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Show Page The Ogden Valley news Volume XVI Issue V March 1, 2009 Battle of the Bands: Rock Band Gaming Tournament @ Your Library Do you have what it takes to rock?! If you think you can rock the hardest, come to the Ogden Valley Branch Library Rock Band Gaming Tournament. Bring your own band or tour as a solo artist. The tournament will be on March 11 and begin at 7:00 p.m. and will rock until 9:00 p.m. Fantastic prizes will be awarded to the band that reigns supreme. So, if you want be crowned the champ, show up like a pro and make it happen! Even if you’ve never played any video game in your life, come take part in the action. This tournament is FREE and open to all teens. If you would like to compete in the tournament, please register at the Ogden Valley Branch Library. If you have any questions, please call the Ogden Valley Branch Library at 337-2660. Ogden Opera Guild Hosts Marriage of Figaro Symposium Have you ever wondered if you would enjoy opera? The next Utah Opera—Marriage of Figaro—will be performed Saturday, March 14 through Sunday, March 22. To help all get acquainted with this wonderful work, or to re-introduce old friends, the Ogden Opera Guild will hold a symposium on Sunday, March 1 at First Presbyterian Church, 880 28’th Street in Ogden. The symposium begins at 6:00 p.m. and will feature singers from the opera with Dr. Carol Anderson providing accompaniment and insights on the story line and music. The program is free to the public. Light refreshments will follow. There is a $5.00 charge for refreshments free for Opera Guild members. Reservations are required. Please call Jackie McCleary 776-6605 or Judy VanderHeide 479-8977 by Thursday, February 26. Spectrum Dance Theater to Perform Enjoy the Music of Jimmy Buffet “The Theater of Needless Talents” with Spring Anticipation—Rail Jam During World War Two, the fortress town dimension. Culture became the limit of our of Terezin, located just outside of Prague, existence, the world of the highest freedom was a prison and ghetto where Jews were that we could ever reach.” competition & fun for the entire family! confined and guarded by SS and Czech genThe Czech Jewish comic and cabaret darmes. A propaganda decoy, the “privileged Jewish settlement” of Terezin was in reality a thriving transit hub for detainees on their way to German extermination camps. The Theater of Needless Talents is a series of music, dance, chamber opera, and cabaret performances created or inspired by the works of artists who were interned at Terezin. Like those imprisoned, it seeks, through the experience of art, to create optimism and to affirm life. Yet it also strives to have us make connections between the horrors of the holocaust and the present day suffering we see as a result of prejudice, oppression, and persecution. Terezin theater director and actor Jan Fischer expressed the artistic experience in Terezin during World War II as such, “Theater gained a different, extraordinary artist Karel Svenk, who died in transit from Auschwitz to Mauthausen in 1945, called the performance group he created in 1930’s Prague “The Theater of Needless Talents.” He was one of thousands of mainly professional people from Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria, Holland, and Denmark interred in Terezin during WWII. Donald Byrd is the 2008 2009 Hurst Artist in Residence at Weber State University. He brings Spectrum Dance Theater performing “The Theater of Needless Talents” to the Browning Center for the Performing Arts on March 7, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15/$12 and are available from the Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 801-626-8500. Spectrum Dance Theater Artistic Director is Donald Byrd. Wolf Creek Utah Ski Resort is hosting its annual Parrothead Weekend to welcome in spring and bid farewell to winter with their Terrain Park competitions. On Saturday, March 28, the Terrain Park will host its last competition, saving the best for last: the Rail Jam competition. Come watch as skilled snowboarders and skiers turn mountain obstacles into a display of skill and fun. Down at the ski resort base on Saturday and Sunday, enjoy great food from our outdoor grill as Disc-Connection’s Craig Chambers plays the music of Jimmy Buffet. So break out the sunscreen, Hawaiian shirt, and cabana wear and join in on the fun, prizes, great food, and tropical music as we Gallery 25 Features Art of Carol Fielding Foreclosures and Short Sales Seminar Offered Most of us know someone involved with a short sale, pre-foreclosure or foreclosure in the real estate market. While these properties represent a large portion of those being bought and sold currently, most individuals are unaware of several of the intricacies involved with these transactions. Brandi Hammon, with Mountain Luxury Real Estate and Development, and Celeste C. Canning PLLC, attorney at law, will be presenting a synopsis of the process involved in a short sale and foreclosure as well as the legal differences between the two at the Crimson Ridge Clubhouse on Tuesday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m. This event is open to the public and pertains to both buyers and sellers. There will kick off the spring season. Registration for the March 28 Rail Jam, Terrain Park Competition is from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. with the race beginning at 11:00 a.m. An award ceremony will follow. Parrothead Weekend Music and Outdoor Grill Special will be held both Saturday and Sunday, March 28 and 29 at Wolf Creek Utah Ski Resort, 3567 Nordic Valley Way Eden. For more information, visit <www. wolfcreekutah.com> Wolf Creek Utah Ski Resort offers endless skiing and snowboarding opportunities. And the fun doesn’t end when the snow melts; Wolf Creek Utah also has a championship 18-hole course; a newly remodeled clubhouse; and offers hiking, biking, and jogging trails and a lake for canoeing or fishing. Carol Fielding of Roy will be the featured also be an open forum for a question and artist for the month of March at Gallery 25 on answer session. Brandi Hammon is a licensed real estate Historic 25th Street in Ogden. Carol learned to love art from the agent and owner of Mountain Luxury Real influence of her father Estate and Development. She has successfulwho was the director ly stayed foreclosure proceedings, purchased of a Rock Springs, foreclosures, purchased REOs, bought and Wyoming Art Center. sold short sales, and aided in helping people Carol says she has keep their homes. You can contact Brandi always been moved directly at 801-745-8400 or at <brandi@ by color and by all mountainluxury.com> of God’s creations. Celeste Canning is a licensed attorney She states, “An artist with a practice in business law, taxation, has a need to capture estate planning, and real estate. She is in a fleeting moment or SEMINAR cont. on page 13 mood, and recreate it, so that, hopefully, others can see what you saw and love it.” Carol paints in a variety of media, and finds beauty in everything she sees, which results in very diverse art. The opening of her show will be on the Friday Night Art Stroll, March 6, from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. at Gallery 25, 268 Historic 25th Street in Ogden. Continuing work is on display featuring Lucile Chamberlin, Keith Dabb, Lauri Eskelson, Jeff Hepworth, Liz Pierce, Mac Stevenson, Lorin Wilde, and Doug Wride. Gallery 25 also welcomes new artist Phil Hopkins of Bountiful. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information, call 344-9881. Subscriptions available for out of area residents at $18.00 annually. Send payment with mailing address to: The Ogden Valley news P O BOX 130, EDEN UT 8 310 Jacqueline “Jaci” Hoff Realtor, Certified Residential Specialist Real Estate from Snowbasin to Powder Mountain & everything in between! Call me for all your real estate needs. 801-920-8853 call: 801-920-8853 email: jaci@move2mountains.com visit: www.move2mountains.com |