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Show !, . ", . , : -1 k- : r j I ' N f v - ' 'it ' i s f . : - f i , ; V- , : r! " 'W - !'J if yf ii . ' ' f j l i - ' '"J n, t ,.-. r I REHEARSALS TO BEGIN A 'warm and sparkling musical production, based on the colorful history of the Salt Lake Theater, is ready to be cast. DIRECTED by Carolee Eriksson, Bountiful, well-known well-known for her excellent productions, the musical will be presented by handicapped persons 12 through adult from throughout Davis County, March 20, 21, in the Bountiful-Woods Cross Regional Center (formerly .Valley Music Hall). "We won't even limit the cast to Davis County," said Mrs. Eriksson, "any handicapped han-dicapped person is invited and encouraged to attend our rehearsals beginning now on Tuesday evening from 6: 30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Bountiful 12th and 20th LDS Ward, 1475 N. 300 W., Bountiful. "IN FACT we don't determine deter-mine the handicap," said Mrs. Shirley Arnett, Young Women's MIA president. "Perhaps a person just needs a success experience in an accepting setting. They are certainly welcome to join us." "Our young men have just returned from a very successful suc-cessful river trip. Now they are looking forward to this production. I'm glad to see this show has many opportunities oppor-tunities for males to participate," par-ticipate," said Travis Campbell, Camp-bell, Young Men's MIA president. "WE FEEL that through this musical production we can assure the cast members a rich, rewarding experience while memories are in the making and long term friendships are formed and the audience will delight in a warm and sparkling bit of fine entertainment," said Mrs. Eriksson. Supporting the director will be twenty experienced and professional staff members, ranging from an assistant director through production and stage managers, oral interpretation, in-terpretation, choreography, technical, costume, scenery, design, property, sound, make-up, cinematography, instrumentalist, publicity and program specialists. They bring rich backgrounds to assist as-sist in the musical production. produc-tion. THE MULTI-region handicapped han-dicapped have previously presented "Charlie Brown", "Dicken's Christmas Carol" and 'The Wizard of Oz." This year the musical production will feature favorites from the history of the Salt Lake Theater such as "Peter Pan" and "Hansel and Gretel," also delightful songs, dances and production numbers. "PRODUCTION numbers are tailor-made for the cast," said Mrs. Eriksson. "One delightful number has been choreographed especially for wheelchairs. Wheelchairs will become handsome cabs, complete with swinging lamps, on the way.fo the ' theater. We hope to have many people confined to wheelchairs participate." There will be "thrills and A warm musical production based on the history of Salt Lake Theater, is ready to be cast. This musical will be presented by handicapped persons 12 through adults from Davis County. Ready for the rehearsals beginning on Tuesday evenings even-ings are, front row, 1 to r, Maurine Jensen, choreographer, and John Sevenants. Back row, Lu Anne Briscoe, Carolee Eriksson, director and Muriel Ord. chills" with "modern-dancing ghosts" in a special-effects fog. "WE'RE VERY excited about this production," said Mrs. Eriksson. |
