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Show TliE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL• SQUTHDN OTAH UNIVIBSITY • MONDAl'., JULY 21, 1'91' Deja Vu! Jackie Leavitt reminisces with the USF a trip to N ew York C ity and Washington D. C. together. Mrs. Leavitt said th at she Visiting the Utah Sh akespearea n FcstivaJ for the opening night festivities is still friends with some of the cast members from that productjpn. included a waJk down memory lane for Jackie Leavitt, wife of Utah Gov. Michael The cast members aren't the only thing she remembers from Th e Boy Friend. 0. Leavitt. One of the festiva l's six productions is Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend, Mrs. Leavitt can-and does-still sing the entire title song from the show ."We and Mrs. Leavitt starred in a Southern Utah University student production of the also got to sing this very fun song called 'Won' t You C harleston with Me' and we show 25 years ago in October, I 97 l. got to do the Charleston, of course, " said Mrs. Leavitt. Her favorite scene from the The governor and first lady arc both alumni of SUU. show is when Poll y meets Tony fo r the first time. They gaze into each othe r's eyes "Jackie was an extraordinarily talented singer and dancer and truly turned a and are so overcome with Love that Tony drops the box that he is carrying. college production into a sparkling performance," sa id Fred C. Adams, Festival 11 1 ju st love this play, 11 said Mrs. fo under and executive producer as Leavitt. What's not to love? The well as the directo r of the 1971 singing and dancing are excellent; the production of The Boy Friend. costumes are bright and fun; the Mrs. Lea vitt also has fo nd whole evening is frivol ous and me mories of that production . delightful. Perfo rmed during her senior yea r at R. Scott Phillips, managing director SUU, it was her favo rite student for the Festival, was a lso in the 1971 production. " Musica l theater is my production. H e was cast as Alphonse, favo rite, and this one was de lightful. but played all of the boys at one time .Fred is a l ways a fun person to work or another during the course of the with . The whole experience was tour of the show. great fu n, 11 she said. "The Boy Friend is a play tha t Fred The 197 1 production was and I h ave wanted to do at the performed in the Auditorium Festival fo r a Jong time. We knew the Theatre (where the matinees of the themes, storylincs, the very Adams Theatre shows arc performed demeanor of the play would be during t he Festi val). It was perfo rmed something this au dience would enjoy in Cedar City during the m onth of because 25 years ago I h ad the good October. The last show in Cedar fortune to participate in a production C ity was on October 3 1, which of this play with Jackie Leavitt happens to be Jackie Lcavitt 's playing Polly Browne," sa id Ph illips, birthday. After the show ended, the "Jackie was a professional. I s hould cast and crew held a party for her on have realized then that her career stage. T he show then to ured Utah wo uldn' t stop on the stage. 11 high schools during November and Tickets are still availab le for this December 197 l and January 1972. rollicking mus ical-critics have Mrs. Leavitt said that taki ng th e called it a "t heater confcction 11 - and show on tour for those three month s First Lady of Utah Ja ckie Leavitt (right) visits with Victoria Adams, who plays Polly in can be purchased by calling the Box helped the whole cast to get to know the Utah Shakespearean Festival's 1997 production of 'The Boy Friend. ' Mrs.Leavitt Office at 586-7878, or visit our played the same role in a 197 1 production at SUU under the direction of USF fou nder each other. After t he show finis hed website at www.ba rd.org. its tour, the group of friends went on Fred C. Adams. Golden Bough to offer Celtic flavored music Entertain ment wi th an e m phas is on the music and mythology of Ireland, will be offered Jul y 27 at Southern Utah Unive rsity's Summer Evening Conce rt Series. Golden Bough, a trio of modern-day international mi nstrels, will perfo rm a free 7 p. m. concert in t he Randall L. Jones Theatre. T he public is invi ted to attend each performa nce in the seven-week series. "Golde n Bough is w e ll kn own for its 'The vocal harmonies of Golden BougbJJ,re b'acked by an array of acoustic instruments, · some unusual. and others better known~' harmoniz ing vocals, which h ave bee n described as 'so tight that it's ofte n hard to know who or h ow many are singing,"' Marla Bingham, director of the con cert series, sa id. 11 Thcir music h as a w ide and diverse va riety of em otion s and rh ythms, from haunting ballads, mythological tales, and beautiful airs to live ly sing-alongs and toe-tapping jigs a nd reels. 11 Also in their repertoire arc several unique original compositions influenced by the folk music of the Celtic lands. Their music is described as being both within and beyond the bounda ries of traditional fo lk music." Bingham said. The group was fo rmed in 1980 and began its European performances in the streets and small folk clubs of Ireland, England, Scotland, Germany, Holland, and Switzerland . Since the n, Golden Bough h as progressed to major tours of European cit ies and 15 re.leased compact discs. The ir recordi ngs are distributed throughout America, Europe, the Orient, and Australia. In 1989 Golden Bough's Christmas CD was awarded a place among the top 100 folk CDs in Japan. The vocal harm onies of Golden Bough are backed by an array of acous tic instruments, some unusual and others better known . Paul Espinoza and Margie Butler started performir)g together .in San D iego in 1976. The finally located in San Francisco where Go lde n Bough was formed and they we re joined by violinist Florie Brown. All three are vocalists. Espinoza plays the guitar, accordi on, octave mandolin, and harmonica. Butler performs on the Celtic harp, pennywhistle, recorder, and bodhran (a traditional Irish drum ). |