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Show MAY 2, 2001 ian ML la JL lille mn | oP sal: a ae at a Neel CREAM WAR UU B4 Warm Words and ~ Wonderment Eccles Center to feature Duck Soup Magic _and storyteller Diane Ferlatte DEREK JENSEN MANAGING EDITOR teller Diane Ferlatte hildren will be able to take their pick over the next two weekends, will bring her spellbinding performance to Park City whether they prefer sto- rytelling or surprise. The Park City Performing Arts Foundation will have both on display, beginning with a fast-paced magic show on Saturday, May 5. Tim and for the Eccles Center’s Pillow Theater Series. , After swapping tales on her grandparent’s porch in Louisiana, Ferlatte honed her storytelling talent touring the world over the past 19 years. She combines stories of her childhood with Southern and African American traditional tales, and is a recent winner of the Parents’ Choice Award. Fierce competition from the rest of her relatives helped Ferlatte devel- presentation designed to entertain all op a powerful voice as well as an ability to sing, play percussion and accentuate .stories with movement .and expressions. ages. The hour-long Eccles Center performance will include suspension audiences ranging from library groups of a broomstick in mid-air as well as to President Clinton’s inauguration. Robin Balster, who have traveled nationally and internationally, will perform Duck Soup Magic, an interactive Houdini’s “Metamorphosis” act. Kids will be asked to participate as She has acted out her stories to. Tickets for both performances are illusion, £10 for adults and $5 for children. For special effects, costumes and music. | The following weekend, story- show times or more information, please - the Balsters blend comedy, call 435-655-3114. : |