Show 4-- Supplement to The Richfield ReaperReaper Extra S May 1819 1994 Special Events And Awards Q O OPENING CEREMONIES sion The Opening Ceremonies for the Utah Summer Games will be held Monday June 20 in the Coliseum-T- h underbird Stadium-o- n the campus of Southern Utah University in Cedar City Utah All athletes who have entered the Games should participate The fun begins with the Athlete and Volunteer Recognition Dinner sponsored by US WEST Foundation and Pioneers Dinner will be served buffet style from 6:00-8:0- 0 pm with continuous entertainment and ongoing vendor fair and conces The Bluegrass Conspiracy Performs The Hottest Bluegrass Music Around The Salt Lake City-base- d bluegrass (and s) He is known for his strong groups tenor voice as well as his virtuos ity on just about every instrument in sight Mark Anger has another talented who has formerly played mandolin and dobro with the Rick Martinez Band and banjo will the Mountain Dogs plus others He is recognized for his mcliculous picking as well as for his lead and harmony vocals Dave Hunt has been active in the Utah bluegrass scene for over fifteen years Before his recent move to the Salt Lake area he resided in Utah Valley playing with various groups including Slrawdog and Sugarfoot and louring Europe with his band Smokin' Wood As the 1989 Utah State Flatpicking w inner Champion and second-plac- e Enjoy A 'Pizza And The &ames! a in the fiddle competition Dave brings outstanding musical expertise to the group He has been with the Conspiracy since October 1992 Bangs Tapscott is a long time parucipani in the Utah music scene who served as President of the Intermountain Acoustic Music Association from 1988 to 1992 He has previously played bass w ith the Oquirrh Ridge Drifters In addition to providing the bass foundation for the band he contributes vocal renditions of songs w ith many words The Bluegrass Conspiracy performs a mix of original bluegrass numbers traditional throughout the Want Have The Bluegrass Conspiracy Bluegrass Conspiracy has been performing together as a band since the summer of 1990 Its members are well known to Utah bluegrass aficionados: Ron Spears on mandolin Mark Anger on banjo and dobro Dave Hunt on guitar and fiddle and Bangs Tapscou on upright bass and songwriter Ron Spears has been a prominent member of the Utah music scene since his teens He has performed and recorded w ith many nationally known artists including Kenny Baker and Josh Graves and has played locally with various booths evening The Gala celebration continues with the 'Olympic-styl- e Opening Ceremonies with the Parade of Athletes beginning at 8:45 pm spectacular entertainment the Lighting of the Torch and Fireworks 4 Laser Show Athletes wearing the official Utah Summer Games will be admitted to the dinner and ceremonies free of charge All others must purchase tickets Adult tickets are S5 and children under 12 arc S3 Dodge Ram bluegrass tunes and "bluegrassings of songs from other areas including sw ing country rock and folk The band is especially popular with bluegrass fans tired of hearing just the same old tunes (although the Conspiracy can perform those too and often docs by request) Their tight vocal harmonics driving instrumentals and obvious enjoyment of what they are doing make the band a favorite w hercver it appears In addition to being a popular band at club dates and private events their recent public perfor- mances include: Deer Valley D Bluegrass Festival Winter IAMA Benefit Bluegrass Concert Earth Day Celebration Special Guest opening band for Larry Sparks and The Lonesome Ramblers and for the Bluegrass Cardinals Red Butte Gardens Arboretum Inaugural Sundance Bluegrass Festival DDDDDODDnnnDDDDDDDQDD Pizza 'Hut 1180 South Richfield l’S Hw 896-1- 4 89 Sprague Library Summer Concert Salt Lake Arts Council Brown Bag Scries Murray City Art In The Park Grand Targhes Bluegrass Festival Bluegrass at Solitude Blueberry Bluegrass Festival in Edmonton Alberta Shuswap Lake Bluegrass Festival in Celista BC Utah Arts Festival Their cassette albums ‘Makin’ Bluegrass and 'Mountain Daylight Time" have been well received and show off the band's vcrsaulity to good advantage A CD is contemplated in the near future s Dodge nimsiFR Chevy Truck -r A '-Ci- jjlVue EH3 MOTORS Richfield V 5 Toll Free — 800-825-96- 896-444- 1 74 Chevrolet pq 1 |