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Show C-4 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 15-17, 2018 Renowned children’s music singer readies two play times 434 Main Street Park City, Utah 435-655-9505 www.purplesageparkcity.com Open Monday to Saturday @5:30 Summer Shake Up at the Purple Sage! New summer menu and great specials every night Meatloaf Mondays 1/2off our award-winning meatloaf Two for Tuesday Buy one entrée and receive a second entrée of equal or lesser value for free! (reservations highly recommended) Wine Wednesday 10 great bottles each at 25$ or less 5$ Wine glasses Farmer’s Market Thursday A 3 course dinner sourced from our local farmer’s markets for 35$ Facebook Fridays Like us on Facebook and on Fridays we will post a “Facebook Fan Special” for the weekend Jim Gill will be at Park City Library this Saturday SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record When award-winning children’s book author and musician Jim Gill comes to the Park City Library on Saturday, neither of his sessions be typical concerts. “Jim’s philosophy is to get parents to sit on the floor with their children as they interact and engage with their children,” said Youth Services Librarian Katrina Kmak. “Since that’s the type of environment he wants to set, we’re not going to have the performances in the Jim Santy Auditorium. We’re doing to do them in the Community Room across the hall.” Gill, who is also a child development specialist, will perform at 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. The events are free and open to the public. “He said he would do two per- *Show us your ticket from the parking garage and we will take $3 off your bill to pay for your parking* Jim Gill, award-winning children’s music performer formances for the cost of one just so he could play the Community Room,” Kmak said. “He will also sign his CDs and books if people bring them in.” Gill developed his unique sessions after he earned a degree in child development, with an emphasis on the study of play, from the Erikson Institute of Chicago, he said. “When I was in my 20s, therapeutic agencies around Chicago asked me to lead developmental play groups for families with kids who had special needs,” Gill said. “These weren’t musical play groups in the beginning, but I found myself doing more with The L.A. Times crossword puzzle “LOAF AFFAIR” By MIKE TORCH ACROSS 1 Breaks off 6 Window framework 10 Kicks off 15 Cake-finishing artist 19 Dugout, for one 20 Either of matching words, in a way: Abbr. 21 Home to the Palazzo della Ragione 22 Pew area 23 Flopped financially 24 ’60s protest slogan 26 In 27 Bread worshipers? 29 In a dishonorable manner 31 Makes serious demands on 32 __ Geo: cable channel 33 Source of intolerance 34 Frequent savers 37 Time div. 39 “One of Ours” Pulitzer-winning author 40 Kick out 41 Musical composition about a bread-loving pack animal? 46 Cooped-up critters 47 Arms carriers? 49 Concerns 50 Adjective for rapper Kim 51 Bread joke-teller’s trait? 54 Diet including wild fruit 56 Vote in favor 57 Music and art genre 58 “Lemme __!” 59 Confines 60 Two-time A.L. Manager of the Year Francona, familiarly 61 Ballet movements 63 Cougar, e.g., briefly 64 Declining due to age 67 Harbor view spot 68 Ore source 69 Easy sequence? 72 Norwegian capital 73 Celebratory wish over Jewish bread? 77 “__ yours”: “My gift” 78 Gift recipient 79 Big hits 80 NASA approvals 81 Ibsen title character’s bread? 85 Stop in Québec? 86 Immerses in liquid 87 Get it wrong 88 Insurance company founded for rural workers 90 Takes back 92 Like some discount mdse. 94 Left-hand page 95 King in “The Tempest” 96 “Sorry, I meant to give you a plain burger”? 102 El __ 103 Orchestra section 106 Jenna, to Jeb 107 Nerd 108 Folding declaration 109 Cosmo rival 110 Europop’s __ Base 111 Besides 112 Bottomless gulf 113 Passing out at the table? 114 Golf Channel analyst Wadkins M C I was never one to like having grumpy people tell me what to do...” PHOTO BY ANDREW FRENCH Jim Gill, a five-time Amiercan Library Association Award winner, will bring his music, rhymes and stories to the Park City Library at 1:30 S p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18. music.” The reason Gill began utilizing more music was because the tunes worked to meet the various agencies’ developmental goals for the kids, he said. “It also worked to get parents, grandparents and other caregivers involved with the playing,” he said. “So I started to make up my own songs, and eventually it became something that people asked me to do at libraries or schools.” Gill also tries to write smart music that doesn’t condescend to his audiences. “One thing I found while making up songs for the play groups is that kids want to move to the music; even toddlers want to bounce around when music starts to play,” he said. “So I started making up music that become active-movement games. And I started having fun making up lyrics so I would enjoy it all as well.” Gill mentioned a song called “Spin Again,” to illustrate his idea. The idea of the song was to get listeners to spin around as fast as they can and then stop to enjoy the dizziness, he said. “I found that I could have written the song two different ways,” Gill said. “One would be a bossy way where I would tell the kids to spin around and stop because I told them to. And the other way would be to have fun with the rhymes and teach the kids some vocabulary.” He chose the latter, and his favorite rhyme in the song comes toward the end, where he sings, “I was losing my self discipline. My need to spin was genuine. I felt within that I must spin again.” “It’s a lot more fun to have people (who are) excited about life tell you to do things,” Gill said. “I was never one to like having grumpy people tell me what to do.” SUDOKU DOWN 1 Doctor’s order 2 Part of TTFN 3 Most eligible for service 4 Ineffective 5 Put a price on freedom? 6 Fine furs 7 Writer Nin 8 Reasonable 9 “Fixer Upper” network 10 Verdi creation 11 L.A.-based brewery 12 Tokyo, formerly 13 O.T. book 14 Religious observances 15 Fretful 16 Bread that only appears for a short time? 17 Harmful aspects 18 Try a new shade on 25 Salon coloring 28 Program file suffix 30 Masseuse’s target 33 “See ya!” 34 Architect Frank 35 Yellow-and-white daisy 36 Sleep study subject 37 38 39 41 42 43 44 45 47 48 52 53 54 55 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 Soybean paste “Do __ you must” PC insert Nursery sch. Sharp Mentions specifically Place Disaster movie? U.S. security Norwegian capital Option for a return Precarious Prefix with frost Mandela’s org. Bell sounds Like the Oz woodsman Singing voice, informally Looney Tunes stinker Soften in feeling Hop-jump link Art Deco artist Bread with a winelike aroma? Breathes hard Ocean feature Worship 15-Across co-worker 71 73 74 75 76 78 82 83 84 85 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 97 98 99 100 101 104 105 Dermatologists’ concerns Refines “Good buddy” Pick up Blues musician’s “harp” Literally, Greek for “bad place” Lost Colony’s island Big biceps, at the gym Chef’s supply London football club Aromatic herb Part of MoMA Span The senior Saarinen Ear bone Opposites of squeakers, in sports Davis with an Oscar, Emmy and two Tonys Employed Luxor’s river Cook Paula B-school course Rebel against Diplomatic bldg. Pop artist Lichtenstein B S C T In addition to his CDs, Gill has authored two books, which he says are extensions of his playbased philosophy. The first book is titled “May There Always Be Sunshine,” and its text is based on a Russian folk song, which, Gill said, is a launching point for a writing and play activity for adults and children. His second book, “The Soup Opera,” was inspired by a piece Gill occasionally performs with symphonies. “I remember playing it live and hearing the audience singing along to the lyrics, ‘I can’t eat the soup,’” he said. “After watching the video of the performance, I thought the song would be a great, silly sing-along opera book, which became a little hit for me.” The book earned an American Library Association Award in 2010, and Gill has since won five more ALA awards for his recordings and books. In addition, he has given presentations about music, play and literacy with other organizations, including Head Start, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the National Association for Family Child Care and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Kmak, who has been a fan of Gill for years, said she is honored to have Gill perform at the Park City Library. “I’ve known about Jim since I taught preschool at the Deer Valley Academy,” she said. “We had all of his CDs and we would always do Jim Gill songs during story time.” Kmak was drawn to Gill’s energy and knowledge. “He understands children and what their needs are, and he knows music is a wonderful tool to teach, entertain and inspire Please see Gill, C-7 |