical play, “The Widow’s Lazy Daughter.”

Featured are Julia and Brady Allen, Karen and Trevor Teuscher and Sarah and Daniel Huff. Based on an old Irish folk tale, this is a hilarious and heartwarming story about mothers, daughters, romance and magic that will be loved by all ages.

The citizens of Cache Valley have a rare opportunity to Performances are 45 minutes long and view or purchase original illustrations from The New Era free and open to the public. ComplimenMagazine, which Dilleen Marsh was editor of for many tary tickets can be picked up at the North years. Marsh’s humorous perspective on everyday life Logan Library and North Logan City situations can be found in many of her illustrations and offices or at the 24th of July celebrations paintings. Marsh will be presenting her work through at Mountain View Park (2100 N. 1100 July 30 at Logan Fine Art Gallery, 60 W. 100 North.

East). Performances will be held at 7 p.m.

Marsh has illustrated for the LDS magazines for over 30 July 23, and 1, 3 and 7 p.m. July 24, in the “The Widow’s Lazy Daughter” will be presented July 23-24 in years. The artworks presented are original pieces created North Logan. for the Ensign, The New ERA and The Friend. church hall across from the park.

LDS illustrations on display

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Noon concerts continue

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Shakespeare Festival underway in Cedar City

By Barbara Stinson Lee Cache correspondent

Four Shakespearean classics, two hit musicals, an American stage icon about justice and a regional premiere of a new play are all scheduled as part of the 2013 season at the Utah Shakespeare Festival running June 24 to Oct. 19, in Cedar City.

On the schedule for the Festival’s 52nd season are Shakespeare’s “King John,” “The Tempest,” “Love’s Labour Lost” and “Richard II,” as well as two musicals, “Anything Goes” and “The Marvelous Wonderettes.” The American theater classic “Twelve Angry Men” is also being presented this season, along with “Peter and the Starcatcher,” a regional premiere by Rick Elice based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.

For a full schedule and ticket information visit www.bard.org or call 1-800-PLAYTIX. The 2013 Season “Shakespeare is our cornerstone playwright, and we are excited for the next phase in

sic “Twelve Angry Men” June 24 to Oct. 19, in the jury assigned to deterfrom June 24 to Aug. 31, Randall L. Jones Theatre. mine the fate of a young defendant accused of killand the second in Shake- “Each play represents our continued commitment ing his father. The jury is speare’s history cycle, “Richard II,” from Sept. 18 to explore master works of made up of a mixture of the theater while entertain- men who not only need to Oct. 19. ing and engaging our audi- to decide the fate of the The final, and perhaps ences in new and thrilling accused, but they need to most exciting, 2013 prolearn about each man’s duction will be a regional ways,” says USF artistic personality, prejudices premiere of the winner of director Brian Vaughn. and priorities. They know five 2012 Tony Awards, “Twelve Angry Men” “Peter and the Starcatcher” When Reginald Rose, a their verdict must be

by Rick Elice based on longtime television writer, unanimous. If they vote a novel by Barry and served on a jury, he looked to convict the young man (who is never seen nor Pearson. “Peter and the back as he left the jury Starcatcher” promises to room and thought to him- heard), he will be given Photo courtesy of USF be a thrilling, imaginaself, This would be a great the death penalty. If he is found innocent, he will “Twelve Angry Men” is among the productions being tive, theatrical experience setting for a play. Rose offered this year at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. about Peter Pan, the boy ended up writing, first for walk.

Rose chose not to give television and then for who never grew up, and his characters names. the stage, “Twelve Angry all the memorable charour Complete the Canon Labour’s Lost.” These They are only known as Men.” The play is set in campaign,” says USF three plays will run from acters he encounters on jurors one through 12. his journey to Neverland. the jury room of a New artistic director David June 24 to Aug. 31.

York City court of law in “Peter and the Starcatcher” Ivers. Starting in 2012, “In addition to featur1957. It involves a 12-man See CEDAR on Page 12 will run all season from the Festival committed to ing works by the Bard, producing Shakespeare’s we will return to producentire canon of work ing two musicals in the over a period of 12 years, season,” Ivers added.

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While kids might be distracted by the zooming, whirling hilarity of a super-speed snail, adults may be a little more incredulous about “Turbo.” Turbo (voiced

by Ryan Reynolds) is a small snail with impossible aspirations. He spends his nights watching his favorite Formula One racer, Guy Gagné (Bill Hader) on a discarded television. Gagné repeats a pithy little saying about dreamers and how it doesn’t matter the size of the dreamer, just the size of the dream. About right then you realize that “Turbo” is basically curbing the story from “Ratatouille.” The similarities are unmistakable and distracting.

Turbo, who goes by Theo before he acquires super snail speed, lives with his paranoid brother Chet (Paul Giamatti) in a small neighborhood garden. There they live as part of a group of snails that spend their days eating overripe tomatoes and trying to dodge vicious crows. Chet is all about survival any way possible. Turbo has one thing on his mind: going fast.

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Chet is convinced Turbo is going to kill himself.

Turbo doesn’t care.

As the trailers plainly point out, at some point during the beginning of the movie Turbo is accidentally sucked into the engine of a street racer.

He splashes around in some nitrous oxide, and he comes out the other side a changed snail.

Turbo has super speed (also, inexplicably he gains tail lights, blinkers, headlights that beam from his eyes, the ability to tune into radio signals and a delivery truck backup beep). Most of these new powers are used for a joke here and a joke there.

They make the kids laugh, which is mostly the point.

Turbo soon crosses

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paths with a human dreamer. You know, like how Remmy meets Linguini in “Ratatouille”?

Well, Turbo meets Tito (Michael Peña) who — surprise, surprise — races snails with his friends.

Tito is also burdened by his own paranoid, cynical brother. It doesn’t take Tito long to realize that the answer to all their problems is entering Turbo into the Indianapolis 500, which is this movie’s version of Remmy cooking for food critic Anton Ego. “Turbo” has its funny moments, but it’s too hard to distance it from “Ratatouille.” It also lacks

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It fails to ever create an emotional bond between Turbo and Tito that’s as strong or as resonant as the friendship between Remmy and Linguini.

The movie follows a

predetermined plot pathway that never deviates. At one point in the movie Chet pokes fun at car racing, “Left turn.

Oh, left turn. What’s that? A left turn!” That’s what “Turbo” feels like.

It simply makes left turn, lap after lap, until the jokes have been exhausted and the happy ending has been reached.

The key here is that kids will no doubt find it enjoyable. It’s a pleasant enough way to spend 90 minutes with the family. The animation during the racing scenes is every bit as eye-popping as the “Cars” films. While it’s pretty to look at, you won’t be able to shake that feeling that you’ve positively seen it all before.

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‘Turbo’ is attractive but runs out of gas

From the Heavens Carolyn Bentley’s harp students perform at Logan Tabernacle

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uesday was all about five students at the Logan LDS Tabernacle.

While Carolyn Bentley is well known for her playing ability on the harp, she did not pluck any strings. However, five of her students did during the Concerts at Noon Series.

They entertained an appreciative audience for an hour with songs from various composers that included classical, folk and pop.

Bentley currently teaches 20 students. The five who performed Tuesday were Christine Altom, Sasha Murray Beorchia, Katie Anderson, Samantha Loosli and Elise Idso.

“I like to feature the pedal harpists,” Bentley said. “... I usually have more, but some are away right now.”

Well before the performance began, the five were tuning and warming up.

Bentley walked behind them giving instructions.

“The strings are sensitive to temperature,” Bentley explained. “You can’t just show up and play. There is a lot of work to do to get ready.”

Part of that work Tuesday also included getting the big instruments from their various homes to the tabernacle. Dollies were used to move the harps.

“You pretty much have to use a dolly to move them, because they are pretty heavy and an awkward shape to carry,” said 16-year-old Anderson, who will be a junior at Logan High School this fall.

There is no doubt it takes a big commitment to be a harp player and perform. Learning to play the harp is no easy task. With 2,000 moving parts, the harp is quite complex.

Then there are the pedals that can give one string three different tones.

Bentley said playing the harp is very difficult, but it also depends on the student. She believes it takes at least four years to become proficient, then it is a lifetime pursuit.

“I’m still learning,” Beorchia said with a laugh. “I think it takes as long as you want it to. It took me three or four years to feel confident, but there are always new levels to advance to.”

Beorchia, who is 24 and currently

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resides in North Logan, has been playing the harp for 14 years.

“I wanted to play another instrument besides the piano,” said Beorchia, who is expecting her first child in September. “Carolyn (Bentley) lived right by my grandma and my mom asked if I wanted to play the harp. I said yes and thought it was a neat instrument.”

Having a knowledge of how to read music definitely helps. Many harp players learned to play the piano first, which Bentley called “a good place to start.”

“It depends on where you come from,” said Loosli, a 15-year-old from North Logan who will be a sophomore at Sky View High School this fall. “For me, coming from piano, I was able to really transfer over because I could read music. If you are starting from scratch, it can be pretty difficult.”

“You can actually play a lot of piano music on the harp,” Anderson said. “It was good because I just needed to learn how to play the harp and not also learn to read music. ...

I think it (harp) is just as hard as any other instrument. It just takes a while to get used to it. There is a lot of technique.”

Each student that performed Tuesday had an interesting story of how they were drawn to the harp.

“When I was little, I don’t really remember my age, I was at church and a girl played the harp,” Anderson said. “I told my mom I wanted to play the harp. She wasn’t sure about that. I just kept begging her. She told me if I did two years of piano without complaining, I could do harp. I started piano when I was 7. When I turned nine I got a harp.”

“Ever since I was about 3 years old, I would see the harp or hear it on the radio and just wanted to play it,” Loosli said.

“It’s a kind of a funny story,” said Altom, who has been playing the instrument now for 19 years. “My sister begged my parents and they signed her up for harp lessons; I said I wanted harp lessons too. We were See HARP on Page 10

Five of Carolyn Bentley’s harp students performed Tuesday during the Concerts at Noon Series at the Logan LDS Tabernacle. Those performing included Sasha Murray Beorchia (below), Christine Altom (bottom right), Katie Anderson, Samantha Loosli and Elise Idso.

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Harp Continued from Page 8 young and didn’t practice. My parents were going to have us quit.

The harp teacher let my older sister quit, but said you cannot let Christine quit. Thanks to this wonderful harp teacher back then, I still play today.”

Finding time to practice can be a bit tricky for Altom, as the 31-year-old mother of three children has many responsibilities. She said she practices “during nap time.”

Idso, a 14-year-old that lives in North Logan and attends North Cache 8-9 Center, was watching Barbie and Swan Lake. Something in the orchestra caught her attention.

“I saw the harp and I’m like, ‘Mom, I want to play the harp, it looks so cool,’” Idso said.

Her mother replied with a “maybe,” but that was more than eight years ago.

“I hope so,” Idso replied when asked if she planned on playing

it the rest of her life. “It would be unfortunate if my parents paid for this really expensive instrument and then I just dumped it.”

Harps are also a big financial investment.

Beorchia said a pedal harp starts at about $14,000 and can go over $50,000.

The nearest place to purchase a pedal harp is Salt Lake City, which gets them from Chicago and Italy.

All of the females replied with “forever” when asked how long they planned on playing the harp.

“I want to play forever,” Beorchia said. “And I hope my kids want to play some day.”

“I love it and see myself always playing (the harp),” Altom said.

And where does she play besides at home and the yearly visit to the tabernacle?

“Sometimes I will play at weddings,” Altom said.

“We have recitals twice a year. ...

“This is fun. When I first played in the tabernacle five years ago, a few of these girls were pretty little. Now Sasha (Beorchia) is having

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a baby. It is fun to get together and do this. It is fun to meet the other harping people in the community.”

“I will be playing the harp for as long as my fingers will let me,” Anderson said.

And that is always a concern for Bentley.

While it takes plenty of practice to build up calluses and get past the blister stage, younger performers sometimes play sports.

Anderson and Loosli both currently do.

“I always tell them to be careful,” Bentley said.

Is there a way to prepare your fingers for playing the harp?

“You have to play a lot or else you won’t get the calluses that you need to play the strings,” Idso said. “If you don’t have calluses, it will really hurt or you will get blisters.

That’s not very fun.”

“There are technique

books that have scales, but the more you do it the better it is on your fingers,” Loosli said.

“When I first started, I would get blisters all the time,” Beorchia said.

“Even now, depending on what song I’m playing, I will get an occasional blister. I think your fingers eventually get used to it. You just have to endure the blister part.”

Altom was actually dealing with a blister Tuesday.

“I have a blister from practicing,” Altom said.

The teacher said anyone can learn the instrument.

She had a 72-year-old beginner once. But to keep with it, dedication is a must.

“Playing the harp is a huge investment in resources, money and your time,” Bentley said.

“You just don’t show up somewhere and get it out of a little case.”

Noon Continued from Page 5 Wednesday, July 24 Emily Heap: This vocalist will be singing a variety of styles, including selections from the musical theater, a couple of folk/art songs and a classical piece sung in Italian. She will be accompanied on the piano by her father, Harold Heap. She has sung for events and nursing homes throughout the valley, and in addition to being a singer, Heap is also an actress who earned her BFA in performance from Utah State University in 2007. She works for the Cache Valley Center for the Arts and has also been with the Old Lyric Repertory Company for many years.

Thursday, July 25 Celeste Carruth: This violinist will perform a

recital that will include works by Ysaÿe, Bach, Paganini and Bartok. Carruth began taking violin lessons at the age of 5, and she performed at the tabernacle for the first time at the age of 11 and continued to give recitals for several consecutive summers. She recently graduated with degrees in physics and violin performance from the University of Michigan, where she studied with Aaron Berofsky. In 2007, Celeste performed solo with the Cache Chamber Orchestra, and later that year moved to Massachusetts to study under the late Marylou Churchill for her junior and senior years of high school.

Carruth has participated in the Heifetz International Music Festival, the Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra and the Eastern Music Festival.

Otter Creek to perform at Crumb Bros. bakery The Bridger Folk Music Society presents a concert with the talented duo Otter Creek at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at Crumb Brothers bakery, 291 S. 300 West.

Tickets are $13 and are available via PayPal at www.bridgerfolk.org, by calling 757-3468, or you can take your chances at the door. Seating is limited; advance purchase is recommended. The concert is co-sponsored by Utah Public Radio and Import Auto.

With 10 instruments between them and 53 strings to tune, Otter Creek burst onto the national folk scene in 2012 with back-to-back hit albums on the folk charts. In the four years since the husband and wife duo of Peter and Mary Danzig began playing together, Otter Creek has won multiple awards for their virtuosic instrumentals, adept songwriting and visionary arrangements of traditional and original tunes.

The duo has drawn praise from around the country leading one critic to describe them as “a duo that is both a technical marvel and tastefully perfect.”

Often compared to Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, Pete and Anne Sibley and Tim O’Brien, Otter Creek’s classical training, combined with Peter Danzig’s deep roots in the folk tradition, enable them to cross boundaries among musical genres.

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Cedar Continued from Page 6 When they begin deliberation on the hottest day of the year, the foreman (Larry Bull) decides to take a straw vote to determine how the jury is feeling. How many of them feel the young man is guilty and how many feel he is innocent? Using paper ballots, the men in the room determine that 11 of them see the young man as guilty. Only one man, Juror No. 10 (Roderick Peeples), sees him as potentially innocent. Thus begins arguing, bickering and demonstrations of how the witnesses might be either wrong or right.

The two strongest characters are the foreman and Juror No. 10; the foreman because he has to keep the 12 in discussion without injuring one another; Juror No. 10 because for much of the play, he stands alone against the remaining 11. On they go, analyzing the witness testimonies, arguing about who must be right and who might be wrong. They even talk about telling the judge they cannot agree, creating a “hung” jury.

The entire cast of “Men” is strong. Whether they are changing their votes from guilty to innocent, only one man will not change his vote — Juror No. 10.

I liked this play because of its high drama and the vast differences in the characters, but also because some are unafraid to display their discriminations. They are not concerned about what the others will think about them. They even tell personal stories, but

Juror No. 10 stands alone without flourish or loud argument.

“Love’s Labour’s Lost” “Love’s Labour’s Lost” is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies and one of his most popular.

Directed by Laura Gorman, four men — the king of France (Quinn Mattfield); Longaville (Robert Adelman Hancock); Dumaine (Jeb Burris) and Berowne (Matt Mueller), are sure of themselves, promising not to date until each is ready to marry.

But then enter the girls, all ladies in attendance to the Princess of France (Melissa Graves). There is Maria (Elizabeth Telford); Katherine (Siobhan Doherty) and Rosaline (Melinda Pfundstein). The women have made no such promises of celibacy, and they set out to pursue the men who best appeal to each one. The men become so excited and so eager to please that all of them end up in the fountain.

As Shakespeare often did, he has overplayed many of his characters, including Holofernes (Henry Woronicz), a teacher; Dull (Thomas J. Novak), a constable, and Costard (Chris Klopatek), a clown.

Of course, the play is complicated by a fantastical Spaniard, Don Adriano de Armado (Matt Zambrano), a curate, Sir Nathaniel (Don Frezza) and a bevy of attendants, pages, wenches, and a forester thrown in for extra humor. Boyet, a lady attending the princess of France was understudied on the opening weekend

by Mindy B. Young.

All is romance and humor as love takes over almost everyone on the stage. Love letters are written and messages sent and received. “Love’s Labour’s Lost” is a fallingdown funny play, and it is amazing that those jokes

and situations that were funny to Shakespeare are still funny today. It is a testament to the timelessness of the Bard.

Amidst the levity and love, a little reality is inserted into the end of this play. A messenger arrives from France to inform the princess that her father has died and that she must return home as quickly as possible.

The king and his men make their pleas for their

this play came to Cedar City directly from New York and is a look at Boy/ Peter (Rhett Guter) and the Black Stache (Quinn Mattfield) before they learned to fly. Instead of meeting Wendy Moira Angela Darling, they are faced with Molly Aster (Betsy Mugavero), who will grow up to become Wendy’s mother.

This play is fallingdown funny, especially when Boy and the Black

Photo courtesy of USF

A scene from the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2013 production of “The Tempest.”

ladies, but their requests must go unanswered.

After all, the men have broken their vows one time already. The ladies experience a lack of trust.

The women agree to consider their proposals for a year and a day then return to France. The men are left reconsidering their roles in the realities of love and responsibilities.

Although the language works well, the play is set in the late 1800s and produced on the main Shakespeare stage. Festival founder Fred Adams often has said it was his hope that the special stage should be saved for Shakespeare done in period.

“Peter and the Starcatcher” If you think you know all there is about Peter Pan, take a look at “Peter and the Starcatcher.”

Directed by Brian Vaughn,

Stache begin fighting from their great boats.

Boy’s ship is called the Neverland and the Black Stache’s is the Wasp. The play takes place in 1885, during the reign of Queen Victoria and both ships are from the British Empire in search of Rundoon, a mythical kingdom. On the Neverland, three orphan boys encounter Molly, the daughter of an English lord and minister to the queen. Also on board is a trunk full of starstuff that Molly has promised to protect. When he meets Molly, Boy’s world is turned upside down.

Black Stache, who loses his left hand (sound familiar?) tries to make Boy a pirate, but is unsuccessful.

Molly turns out to be the Starcatcher, and Boy, in an effort to save the trunk, falls asleep on it, and is found by Molly and the

orphans.

The adventures have only begun. What becomes of Molly, Peter, and the other Lost Boys? Why is everyone after the starstuff and what does it do? Does anything ever stop? Who knows? We must move on to James Barrie’s “Peter Pan” to find out.

“The Tempest” Directed by B.J. Jones, Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” is about another shipwreck, this one leaving Prospero (Henry Woronicz) and his daughter Miranda (Melisa Pereyra) lost on an island.

Prospero does his best to care for Miranda, but their lives are complicated by spirits Ariel (Melinda Parrett), Iris (Kaitlin Margaret Mills), Ceres (Melissa Graves) and Juno (Cate Cozzens).

Arising from a cave in the middle of the Island is Caliban, a savage and deformed slave (Corey Jones). This is a special role for Jones, and he plays it well. Prospero and his Miranda are faced with these new shipwrecked men 12 years after their original shipwreck, and they mean trouble. Prospero loves books, and his collection of books not only make for sound reading, they make up a delightful part of the set.

“The Tempest” is not without its moments of humor, mostly surrounding Prospero’s staff, which ends up in two pieces. One of the sailors makes some music, and Miranda and the spirits find him. Miranda calls him a temple, and Prospero and Caliban find him a troublesome traitor. More escaped sailors land on the island, one of whose son is lost.

Caliban and Miranda begin to argue, and she calls him a poor worm.

Throughout the play the question is asked: Is Cali-

ban a monster? I don’t think so. I think he is a servant of Prospero, taught to speak and serve.

Miranda eventually becomes engaged to one of the sailors which delights Prospero.

“Anything Goes” It’s hard to find anything wrong with Cole Porter, but director Brad Carroll does in “Anything Goes.” The musical takes place on a cruise ship with a crew of dancing men and women.

The dancing, all tap, is extraordinary and the highlight of the show. But the singing, especially that of the women, leaves a bit to be desired. Instead of singing, there is shouting, particularly by Reno Sweeney (Melinda Parrett). She is surrounded by dancing angels (Natasha Harris, Deanna Ott, Jennifer Smith and Molly Wetzel) decked out in red, white and blue.

The tap-dancing sailors are super, but they are dressed in white navy uniforms with the familiar black ties. Somehow this seems too American for a cruise ship and too military for the same. The ship is the S.S. American, which explains some of the costumes.

Billy Crocker (a stowaway) and Hope Harcourt (Elizabeth Telford) are in love, but are startled to learn that Hope’s mother, Evangeline (Mindy B. Young), has her eyes on stuffy Englishman, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh (Aaron Galligan-Searle).

There are a host of Porter songs in this musical: “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “You’re the Top,” “Easy to Love,” “It’s De-Lovely” and the title song, “Anything Goes.”

This play is full of romance and music and is well produced, but the loud and shrieking women make it hard to appreciate.

Continued from Page 4 UFOMT newcomer Elizabeth Beers Kataria is stunning as Senta, who willingly proves herself faithful until death. Her soprano voice is lustrous and exquisitely expressive in the Dutchman’s ballad that is the core of the opera’s second act.

Ms. Kataria is also a gifted actress, providing dramatic depth to what could easily have been a more static portrayal.

The male and female choral ensembles in “The Flying Dutchman” are absolutely sensational. Their group performances opening each of the opera’s three acts are breathtaking.

The UFOMT orchestra is brilliantly conducted by Karen Keltner, especially in the dramatic overture which musically introduces the opera’s supernatural themes before drifting into the characteristic leitmotifs for the Dutchman and Senta.

Like any ghost story, “The Flying Dutchman” relies heavily on special effects to establish its stormy and spectral atmosphere. The technical efforts of set designer Jack Shouse, lighting designer Christopher Wood and audio/ visual designer Anna Alex combine superbly to achieve that goal.

The other members of the UFOMT cast are appropriately Teutonic in their supporting roles. They include Richard Zuch as Capt. Daland, Benjamin Bongers as the drunken Helmsman, John Pickle as the frustrated suitor Erik and Vanessa Schukis as Mary.

Additional evening performances of “The Flying Dutchman” are slated at the Ellen Eccles Theatre on July 19 and 25, with matinees on Aug. 3 and 9.

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s ongoing production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is a light-hearted,

“Dreamcoat.” pivotal role that gives her a Additional evening perforchance to let her hair down mances of “Joseph and the and really have fun on stage.

Amazing Technicolor DreamMs. Ballam’s joy is obvicoat” are slated at the Ellen ous and infectious from the Eccles Theatre on July 17 and moment that the curtain rises.

Aug. 1 and 9. Matinees will be Even in the midst of elaborate performed on July 19 and 25, production numbers, the eyes as well as Aug. 8. of audience members are irresistibly drawn to Ms. Ballam’s “Otello” every movement.

The highlight of the preUFOMT veteran Jonathan miere of the Utah Festival Hoover has big shoes to fill in Opera & Musical Theatre’s the title role since the image of brilliantly staged and marvelDonny Osmond in that part is ously executed production

Utah Festival hosts concert July 24 Patriots, pioneers to be honored at Eccles Theatre show The Utah Festival Orchestra and Ensemble will present a musical tribute to pioneers and patriots at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main St. “It’s a celebration of Utah’s unique Pioneer Day holiday and a chance to honor our country’s armed forces and legacy of democracy,” says Barbara Day Turner, one of the company’s conductors.

Concert tickets are $10 to $40. Tickets are available at the Utah Festival Box Office in the Dansante Building at 59 S. 100 West, by calling

popular with Utahns largely due to Donny Osmond’s association with the 1999 film version of this show.

While “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is often dismissed as nothing more than a glitzy spectacle, the musical provides so many opportunities for moments of splendid entertainment that audiences are naturally charmed. With the support of a talented and enthusiastic cast, director Valerie Rachelle makes the most of every one of those opportunities, including a high-energy curtain call as engaging as the rest of the production.

The UFOMT’s crown princess, Vanessa Ballam, steals the show as the Narrator, a

750-0300 or online at www. utahfestival.org. Discount tickets are not available retroactively or online.

Cache County residents can purchase two tickets per household for half-price as Utah Festival’s thank you for voting to support the Recreation, Arts, Parks and Zoos (RAPZ) tax.

The lively program features a tribute to the U.S. Armed Forces, a patriotic sing-along, John Philip Sousa’s “The Thunderer,” Largo from Dvorak’s “New World Symphony,” moving American folk music, Mormon pioneer songs and

so indelibly imprinted in the minds of Utah theater-goers.

Fortunately, Hoover is sufficiently talented to more than meet that challenge.

Another cast stand-out is Scott Reardon, who channels the legendary Elvis Presley to make Ramses the most rollicking Pharaoh in Egyptian history.

The 11 actors who play Joseph’s brothers provide two hilarious production numbers, one in authentic countrywestern style and the other delivered with ridiculously exaggerated French accents.

Ms. Rachelle and co-choreographer Keenon Hooks share well-deserved kudos for inspiring the spirited dance performances throughout

more.

The evening will be hosted

by Michael Ballam with music conducted by Turner and Karen Keltner.

July 24 is a state holiday honoring Brigham Young and Mormon pioneers who first arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on that date in 1847. Keltner said the concert “presents some of our best patriotic American song and orchestral fare in honor of America itself and in acknowledgement of the unique heritage reflected

by Utah’s own Pioneer Day.”

of “Otello” on July 12 was a young understudy triumphantly stepping into the title role of Giuseppe Verdi’s operatic masterpiece.

Like a theater cliché come to life, UFOMT newcomer Curtis Bannister jumped from the opera’s ensemble to replace the ailing scheduled leading man Ian DeNolfo, bringing a thrilling tenor voice and an towering stage presence to the role of the Lion of Venice. His outstanding performance was rewarded with a richly deserved standing ovation from the opening-night audience.

“Otello” was Verdi’s final and indisputably best opera, a lavish four-act retelling of William Shakespeare’s tragic

tale of a noble Moor driven to murder his beloved wife by jealousy and betrayal. The three leading roles in “Otello” are among the most demanding, both vocally and dramatically, in all of opera. Given that challenge, Mr. Bannister was fortunate to share the stage with veteran performers like Carla Thelen Hanson and Jason Stearns, who adapted to their new partner effortlessly.

After appearing in the fiery title role of the 2012 UFOMT production of “Tosca,” Ms. Hanson’s portrayal of the gentle, doomed Desdemona is a revelation. Her Act I duet with Bannister is beautifully performed and her delicate vocal phrasing in the solos “Willow Song” and “Ave Maria” in Act IV is touchingly heartfelt.

As the fiend Iago, Stearns delivers a bravura depiction of an evil wolf in sheep’s clothing.

His booming baritone voices proves surprisingly versatile, sounding boisterously jovial in the Act I “Drinking Song,” deeply malignant in the chilling “Credo” in Act II and gently insinuating whenever Iago is planting poisonous seeds of doubt in Otello’s mind.

As usual in these local productions, the leading performers were well-supported by a huge choral ensemble and the talented UFOMT orchestra conducted by Barbara Day Turner.

Set designer Peter Crompton also earns kudos for the opera’s scenery, especially the atmospheric Act I harbor motif and the sensual bedchamber in Act IV. Additional evening performances of “Otello” are slated for July 20 and Aug. 2 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Matinee performances will be held shown July 26 and Aug. 10.

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Editor’s Note: 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.

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fast-paced show that totally captivated its opening night audience on July 11.

“Dreamcoat” is a campy retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis set to pop music by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice.

Although this play never enjoyed the phenomenal success of that pair’s later collaborations on “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Evita,” the musical is nevertheless wildly

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Friday Wade & Friends will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, July 19, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5.

A piano recital featuring the prize-winning students of Gary Amano will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, July 19, at the USU Performance Hall. Admission is free, but donations to the USU piano department scholarship fund are greatly appreciated.

A concert in the park for teenagers will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 19, on the lawn south of the Wellsville Tabernacle. A family-friendly event sponsored by the Wellsville City Youth Council, three bands will be featured: Jordan Duncan’s Unhinged Paradise, Jake Barrett’s Waiting for Compromise and the Rodger Nix Band. Suggested donation is $3 per person and $5 per family.

Sky View High School Class of ’78 Reunion will be held July 19-20. A weekend of fun activities is planned for everyone coming to the class reunion. There should be something for everyone. Plan on coming to at least one or all of the activities. Please register at www.skyview78.org.

The Austin Weyand Band will

be performing at 7:30 p.m. Friday, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, located across July 19, at the Allinger Commuthe street north from Maceys. nity Theatre in Montpelier, Idaho, Everyone is welcome, there is no as part of the 2013 concert cover charge. series for the National Oregon/ California Trail Center. Tickets to this special event are $15 for adults and $10 youth ages 15 and under. Tickets are now on Local author Bill Jensen will sale at the center or online at be signing copies of his book www.oregontrailcenter.org.

“Adder in the Path” from 4 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 20, at Hastings.

The Utah Festival Academy will present “Go, Go, Go Joseph!”

The Bridger Folk Music from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday, July 19, Society presents a concert with at the Dansante Rehearsal Hall. the talented duo Otter Creek at Cost is $10. What does it take 7:30 p.m. Saturday July 20, at to be a Broadway hoofer? Ask Crumb Brothers Bakery, 291 our tap expert Keenon Hooks.

S. 300 West. Tickets are $13 Participation encouraged but not and are available via PayPal at required. For more information www.bridgerfolk.org, by calling call 750-0300 or visit www.utah757-3468, or you can take your festival.org. chances at the door. Seating is limited; advance purchase is The Logan High School Class recommended. For more inforof 1993 will host the 1,000 Yard mation, visit www.ottercreekduo. ’Stache Friday, July 19, at the com or www.bridgerfolk.org.

Logan High track. Entry fees are $5 per person ages 3 and up, but Resistor Radio will perform at larger donations are welcome. All 8 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at Why proceeds will benefit the Cache Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is Community Food Pantry. Sign in $5. from 6:30 to 7 p.m., and the race will begin shortly after 7 p.m. All Tanner McDowell will perform runners will receive a mustache, from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, or you can wear your own. For July 20, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal more information, email chrissi_ Ave. McDowell’s music is a soulrichards@yahoo.com. ful medley of blues, funk and rock with a splash of contemSherid Peterson will perform porary acoustic and a pinch of from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 19, classical.

Pageant Continued from Page 3 his remarkable experiences with young Joseph Smith and the events surrounding translation of the Book of Mormon.

“Martin Harris was told in a blessing given him by Joseph Smith Sr. that his testimony would be heard by many and that it would ‘convince thousands.’

The Clarkston Pageant is literally a fulfillment of that promise,” James notes.

While the message of the pageant hasn’t changed much over the years, the actual script and production has been shortened from more than three hours to just over an hour.

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“The lively and colorful play moves fast as the story unfolds of a man who struggled with family and friends in his quest to know whether to support the farm boy from Palmyra, who was at the time translating a record written on gold plates,” notes current pageant president Paul Willie. “Hundreds of local actors, singers and dancers combine their talents to tell of the events that took place in the spring of 1828 in that small town near the Erie Canal.

“It’s a story of faith, family and a community — and interestingly, it’s not just unique to Martin Harris, but quite often parallels the experience of thousands who, over the years, have heard the message of the Book of Mormon and have had to make up

The Utah Festival Academy will present “The Architecture of ‘Otello’” from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at the Dansante Rehearsal Hall. Cost is $10.

Examine the magnificent architecture of Shakespeare’s Venice and Cyprus with architect Tom Jensen. Participation encouraged but not required. For more information call 750-0300 or visit www.utahfestival.org.

SUNDAY The Logan Summer Citizens will hear from Sandy Emile at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 21, on the lawn adjacent to Old Main on the USU Campus. The president of the Cache Chamber of Commerce, Emile will speak on the importance of summer citizens to the area. The public is invited.

Bring your own chairs; if it rains the gathering will be moved to the Family Life Building, room 206. For more information contact Norman Palmer at 787-1406 or npalmer8@cox.net.

MONDAY The Logan Iris Society invites all to its annual plant sale from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, July 22, at the Logan Library, 255 N. Main St. Those who attend this event will be able to purchase locally grown iris rhizomes. They range in price from

their minds about it.”

This year’s director, Helen Cooper, was a cast member in the early days of the pageant.

“My great grandmother Annie Jardine lived in Clarkston when Martin Harris lived here,” she says. “I’ve been a part of this production for many years and yet I still get a thrill when the pageant unfolds. We have a wonderful cast this year, some of whom are the children of the original cast members.

“The pageant is more than the story of Martin Harris. It’s more than a man’s history; it gives an accurate accounting of some of the early events in LDS Church and tells of the significant things that took place in the publication

$3 to $10 and are identified by name and photo. All proceeds benefit the Logan Iris Society.

Contact Bryan at 757-5102 for more information.

WEDNESDAY Logan City will host a Pioneer Day celebration Wednesday, July 24, at Willow Park with a full slate of events, including Lions Club pancake breakfast (7:30 to 10 a.m.), parade (noon) and fireworks (10 p.m.). Visit www.loganutah.org for a full schedule.

North Logan City will host a variety of Pioneer Day events Wednesday, July 24, including Run to Deseret (6 a.m. at Elk Ridge Park), a flag ceremony/ breakfast (6:45 a.m. at Elk Ridge Park), fishing contest (8 a.m. at King Park Pond), parade (10 a.m. north on 1600 East and west on 2100 North) and activities at Mountain View Park (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.). Visit www.north-logan.ut.us for more information.

THURSDAY Paul Christiansen will perform along with Andy Rice and Tim Pearce at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 25, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5.

of the Book of Mormon which really is another testament of Jesus Christ.”

Cast member Tim Fellows, a resident of Preston, has now been in the cast for 27 years. He says he keeps coming back because the pageant is more than a drama production.

“I’m overcome with some feelings that just about overwhelm me,” he says. “You can see it in the eyes of the cast members. They’re more than acting, they are bringing back an important part of history.”

This year’s pageant will be performed August 2-3, 6-10 and 13-17.

Each night’s performance begins at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are free but reservations are required and may be obtained online at www.clarkstonpageant.org.

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