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Show Autumn Aloft Rises Above by Laura Reeves Forum staff writer Park Citys golf course was buzzing with activity by 6:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 15, in anticipation of the seventh annual Autumn Aloft. The celebration of flight took place Sept. 15 17 as 28 balloons from around the country and the world came to participate in the adventure of hot air -- ballooning. Hundreds of spectators watched as and upright, three passengers and the pilot scrambled into each of the nine cubic feet baskets. It wasnt the easiest maneuver for some; one passenger almost fell out backwards. As the teams of helpers relinquished their hold, the balloons took to the air. The sensation for the passengers was unique, unlike riding in a plane, nothing like being raised in an elevator, it was closer to the steady, barely noticed ride up an escalator, though there was nothing commonplace giant bags of nylon or dacron were spread over the rough grass surrounding the golf course. The balloons, measuring 55 feet by 70 feet on average, were unfolded onto the ground in preparation for inflation. Cold air was blown into the envelopes (as the balloons themselves are called), the basket was then tipped on its side to allow the propane burners to heat the air in the balloon. Slowly the envelopes rose and pulled the baskets upright. When the balloon was fully inflated jyr P m i mi? j. uA K . ; : . - f la ; . V( height. At 7:30 a.m. the sun blushed the Park City peaks. The air was warmed by the intermittent bursts of the burner. Below, the golf course appeared as a tiny playland with trails winding through the green caused by people in mad dashes to see the balloons reach their target The balloon pilots played games of skill as they coasted through the sky between 4000 and 5000 feet above the ground. One of the games involved floating to alarge X and dropping a weighted ribbon as near as possible to the middle. At one point there was a traffic jam as pilots jockeyed for position over the X," occasionally even bumping the envelope of another balloon. According to pilot Mike Bauwens, who ilVi rn&N about the feeling, nothing in the least bit mechanical . The ground sli pped away slowly as the pilot used the burner to increase the i 1 , f fV aferf M -- ;ik if, 2 i "'l has been flying for 15 years, bumping envelopes is not dangerous, but touching basket to envelope can be. The Autumn Aloft celebration boasted several of balloonings premier pilots, including Chauncey Dunn whoholdsa world record for flying to 53,000 plus feet in an basket on a hot air open, balloon. Also featured at the celebration were various shaped and decorated balloons such as a teddy bear head, a dinosaur, a giant Pepsi can, and a strawberry. By 9:30 a.m. most of the balloons had been reclaimed by gravity and were folded into carrying bags. With a traditional champagne toast, the pilots, passengers non-pressuriz- ed and spectators celebrated another f Rising up to 5,000 feet, balloons participating in Autumn Aloft 89 soar high over Park City, Utah. Nursing Students All Westminster College nursing students are invited to a v,brown bag" seminar entitled "Whats it like to be an the seminar will be held Army nurse" in the Olpin Theatre, South Wing, of the Olpin Union Building on the University of Utah campus from 11:45 to 12:30, Friday, September 29th. Topics will include scholarship opportunities, part-tim- e e commissioned versus service, graduate nursing education, and clinical opportunities for student nurses. Captain Jeanne Hoffman, MSN, will be the featured speaker. Please call 6 for Marlene at 581-67- 1 and more information and to R.S.V.P. full-tim- 581-671- Experience the Excellence! RNs LPNs Student Nurse Aides LDS Hospital has excellent nursing opportunities: Full-an- positions Baylor PRN Pool Scheduled Resource Pool part-tim- e d ($30) Scholarships Tuition reimbursement LDS HOSPITAL Eighth Avenue & C Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84143 An Intermountain Health Cart Facility Page 4 Forum successful flight. The process would be repeated the following two days as Autumn Aloft continued to thrill spectators over the weekend. An Evening of Popular Bon by Calvin Harrington Forum staff writer The Utah Symphony will host the husband and wife team of William Bolcom and Joan Morris for An Evening of American Popular Song on Sept. 29 and 30 in Symphony Hall. Student discounts are available. Both concerts will begin at 8 p.m. William Bolcom is a prolific Pulitzer Prize winning American composer, pianist, teacher and author. He was bom in Seattle in 1938. Bolcom was 11 years old when he enrolled in the University of Washingtons School of Music. He later studied at Mills College in Oakland, California and in Paris. Bolcom graduated from Stanford University in 1964 with a doctorate in music. He later taught at his alma mater (Univ. of Washington) and Queens College in New York City. From 1968 to 1970 he was composer-in-residenc- e at both the Yale Drama School and the New York University School of the Arts. Bolcom has taught composition at the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor since 1973, and has been a full professor since 1983. Bol coins Twelve New Etudes for piano recently won a Pulitzer Prize. His other original compositions include several string quartets, "Del cage (for cello and piano), Fantasy Sonata (for piano), Session Two (for violin and viola), Dream Music No. 2 ( for percussion), Dark Music (for cello and tympani), "Whisper Moon (for chamber orchestra), Frescoes ( for two pianos, harmonium and harpsichord), Seasons (for guitar), Open House (a song cycle), and Dynamite Tonite (an opera). Bolcoms Fourth Symphony, recorded by the St. Louis Symphony under Leonard Slatkin, was nominated for a Grammy Award last year for best contemporary composition. Two ofBolcoms world-renow- n works, Casino Paradise and The Beggars Opera were in collaboration with Arnold In 1986, James Levine Weinstein. conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in the already legendary world premiere of Bolcoms Fantasia Concertante for viola, cello and orchestra. This world premiere was commissioned by and played at the Saltzburg Mozarteum. In 1971 Bolcom met his wife Joan Morris (mezzo-soprano- ), whom he married in 1975 and with whom he began to develop programs on the history of the American popular song. Their recitals and recordings have done much to arouse renewed international interest in the songs of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (as well as other Americans). Morris was bom in Portland, Oregon in 1943. She studied singing at Gonzaga See Evening Page 5 Column 3 William Bolcom (right), piano and Joan Morris, mezzo sporano, make up the husband and wife duo known as Bolcom and Morris. I September 26t 1989 Issue 2 |