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Cache Magazine A father reflects on his daughter’s performances in the ‘The Nutcracker’

The Herald Journal

NOVEMBER 25-DECEMBER 1, 2011

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November 25-December 1, 2011

MUSIC 3 The Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble perform

4 Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series begins tonight

12 Anonymous 4 will

perform and teach master classes locally

theater

3 ‘A Christmas Carol’ is coming to the stage

5 USU presents ‘Twentieth Century’

movies

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7 ‘The Muppets’ will have you grinning ear to ear

MISC. 5 Community events mark

World AIDS Day

6 Brigham City museum hosts ‘Going Places’ exhibit

COLUMN

10 Dennis Hinkamp sees black and red all over

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

Dancers practice at the Whittier Center on Saturday for their upcoming performances of “The Nutcracker.” On the cover: Dancers perform the two-act ballet during a rehearsal Tuesday night at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. (Photos by Eli Lucero/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR

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ater tots, Pop-Tarts, quesadillas and frozen pizza.

Here you have a list of a few of the items I can cook, if we can even call it that. I live on a “Gilmore Girls” kind of diet — get takeout, throw whatever is frozen in the oven and eat something sweet while you wait.

I’ve never had a problem with this, but about a year ago, I was suddenly struck with a desire to improve my culinary competency. I credit this sudden streak to my grandma, who was no stranger to the kitchen.

My grandma served a homemade meal three times a day every day, and dirtied every pot and pan in the process. As a child my mom would clean all those dishes. The result: she never wants to use cookware. My mom says if you couple that with her dislike of the grocery store, you can see why she doesn’t cook every meal. I feel the same way.

My grandma was an amazing cook.

So, with her as my inspiration, I’ve taken to the kitchen. It hasn’t been a smooth road. Double boiler, what?

What measures to be a clove of garlic?

Not too long ago, I filled the kitchen with smoke while I tried to make my first batch of toffee. It’s gotten better,

though.

With Thanksgiving yesterday and the approaching holidays, I’ve been thinking about my grandma, her homecooked meals and the traditions we have as a family. This time of year also reminds me of “The Nutcracker.” I’ve gone a few times and, for me, the performance of that ballet is a sign that the holiday season is under way.

In Cache this week, Shawn Harrison, sports editor at The Herald Journal, writes about the years he has watched his daughter perform in “The Nutcracker.” You can find his story on page 8.

And next week, Manette will be back.

— Arie Kirk

This holiday season the classic Dickens novel comes to life as Four Seasons Theatre Company presents the musical “A Christmas Carol.” The performance runs Dec. 1-3, 5, and 8-10 on the Sky View High School stage.

This version of “A Christmas Carol” was originally performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Music was written

by Alan Menken, Academy Award winning composer of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Aladdin.” Not surprisingly, the music in “A Christmas Carol” has a very Disney-esque feel that will delight audiences and inspire them with the spirit of Christmas.

The talented cast of local performers is excited to be part of Four Seasons Theatre Company’s maiden production. “A Christmas Carol” stars Scott Hunsaker as the legendary humbug himself, Ebenezer Scrooge. Hunsaker

has performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and locally in “Beauty and the Beast” and “Annie.” Sarah Huff is featured as the haunting and beautiful Ghost of Christmas Past. Other local cast members include Teresa Jones (Christmas Future), Kody Rash (Christmas Present), Jon Rash (Bob Cratchet), and 6-year-old Caden Stuart as Tiny Tim. Four Seasons Theatre Company is Cache Valley’s newest theater company created by local performer and designer Kody Rash, his wife Kim, and brother Jon Rash. Four Seasons promises to offer an affordable, family-friendly production each of the four seasons of the year starting next summer. Cache Valley performers are invited to audition for all productions. Audition dates will be announced in advance.

Tickets to “A Christmas Carol” are available now at skyviewtix.org or call 435563-6273. Cost is $10 to $12.

– Dennis Hinkamp, columnist

PET OF THE WEEK

Available for adoption

Jazz groups shake it up with a Latin flair Utah State University’s Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble present “Latin Shake Up” on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the USU Performance Hall.

“The evening’s program will take the audience down memory lane and end with a Latin twist of modern jazz,” said Greg Wheeler, director of the USU Jazz Orchestra.

The USU Jazz Orchestra will pay homage to Bob Mintzer, a tenor saxophonist and composer.

“His unique style contributes highly to big band

literature and great tenor will play the Latin rock hit saxophone performance,” “Old San Juan,” originally said Wheeler. recorded by the fusion Tunes performed by band Spyro Gyra. Finally, the USU Jazz Orchestra the jazz ensemble will pay include Bob Mintzer’s homage to Count Basie “Ellis Island,” “Carla,” himself by performing the “Aacha” and “Mr. Fone1981 classic “Flight to Nasbone.” The group will sau.” end with the Latin piece “The USU jazz bands are “Mueva Los Huesos.” fortunate to have visiting The USU Jazz Ensemble, guest tenor saxophonist under the direction of David Branter join them Todd Fallis, will perform during the concert,” said hits such as Jimmy Van Wheeler. “We are honored Heusen’s “Polka Dots and to feature him on a variety Moonbeams” and Shorty of the selections.”

Rogers’ 1954 classic Branter is a classical and “Basie Eyes.” The ensemble jazz saxophonist. He is cur-

rently the department head and director of the jazz ensembles at the Vancouver Community College.

Tickets for the USU event are $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and youth, $5 for USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCA Box Office located in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online at http:// arts.usu.edu/htm/box-office or by calling the box office, 435-797-8022.

Pet: Creamsicle From: Four Paws Rescue Why he’s so lovable: Cream-

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Local performers star in Dickens’ classic

“I wasn’t this irritated yesterday. I really did spend Thanksgiving eating, drinking and being thankful for what I have. The birds sang and the dog snored while napping in the warming sliver of sunlight refracted through the window. ”

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Christmas concert series begins this weekend The Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series 2011 presents a total of 15 free hourlong concerts throughout the holiday season. Here is a look at some of the upcoming performers.

John and Karen Carter have been invited to perform the initial Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert this season. The Carters invited Heather Shepherd and pianist/violinist duo Kevin Kula and Mami Lyon to participate in the concert. The performance begins tonight at 7 at the Logan Tabernacle. It is free to the public.

John and Karen Carter are residents of Logan. Karen is a board certified music therapist, composer and arranger. She was born with the ability to hear music and then instantly be able to play it on the piano.

She currently works at Logan Regional Hospital where she is able to use her extraordinary music skills for the benefit of the patients there. John is the owner of Thirteen/Eight Productions, a full service recording studio where he provides arranging, notation and digital recording services for the community. John is also a composer and arranger. His “Hanon Concerto” was the winner of one of the first Summerfest music competitions in Logan.

John has studied classical piano since the age of 7 and throughout his earlier years was the winner of many competitions and contests. John and Karen released the CD “Carols from the Christmas Cradle” and will be performing pieces from this release during their concert.

Heather Shepherd has been a studio vocalist, lead singer in numerous pop/rock bands, part of many community theaters and choirs, featured soloist in Love’s Greatest Gift, The Easter Cantata performed

Concert schedule All performances in the Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Friday, Nov. 25 Tabernacle Nativity lighting program Thursday, Dec. 1 Preston High Christmas program Karen and John Carter, pictured left, and Heather Shepherd are going to perform tonight in the Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series. The series features a total of 15 concerts.

here in beautiful Cache Valley, and will be soprano soloist for Schubert’s Mass in G this coming spring in Atlanta, Ga. She is also the proud mother of four amazing children. She and her husband make their home in the peach state of Georgia.

This year she released her first solo album “Make It Last,” a collection of original Christmas songs she co-wrote with Stephen Nelson. Many more albums are to come. She is thrilled to be coming to Logan, her home away from home, to perform these songs to kick off the Christmas season.

Kevin Kula has played the piano since the age of 7 and has graduated with a degree in music composition. He has released CDs of his work and is pleased to be able to share his talent in this program. He will be teaming with Mami Lyon for a special piano/violin arrangement of “Ave Maria.”

Kevin enjoys inspiring audiences with his music.

——— A community carol singalong with Sherwin Koyle, Provo organist, is at 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 2, at the Logan Tabernacle.

Being raised in the LDS church, Sherwin Koyle was drafted into musical service at the age of 14 to be the Priesthood accompanist. That calling soon became Sunday school (before the “block meetings”), ward and stake organist. To add variety to the hymns, Koyle would make changes in the accompaniment initially using pen and manuscript. With the advent of computer music writing programs over the years, he has been able to expand his arrangements to include organ solos, choir/organ and choir/ congregation/organ arrangements which are in publication.

Christmas is his favorite time of year. The warmth and goodwill expressed during that holiday gives people hope throughout the year. Koyle devoted a majority of his time to the gathering and arranging of Christmas carols, both familiar and unfamiliar. For 30 years, he performed and recorded at the beloved Provo Tabernacle. The annual Christmas caroling programs became part of Provo’s Community Winterfest.

——— Paul D. Seare has taught

at Preston High School for 17 years. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a BM and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with an MM, later he studied at University of Oregon School of Music where he worked on a DMA. Preston High School choirs have performed in Los Angeles, Seattle, Victoria, B.C., and Vancouver, B.C. They also were featured as the All-State choir in 1996 for the state of Idaho. In 2006 they were featured with the Victoria Symphony as the featured choir in a joint concert with many high schools from around the United States. Currently there are four choirs at Preston: Intermediate Chorus, Ladies Ensemble, Jazz Choir and A Cappella Choir.

The Preston High School band will perform percussion, wood wind and brass ensembles. The 27-student band is under the direction of Wayne Manning, who is in his fourth year of teaching at Preston High School. He leads bands in sixth grade to high school.

Manning graduated from Utah State University with a degree in music education.

Friday, Dec. 2 Community carol sing-along Sherwin Koyle, Provo organist Saturday, Dec. 3, at noon Cache Children’s Choir Tuesday, Dec. 6 Bel Canto Women’s Chorus Wednesday, Dec. 7 Cache Symphony Thursday, Dec. 8 The Towne Singers Friday, Dec. 9 Westminster Bell Choir Saturday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m.

Bear River Valley Reflections (women’s chorus) Sunday, Dec. 11 Annual Cache Food Pantry benefit concert Tuesday, Dec. 13 Sassafras (women’s folk band) Wednesday, Dec. 14 Logan’s Rising Stars (young musicians) Thursday, Dec. 15 3’s Company Music Studio Friday, Dec. 16 Imperial Glee Club

the USU Taggart Student Center Stevenson Ballroom Monday, Nov. 28, through Thursday, Dec. 1.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt, founded in 1987, is the largest ongoing community arts project in the world, with more than 40,000 panels, each memorializing a life lost to AIDS. At USU, a host of events accompanies the memorial display to foster remembrance, awareness and hope, event organizers said.

Following the Thanksgiving holiday, a week of events commences in conjunction with the memorial exhibit, including service of Holy Eucharist at St. John’s Episcopal Church (85 E. 100 North, Logan) Sunday, Nov. 27,

with a 9 a.m. family service and 11 a.m. principal service.

An opening reception for the exhibit hosted by USU’s Center for Women and Gender is Monday, Nov. 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the TSC Stevenson Ballroom. The reception is open to everyone in the community.

Nov. 29 activity includes speakers Kate Kendall, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Emily Holmes, STD prevention coordinator for the Utah Department of Health, at 7 p.m. at the TSC Stevenson Ballroom.

“Then and Now: The Face of HIV/AIDS,” a community panel with special guests Wayne and Sandra Schow is Nov. 30

at 3 p.m. in the TSC Stevenson Ballroom.

Activities conclude Dec. 1 with World AIDS Day on the Patio, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., sponsored by USU Black Student Union , and the World AIDS Day Interfaith Service and Candlelight Vigil at St. John’s Episcopal Church at 7 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public. The USU AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibit and event series was organized by a committee of faculty, students and staff from across campus, as well as community members.

Additional information about the AIDS Memorial Quilt display and event series is available at http:// www.usu.edu/accesscenter/aidsquilt.cfm.

Head back in time with ‘Twentieth Century’ Ride back in time with the Utah State Theatre in the play “Twentieth Century” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1-3 and 7-10 at the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center on Utah State University’s campus.

The production is presented by USU’s Theatre Arts Department.

“This is a screwball comedy presenting unique comedic timing challenges as well as demanding stylish acting choices,” said Leslie Brott, the play’s director and head of the acting program in the theatre arts department. “Besides being fun to do, the production offers generous training opportunities for the actors.”

Set in two 1930s luxury drawing rooms and the observation lounge of the Twentieth Century Limited train, a flamboyant theater producer, Oscar Jaffe, is trying to convince his old flame, Lily

Garland, to sign an acting contract. Meanwhile, Oscar is doing his best to ward off a would-be playwright, Lily’s boyfriend, a producer and a religious fanatic, among others on the train as he attempts to

seal a deal with Lily.

Oscar Jaffe is played by Jason Craig West, a USU theater education major.

Lily Garland is played

by Mackenzie VanEngelenhoven, a history major with a minor in theater.

“Oscar is a largerthan-life character who has a roller coaster of emotions,” said West.

“Regardless of his eccentric behavior, he is truly a theater genius.”

“Twentieth Century,” by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, is based on a play by Charles Bruce Millholland in a new adaptation by Ken Ludwig.

USU’s production of “Twentieth Century” is rated “I” for intermediate and is recommended for children 13 and older.

Tickets are $13 general admission, $10 seniors and youth, $8 USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information and tickets visit the CCA Box Office located in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-7978022 or go online at the Caine College of the Arts’ website, arts.usu.edu.

Utah state university Logan Canyon Winds, Utah State University’s faculty wind quintet, presents its fall recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, in the USU Performance Hall. Tickets for the Nov. 29 concert are $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and youth, $5 for USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCA Box Office located in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online, arts.usu.edu, or by calling 435-7978022.

“The Forgotten Carols,” a Christmas musical written by bestselling songwriter Michael McLean, returns to Logan with the 20th anniversary tour. The production will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Kent Concert Hall on Nov. 29 and 30. Tickets for “The Forgotten Carols” are available at www.ForgottenCarols.com or by calling 1-866-846-7302. There is a 15 percent discount for groups of 10 or more.

bridger Folk music society Bridger Folk Music Society welcomes Dana and Susan Robinson to Crumb Brothers Bakery, 291 S. 300 West in Logan, on Saturday, Nov. 26. From Asheville, N.C., the Robinsons bring to the stage an exciting blend of original songs and old time music.

With Dana on guitar and fiddle, Susan’s clawhammer banjo playing and harmony singing, they bring a joyful energy and the sound and feel of the American landscape to their concerts. Doors open at 7 p.m. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission $13 each. For reservations and information, call 435-757-3468.

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HIV/AIDS is a disease that impacts the community; the scars it leaves are real. For Todd Milovich, education outreach program coordinator at Utah State University’s Access and Diversity Center, the issue has become a personal one, having lost two friends to the disease.

“Even though the mass hysteria has passed, the disease has not,” Milovich said. “More people than ever are contracting and dying from AIDS. Education and awareness based in reality, not morality, is the cure, not blind ignorance.”

To highlight the issue and commemorate World AIDS Day (Dec. 1), Utah State University will display panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt in

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Events commemorate World AIDS Day COMING UP

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‘Going Places’ exhibit open at Brigham City museum Carriages — not cars — once ruled When: Through Jan. 7, 11 a.m. the road. These forerunners of automoto 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, biles and trucks were absolutely essenand 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Closed tial to American life in the 1800s. Carriages came in an amazing assortment Thursday, Nov. 24, and Saturday, of sizes, shapes and finishes, from the Dec. 24. buckboard phaeton to the sidebar buggy Where: Brigham City Museumto the booby hut.

Gallery, 24 N. 300 West. The museSome of the forerunners of the autoum is located in the lower level of the mobile can be seen in the national travBrigham City Community Center. eling exhibition “Going Places” at the TICKETS: Admission is free.

Brigham City Museum-Gallery. “Going Places” explores the culture, evolution, and eventual demise of horse-drawn toric Europe and their form, which was transportation, from the early 19th cenknown from excavations, suggests that tury, through the industrial revolution, the basic construction techniques of and into the 1900s and the dawn of the wheel and undercarriage were estabautomobile age. lished then.

Roland Bringhurst, a board member Museum Director Kaia Landon says, for Wagon Land Adventure, will give “While many people have heard of the presentation Conestoga: The AllStudebaker as a car maker, few people American Wagon at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, know that Studebaker was initially a Dec. 8. The public is invited, and admiswagon company. Brigham City even had sion is free. For further information, call a Studebaker shop. In the 19th century, Courtesy of Brigham City Museum-Gallery 435-226-1439 or visit www.brighamciCooperative Wagon Shop & Blacksmith, one of the photos that will be on view during Brigham City was full of corrals, blacktymuseum.org.

“Going Places,” an exhibit at the Brigham City Museum-Gallery. smith shops and other businesses to The exhibition is funded by the Utah support horse-drawn vehicles, including Humanities Council, the National new technology. The exhibition also and Eli Anderson. This is a three-seater two wagon makers in 1884.”

Endowment for the Humanities, and the covers a broad range of questions: How Buckboard with seats that can be eas“Going Places” was curated by WilMid-America Arts Alliance. The Utah were carriages made and repaired? ily removed to haul other materials, liam F. Ayres, director of collections Humanities Council (UHC) enriches Where were they sold, and who could including caskets. This buggy is set for and interpretation at the Long Island our cultural, intellectual and civic life by afford them? The answers are surprising, a single horse or a pair, has both a pole Museum of American Art, History and providing opportunities for all Utahns to and frequent parallels to today’s car cul- and a shaft.

Carriages. The exhibition has been made explore life’s most engaging questions ture make “Going Places” a fascinating Games for families that are incorpopossible by NEH on the Road, a special and the wonders of the human experijourney. rated into the exhibit are Outfit Your initiative of the National Endowment ence.

The traveling exhibition will be Own Carriage and Match the Right Car- for the Humanities. It is toured by MidVisitors to the Brigham City Museum supplemented by photographs and artiriage. The History Channel has provided America Arts Alliance. Founded in 1972, will experience diverse artifacts — facts related to historic transportation the video The Bigger Picture #1.

Mid America is a nonprofit regional arts including a full-sized carriage, children’s in Box Elder County from the Brigham The word “carriage” is from the old organization based in Kansas City, Mo. carriages, and assorted harnesses and City Museum’s permanent collection, as northern French word “cariage” which The Brigham City Museum-Gallery is tack — that speak volumes about our well as a Bar Harbor Buckboard, loaned means to carry in a vehicle. The fouran art and history facility in Box Elder insatiable desire for travel, speed and

by Wagon Land Adventure Foundation wheeled wagons were used in prehisCounty that opened in 1970.

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Anyone who remembers the puppet opera at the end of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” understands the love that Segel has for Muppets in general. Likewise, if you can remember the songs he wrote for that puppet musical, you’ll be automatically attracted

to this movie. Each song here is full of life, sung with smiles, and has just the right mix of humor to keep everyone laughing. Bret McKenzie, from the band Flight of the Conchords, had a role as music supervisor on the movie. There’s one song in particular where fans of the Conchords will notice a heavy Bret McKenzie influence on the lyrics. It also happens to be one of the best musical numbers of the entire movie.

In the end though, “The Muppets” is fun in its purest form. It’s almost impossible to watch it without a sappy grin spreading ear to ear.

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The Reel Place Aaron Peck

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A father reflects on his daughter’s time in Cache Valley Civic Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’

t’s Nutcracker time.

Every year, right after Thanksgiving, you can count on the Cache Valley Civic Ballet putting on the classical two-act ballet with the musical score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It’s a tradition here in the valley. And this year will be no different. The CVCB has been hard at work for months in preparation for the 2011 performance, which will be the 29th year the company has put it on in Cache Valley. Ninety-two cast members and many more behind the scenes will put on the show four times to the delight of audiences this year, starting tonight at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

This evening’s performance will begin at 7:30, with a pair of shows at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The final time to see “The Nutcracker” in Cache Valley will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

“When you start adding up all the people involved, including 42 in the orchestra pit, there is almost 200 people involved with putting on the show,” said Sandy Emile, the artistic director for the CVCB. “If you were to count up all the hours, costumes and set, it’s a $55,000

show put on every year for Cache Valley, right here. I’m so proud of that. It’s so neat the community supports this.”

And tickets may be hard to come by at this point, so don’t delay if you are interested.

For me, “The Nutcracker” is personal. I look forward to it each year and have attended multiple times the past few years. Having a daughter in it has helped me grow an appreciation for “The Nutcracker” and ballet in general.

From being a party girl six years ago to now being part of the CVCB’s Senior Company, Samantha has blossomed into an incredible dancer. That has caused me to watch much closer and learn the story better.

My first experience with “The Nutcracker” actually came years ago when I was a student at Utah State University and was assigned to do a feature on the production. I attended, but honestly, I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on.

It was interesting and different. I wrote the piece and went on to my career mostly writing about sports.

I never thought at the time I would watch “The Nutcracker” many times

each November. But I look forward to it now and feel something would be lacking if I didn’t see it at least once each holiday season.

Now that I have a daughter that eats, drinks, sleeps and breaths ballet, my opinion has changed.

While mothers are heavily involved in volunteering, fathers are also needed.

I’ve played more the supportive role — driving and picking up from classes, encouraging, cheering, beaming with pride and buying lots and lots of flowers over the years.

“We’ve seen a lot of fathers get involved because of their daughters,” Emile said. “It’s easy for a dad to get involved with their son’s football team or Boy Scout group. When they have a daughter, it’s challenging and a little intimidating. Yet, dads can be so useful and helpful.”

Emile recalled how her father helped out back stage, then developed a sound system that could be moved around easier. He would take care of the sound system, while she danced.

“Basically, in any civic organization, everybody’s talents can be used,” said

Emile, who has been in “The Nutcracker” for 40 years and continues to have what she called a small role. “... Moms have a tendency to dig in more and get involved. When it’s not something that’s comfortable for them, dads have a little harder time. Ballet is a little intimidating. It’s not, but it has that persona.”

Perhaps that’s my excuse. I have not volunteered to help out behind the scenes. Sitting out in the theater and taking in the music and the movements of the dancers is my way of supporting.

Fathers can get involved and do with the CVCB. Several parts are actually played by fathers of ballet dancers. Dads also help in moving sets and other functions behind the curtains.

Emile had to actually turn away some boys and young men this year as more then enough tried out for open spots.

“It’s amazing,” Emile said. “I don’t put them in tutus. I need, big, strong, masculine movement. They are not even in tights. ... They wear very respectful clothing they are comfortable in.”

Maybe she was saying that for me.

But I have noticed more young men involved, at least with “The Nutcrack-

er.” Perhaps they just want to be part of the tradition.

“Our audiences come to ‘The Nutcracker’ because it’s tradition,” Emile said. “They want the tradition, I believe, which is why we almost totally sell out for every single show. ... It’s classical and will always be a little different because the performers change. It’s just like listening to a live orchestra, which we’re luckily enough to have.”

“The Nutcracker” isn’t just for girls, their mothers and grandmothers. It is for everyone.

I marvel at the strength, gracefulness and endurance of the dancers. And I’ve learned from the year my daughter was a dew drop and had to rise out of the mist, that is not easy when it comes to ballet. Or how about dancing around on your toes with snow piling up on the floor as a snowflake. And let’s not even think about doing the splits as a soldier fighting against the mice army. My daughter and many others just like her have done this much to the enjoyment of a packed theater. It really is something special.

To see the progress is also delight-

ful. Eight years ago Samantha began because, “I just wanted to dance.”

And dance she does, twirling around the house, outside and just about everywhere. In fact, I know something is wrong when she isn’t doing some sort of move and up on her toes. The CVCB has been a great place for her to learn ballet. Emile estimated 1,800 hours goes into preparing for “The Nutcracker.”

That wouldn’t happen without the support of parents.

“God bless parents,” Emile said.

“Mine had no clue what I was doing, but they supported me. ... I see that here a lot.”

“This is a very well defined show. ...

I’ve got it down to a science. So, I can get it up and running and out in about nine weeks. ... These kids give up their Saturdays, some Fridays. They give up a lot of their personal time.”

Which, for my daughter, is not really a sacrifice. She loves ballet that much.

And getting to perform in the Eccles Theatre is always a treat. Emile grows a big smile when talking about it.

See STAGE on page 10

Text by Shawn Harrison Photos by Eli Lucero Above: Samantha Harrison, center, performs in “The Nutcracker” during a rehearsal Tuesday night at the Eccles Theatre. Harrison is a snowflake and a flower in this year’s production. Pictured left: Dancers practice Tuesday. Jade Wimmer, pictured third from the left, performs in “The Nutcracker” during a rehearsal. There are almost 200 people involved in the production of the two-act ballet, including 92 cast members and 42 people in the orchestra pit.

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A father reflects on his daughter’s time in Cache Valley Civic Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’

t’s Nutcracker time.

Every year, right after Thanksgiving, you can count on the Cache Valley Civic Ballet putting on the classical two-act ballet with the musical score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It’s a tradition here in the valley. And this year will be no different. The CVCB has been hard at work for months in preparation for the 2011 performance, which will be the 29th year the company has put it on in Cache Valley. Ninety-two cast members and many more behind the scenes will put on the show four times to the delight of audiences this year, starting tonight at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

This evening’s performance will begin at 7:30, with a pair of shows at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The final time to see “The Nutcracker” in Cache Valley will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

“When you start adding up all the people involved, including 42 in the orchestra pit, there is almost 200 people involved with putting on the show,” said Sandy Emile, the artistic director for the CVCB. “If you were to count up all the hours, costumes and set, it’s a $55,000

show put on every year for Cache Valley, right here. I’m so proud of that. It’s so neat the community supports this.”

And tickets may be hard to come by at this point, so don’t delay if you are interested.

For me, “The Nutcracker” is personal. I look forward to it each year and have attended multiple times the past few years. Having a daughter in it has helped me grow an appreciation for “The Nutcracker” and ballet in general.

From being a party girl six years ago to now being part of the CVCB’s Senior Company, Samantha has blossomed into an incredible dancer. That has caused me to watch much closer and learn the story better.

My first experience with “The Nutcracker” actually came years ago when I was a student at Utah State University and was assigned to do a feature on the production. I attended, but honestly, I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on.

It was interesting and different. I wrote the piece and went on to my career mostly writing about sports.

I never thought at the time I would watch “The Nutcracker” many times

each November. But I look forward to it now and feel something would be lacking if I didn’t see it at least once each holiday season.

Now that I have a daughter that eats, drinks, sleeps and breaths ballet, my opinion has changed.

While mothers are heavily involved in volunteering, fathers are also needed.

I’ve played more the supportive role — driving and picking up from classes, encouraging, cheering, beaming with pride and buying lots and lots of flowers over the years.

“We’ve seen a lot of fathers get involved because of their daughters,” Emile said. “It’s easy for a dad to get involved with their son’s football team or Boy Scout group. When they have a daughter, it’s challenging and a little intimidating. Yet, dads can be so useful and helpful.”

Emile recalled how her father helped out back stage, then developed a sound system that could be moved around easier. He would take care of the sound system, while she danced.

“Basically, in any civic organization, everybody’s talents can be used,” said

Emile, who has been in “The Nutcracker” for 40 years and continues to have what she called a small role. “... Moms have a tendency to dig in more and get involved. When it’s not something that’s comfortable for them, dads have a little harder time. Ballet is a little intimidating. It’s not, but it has that persona.”

Perhaps that’s my excuse. I have not volunteered to help out behind the scenes. Sitting out in the theater and taking in the music and the movements of the dancers is my way of supporting.

Fathers can get involved and do with the CVCB. Several parts are actually played by fathers of ballet dancers. Dads also help in moving sets and other functions behind the curtains.

Emile had to actually turn away some boys and young men this year as more then enough tried out for open spots.

“It’s amazing,” Emile said. “I don’t put them in tutus. I need, big, strong, masculine movement. They are not even in tights. ... They wear very respectful clothing they are comfortable in.”

Maybe she was saying that for me.

But I have noticed more young men involved, at least with “The Nutcrack-

er.” Perhaps they just want to be part of the tradition.

“Our audiences come to ‘The Nutcracker’ because it’s tradition,” Emile said. “They want the tradition, I believe, which is why we almost totally sell out for every single show. ... It’s classical and will always be a little different because the performers change. It’s just like listening to a live orchestra, which we’re luckily enough to have.”

“The Nutcracker” isn’t just for girls, their mothers and grandmothers. It is for everyone.

I marvel at the strength, gracefulness and endurance of the dancers. And I’ve learned from the year my daughter was a dew drop and had to rise out of the mist, that is not easy when it comes to ballet. Or how about dancing around on your toes with snow piling up on the floor as a snowflake. And let’s not even think about doing the splits as a soldier fighting against the mice army. My daughter and many others just like her have done this much to the enjoyment of a packed theater. It really is something special.

To see the progress is also delight-

ful. Eight years ago Samantha began because, “I just wanted to dance.”

And dance she does, twirling around the house, outside and just about everywhere. In fact, I know something is wrong when she isn’t doing some sort of move and up on her toes. The CVCB has been a great place for her to learn ballet. Emile estimated 1,800 hours goes into preparing for “The Nutcracker.”

That wouldn’t happen without the support of parents.

“God bless parents,” Emile said.

“Mine had no clue what I was doing, but they supported me. ... I see that here a lot.”

“This is a very well defined show. ...

I’ve got it down to a science. So, I can get it up and running and out in about nine weeks. ... These kids give up their Saturdays, some Fridays. They give up a lot of their personal time.”

Which, for my daughter, is not really a sacrifice. She loves ballet that much.

And getting to perform in the Eccles Theatre is always a treat. Emile grows a big smile when talking about it.

See STAGE on page 10

Text by Shawn Harrison Photos by Eli Lucero Above: Samantha Harrison, center, performs in “The Nutcracker” during a rehearsal Tuesday night at the Eccles Theatre. Harrison is a snowflake and a flower in this year’s production. Pictured left: Dancers practice Tuesday. Jade Wimmer, pictured third from the left, performs in “The Nutcracker” during a rehearsal. There are almost 200 people involved in the production of the two-act ballet, including 92 cast members and 42 people in the orchestra pit.

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, November 25, 2011

I have a crazy idea. were sharp and hugs Take all the crazy cops hearty. Even the football off occupy-wherevergames on TV seemed camp-removal duty and somehow more pleasant. have them reassigned Life seemed manageable to remove all the crazy and sane. Thanksgiving is pre-Black Friday campby far the best holiday of ers in front of stores. Two the year made even more wrongs make a right; so by its juxtaposition to everybody wins.

Black Friday. ThanksgivI have some respect for ing is the healing light to the Occupy Wall Street Black Friday’s heart of people, but occupying the darkness. sidewalk in front of Best I know, I know; it is not Buy, not so much. You literally evil, but rather are leaving your Thanksa function of business. giving friends and family “Black” is supposed to behind, sleeping in a tent mean the sales will put in 20-degree weather to merchants “in the black,” get $50 off one of six but this necessarily means available 97-inch LCD that some consumers will LED 3D TVs? You be put “in the red.” Can’t deserve some rough we meet in the middle justice and confinement like Congress? Bad until you behave responexample, I know, but the sibly. You are the nuts in same deficit spending that the Christmas fruit cake. seems to be ripping the I wasn’t this irritated political system apart is yesterday. I really did being encouraged as the spend Thanksgiving eatfoundation of seasonally ing, drinking and being encouraged excess. And thankful for what I have. the colors are as antiThe birds sang and the quated as cut and paste dog snored while napping in your word processing in the warming sliver of software. We haven’t sunlight refracted through actually cut and pasted the window. Culinary anything since 1981; neiscents wafted, all wits ther have we used black

Horse-drawn carriage rides offered in Logan

Enjoy the holiday weekend with your family in Logan Downtown on Saturday, Nov. 26, and take a ride back in time.

With plenty of wonderful window displays, Christmas lights, Father Christmas, boutique shopping and “The Nutcracker” performances, Logan Downtown will be the place to be on Saturday.

And this year there will be horse-drawn carriage rides.

Starting at 2 p.m., carriage rides will begin taking guests on an old fashioned carriage ride looping around the Logan

Tabernacle, Historic Main Street and the Logan Temple. The entire loop takes about 15 minutes.

Cost is $4 for children and students, $7 for adults, and $25 for a family or group; the carriage seats four adults and two children comfortably. Since the carriage is an early 1900s original Justin carriage, there is a capacity limit of four adults and two children. Tickets can be purchased at the staging area, 50 N. 100 East, the day of, or save $1 on every ticket by purchasing in advance at The Kater Shop, 81 N. Main St.

Slightly Off Center DENNIS HINKAMP

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Craziness of the holiday season calls for some crazy ideas

and red colors in paper ledgers. The monetary system is just electrons of indeterminate color. With all the debit, credit, PayPal, e-money options out there, it’s getting pretty hard to tell black from red. What color is deficit spending?

But speaking of red, poinsettias are sort of seasonally cute but emblematic reminders of how crazy we are.

Poinsettias are a scentless live plant, mildly toxic to pets, that millions of people buy every year only to promptly throw in the trash the week after Christmas. You don’t

Stage Continued from page 9 “It’s such a jewel for Cache Valley, from its sound system and acoustics,” Emile said of the Eccles Theatre. “... We have got the best fly space, the best. I love it.

Our Christmas tree can grow and totally disappear into the ceiling. Not many places can grow and fly out a 42-foot Christmas tree. That’s pretty impressive. “... We have some great sound technicians here in the valley. I call it magic. They paint the air with music and light and

have to throw them away, but it takes great patience and alchemy to get them to ever turn red again.

And remember folks, opera has three syllables and poinsettia has four.

It’s bad enough we kidnap and kill perfectly good young trees and forcibly sequester them in our homes to act as decorative fire hazards. This wasn’t so bad when you set the tree up three days before Christmas and took it down Dec. 28, but since we want to extend the holiday back to midOctober maybe we should rethink this while we check the batteries in the smoke detectors.

In the craziness that is the holiday season, fake Christmas trees and poinsettias might actually make some sustainable sense.

readers to a variety of community voices. He is not an employee of the news-

paper. Feedback can be sent to dennis.hinkamp@ usu.edu.

Dennis Hinkamp would like to suggest that crazy times call for crazy solutions. He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose

we add our element to it.”

The recent addition of a children’s choir has also been a nice touch.

Like Emile has already stated, the live music is wonderful as well.

What is Emile’s favorite part of “The Nutcracker?” “The magic part for me, when the story begins is when the Christmas tree grows,” Emile said. “I get choked up every year. ...

My next favorite part is the clowns. They steal DECEMBER 17, 2011 at 1:30 & 7:30 pm the show every single ELLEN ECCLES THEATRE time.”

43 South Main Street Tickets: $16 | $18 | $20 | $22 Yes, they are certainly Ticket Office (435) 752-0026 www.EllenEcclesTheatre.org entertaining. But for me, it’s whenever Samantha is on the stage. Those scenes are magical for me.

Walk Logan’s downtown to see artwork by valley residents Celebrate the holiday season with the CVCA Gallery Walk 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 2.

More than 15 locations will participate in this seasonal winter walk. Attendees can enjoy everything from culinary gingerbread masterpieces to artwork by some of Cache Valley’s finest. Just look for the yellow banner at various participating locations or stop in and pick up a map.

During the walk, many of the locations will be collecting food for the Cache Community Food Pantry. People can help the com-

munity get “Hungry for the Arts!” by bringing a non-perishable food item to any location on the walk, the Winter Gift Market on Dec. 2 and 3, during the Parade of Gingerbread Homes throughout the month of December, or at any other arts event in the community. The Cache Valley Arts Summit needs help this holiday season because no one should go hungry in the valley.

Food bins will be available at most locations and many art venues around the valley, including the Logan Arthouse & Cinema,

Cache Valley Center for downtown galleries and the Arts, Ellen Eccles businesses will stay Theatre, Unicorn Theopen late to showcase ater, Anderson Seed & their artists.

Garden and the Caine Many of these artists College of the Arts art are only on display for and interior design proone night. gram located in USU’s Locations that will Fine Art Visual Building, have art on display Room 122. include Cache Valley Visit www.CacheArts. Visitors Bureau, Caffe org for details and speIbis Gallery Deli, The cific location informaCrepery and Citrus and tion.

Sage, The Diamond The Cache Valley Arts Gallery, Gia’s Italian Summit is a forum of Restaurant, Global Vilthe various arts organilage Gifts, Italian Place, zations which flourish Logan Arthouse and in Cache Valley, workCinema, Logan Downing together to increase town Alliance, Logan awareness of the wealth Fine Art, SDesigns at of arts activity and conthe Thatcher-Young tinue the legacy of the Mansion, S.E. Needham valley’s rich culture.

Jewelers, Sego Event This Gallery Walk Planning and Floral features the annual Design, The Sportsman, Winter Gift Market, a St. John’s Episcopal local holiday gift marChurch, Utah Public ket featuring more than Radio, Winborg Master35 artisans with unique pieces Art Gallery and original works, and a the Winter Gift Market. variety of masterpieces Check out www. by some of Cache Valcachearts.org for maps, ley’s favorite artists. details and special hours During the walk, of operation or call the

Artwork by Glen and Barbara Edwards

At the Gallery Walk on Dec. 2, Barbara and Glen Edwards will display artwork at Logan Fine Art. Glen’s ability to paint “real” people shows up in his award-winning watercolor and oil paintings. His paintings have been exhibited in many one-man and juried international, national, regional, state and local exhibits and are collected by people throughout the world. He is represented by galleries throughout the West and Texas. Glen’s artwork is pictured on the left. Pictured on the right is a piece by Glen’s wife, Barbara. After graduating from Utah State University in illustration and working as a freelance illustrator, Barbara evolved as a fine art oil and watercolor painter. Commonly portraying figurative imageries, her painterly, realistic paintings have received numerous awards as they have been exhibited in international, national, regional and state juried, invitational, group and two-person exhibits. The Utah Arts Council as part of the State of Utah’s Permanent Collection purchased two of her paintings. One of those, “Gotcha!” hangs in the Governor’s Mansion in Utah.

Cache Valley Center for the Arts at 435-752-

0026 or email events@ centerforthearts.us.

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Anonymous 4 female vocal quartet coming to Logan The leading female a cappella quartet in the world will appear at USU’s Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6.

Anonymous 4, a vocal ensemble of four women who over a span of 25 years have produced 20 albums of ancient, folk and modern music, is being brought to Cache Valley by the Chamber Music Society of Logan.

The quartet’s award-winning recordings have risen to the top of Billboard’s classical chart, selling almost 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Their Dec. 6 concert will be a holiday version of Anthology 25, which celebrates a quarter century together. The concert program features ancient, medieval chant, traditional folk and gospel, ballads and modern works from each of their prize-winning, charttopping Harmonia Mundi CDs. Looking to the future, the program includes a new work for Anonymous 4 by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang.

Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University and the artistic director of the American Festival Chorus, says, “The superb group is an ensemble of the highest caliber, equal to the King’s Singers.” Edward Reichel said in the Deseret News that “their performances are exquisitely crafted, sung with feeling, eloquence and wonderful expressiveness.” A Birmingham News reviewer raved over the group’s “angelic sound and impeccable clarity.”

Known for their vocal blend and virtuosic ensemble singing, the four women of Anonymous 4 combine musical, literary and historical scholarship with contemporary performance intuition as they create programs by interweaving music with poetry and narrative.

In addition to their medieval repertoire, Anonymous 4 has often reached out into the

realm of contemporary music, and has premiered works by Peter Maxwell Davies, John Tavener, Steve Reich and Richard Einhorn. The group has most recently expanded its repertoire to include traditional music of the British Isles and America.

The ensemble has performed in major venues and festivals throughout North America, Europe and the Far East, and has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” A&E’s “Breakfast With the Arts” and NPR’s “Weekend Edition.”

Stephen Eddins claims the group’s history and demonstrated skill in adapting to a broad variety of national and regional styles of vocal production is remarkable. What is unchanging in their work is the life and spirit that the singers breathe into the music; there is nothing academic sounding about their scrupulous attention to the subtleties of the various vocal styles they bring to their performances.

Using one, two, three and four voices, their work ranges from 11th century plainchant, richly harmonic English conductus and spicy French motets of the 13th century, exotic 15th-century Hungarian polyphony, 19th century shape note hymns and contemporary works.

The pristine tone of each singer is the group’s greatest feature. In unison, voices blended into a single sound, achieved through flawless intonation and avoidance of excessive vibrato. The artists sustain pitch perfection and maintain a warm sweetness of tone for a full concert.

Ruth Cunningham received a degree in performance of early music from the New England Conservatory of Music and is certified as a cross-cultural music and healing practitioner. She special-

WHAT: Anonymous 4 performs as part of Chamber Music Society of Logan Concert When: Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m.

Where: USU Performance Hall TICKETS: $24 for general admission, $10 for students, Tickets are available at arts. usu.edu, 435-797-8022, at the Caine School of the Arts box office or at the door prior to the performance.

izes in improvisational sacred music from varied spiritual traditions in both liturgical and concert settings. She also teaches classes and workshops on using the voice and music as tools for healing and transformation.

Marsha Genensky earned a bachelor’s in music and folklore from Scripps College.

She traveled east to pursue an master’s in folklore and folklife at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to New York and helping to found Anonymous 4. Marsha handles Anonymous 4’s American music research; she acted as music director for several of the group’s recordings. She also teaches performance classes on medieval music and

WHAT: Community outreach and master classes.

For years the Chamber Music Society of Logan has provided opportunities for young musicians to expand their cultural horizons, working directly with professional artists. Anonymous 4 will help students hone their musical skills and build their appreciation for a cappella quartets. As a community outreach, these master classes are free and open to the public, middle school, high school and university students.

When: Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Where: USU Performance Hall

on Anglo-American sacred and secular song for Stanford Continuing Studies.

While Susan Hellauer was earning a bachelor’s in music as a trumpet player from Queens College (City University of New York), an increasing fascination with medieval and Renaissance vocal music led her to convert to singing, and to pursue advanced degrees in musicology from Queens College and Columbia University. Susan

handles Anonymous 4’s medieval music research, and is an adjunct assistant professor of music at Queens College, CUNY, where she directs the Collegium Musicum. She leads workshops for Chant Camp, teaching others the art of chant singing.

Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek comes from Northern Ireland.

After getting a joint honors degree in music and English from Queens University Belfast, she moved to London and became a professional singer known for her willingness to sing all types of music, from baroque and classical opera and oratorio to the extremes of new music. She then moved to New York. In addition to her recording and touring activities with Anonymous 4, she has a busy career as a soloist, appearing with distinguished ensembles.

Steven Plank of Opera Today wrote about these four amazing performers. “Ruth Cunningham’s wonderfully contoured notes, Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek’s exquisite control and warm tone, Susan Hellauer’s intimate clarity of sound, and Marsha Genensky’s command of idiom remind that although the ensemble is perhaps an entity greater than the sum of its component parts, those component parts are stunning in their range of gift.” A New York Times review said the “singers are as powerful and communicative on their own as they are together.”

Performing with directness, purity and straight tone, this ensemble brings crystalline sound to unison and blended harmonies that fully resonate to satisfy the human spirit.

The vocal qualities of the four musicians can be fully appreciated in the acoustical excellence of USU’s Performance Hall.

For more information about the Chamber Music Society of Logan go to www.cmslogan. org. Future concerts are Feb. 16 and Mar. 29.

By Mary Foster Associated Press

The Ruston, La., building industry may be taking a bit of a hit. If everything Rick Gavin writes is as good as his first book, his days of framing houses and hanging plasterboard soon could be over.

“Ranchero,” billed as a crime novel but much closer to a comedic romp, takes readers through the Mississippi Delta, introducing them to a variety of characters, including good guys, bad guys and wannabe bad guys.

Gavin’s hero, Nick Reid, a former cop turned repo man, is on the trail of a big-

screen TV. He is quickly beaten and tied up. His car, a beautifully restored, calypso coral-colored 1969 Ranchero, is stolen. Reid promised his landlady, who owns the halfcar, half-truck, that he would take good care of it. That means he won’t stop until he has recovered the vehicle.

The search for the Ranchero turns into a very colorful trip in an area noted for its music and poverty. It is also noted for its agriculture, with thousands of acres of cotton and soybeans providing not only crops but also most of the beauty in the flatland.

Gavin’s descriptions are wonderful, as when he contrasts the poverty-stricken

agribusiness. There might — from the Ranchero to her have been chicken fingers late husband’s clothes — to and government cheese for everyone she comes across, the two-legged fauna, but to a family of crooks named the flora would get no end of Dubois, a name they couldn't what it needed to survive.” be bothered to “Frenchify.”

Gavin turns out phrase (Going by Dew-boys — after phrase of ear-pleasing “front-loaded and hick speinsight into the Delta and cific” — was good enough those who live there, and dia- for them.) logue that sounds just right.

And when Gavin waxes This includes Reid’s 350funny, he really is funny, pound best friend, Desmond, with enough comedic situato a sweet landlady detertions to keep everyone laughmined to “insist” on giving ing as Reid tries to recover away a wide variety of things the Ranchero.

towns to the lush farmland.

“We rolled in an instant out of food stamps and into

MJ book focuses on music

By Mike Householder Associated Press

We get it already: Michael Jackson was kind of a weird dude.

In the weeks, months and now years since the music icon’s death, news consumers across the globe have been inundated with examinations of Jackson’s life. And frankly, too much of it has focused on the sensational aspects of his 50 years on Earth.

Luckily, for those of us solely on Jackson’s creative who prefer to remember output.

Jackson as a once-in-a“Man in the Music” is generation entertainer and thankfully all about just that the undisputed King of Pop — the music. and not so much for his And it’s really good. sometimes peculiar personal Vogel takes the reader choices, we have Joseph album-by-album, songVogel in our corner. by-song and examines in Vogel, who writes about exhaustive detail how Jackpopular culture, music and son produced a lifetime’s politics for The Huffington worth of music that became Post and teaches at the Unia soundtrack to the lives of versity of Rochester, has millions. written a book that focuses

Jackson’s Motown years, including his work with The Jackson 5, isn’t covered in “Man in the Music,” which focuses on the singer’s solo work, beginning with 1979’s mega-selling “Off the Wall” all the way through “Invincible” in 2001.

Vogel, relying on news archives, Jackson’s words and interviews with those who collaborated on the albums, opens the door to the studio and provides an indepth picture of the artist’s creative process. Each song Jackson recorded during his solo career is examined with a critical eye.

It’s a fascinating read and really a must-have for any Jackson fan.

“I wanted to write something historically and critically rigorous, but approach the subject with less cynicism and curiosity,” Vogel writes in the preface.

Mission accomplished, sir.

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Rick Gavin’s Mississippi Delta is hilarious place

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Books

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CrossworD

By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Pudding heads 8. Antibiotic target 13. Kind of inspection 19. Winged sandal, in mythology 20. Sacramento’s Arco ___ 21. Age of ___ 22. Classic car collector’s maxim?

25. Lament 26. Buckingham of rock 27. McCartney album title 28. Registers 29. Some dogs 31. Tiny amount 33. U2 guitarist 37. Kwa language 38. ___ one’s bets 39. Capone’s pistols perhaps 41. ___ doozy 42. C-worthy 43. Decorative band 45. Basswoods 46. Item thrown during a food fight at the dinner table?

50. Grinders 52. Madison Avenue execs 53. Lepton’s locale 54. Culture media 55. Jiltee of myth 56. “Lovers in Moonlight” painter, to friends 58. Money for old age: Abbr.

61. Early calculators 63. Payoff 66. Bottom line?

67. “Back in the ___” 68. Johnston or Strauss 69. Get a new tenant for 70. Piece of work 72. No longer on the plate 73. Picture elements

74. Descriptive for lucky felon?

80. Flood embankment 81. Gnaws at 82. Crash 83. Assoc. of nations 84. Start of a conclusion 85. Set up 87. “___ De-Lovely” 90. “Hey there!”

91. Don’t just seem 92. Garlic sausage 94. Short cut?

95. “___ Miniver” 97. South African rock band 100. Baby ender 102. Adulterer’s motto?

106. Small digit 107. Dyed fabric 108. Change, as batteries 109. To the rear 110. Politicians’ interpretations 111. Metal tester Down 1. ___ Singers 2. Candle ingredient 3. Container leakage during shipment 4. Romeo’s rival 5. ___ maiden 6. Predisposition, in medicine 7. ___ sack 8. Like the ocean 9. The way things are going 10. Analyzes 11. Extremities 12. Crown 13. Mythical monster 14. 1940’s-60’s world leader 15. ___ Delano Roosevelt 16. Chemistry topic 17. Actor Arnold 18. Toronto-to-Ottawa

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50. Pulp 51. Look like a creep 55. Forest denizen in central Asia 56. Connoisseur 57. More than passing 58. Runs in neutral 59. Walk like a sot 60. They may be fine 62. Ploy 63. Some stars 64. Melodic 65. Tie 68. Put on board 70. Silent ___ 71. Word said before opening the eyes 72. Taro variety 73. Commitment recipients 74. Join hands?

75. Dame Myra 76. Sts. 77. Unpaid debt 78. Wassail alternative 79. Dutch treat 85. Military formation parts 86. Bug zapper 87. Office desk sight

88. Third canonical hour 89. More agile 91. Buzzing 92. Female principle, in Hinduism 93. Director’s order 94. Code of Hammurabi, for one 96. Croupier’s tool 98. They’re all in the family 99. Rice Krispies sound 101. Little devils 102. Busy bee in Apr. 103. ___ Master’s Voice 104. Hopper, to friends 105. Sports ___

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Friends of the North Logan Library promise hundreds of used books, CDs and DVDs at its Black Friday (and Saturday) used book sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 25 and 26. Browse selections at 475 E. 2500 North.

Books are 50 cents to $2. All proceeds are donated by the all-volunteer group to the North Logan Library for purchase of new collection items.

The 28th annual Novemberfest Arts and Crafts Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Logan Recreation Center, 195 S. 100 West.

Christmas and home decor will be on display and for sale, as will food and candy. Admission is $1; children 5 and younger get in free. There will be a drawing for a “Night on the Town” for three lucky winners. Enter at the front entrance. For more information call 752-8142 or 512-9745.

Local talent and multiinstrumentalist Hilary Murray is Logan’s one-woman band, and she will perform from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25, at Caffe Ibis.

SATURDAY The 28th annual Novemberfest Arts and Crafts Fair continues from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Logan Recreation Center, 195 S. 100 West.

Heather Theurer, author of the children’s book “Thaddeus the Boss” will be having a book signing Saturday, Nov. 26, at Hastings. Theurer is a Paradise native whose book was published this month.

If the computer intimidates you, come to our computer basics class at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Pioneer Valley Lodge. Just before class brain food snacks will be served. The address is 2351 N. 400 East in North Logan. This free event

is open to the public. For more information please call 7920353.

On Saturday, Nov. 26, visit Father Christmas in downtown Logan at The Emporium, 55 N. Main St., Logan. Free photos and sweets for everyone. Because Father Christmas loves only fresh chocolates, fudge and wonderful candies, he will give children 50 cents to be used at Peewee’s Sweets at 1 N. Main St. Children can choose from hundreds of wonderful candies, chocolates, fudge and much more.

Live music by Katie and Cat will be from noon to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 26, at Caffe Ibis.

Katie is from Old Ephriam String Band and will be performing with her friend Cat! Katie is an amazing fiddler, if you haven’t had the chance to see her, you need to catch this show!

Open Mic Poety is at 5 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 26, at Caffe Ibis.

Quaid Peterson and friends will open minds and hearts into a different way to look at things through poetry. There is an open invite to all poets out there.

Come and share your poems!

The “Fight for Feeling Fundraiser” auction/raffle/bake sale for Porter Hancock is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Logan High School Girls Gym. Items included but not limited to: four wheeler, 1 ct. diamond earrings, Hoopes Vision lasik eye surgery and signed sports memorabilia from The Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Indianapolis Colts and Baltimore Ravens. Support Porter Hancock and his fight to walk again.

The CAche Practical Shooters (CAPS) will hold its monthly pistol match at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Cache Valley Public Shooting Range. The match will consist of six stages.

Approximately 150 round of ammunition are required. Minimum caliber is 9 mm. Luger. A

required New Shooter Orientation Class will begin at 7:45 a.m. and join the match at 9 a.m. The match is free to firsttime shooters or shooters who have not shot with us previously.

Check the website at www. utahshooters.org for additional information. Match fees are $12 for members and $17 for nonmembers. Membership is not required. Eye and ear protection are required and spectators are welcome. For information contact Rich Meacham at 435-7878131 or 435-770-9399 or email drmeacham@comcast.net.

SUNDAY A fireside for Cache Singles 31 and older will be Sunday, Nov. 27, 340 W. 700 South (across from Willow Park). The speaker will be Mike Ramsdell, a motivational speaker and national best-selling author.

Cache Community Connections, an organization of civic and religious leaders, invites all Cache Valley residents to participate in the eighth annual Faith Exchange Welcome Weeks. Every week in November, the month of Thanksgiving, everyone, whether affiliated with a particular religion or not, is invited to attend a different religious service. This is a time for information, understanding and hopefully thankfulness for the growing religious diversity that our valley has to offer.

Live music by Withered Soul will be from noon to 2 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 27, at Caffe Ibis.

MONDAY Linda Wentz will play the piano for residents of Pioneer Valley Lodge and the public at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28. This is a free event. The address is 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan.

For more information call 435792-0353.

Oil painting students of Loretta Gale will have their annual holiday open house exhibit

Monday, Nov. 28, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 79 E. 450 South, Smithfield. Public welcome.

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Adventures will have volunteer orientation Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 6 p.m. Please RSVP at 435713-0288.

The next Mommy and Me class will be at 11 a.m. Nov. 29 in the Cache County Administration Building multi-purpose room, 179 N. Main St., Logan. Parents will learn great nutrition info and how to create easy, inexpensive and tasty meals for their families. The kids will participate in a nutrition activity and make a recipe for their parents to try.

This month the class will highlight healthy holiday eating. Call 435-752-6263 to reserve a spot.

WEDNESDAY A free Vital Wellness Overview will be from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at 2540 N. 1600 East, North Logan, on Wednesday, Nov. 30.

Come learn about all-natural, clinically-proven technologies from the experts.

The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center in Logan invites you to our annual “Pray for Snow” fundraiser and party at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at The Italian Place. The evening will include a raffle, silent auction, music and a special presentation by Bruce Tremper, director of the Utah Avalanche Center. Suggested donation: $25. For more info call 7972794.

Ken Parker from The American Legion will be at the Logan Department of Workforce Services Employment Center on Wednesday, Nov. 30, to assist individual veterans in understanding and applying for VA benefits including compensation, pension, hospitalization, education and various other benefits. Please bring the following documents: DD form 214,

marriage/divorce papers, birth/ adoption/death certificates and children’s social security numbers. Meet at 180 N. 100 West from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Allison and Colleen, with Utah Pork Producers Assoc. will be at the Providence Macey’s Little Theater from 7 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 30, to share all their best cooking tips for making the perfect tenderloin this holiday season.

THURSDAY Old Barn Theatre will host a Christmas Gala on Thursday, Dec. 1. The evening includes a Christmas buffet and a preview of “White Christmas.” Call 435458-2276 or visit www.oldbarn. org for reservations to the Gala and the show.

Clogging for Seniors is at the Cache County Senior Center, 240 N. 100 East, Logan, on Thursdays from 9:15 to 10 a.m.

Denise is the instructor. All levels of cloggers (even beginners) are invited.

Come to Sultans for “Logan Unplugged” every Thursday night from 8 to 10. Great local singer/songwriters gather to play acoustic covers and original music. Free to everyone 21 and older. Sultans is located at 205 S. Main St., Logan.

Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will have a youth rock climbing activity at 4 p.m.

Dec. 1 at the Rock Haus. Cost is $8.

Choral performance groups from Utah State University open the holiday concert season with “Wintersongs” Thursday, Dec. 1, in a special concert setting at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. It begins at 7:30 p.m. and features the USU Chamber Singers, Women’s Choir and University Chorale.

The concert is free and recommended for children ages 8 and older. The church is in Hyde Park, 725 S. 250 East.

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