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Cache Magazine CELEBRATING

‘Pioneers & Patriots’ IN NORTH LOGAN

The Herald Journal

JULY 31-AUG. 6, 2015

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July 31-Aug. 6, 2015

COVER 8 North Logan presents

brand-new July 24 pageant entitled ‘Pioneers & Patriots’

THE ARTS 4 Summer Concert Series wraps up at the Tabernacle

4 Martin Harris Pageant ready to get underway

4 Irish singer Alex Sharpe to perform at Tabernacle

5 Utah Festival Opera &

Musical Theatre season ongoing at Eccles Theatre

5 Local Shakepeare troupe to present two new shows

MOVIES 3 Three stars: Cruise slips

back into role of Ethan Hunt in fifth ‘Mission: Impossible’

7 Two and a half stars:

Film critic Aaron Peck takes ‘Vacation’ for a ride

COLUMNS 10 Cache critic Charlie

Schill reviews UFOMT’s ‘How to Succeed’ and the ‘Man of La Mancha’

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

Beverly D’Angelo, left, and Chevy Chase pose at the Los Angeles premiere of “Vacation” on Monday with a Wagon Queen Family Truckster in metallic pea. (AP Photo) On the cover: A Boy Scout waits to present the flag prior to the inaugural “Pioneers and Patriots” pageant last Friday night in North Logan.

FROM THE EDITOR For rodeo cowboys, the term “Cowboy Christmas” traditionally refers to the time around the Fourth of July when the sheer number of rodeos provides a plethora of opportunities to bring home some serious prize money.

But for Cache Valley rodeo fans, it’s not hard to argue that the next two weekends are “the most wonderful time of the year.”

Thanks to That Famous Preston Night

Rodeo, which started last night at the Franklin County Fairgrounds, and next week’s Cache County Fair and Rodeo, those who enjoy “the ropes and the reins; and the joy and the pain” could treat themselves to as many as six rodeo performances in the span of just 10 days — all within 30 miles of each other.

And if that’s not enough rough stock for you, there’s also the Bear Lake Rodeo Saturday night in Garden City, as well as two performances of the annual Raspberry Days Rodeo next weekend in Laketown.

In other words, even if you’re ideal Christmas present doesn’t usually involve

broncs, bulls, barrels and big buckles, it would still be a real shame to let the summer slip away without attending at least one rodeo.

I mean, we live in the American West, right? And what makes you feel happier to be here than being able to watch the shadows get longer across the rodeo arena as the sun goes down on another warm summer evening?

For times and ticket information, visit prestonrodeo.com, cachecounty.org/fair, bearlake.org/events and/or gardencityut. us.

— Jeff Hunter

New ‘Mission’ takes off right from the start

– Filmmaker Rushmore DeNooyer on the PBS special ‘The Bomb’ (Page 6)

By Aaron Peck Cache movie critic

“Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” is the franchise’s “Skyfall.” A grounded espionage flick packed with visceral punch and visionary filmmaking. Even the action-packed set pieces, of which there are many, feel understated and rooted in semi-realism. So much of the franchise peddles in surrealism, which is why director Christopher McQuarrie’s (“Jack Reacher”) pragmatic filmic sensibilities are so necessary.

There’s a sequence early on in the movie that illustrates just how different “Rogue Nation” is compared to the rest of the “Mission:Impossible” films.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is tracking a shadowy group of rogue terrorists known only as the Syndicate. His intelligence leads him to an opera in Vienna. This is where things get good, quickly.

Set against the lush, dreamlike backdrop of the opera, Hunt and his onagain, off-again partner in crime Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) try desperately to track Syndicate members before they achieve what they came to do.

The way the entire sequence of events plays out is reminiscent of the nuts-and-bolts action on display during the remarkable club scene in “John Wick.”

PET OF THE WEEK Available for adoption

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Tom Cruise appears in a scene from “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation.”

★★★ ‘Mission Impossible — Rogue Nation’ Director // Christopher McQuarrie Starring // Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Alex Baldwin Rated // PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, and brief partial nudity

McQuarrie intentionally underplays the action and instead goes for ratcheting up the atmosphere and tension. He understands the angles and geometrical spacing allowing the audience to

become immersed in a minimalist cat-and-mouse game.

Hunt is never quite sure what is going on, but he has to do something. His confusion transfers to us, as we follow him around

not knowing quite what to expect. All the while McQuarrie has built up this elaborate scene which includes the entire opera auditorium, the sound booth, the catwalks, backstage, the foyers, the surrounding staircases and hallways.

It’s a marvel of cinematic mapping and special awareness. Within the space of 10 minutes McQuarrie familiarizes us with the entire building layout and sends Hunt through an unsuspecting gauntlet. Hunt, more or less, See ROGUE on Page 13

Pet: Charlotte From: Cache Humane Society Why she’s so lovable: Charlotte is a young active girl.

She loves to run — that is when she gets a smile on her face — so she would make someone a great exercise buddy. But once she is done running, she love to cuddle up and give kisses. She is still a young dog, and so we think she would do really well in a family which is willing to give her some basic handling and leash training.

Then she can show you she will be an awesome pooch. Contact the Cache Humane Society at 792-3920.

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Tom Cruise goes ‘Rogue’

““We’re trying to take 70 years of history and tell it in two hours.”

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Tabernacle concerts wrap up

Craig Jessop

The Summer Concert Series comes to an end this week at the Logan Tabernacle with two performances on Friday, July 31.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

At noon, Craig Jessop, the former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, will present, “The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: An American Musical Legacy,” including

video and audio clips.

Jessop is currently a professor of music and the dean for the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University, Jessop is the founder and music director of the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra and has served as the music director of the Carnegie Hall National High School Choral Festival.

At 7 p.m., the annual

Sharpe set to perform

Encore concert will begin at the Tabernacle. This show will be a mix of country, pop, jazz, classical and folk music with Andreas Wesemann as master of ceremonies.

Performers include pianist Rachel Smith, vocalist/pianist Kim Maycock pianist/ organist Levente Medveczky, cellist Kennita Thatcher and organist Millie Camire, women’s folk band Sassafras, pia-

nist Miho Everitt with flutists Jo Hays and Allyson Bailey, organist Millie Camire, harmonicist John Waldron, pianist Luke Shepherd, violinist Erika Hubbard, cellist Ellie Hubbard, vocalist Betty Hammond and Natalie Bailey, vocalist Mike Bailey, and the Broadbent family.

For more information, visit logantabernacle.blogspot. com.

Irish singer will present a pair of shows in Logan with local artists “One Heart and One Voice” — a musical concert featuring Alex Sharpe, Dr. Steven Young, Brett Pruneau, Ryan Olsen, and John Knudsen as well as the Cache Valley Combined Choir and Utah Festival Children’s Choir — will be held at 7 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 7, and 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Logan Tabernacle.

Sharpe has performed with Celtic Woman throughout the world and has had parts in many musical theater productions such as “Les Misérables,” “The Wizard of Oz” and “Maleficent” throughout England, Ireland and the United States.

Sharpe also sang at President Obama’s National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony and performed on “Dancing with the Stars.”

She has recorded with Jennie Oaks Baker, as well as been a guest solo artist with Kurt Bestor.

“Martin Harris: The Man Who Knew” will be presented on select dates from July 31 to Aug. 15 in Clarkston.

Martin Harris pageant set to open on July 31

Alex Sharpe

She also recorded a solo album last year entitled, “Be Still my Soul.”

During her visit to Utah,

Sharpe will sing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as their featured solo artist on their Sunday broadcast.

Every other year, the Clarkston Pageant recounts the life and testimony of Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses of the origin and authenticity of the Book of Mormon.

“Martin Harris: The Man Who Knew” is scheduled to be held again this year beginning at 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 31. Additional performances will be held at the same time on Aug. 1, 4-8 and 11-15, at the Martin Harris Memorial Amphitheater at 1100 N. 8400 West in Clarkston.

To request tickets, visit clarkstonpageant.org. Admission is free, but reservations are required. Group reservations are available. Early arrival is recommended; people should be in their seats at least 15 minutes before the program start. Performances are an hour and 15 minutes long.

The town of Clarkston offers a meal at the LDS ward building there prior to the pageant. Advance reservations are recommended; call (435) 563-9090. Food is not allowed on the pageant grounds.

dren under 5 admitted.

The award-winning actors of Logan Youth Shakespeare are proud to present “Cymbeline,” a beautiful and very rare play. Banished for marrying princess Imogen, Posthumus makes a dangerous bet with a boastful stranger. The events that follow test the bounds of love, trust, family and country, and send the daring princess Imogen on a terrifying adventure. “Cymbeline” zig-zags between countries and across centuries, and is packed with intrigue, surprises,and engag-

ing characters Ragamuffin Productions, LYS’s actor-directed sister company, brings the Bard’s famous thriller, “Macbeth” to the stage this summer. Driven by ambition and inspired by his power-hungry wife, everything goes right for the popular war hero, Macbeth, until it goes horribly wrong. A tragic and gripping tale of one man, haunted by demons of his own making, “Macbeth” features veteran LYS-trained actors from high school, college and beyond.

Logan Youth Shakespeare’s Ragamuffin Productions will present “Macbeth” beginning tonight at the Bullen Center.

UFOMT season rolls on

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

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

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

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COMING UP Blue Moon gala event

Magic happens “once in a blue moon,” and to celebrate the last blue moon of 2015 – and the second of this month – First Presbyterian Church of Logan will offer a gala evening of music and fine food on Friday, July 31, at Bruner Hall, 178 W. Center St. The evening will also feature a silent auction to raise funds for the organ restoration campaign. The public is invited. There is no admission charge, but free-will offerings are gratefully accepted.

UFOMT Chamber Music

The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre presents the Chamber Music Series at 1 p.m. Friday, July 31, at the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West. Professional musicians from the UFOMT’s orchestra will play music by Telemann, Mozart and Beethoven for viola quartet, horn quintet and string quartet.

Ticket prices are $14 to $40 and can be purchased by calling 750-0300 ext. 3, online at utahfestival. org or in person at the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West.

Skys Airshow in Preston

July’s Skys Airshow will begin at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Preston Municipal Airport.

Come experience the high-octane thrills as aerobatic pilots themselves and their aircraft to extreme levels of performance. World War II aircraft will be performing, on display and available for rides before and after the show. Gates open at 8 a.m.

Admission is $5 per person; tickets are available at Photo courtesy of Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre gate and in advance at West Motor in Preston and Molly Mustonen and Wes Mason star in the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Lynn’s Audio and Video in Logan. No outside food Theatre’s production of “Carousel.” or drink allowed.

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Are you ready for some Shakespeare?

Two new productions from Logan Youth Shakespeare will be presented this summer at the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St. “Cymbeline” opens at 2 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 1, with additional shows at 7 p.m. Aug. 3 and 6, and at 2 p.m. Aug. 8. “Macbeth” opens at 7 p.m.

Friday, July 31, with two more shows at 7 p.m. Aug. 1 and 7.

Tickets for both shows are available at the door or online at cachearts.org. Adults are $6 and children are $3; no chil-

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‘Ant-Man’ inches past ‘Pixels’ at box office LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Ant-Man” crept past new opener “Pixels” to claim the top spot at the box office this weekend by an ant-sized margin. The Disney and Marvel superhero pic brought in $24.8 million over the weekend, bringing its domestic total to $106.1 million according to Rentrak estimates Sunday.

“Pixels,” meanwhile, just barely missed first place

with a $24 million debut.

While studios always hope for the bragging rights of a No. 1 debut, the real issue here is whether or not the Adam Sandler end of the world comedy will make up its $88 million production budget.

“It’s been a little competitive in the marketplace when you consider the extent of the performance of ‘Jurassic’ and ‘Inside Out,’” said Sony’s Presi-

dent of Worldwide Distribution Rory Bruer. “To get to where we opened to was quite good.”

Critics were not fond of “Pixels,” which shows 1980s video arcade game characters attacking Earth, but younger audiences still turned out to theaters — an estimated 62 percent were under the age of 25.

Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak’s senior media analyst, said Sandler can

still attract an audience, but the expensive film has a lot of ground to make up.

“They’re really going to have to count on the international component. That’s going to be key,” he said.

Overall, the box office is down 3 percent from the same weekend last year, when “Lucy” opened particularly strong. Dergarabedian said that though some

AP Photo

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“Ant-Man” remained on top of the box office in the second week since its release.

PBS presents ‘The Bomb’ Special tells the story of early atomic weaponry ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The creation of the atomic bomb in a New Mexico secret city and newly restored and declassified footage will be featured in a new PBS special released as the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki approaches.

“The Bomb,” which begins airing this week on most PBS stations, seeks to tell the story of a weapon that transformed history and continues to affect relationships among dueling world powers.

Filmmaker Rushmore DeNooyer said the project took a year and half to complete, since producers had to comb through footage and images only recently declassified by the U.S. Department of Defense.

That footage showed the “ironic beauty” of mushroom clouds

AP Photo

In this July 1945 photo, scientists and workmen rig the world’s first atomic bomb to raise it up into a 100-foot tower at the Trinity bomb test site in the desert near Alamagordo, N.M.

detonating over the New Mexico desert and the Pacific while posing a serious threat, DeNooyer said.

“We’re trying to take 70 years of history and tell it in two hours,” DeNooyer said. “We probably spent the first six months just researching and reading.”

The first atomic bomb

test — the Trinity Test — took place in the southern New Mexico desert as part of the Manhattan Project, the secretive World War II program that provided enriched uranium for the atomic bomb.

The project involved three research and production facilities: Los Alamos, New Mexico;

Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and Hanford, Washington.

“Everything was hushhush ... go where you are told,” said retired U.S. Army engineer and Trinity witness Roger Rasmussen. “They knew exactly who I was and why I was there. And that See BOMB on Page 12

‘Celebity Feud’ is a big summer hit NEW YORK (AP) — The survey says: ABC’s version of “Celebrity Family Feud” ended its run on Sunday as an unexpected summertime hit.

The Steve Harvey-hosted show, which aired six hour-long editions, averaged 9.1 million viewers and was the most-watched new television program this summer, the Nielsen company said. It more than doubled the viewership ABC had in the same time slot last year with “Wipeout.”

“We had high hopes, but it certainly shot past all of them,” said Rob Mills, senior vice president for alternative programming, late night and specials at ABC. With all of the new programming constantly available, there’s something to be said about a TV version of comfort food, Mills said. The syndicated game show has been on the air for some 40 years, and current host Harvey is a major star in his own right.

Celebrities like Dr. Phil, Anthony Anderson, Penny Marshall, Cheryl Hines competed this summer, along with NFL stars and casts from “Duck Dynasty,” ‘’The Bachelor” and “Dancing With the Stars” ABC had initially sought to match all-celebrity teams or casts from various TV programs all summer. But Mills credited Jennifer Mullin, the show’s producer from Fremantle, for recognizing that one of Harvey’s strengths is in how he relates to non-celebrities, so some of the stars brought family members to compete.

With these numbers, it’s a good bet the show will return. Mills said it hasn’t been determined yet whether “Celebrity Family Feud” episodes will play in non-summer months.

For the week of July 20-26, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 10.5 million; “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 8.71 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.91 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 7.53 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 7.34 million; “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 6.97 million; “Zoo,” CBS, 6.69 million; “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 6.68 million; “Last Comic Standing,” NBC, 6.1 million; “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 5.95 million.

★★

‘Vacation’

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Only his family is in a rut. They’ve visited the family cabin the last decade for their family trips. The spark in his marriage to Debbie (Christina Applegate) is fading. Like his father, Rusty grasps at

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While “Vacation” does its best at packing in as much gross-out humor and crassness as possible, there’s a sense that it fails to capture the bizarre familial bonding that took place in 1983’s original film.

It’s curiously void of that indelible ’80s era family bonding schmaltz that director Harold Ramis and writer John Hughes perfectly understood.

Absent from “Vacation” are any really memorable scenes.

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by Chevy Chase, this one no-tell motels, have quoting and reliving subscribes to worst-case- run-ins with nefarious for decades to come. It scenario humor. Each people and end up going advocates more of a scene’s humor is derived river rafting with the Director // Antoine Fuqua scattershot approach from the worst thing that world’s most depressed Starring // Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Chevy to comedy. Some of can possibly happen at guide.

Chase, Bevery D’Angelo, Charlie Day, Leslie Mann, the jokes work, others Famous faces pop up that moment given the Chris Hemsworth, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins don’t, and still others in an endless stream of circumstances.

There’s no Rated // R for crude and sexual content and lanwere already ruined by cameos. Chris Hemdeviation from this rule, guage throughout, and brief graphic nudity the overzealous marsworth shows up as a which could feasibly be keters.

This creates a debonair weatherman/ why the formula begins a showy extravaganza comedy that provides rancher uncle. It’s too and announces he’s tak- to wear thin by movie’s some instant laughs, bad that the crowning ing his family to Walley end. but lacks real comedic As Rusty and his gag of his appearance World. staying power.

Like the original “Vaca- family travel across the was also spoiled in the Aaron Peck

“Vacation” feels kinda-sorta like a desperate attempt to ape the successful self-awareness of the “Jump Street” movies. There’s even that one scene (which has been brusquely spoiled by the trailers) where a now grown-up Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) declares that the “… new vacation will definitely stand on its own,” after his son states, “I’ve never even heard of the original vacation.”

The most annoyingly egregious sin of “Vacation” happened in the marketing department when they decided, in their infinite corporate wisdom, to spoil just about every joke — or set up — in dozens of early trailers and TV spots.

If you’ve even seen one or two previews for “Vacation,” you can predict which scene is next and what its biggest joke or gag will be. Comedy is all about building up an assumption by the audience, only to turn the initial assumption on its head.

When you know what’s coming the humor loses its punch.

That’s not to say “Vacation” isn’t hilarious in parts. You’d have to be quite the curmudgeon to not find Rusty’s foul-mouthed son Kevin Griswold (Steele Stebbins) funny. Kevin picks on his older brother James (Skyler Gisondo) in an odd reversal of brotherly norms. It provides some of the best comedy the movie has to offer.

As a pilot at a humdrum economy airline, Rusty dreams of big things for his family.

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North Logan welcomes the inaugural

‘PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS’

Pioneer Day celebrations in Cache Valley have for many years been focused around parades, fireworks, softball and other fun activities. But this year, North Logan decided to add another aspect to its annual slate of activities, an aspect designed to get people thinking about why Utah celebrates Pioneer Day each year.

On July 24, the inaugural performance of the “Pioneers and Patriots” pageant brought singers, musicians and Boy Scouts from all over North Logan to Elk Ridge Park to pay homage to Utah’s pioneers and to American patriots from all periods of history.

The idea first took shape during a meeting of the music committee of the North Logan Stake of the LDS Church. Brenda Anthony, a committee member who has long been associated with the “Celebrate America” productions in Logan each year, wanted to expand on what North Logan did for Pioneer Day each year.

“It came to be because our stake, the North Logan Stake, wanted to do something that would make Pioneer Day more than fireworks and hot dogs,” Anthony said. “That people would go away from the evening, and — not saying that fireworks and hot dogs aren’t a good thing — but more than that. I mean, what is Pioneer Day? Why do we celebrate it? And how many young people who attend these events understand the significance of it?

“So, we went into it with that goal in mind, and then it became a matter of, there’s two stakes in North Logan, plus the New Life congregation, that we wanted everybody to be involved.

So we contacted those other groups and also North Logan city, and they

already do things on the 24th all day.

They start early and go late. So, this event would be in addition to what they were already doing to just reinforce this idea of what Pioneer Day represents.”

Anthony took the idea to North Logan Public Works Director Alan Luce and North Logan Parks Director Jordan Oldham, and soon wheels were in motion to make “Pioneers and Patriots” a reality.

“Every 24th of July we have a lot of activities going on throughout the park and throughout the city, and she basically approached us and said, ‘I’d like to tie pioneers and patriots together and kind of do a program that invites people to reflect on the pioneers that got us here and the patriots that are still serving for us,’” Oldham said.

“That’s one of the things we’ve never really done as a city. I mean, we do a lot of games and activities and a giant celebration, but we don’t do a program for that.

“So, when she first approached us, we thought that would be a great idea and a great opportunity to bring this program to North Logan. We’re always trying new things and always trying to broaden our horizons, offer things that other cities aren’t. And we thought this would be another opportunity to do that, to touch on this things that Brenda was trying to bring out in Pioneer Day. So, we talked with out mayor and our council, and they though that it would be a great thing to pursue. So we just kind of started working with Brenda on it.”

The first part of the program was dedicated to the Mormon pioneers, Utah’s first permanent non-Native settlers. Among other things, a Children’s Chorus dressed in pioneer outfits sang pioneer-themed songs accompanied by recorded music. An all-volunteer

orchestra under the direction of Dirk Pace kicked off the patriotic part of the program with a medley of George Gershwin tunes, followed by numbers from the “Celebrate America” singers, who also volunteered their time for the production. The crowd in attendance also heard remarks from longtime North Logan residents Duane and Pat Chadwick.

“They were also the grand marshals of the parade,” Anthony said. “And I think that they are in their 80s, and they’re pioneers of North Logan, their family are. But it was great to have them there and have them represent that group, along with the children, in the pioneer aspect.”

The evening closed with an arrangement of “God Bless America” by the “Celebrate America” singers and the orchestra.

“I don’t think we sing that song near as much as it deserves to be sung,” Anthony said. “And I think our nation is at a stage that people really appreciated this focus on God and country and our heritage as pioneers.”

While the consensus among participants and officials was that the event came off as a success, it didn’t come without its challenges. Anthony and Pace both had high hopes for more participation and a grander production during the concept phase of the project, but the event ended up on a somewhat smaller scale.

“We had not as many children as we expected, but for the first year, we really didn’t know what to expect,” Anthony said. “And when it came down to the Boy Scouts to do their part, I think there were not near as many of them as we had envisioned, but the ones who did come, they did a good job, they enjoyed it, and like I said, for the first year, to try something on this kind of a scale, we felt

really good about it.”

The orchestra also had its own set of minor obstacles to overcome.

“We had a limited number of rehearsals since summer schedules are so dispersed,” Pace said. “It made it a little difficult trying to get as many people as we wanted to be able to participate. And we’re hoping that as we get it going, that people realize this is an option, and they want to participate with that instead of planning some trip around the same time. And we also figure that as the holiday falls during the week instead of on the weekend, that could also limit trips out of town and so there’s more availability for a bigger production.”

But with all the volunteers pulling together, the city was able to foot the bill for the sound, lighting and stage at what Oldham believes is a reasonable expense to the city coffers.

“From a cost perspective, every year we put on a movie in the park, and that’s usually about $1,000 to $1,200,” he said. “So this additional fee was only another $1,000. That’s fairly minimal considering how many people attended, and it kind of set the framework for future years.”

Oldham estimated the attendance to have been between 550 and 600 people, which he said was the city’s goal for this inaugural performance.

“We were trying to shoot for that 500 mark, given that Pioneer Day was on a Friday this year,” Oldham said. “That’s always hard for us to get attendance on Fridays because everybody leaves. But that’s kind of what we were shooting for, and we were able to get it. And the first year, getting the word out was probably our hardest part, and we feel like it came off pretty well.”

And while the aim of the production

Story by CHUCK NUNN — Photographs by ELI LUCERO

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Clockwise from above: Local children sing songs about pioneers during the inaugural “Pioneers and Patriots� pageant last Friday night at Elk Ridge Park in North Logan. Dirk Pace leads the orchestra for the original production, which was spearheaded by Brenda Anthony. Singers perform during the special Pioneer Day presentation. Wally Gibbons plays with the orchestra during the musical program.

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UFOMT really succeeds with ‘Business’ Ballam isn’t the only reason to see ‘Man of La Mancha’

By Charlie Schill Cache theater critic

Photo courtesy of Waldron Creative

Leah Edwards, left, stars in the role of Rosemary in the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s production of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”

play Finch as a charming innocent rather than a conniving rascal.

During his meteoric rise, Biner blindly ignores and frustrates the company’s only real asset, the luscious Leah Edwards. As the long-suffering secretary Rosemary, Edwards delivers a performance that is hotter than a twodollar pistol. From her point-of-view, all Finch really needs is a good woman and another howto book about the birds and the bees.

Finch’s corporate nemesis is the boss’s nephew, hilariously played by Kevin Nakatani. As Bud Frump, the UFOMT veteran proves once again

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Given our current climate of Wall Street greed and looming economic catastrophe, the corporate backstabbing and intrigue in the musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” seem pretty trivial.

But the fact that the talented cast of the current Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s production of the Frank Loesser classic can keep straight faces while making all its petty tomfoolery seem like matters of life and death is half the fun of the show.

To its original audiences in the early 1960s, this musical was a contemporary satire. Nowadays, “How to Succeed …” plays like a slapstick version of the cableTV hit “Mad Men,” with the audience enjoying dated props and costuming, as well as refreshingly large doses of goodnatured sexism and political-incorrectness. It’s basically a nostalgia-fest, and a side-splittingly funny one under the deft direction of Valerie Rachelle.

In his local debut, Adam T. Biner is a hoot as J. Pierrepont Finch, a neophyte who sets out to climb the corporate ladder at World Wide Wickets Inc. armed only with a naïve faith in a how-to book, a winning smile and a set of big brass you-know-whats.

A gifted singer and dancer, Biner uses a well-developed sense of comic timing to

There is little question that Michael Ballam selected “Man of La Mancha” to be the highlight of the current Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre season because the show provided him with an age-appropriate starring role.

On the other hand, it is difficult to think of another musical more ideally suited to the talented performers that the Logan impresario has assembled this summer.

Under the direction of Jack Shouse, this production brilliantly balances the comedic and tragic aspects of Dale Wasserman’s original script for “Man of La Mancha,” delivers an uplifting message of hope triumphing over cynicism and showcases virtuoso vocal performances too numerous to list.

Despite his age, Ballam quickly shrugs off any concerns about meeting the vocal demands of the title role and proceeds to deliver a masterful performance that captures both the childlike innocence of the mad knight Don Quixote and the brave idealism of the prisoner Miguel de Cervantes. When Ballam makes his final exit to face trial by the Spanish Inquisition, there isn’t a dry eye in the theater.

W. Lee Daily is equally marvelous as the Ballam’s reluctant squire Sancho Panza. That dream pairing provides the audience with an unusual opportunity to watch two local theater legends perform side-by-side; that treat alone is worth of the price of admission.

Not to be outdone by her male costars, the lovely Jessica Medoff is spectacular as the fiery Aldonza. Her rendition of the heartfelt confession

his dim-bulb girlfriend, who is deliciously portrayed by Jillian Prefach. that he can do anything, Thanks to imaginative including dance. Who scenic designer Fred M. knew?

Duer, all these corporate W. Lee Daily is in hijinks play out against quirky fine form here as a modernistic set that a bumbling CEO who is is both 1960s chic and hen-pecked at home by his wildly versatile. wife and in the office by The final evening

Photo courtesy of Waldron Creative

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

“Aldonza” in the musical’s second act is electrifying, as is her climactic transformation into Quixote’s dream girl Dulcinea.

Kevin Nakatani is dynamic as usual as Dr. Carrasco, who sets out to cure Don Quixote’s madness but forgets the physician’s first mandate is “to do no harm.”

Other cast standouts include Gregory Gerbrandt as the sardonic self-appointed governor of Cervantes’ fellow prisoners and UFOMT newcomer Michael Day, a winsome tenor who beautifully performs the ballad “To Each His Dulcinea” and a requiem psalm.

Well-deserved kudos also to the UFOMT orchestra; its musicians performed Mitch Leigh’s sinuous score with equal measures of precision and gusto under the direction of conductor Karen Keltner.

Additional evening performances of “Man of La Mancha” will be presented Aug. 6 and 8 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. The final matinee will be offered on Friday, July 31.

performance of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” is slated for Friday, July 31, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. However, a matinee will also be offered on Aug. 8.

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Editor’s Note: Charlie Schill is a former city edi-

tor 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 Texas and the Pacific Stars & Stripes and Japan Times, both daily newspapers in Tokyo.

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The 2015 Cache County Fair and Rodeo will include a wide variety of entertainment Aug. 6-8 at the Cache County Fairgrounds.

The PRCA rodeo will begin at 8 p.m. each night, with pre-rodeo events starting at 7:30 p.m. There will be mutton bustin’ every performance, along with an appearance from renowned rodeo clown Gizmo McCracken.

Musical entertainment will include the Cache County Idol competition at 6 p.m. Thursday, Rough Stock at 8:30 p.m. Friday and a performance by upand-coming country star Kelsea Ballerini at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Other artists schedule to appear are TRUMAN BROTHERS (8 p.m. Thursday); Crimson Rose (4 p.m. Friday); Cache County Idol winners 2015 (5 p.m. Friday); Mark Gibbons (6 p.m. Friday); Just Friends (7 p.m. Friday); Ronald McDonald (3 p.m. Saturday); and Mile Marker 6 (9:30 p.m. Saturday).

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YOUR STUFF

“We Miss Sheridan Welch”

“Evil Kingdom”

By Ba Chau

By Anonymous

We know you’re sad when leaving for a new position Because someone you love and who loves you too We are human beings, so we can’t voice the emotion, We are missing something that we got used to,

Like the beautiful flowers are missing the Spring, The sky is missing the moon on the darkest of nights, The microphone is missing your voice at the meetings, And we are missing your smile when you goodbye.

“The Visit”

By Terri Barnes Tonight I had a visitor, he came into my room.

We talked about love and life, he said, things will be changing soon.

I asked to forgive me, for sins that were in my past. he said, he would do that for me he had been waiting for me to ask.

I asked for a new beginning if it was his will.

Bomb Continued from Page 6 was better than I knew.”

For years, only grainy black and white video footages of scientists working at the Trinity site and the blast were available to the general public. But DeNooyer and producers got access to a color-home video shot by a Los Alamos scientist, depicting life in the secret town.

They also added color to old images and footage, providing a new way to look at the Trinity Test.

The film also shows the horrific effect on Japanese citizens and discusses John Hersey’s 1946 New Yorker essay on the victims of Hiro-

The Devil’s evil kingdom, Works with a master plan.

They have a bag of tricks, It’s lying and deceit.

To deceive some of the people, And destroy the soul of man.

Tools they use so well, Are very hard to beat.

If you value happiness, And want to save your soul.

So follow God’s true leaders, And do what’s right today.

Don’t join this evil kingdom, It takes an awful toll.

Happiness and peace are yours, If you follow and obey.

he said, listen closely to me, keep your heart and spirit still.

“Yesterday’s News”

By Robb Russon

He touched my face with loving hands. and said, my child I love you so. trust in me, have faith in me. be patient, take things slow.

I’m sitting here thinking An old-person’s views.

And I can’t help reviewing All of yesterday’s news.

If I seek past time To see what I’ve done.

I center on honor To maintain what I’ve won.

Past time has a way of Sustaining each act.

So I can look back And pick out that fact.

And my actions today Will soon be past time.

Like yesterday’s news, Either correct or malign.

I asked him for an angel, because I don’t know what to do, I asked him for some happiness so that’s why he sent me you.

shima that shaped public opinion on the threat of nuclear weapons.

Besides the Trinity Test and bombings of Japan on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, the film examines post-World War II nuclear tests and Cold War tensions, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.

DeNooyer said he believed the film was important given today’s debate over the Iran nuclear agreement and fears that terrorists groups might try to obtain a nuclear bomb.

“We should care about it because the bomb is still there,” DeNooyer said.

“The danger is that we don’t really think about it as much anymore. But we still have enough (bombs) to destroy human civilization.”

Box Continued from Page 6 are attempting to link last week’s theater shootings to any dip in the box office this weekend, “the numbers just don’t bear it out.”

Holdovers “Minions” and “Trainwreck” took the third and fourth spots with $22.1 million and $17.3 million, respectively.

Meanwhile, the R-rated boxing drama “Southpaw” surpassed expectations and landed a place in the top five with its $16.5 million opening.

Dergarabedian said that its performance is likely due to star Jake Gyllenhaal’s enthusiastic promotion of the

film and also the fact that it provides an alternative to the standard summer blockbuster fare. “’Southpaw’ felt like a really good fall movie,” he said.

“Paper Towns,” an adaptation of John Green’s comingof-age novel, opened in sixth place with $12.5 million.

The Fox film only cost $12 million to produce, but considering Green’s fan base and last year’s massive $48 million debut of “The Fault in Our Stars,” which Green also wrote, it’s a bit disappointing.

A straight comparison isn’t entirely fair, though. “The Fault in Our Stars” had a much bigger following and transcended age and gender groups with its story of two teens dying of cancer and fall-

ing in love. “Paper Towns” is a more narrow and lighthearted high school tale.

According to exit polls, 71 percent of the “Paper Towns” audience was female and 78 percent were under age 25.

Also, Shailene Woodley was a much bigger name when “The Fault in Our Stars” came out, whereas Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff are somewhat lesser known.

Woodley’s “Divergent” association took the modest film “to another level,” Dergarabedian said.

“I think we have a job ahead of us in the coming weeks to find more of our potential audience who we weren’t able to reach this weekend. But I think we can do that,” said Chris Aronson, Fox’s domestic distribution president.

Rogue Continued from Page 3 improvises as he encounters unexpected scenarios. The opera churns along below, the soundtrack bellowing with its distinct sounds, as he discreetly foils would-be attackers on the catwalks above the stage. It’s a hypnotic series of events.

The backstory is familiar. Hunt and his team have been disbanded once again and considered rogue enemies of the state by the powers in Washington. Director Hunley (Alec Baldwin) provides the bureaucratic obstacle back home, while Hunt finds himself chasing the elusive bespectacled Syndicate puppet master.

Season Continued from Page 5 Those four Mainstage Productions continue in repertory along with 31 accompanying interactive Academy classes taught by industry experts, backstage tours, breakfasts with the stars, literary seminars and five special concerts.

In all, 131 events in 32 days comprise the annual festival.

Concerts include the International Opera Finals July 29, and Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” on Aug. 5, conducted by Dr. Craig Jessop and featuring the American Festival Chorus, special soloists and the Utah

McQuarrie frontloads the film with all of its elaborate set pieces.

Even the scene before the opening credits is the movie’s most talked about stunt. This in turn creates a problem as the end quickly approaches. The film builds up such an extraordinary amount of suspense and intrigue that the final moments seem rather anticlimactic. Perhaps that’s because the snowballing kinetic momentum of the film is just too big that no endcap will adequately satisfy; or maybe the finale is lacking a tad in desperately needed resolution in regards to the wide-ranging dangers of the Syndicate.

Still, there remains the palpable fascination that is Tom Cruise.

Throwing himself into all the stunt work — did you know he was actually strapped to the outside of a

Festival Orchestra.

All Mainstage Productions and concerts are held in the Ellen Eccles Theatre at 43 S. Main St. Performance tickets are available online at utahfestival.org, by calling 750-0300 or in person at the Utah Festival Box Office located in the Dansante Building at 59 S. 100 West. Mainstage Production tickets are $13 to $77, concert tickets are $11 to $41 and Academy tickets are $10.

“Man of La Mancha” A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, Miguel de Cervantes stages a play using his fellow inmates in a bid to save his possessions including his prized manuscript. He becomes

COMING UP

‘This Island’ at Mt. Logan

Music Theatre West will presents “Once on This Island” at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1, and Monday, Aug. 3, in the Mt. Logan Middle School Auditorium. Admission is free.

Twenty-three teen performers will present this fun, Caribbean-style musical, after only two weeks of rehearsals. The show is appropriate for all ages, so bring the whole neighborhood. There is a suggested donation of one or two cans of food for the Cache Community Food Pantry for entrance into the performance, but no one will be turned away.

From the Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (“Seussical” and “Ragtime”) comes the Olivier Award-winning plane while it took off? — and per- “Once On This Island.” This highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy sonally embodying one of Benji’s quotes as he refers to Ethan’s reck- tale, “The Little Mermaid” garnered eight Tony nominations during its Broadway run, including less relentlessness, “One of these Best Musical, Book and Score. days you’re going to take things “You will be amazed at what these teens have too far.” learned in just two weeks,” says Debbie Dit Cruise is a magnetic presence ton, director of Music Theatre West. “We have a who prefers risking it all for the shot. At one point you’ll notice him remarkable team of professionals, working around the clock, to make sure that they have a great skim his knee on the road while rounding a corner on a bullet bike. experience and that the audience enjoys the performance, as well.”

A real-life “Oh crap!” moment seamlessly intertwined with the

locomotive that is Cruise’s acting dynamic.

The Old Barn Community Theatre in Collinston With all the globetrotting, and will present “Into the Woods” from July 24 to Aug. government agency scapegoating, 15. Directed by Heather Gleason, performances “Rogue Nation” can feel a little will begin at 7:30 p.m. every Monday, Friday and similar to other espionage flicks.

However, McQuarrie’s rare centrist Saturday. There will also be matinees at 2:30 p.m. approach to action movie filmmak- Aug. 1 and 8. Tickets are $8 for adults and $7 for children, seniors and military. For tickets, call (435) ing provides a unique experience.

458-BARN or visit oldbarn.org.

An altogether unexpected one.

Don Quixote and wins over his comrades with hilarious antics and devotion to chivalry. Starring Michael Ballam as Don Quixote, “Man of La Mancha” dreams “The Impossible Dream” of the down and out, but noble of heart.

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

“How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” J. Pierrepont Finch is a window washer with ambition.

Using advice from a self-help book, he climbs the corporate ladder at World Wide Wickets and wins over the hearts of

‘Into the Woods’ at Barn

his coworkers and Rosemary Pilkington. It’s a wild ride to the top featuring musical numbers like “A Secretary Is Not a Toy,” “Cinderella, Darling” and “Brotherhood of Man.” “How To Succeed” plays at 7:30 p.m. on July 31, and at 1 p.m. Aug. 8.

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

timeless classic.

“La Bohème” plays at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1 and 7.

“Carousel” Carefree carnival barker Billy Bigelow loses his job.

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

“Carousel” plays at 1 p.m.

Aug. 1 and 7.

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Continued from Page 8 was to bring city residents around to thought of Utah’s pioneers and America’s patriots, the participants in the project gained just as much from their performance.

“My experience and my preference is, it’s always fun to be able to participate in some sort of music production,” Pace said. “So being involved with this community nonprofessional group is just another opportunity to get out and have fun. And of course the patriotic

neer Day,” Oldham said. “Us and every other city in the valley, we always focus on fireworks and baseball games and fishing tournaments, 5Ks, dinners, stuff like that.

And this is the first time we really offered a kind of a program, a patriotic program, and that’s something we’d really like to do in the future, set an hour apart on the 24th before we do our fireworks and our movie in the park and just kind of have that hour or so to really focus on the pioneers and patriots.”

Anthony added, “There were many who said so, said, ‘Please let this continue. Let’s do this again.

This is wonderful.’”

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Pioneers

aspect and the pioneer aspect just add an extra dimension of emotion and pulling at the heartstrings, thinking about the whole reasons behind why we have this celebration makes it extra special instead of just some sort of jam session out on the corner.”

If you were unable to attend this year’s presentation of “Pioneers and Patriots,” all signs point to you having another chance to attend next year and years to come. Both volunteers and city officials plan to continue the project annually for the forseeable future.

“We really want to offer that spirit of the 24th of July, of Pio-

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24. By all means 25. Vittles 26. Perception 32. Gradually decreasing in tempo 33. Naught 34. One on the move 36. Network type 37. Brings spirit 38. Leaf-stem angle

39. Cuisine that’s big on noodles 40. French vineyard 41. River in China 43. For each one 46. Hampton ___ 47. Math figure 48. On the briny 49. Notable period 51. It carries peas 52. Enlightened Buddhist 57. Olfactory’s job 58. It is better fresh 60. Great boxer 61. Sao Paolo neighbor 62. Provide staff for 63. Word in a simile 65. “I Love Lucy” station 66. Part of A.A.R.P. (abbr.)

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Magic happens “once in a blue moon,” and to celebrate the last blue moon of 2015 – and the second of this month – First Presbyterian Church of Logan will offer a gala evening of music and fine food on Friday, July 31, at Bruner Hall, 178 W. Center St. There is no admission charge, but free-will offerings are gratefully accepted.

Global Village gifts is hosting “A Night For Nepal” — a fundraising event for the victims of the earthquakes in Nepal from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 31, at 69 E. 100 North. We will have henna, belly dancing and Indian and Hispanic food. Event is open to the public with no cost to enter.

Visit globalvillagegifts.org for more information.

The Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre presents the Chamber Music Series at 1 p.m. Friday, July 31, at the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West. Professional musicians from the UFOMT’s orchestra will play music by Telemann, Mozart and Beethoven for viola quartet, horn quintet and string quartet. Ticket prices are $14 to $40 and can be purchased by calling 750-0300 ext. 3, online at utahfestival.org or in person at the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West.

Every other year, the Clarkston Pageant recounts the life and testimony of Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses of the origin and authenticity of the Book of Mormon.

“Martin Harris: The Man Who Knew” is scheduled to be held again this year beginning at 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 31. Additional performances will be held at the same time on Aug. 1, 4-8 and 11-15, at the Martin Harris Memorial Amphitheater at 1100 N. 8400 West in Clarkston. To request tickets, visit clarkstonpageant.org. Admission is free, but reservations are required.

That Famous Preston Night Rodeo will continue on Friday,

July 31, and Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Preston. Pre-events begin at 8:15 p.m., and the rodeo starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at prestonrodeo.com.

The Rodeo Days Parade will begin each night at 6:30 p.m., while the City of Fun Carnival will be open each day, along with booths, food and entertainment along Main Street and in the City Park.

SATURDAY July’s Skys Airshow will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Preston Municipal Airport. Come experience the high-octane thrills as aerobatic pilots themselves and their aircraft to extreme levels of performance. World War II aircraft will be performing, on display and available for rides before and after the show. Gates open at 8 a.m. Admission is $5 per person.

The Logan Library presents “Learning @ the Library” — classes showing how to get the most from your e-reader device or computer using the free resources available at the library.

“Facebook Basics” will be taught at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Logan Library. You can use the library’s devices or bring your own. Sign up in person at the information desk or call 7169120.

Lace ‘N Levis Square Dance Club will be dancing on Saturday, Aug. 1, at 1650 E. 2600 North at North Logan. Round dancing class starts at 6 p.m., main stream class at 7 p.m. and plus and main stream club dance at 8 p.m. (On Sept. 12 we are starting a new class for beginning square dancing and round dancing. The class is open to couples, singles and families). For more information, call Mike at 757-4479.

Raven Spirit will perform from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. The Utah Ukulele Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 9

p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at Willow Park. For more information, visit utahukefest.com.

The Blue Blazers will perform from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market on the grounds of the Historic Cache County Courthouse at the corner of Main Street and 200 North.

Music Theatre West will presents “Once on This Island” at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1, and Monday, Aug. 3, in the Mt. Logan Middle School Auditorium. Admission is free. Twentythree teen performers will present this fun, Caribbean-style musical, after only two weeks of rehearsals. The show is appropriate for all ages, so bring the whole neighborhood. There is a suggested donation of one or two cans of food for the Cache Community Food Pantry for entrance into the performance, but no one will be turned away.

3-7. This is the camp with all the quintessential experiences that create powerful nostalgic memories and help your child fall in love with nature! Campers will explore a broad range of naturalist topics through group lessons, experiments, outdoor exploration, and nature play. Whether we’re testing water quality to learn about aquatic invertebrates in the Logan River, or planting milkweed boxes to start our home butterfly garden, this camp is sure to delight every curious explorer. Cost is $190; $175 for SNC members. For more information or to register, visit logannature.org or call 755-3239.

The first stage of the Tour of Utah will begin at 9:15 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3, at the corner of 100 East and Federal Ave. The 132mile stage will take riders through Logan Canyon, down into Garden City, around Bear Lake, back over the Bear Lake Summit and then down Logan Canyon and into Logan. For more information, visit tourofutah.com.

The Tour of Utah Team Presentation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at the The Logan Library Monday Logan Golf & Country Club. This Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. free, community event will give Monday, Aug. 3, in the Jim fans an up-close and personal Bridger Room. This week’s introduction to the world-class movie is the World War II epic men and women competing in “Midway,” which is rated PG. this year’s Tour of Utah. Visit touPopcorn and admission is free. rofutah.com for more information.

The Booklore Club will hold its annual business meeting and luncheon will meet at 1 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 3, at the bowery Newfolk Revival will perform located at the LDS Church from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, building at the corner of 800 at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. North and 500 East.

The Post-Mormon CommuniMusic Theatre West will ty is a non-sectarian organization presents “Once on This Island” of individuals and families who have left Mormonism. The Cache at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1, and Monday, Aug. 3, in the Mt. Valley chapter meets for dinner Logan Middle School Auditoand socializing at a local restaurium. Admission is free. Twentyrant at 6:30 p.m. every Sunday three teen performers will presevening. Newcomers welcome. ent this fun, Caribbean-style For more information call Jeff at musical, after only two weeks of 770-4263 or visit our website at rehearsals. The show is approwww.postmormon.org/logan. priate for all ages, so bring the whole neighborhood. There is a suggested donation of one or two cans of food for the Cache The Stokes Nature Center Community Food Pantry for will hold its Jr. Naturalist Camp entrance into the performance, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug.

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TUESDAY The Logan Library and the Logan Library Friends are cosponsoring a Reader’s Circle for book discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, in the Lake Bonneville Room. Refreshments will be served. For further information, contact Jason Cornelius, adult fiction librarian at 716-9143 or Hilary Shughart from the Logan Library Friends at 213-3668.

The Logan Library will host Teen Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s theme is “So Crafty!” Let your creativity run free.

WEDNESDAY Do you love chess? Then drop by the Logan Library any (or every) Wednesday evening in August for a game and a little refreshment. All skill levels are welcome. Games are open for anyone age 8 to 108. Games will be available beginning at 7 p.m. in the Lake Bonneville Room. Call Joseph Anderson at 716-9137 for more information.

Come join the Cache Naturalists Group at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 5, in the Lake Bonneville Room at the Logan Library. The activity will be “An Introduction to Nature Journaling.” This event is open to all ages and abilities.

THURSDAY The 2015 Cache County Fair and Rodeo will include a wide variety of entertainment Aug. 6-8 at the Cache County Fairgrounds. The PRCA rodeo will begin at 8 p.m. each night, with pre-rodeo events starting at 7:30 p.m. There will be mutton bustin’ every performance, along with an appearance from renowned rodeo clown Gizmo McCracken. Thursday’s entertainment will include the Cache County Idol competition at 6 p.m. and TRUMAN BROTHERS at 8 p.m.

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