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Show Citizen. Press. Review - Shopper Wed.. Dec. 2. 1987 - Page Pageant orchestra announces 'Messiah' soloists The featured soloists for the Utah Pageant of the Arts presentation I 111 IIM 111 111 MMMMHHMBMMIHHHMMMj of Handel's "Messiah" bring a broad range of experience to the production. The famous oratorio will be performed Sunday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Pleasant Grove Junior High School, 801 N. 100 East. The performance is free and will be under the direction of Leon V. Honey. The orchestra and chorus each have about 50 members. "This is by far the strongest orchestra and chorus we've had for this," Honey said. Soloists are Utah Valley residents Debra Dunning, soprano; Beverly Vogan, alto; Scott Aaron, tenor; and David Wright, bass. David Fuller, band director at Pleasant Grove High School, will play the trumpet solo in "The Trumpet Shall Sound." Debra L. Dunning, a native of Alexandria, Va., majored in vocal performance at BYU, where she performed with the A Cappella Choir under the direction of Ralph Woodward. She has studied voice at the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy, under the tutelage of Sra. V Debra Dunning Rebecca Toma. She has performed with Opera West, BYU Opera Workshop, Utah Valley Choral Society and has appeared on two previous occasions with Alpine Area Chamber Chorus, performing the solo solos of Handel's "Messiah." This past year she was invited to participate in a select ensemble that prepared and broadcast a special musical program commemorating the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. Beverly Vogan is a native of San Bernardino, Calif. She began her I i , She performed in "Messiah" productions there. She was a featured soloist in her church in southern Utah. Since moving to American Fork in 1985, she has performed with both the Pageant of the Arts Choir and Orchestra. Scott Aaron, a native of San Francisco, California, sang with the BYU Chamber Choir while a business finance student. In California he performed as soloist in "Messiah" productions and on the CBS television program "Moments of Reflection" broadcast regularly from Sacramento. He also g performed as soloist for a production of the "Messiah" production in New Jersey. David Wright is active in college and community theatre in both musical and dramatic roles. His most recent roles include Lancelot in Pleasant Grove Community Theatre's "Camelot," Tony in the Pageant of the Arts "West Side Story," James in Provo Community A subscription to your hometown newspaper is a Christmas gift that comes 54 times a year! sing-alon- David Wright musical studies in the fourth grade with violin and participated in both choral and instrumental groups throughout her school years, including being chosen to play in the All Southern California High School Orchestra. She studied with Eleanor Schoenfeld, solo concert performer and former principal cellist with the OrLos Angeles Philharmonic chestra. She attended Arizona State University, majoring in Music Education and studying under Takoyori Atsumi and Marion Smith. Theatre's and "Shenandoah," Attractive gift certificate available Cassius in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." He studies voice with Debbie Mitchell and is a student at Utah Valley Community College. This is his first appearance as a soloist in the "Messiah." Call 57S"57G Laney's With plural marriage winding down, Madge left her polygamist husband and married Flat Nose George, who took her and Little George to the stone cabin in the McPhearson Mountains. However, this was not before she mailed her new husband's dried up hand to U.S. President James Garfield, asking him to accept the hand as evidence that the government was coming down too hard on the Mormons. Shortly thereafter, 26 Mormon prisoners were released from Sugarhouse Prison. Billy Parkin was not included, having been transferred to the jail in Park City. As for Flat Nose George, his name became famous a few years later, when one of the outlaws riding with Butch Cassidy picked up the alias. Stella left her aging husband, with hard feelings on both sides, and took her baby with her to California, where she married a prosperous farmer and raised a large family. Priscilla returned to Grantsville, settled in a small cottage of her own to raise her child and several more that came in later years, two after the manifesto. I never found out which church leader she was somewhat of a legend in his time, due to his ability to find lost items with his seerstone, though he pretty much stopped giving patriarchal blessings. Sam and Kathryn adopted the Indian boy Abinadi and moved to Canada, establishing a large cattle and horse ranch in the foothills of the beautiful mountains northwest of Cardston, Alberta. Sam eventually fathered three children by a plural wife named Ramona Kelley, whom he first met after escaping from the Detroit prison. Prison guard Rudolf Wolfstein was terminated by the Detroit prison when he suffered a permanent disability after falling into a hole behind the prison mess hall. I stayed in American Fork, and to avoid the appearance of polygamy, I built a new home for my second wife, Sarah, and Pat's widow, Beth. It was close to the old house where Caroline lived, so our lives didn't change very much. My old friend, Ike, continued to drop in once or twice a year, usually in the fall, in time for a hunting trip together. He came by for the last time in 1898. I never saw him after that, and don't know what happened to him. Old Indians - and he was more Indian now than black - had a way of just riding off into the mountains and disappearing. As for Ben, he took the advice of John Taylor and moved to the Mormon colonies in Mexico, taking Lobo with him. At first Ben couldn't persuade Nellie to join him. It took her about a month to decide once and for all that Ben was the man she wanted to share her life with. As her train pulled to a stop in Mexico, she looked through the window to see Ben standing on the platform, a pretty young woman beside him, her arm in his. To Nellie, life was repeating itself. All too clearly, she remembered arriving in Salt Lake from England to be met at the station by David Butler and his wife, Alice. Now it was happening again. At first she felt panic, then anger. She charged off the train, determined to give Ben a piece of her mind. Seeing her coming, Ben just grinned, then quickly explained that he had no romantic interest in the woman on his arm. Spontaneously, and perhaps thoughlessly, he had asked the stranger to take his arm to have a little fun with Nellie. Though she felt relieved, Nellie was still angry. She didn't appreciate what she thought was a cruel attempt at humor. Only a very sincere apology from Ben prevented her from getting back on the train and returning to Utah. It wasn't until years after their marriage that she was able to laugh at his practical joke. I wish I could say that Ben and Nellie lived happily ever after, but I can't. Revolution broke out in Mexico, and Pancho Villa and his men began harassing the Mormon colonies. But that's another story. Next week, look for "Storm Testament VI: Rockwell," the story of how Orrin Porter Rockwell, a "timid farm boy from New York," became the greatest gun fighter in the history of the American West. married to. Moroni managed to stay in Salt Lake, taking care of his families while avoiding arrest. After the manifesto all charges against him were dropped. He became 22-fo- 9S Or Brittania Pants quality duck fabric, Size Beautiful selection of colors: Khaki, White, Red, Blue, Black, Green, Pink, Yellow. Compare at $25 Poly-cotto- n, 3-1- N, n& - - " 5. 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