Show BASIN Will ILL PRESENT EPIG PAGEANT Industrial Convention Will Feature Recitative at Ft Duchesne Aug 6 FORT PORT DUCHESNE July 16 What promises to be one of th the greatest dramatic spectacles ever eve staged In the Uintah basin is th the historic p pageant to be presented on Thursday evening August 6 6 at th the Uintah Basin Industrial convention at Ft Duchesne Duch ne For several reveral months Mr and Mrs Wilford D. D Port Porter r of Logan have been preparing the manuscript for the recitative and the groupings devising devis- devis trig ing ng and arranging dances and selecting selecting select select- ing ng appropriate music to accompany the he various scenes They have ha the scores complete and the parts part have been assigned to the communities o ohe of the he basin with ith Charles of Roosevelt as managing director RECITATIVE The rho first period of tho pageant represents the primeval beauty o ohe of the he basin before the coming of white men and is Introduced by a descriptive Ive tive recitative It is here that the Spirit of Uintah Is Introduced b by a atheme atheme theme heme song written es especially for this his part by b Mrs Porter Miss LaRena LaRena La Lalena Rena lena Denver an Indian girl from Ft Duchesne and a graduate of the Sherman institute Riverside Cal has las been selected for this role In this period is depicted also the thc coming of the first white men to the thc IndIans who present a scene show- show showing showing ing ng the lire life of the earl early tribal days Here Jere also is shown the unique fur trading rendezvous made famous by Ashley more than one hundred years ago The second period deals with the coming of the pioneers to settle Ashey Ashley Ash- Ash i Icy ley ey valle valley In In dramatic pageantry I the he hardships of the pioneers will be depicted as well as their conquering of the desert lands Then comes the building of Ft Duchesne This will be enacted by bj bya a a. group of soldiers from Fort Doug- Doug Las In the final scene of ot this period the drawing for Indian lands is shown after the historical account The third period represents a dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic matte interpretation of the introduction tion of extension service work in the Uintah basin in 1911 twenty years ago igo Professor L. L M. M Winsor now ot of the Utah State Agricultural college college col col- col- col lege was the first county agent to be assigned outside of the cotton belt and ind it is In commemoration of this event vent that the pageant was written FUTURE DEVELOPMENT The final period deals with the hope nope of the Uintah basin in which vill be shown the dream of ot the future future fu- fu ture ure development of this part of the state Mr Porter who is a member of the he extension service staff has written written writ- writ ten en the entire recitative in III poetic form orm It contains some dramatic and lines Stanley Gunn Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt veil and Mrs Mary L Sander Vernal have been selected as the readers To add beauty grace and charm charmo to o the pageant hundreds of children will wUl appear in dances and pantomimes pantomimes panto- panto mimes during the pageant These arrangements have been worked out by y Mrs Porter They will represent the he valleys mountains rivers seeds crops crops pests and seasons Also a number lumber of ot solo and small group dances lances have ha been arranged One of the realistic touches Is Is' the period of or Indian days presented by Indians from the Ouray and a reservation tion The committee in charge has ob obtained obtained ob- ob tamed the Thirty-eighth Thirty infantry band from Fort Douglas under the I direction of Warrant Officer L L. A A. Yost It will play the accompaniment accompaniment ment for most of the pageant Local Local Local Lo Lo- Lo- Lo cal musicians will al also alo o be used as aswell aswell aswell well as a chorus thorus from Vernal under the leadership of or Lloyd Winn Scenes and dances of the pageant have lave been assigned as follows Opening Opening Open Open- ing and closing dances Mrs William Wil Wil- liam Wallace Vernal Indian days Indian agency Ft Duchesne comIng coming corning com corn ing of white men Bishop Russell Todd Wilson fur trading rendezvous rendezvous ren ren- Fred Randlett building of or Ft Duchesne Colonel H H. C. C Price Fort Douglas coming of pioneers Mrs Harry Owen Mrs Frank Orser Roosevelt spinning and weaving dance Mrs Minnie Angus Wilson period of extension Walter r Atwood dances for this period Miss Louise Larsen Miss Oral Goodrich and Mrs Lyle Reynolds Roosevelt H 4 club demonstration Miss Alice Pedersen and Erastus Peterson Vernal Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal Indian children drill White WhiteRock WhiteRock Rock school hope of the Uintah basin Mrs Afton Arton Crocker Duchesne final solo dance Miss Martha Page Porter Duchesne A large stage is now under construction construction construction con con- at Ft Duchesne on which the production will wUl be presented A smaller stage will also be constructed construct construct- ed ed for the and still sUll groupIngs groupings groupings group- group Ings and special lighting features are cont contemplated Through a public address addres system the recitative and music will be amplified am am- pUlled so that all may hear dis dis- dis It Is estimated that more than will wUl take part In the pageant |