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Show i "'- ,,& j I - . X r ( ;, " iL. ,;'Nl s tiX IV V , I ' fi 1 y im -. . -'if. f 1 .? ) iv i 1 . ? Barbara Bruno seems to enjoy performing during the greenshow earlier this week. She is one of six dancers which set the stage and the atmosphere before each play of the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Christopher Foster, or Sir George is skewered during a mock jousting battle with the Black Knight. However, the . pain he let'ls is only minor compared to that when his ladylove jilts him for the Black Knight. Dancers spotlighted at Greenshow .., Vi n ft , ., jt: T" - ( , - , 7 1 V -,t 5V j v" ' y artist in charge of organizing the preshow activities and choreographing the dances. The first dancers of the Greenshow danced with decorated hoops and received instruction from LaVeve Whetten, Cedar City. Since that time the dancers have continued to be a part of the Greenshow along with musicians, madrigal groups, Punch and Judy puppeteers and street sellers. When Hamilton became the Greenshow director, she brought new ideas and expertise to the festival. She also brought the popular egg dance. Foster and Klein explained that the dances are as authentic as possible and are the same type as those performed per-formed in the Elizabethean era. Foster went on to say that the dances set the tempo for each production and vary from night to night so that patrons returning to different performances will not be seeing the same dances. Greenshow music coordinator Barbara G. Adams, Cedar City, said the Greenshow is the part of the festival where local people get involved. Future plans for the festival include an expanded country village atmosphere at-mosphere with jugglers, a dancing bear and the construction of the Tudor village. This year, however, the spotlight is on the talented dancers who will continue con-tinue to perform and entertain at the festival. .!'' 11111 "i. " " -inqiBtf' " "" " Jj -v ft-''.'' '1:A S . . - -i .. By Randy Daniels Record Reporter CEDAR CITY - When the object is not to break any eggs,.when is breaking an egg more important? When it means keeping the audience happy and entertained. en-tertained. Since the first opening night of the Utah Shakespearean festival here, dancers and musicians have entertained en-tertained thousands of festival patrons during the Greenshow festivities, and according to two dancers at the festival this year, Mary Pat Klein and Christopher Foster, the famed "egg dance" is by far the most popular, and most requested dance performed. In a special Record interview, Klein and Foster explained that out of all the dances they perform, the egg dance is the audience's favorite. The object is to dance, jump and even do cartwheels around a cross made of eggs on the stage without breaking a one. "Sometimes if we don't break any eggs the audience almost gets hostile," jokingly commented Klein as the two talked about their different experiences dancing for the festival. This is Klein's second year at the festival, and she says that only once in that time has any dancer fallen on the eggs. Betsy Hamilton is the Greenshow director and is responsible for the continued success of the Greenshow. She joined the festival in 1975, and is the Jim Johnson and Mary Pat Klein entertain a large crowd during the greenshow earlier this season. The show has become very popular among patrons of the festival. Carolyn McCathy puts a little acting into her dancing during one of several numbers performed each evening. The most popular of these numbers, according to the dancers, is the egg dance. "w"111-1-11 1 1 i M. .ii . limn. . MiNiMi.n. null .i ii i . M ' jrwi-"'. mi ,timmmmm r , tsL'rJt 4ty "' . ' ', i , , , ',,: . ' - jfSi A V m . J :f ; ' XHV 1U , A vK 1 Greenshow Director Betsy Hamilton thinks carefully about the show during one of its early performances this year. Hamilton presides over the pre-play activities, .- : hum 1 which are staged six evenings per week during the festival. Utah Shakespearean Festival musicians add a special touch to the greenshow activities. Pictured are (left to right) Samuel P. Ponder; Mary Ellen Anstall; Paul Stephen Anstall; David Gatts, music director; and Anne Sellettl. |