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Show THE ARTS Festival enjoying record breaking year The Utah Shakespearean Festival' 1995 season Another factor in the season's success is the The Tempest, drama and pageantry in Henry Vlll, looks to be the best season it has ever had. Both the selection of plays offered this year. Tragedy in and mu ic in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way attendance at the Festival and the quality of the Othello, comedy in Much Ado About Nothing and to the Forum . plays are higher than th y have ever been before, You Can't Take It With You, magic and mystery in "We are offering more of a variety, so peopl arc accordLng to Festival officials. staying for more than just one or two "The Fe tival i up an approximate how ," said Phillip . "Many people are 15,000 in new patron and a solid 10 comin ju t t see Fred Adam Ithe percent increa e in revenues from the Fe tival's founder! tar in the Fe tival for previou ea on ," aid Wendy Bower , the fir t time in th F ti val' fir t U F director of marketing. 11 And that' mu ical comedy. Both of th c v nts are at mid-season .....talk to me in hi toric! People ju t 1 ve to cc him sing, dance, and act in A Fwrny Thing eptember. With our team, anything could happen!!" Happened on the Way to tbe Porum." "We are having a banner year," aid R. Thcr are till many good seat cott Phillip , managing director of the available for hows throughout the F tival. "We have a very aggressive and remainder f th season. Whil it 1 thought provoking marketLng taff thl alway a good idea to re erve ticket in year. We hav three new m mber in advan c, there ar u ually tick t still our marketing ta£f: Wendy Bowers, our available on the day of the performance. Lord' Gall ry ticket for the Adam new director of marketLng, Donna Law, our n w director of development, and hake p arean Theatre are nly available Phil Hermansen, our n w graphics on the day of the performanc . The e 40 arti t. All of th e new team member ticket for the eat n the ide balconies in combination with our already co t $JO and go on ale at 10 a.m . the day of the performance. uc e ful publication department headed by Bruce L e, our director of There are many other activities at the publication , have created our highest Fe tival for patron of all age to enjoy. attendance and highe t generated The complimentary Greenshow tarts at revenue in our 34 year history. So, 7:30 p.m. every Monday through Saturday evening, and The Royal PeasLe begins much of ur ucces i due to their hard eating at 5 p.m. Tue day, Wedne day, work." According to Phillip the new "Trio Friday, and Sanuday evenin . Ticket for Grande" tour package, put together by the The Royal Fea te mu t be purchased no Festival marketLng department, ha la er than no n of the day of the help d brin~ more people to Cedar City. performance. The "Tri Grande" tour epcompas c the The Fe ti val' 199 ca n run through three major theatre attractions in September 2. Plays are Henry VlJI, Much outhem Utah: The Utah Shake p arean Ad About N thing. Othello. The Festival, the Zi n Cany n Cinemax Tempest, A Fw111y Thing Happened on Theatre, and the Tuacahn Theatre' tbe Way 10 the Forum, and You Can't production of UTAH! Thi has allowed Take IL With You. more p ople than ever an opportunity to Ticket and information are available discover th Utah Shakespearean Festival. Michael Thomas Holmes is Mr. De Pinna in 'You Ca11't Tal<e It With You.' through the Box Office:S 6-7878. Brassworks' Centennial Band to play here Sunday evening Band mu ic reminiscent of the era when Utah gained tatehood will be pre ented Aug. 6 at Southern Utah Univer ity when the Bra work ' Centennial Band perform on the university' Summer Evening Concert Series. The program, which will include elections which were actually performed by the John H ld Band of alt Lake City at the original Utah Stat hood celebration, will begin at 7 p.m . in the Randall L. Jone Theatre. No admis ion will be charged. The concert will also include "The Battle Cry of Freedom," and the "Days of '47 Mazch." A cornet olo, "The Carnival of Venice," and a tuba solo, "Beelzebub," will be presented along with patriotic songs and a number of dance mu ic for quadrilles, waltzes, and quick-step . Smee it inception in 1979 as a Brigham Young University faculty ensemble, Brassworks has performed locally, nationally, and internationally. Bras works has augmented its instrumentation for a number of 1995 and 1996 performances to help Utah celebrate its statehood centennial. By adding two additional cornets, an additional alto horn, a tenor horn, and an additional percussionist, Brassworks' Centennial Band has the Lnstrumentation of an authentic tum-of-the-century brass band. As now con titutcd, the Bra work ' Centennial Band i compo cd of leading freelance bra s performer along Utah' Wasatch Front. Members play extensively with the Utah Symphony, Utah Opera, and Ballet West. Member of the band are on the mu ic faculties of BYU, the University of Utah, Weber State University, and Westminster College. "The band will brLng a unique blend of 19th century mare.hes, popular songs, and light classics, Marla Bingham, manager of the concert series said. "Unlike the cutting sound of modem trumpets and trombones, the band's authentic instruments-comets, saxhorn, tuba, and percussion- create a more warm and homogeneous sound. "During the late 19th century nearly every town, regardless of size, had a community band which often performed on Sunday afternoons and evenings, so this performance fits pazticularly well the purposes of our concert series, Bingham said. Following the Brassworks' Centennial Band, the concert series will close for the summer with an Aug. 13 concert by Salzburger Echo performing traditional Bavarian, Swiss and Austrian music. 11 11 |