| Show easter song service held in zion national park the first annual easter song service hold held in zion national park was attended by an audience of from seven to eight dent hundred persons persona representing all of the communities surrounding the park and augmented by out ot of state visitors from california nevada arizona idaho montana texas illinois penn and florida an attendance aUen danco record that is unusual in view of the tact fact that but one week was spent in planning and i advertising tho the program the program which was conducted jointly by the national park service aan local church organizations featured the well known vocal choruses of southern utah and also included a short dedication of the out door amphitheater in which the service was held mr claude hirsch president ot of the zion park stake oi of the church ot of jesu christ of 0 latter day saints presided over the meeting and ur 26 thomas C parker assistant superintendent of zion national park delivered the dedication address 4 0 the largest single days travel to date data into zion national park was recorded on easter sunday april 21 1936 when a total of 0 2002 persons persona passed through the park chocking checking stations an increase of over 21 per cent above the previous high record tor for one day which was on easter sunday 1930 when 1652 1662 persons persona entered the park |
