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Show Visiters to Area Compare Local Ssyncf -Light Production to Others Ey Dick Wilson Egyptian and European .scur.d and light shows were compared last week with M o a b's Canyonlands by Night. . Two world travelers passing pass-ing through Moab expressed delight in finding out that Jvloab was the setting for a scurid and light production. The two ladies, Mrs. Gladys Bueler and Mrs. James Crohers, both of Colorado Springs, told The Times-.Independent Times-.Independent they had traveled extensively in .Europe and North Africa visiting the several light and scund shows there. "This is the most unique one I have ever seen," Mrs. Profilers said. She related that the other sound and light productions in the world, which are most popular in the Old Country, are not .mobile like the one on the Colorado River at Moab. "Also," Mrs. Crothers said, "the others are primarily ,based on historical themes such as the founding of nations na-tions and great battles." Saw First in 1956 Mrs. Bueler saw her first such production in Chenon-ceaux, Chenon-ceaux, France, in 1956. "The 'Son et Lumiere' was one of the first in the world," Mrs. Bueler said. "This was the first time engineers had the electrical ability to cre-,ate cre-,ate such a thing as a sound ,and light show." The program pro-gram at Chenonceaux portrayed por-trayed different events that had occurred in that region such as the visit of Mary, jQueen of Scots. This was .done, Mrs. Bueler said, by means of vocal and musical dialogue with lights coming on at various points on and near a chateaux to show where the action was taking-place. taking-place. Mrs. Crothers saw her first sound and light show in Egypt in 1964. Taking place at the foot of the Sphinx the narration told the story of the coming of the Pharoalis and the building of the pyramids. pyra-mids. Mcab's Not Typical "There was nothing moving mov-ing in this program," stated Mrs. Crothers, "except the lights. The audience was seated in a stationary spot and this is typical of all scund and light shows I've seen in the world except this one' at Moab." Other sound and light shows visited by Mrs. Crothers Croth-ers was that at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the story cf the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. "Belli of these," she said, "were the stories of man-made man-made works whereas Mr. Winn's production here at .Moab is the story of what nature has done." The iieht and sound story cf the Belvedere Palace in Vienna, Austria, was described de-scribed by Mrs. Bueler. "Various historical scenes were depicted," Mrs. Bueler said. "A window would be liLhtad and a voice would come fiain the spot of light. Thare were no live actors, jest narration and voices and the audience stayed put." "One of the most dramatic shews is the one at the P.o-m:m P.o-m:m Forum in Rome," Mrs. Lu.icr add.-d. .Mirching Legions "The show starts with the sounds of marching legions returning from wars. The drums increase in intensity as they come through the Arch ;f Consianr.no and yea can hear the rumble of charict wheels. The end of tliis s-ia'd and light production produc-tion shows Rome bunii.ag wi ll red lights leaping in n s iVih'anec cf fire and Xi re's fiddle being heard in the background." "There is no way to corn- I x "V- " ' v - " 1 j ' o i 1 I i s ( - ' ' I . . g - . - - I , ' - "J ! If t.-A .... -': a' . X.V V . i L . 1 i ' ' ? ? i i t ) .11'- ! Mrs. James Crothers and Mrs. Gladys Bueler of Colorado Spings were visitors to the Moab area this past week. World travelers, they have attended many of the light and sound shows in Europe and said that Moab's production pro-duction "is among the best." .pare Canyonlands by Night with these other light and sound shows," Mrs. Crothers said, and Mrs. Bueler agreed. "First of all," Mrs. Croth- ers said, "there is no setting anywhere in the world like at Moab." "The beautiful geological descriptions .and the way ,slhadows intermingle with the lights on the cliffs made this the, most unique show I've ever witnessed," Mrs. Bueler added. Both ladies were awed by the way the audience was transported along the river on the large flat-bottom boat, the Moab Queen. This makes it "the only mobile light and sound show in the world." Saw Slides of Show Mrs. Bueler and Mrs. Crothers came to Moab last week not knowing of the existence ex-istence of the Canyonlands by Night light and sound show. They had seen the advertising ad-vertising of Trail Town's Slide Show lecture in tire Triple A manual and decided to occupy their evening wiih that entertainment. When they saw slides of Canyonlands by Night at Trail Town they determined they would stay in Moab another an-other n'giit to take the trip. They cancelled their next nights reservations in Monument Mon-ument Valley and rented a room at the Prospector Ledge. The next day the two Iad.es hiked the three miies round trip to Delicate Arch and three mere miles io Landscape in Arches National Na-tional Monument and capped their adventures with a I r. p on the Canyonlands by Night boat. The following day they had plans to see Canyon Rims Overlook and Newspaper News-paper Rock via the new highway before? proceeding cn to Monument Valley. Plan to Return But before leaving Mnab they told The Times Independent Inde-pendent they were so im-pr.ssrd im-pr.ssrd that they were coming com-ing back and bringing th ';r relatives and friends. And they told Mr. Weiton Winn of Canyonlands by Night that they intended to do considerable con-siderable advertising for his show in the Colorado Springs area. Another visitor impressed with the production i.,a! same night was Mr. Mark Eisner, an acoustical e:y;i-r. e:y;i-r. vr from Sidney, Australia, lie arid his wife nrd in allien al-lien of two oth -r ie'hl and sound shows in Amu-lca. which they had vi.ii- d. One of these we., the i;ht and sound show at Independence Independ-ence Hall in Piiiladel);!.:.! and the oilier is the Boscobel on the lludr.un Kier in New York. Mr. Eisner rated the Canyonlands Can-yonlands by Night setting as "outstanding." |