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Show STAKE 1 1. 1 GIVES II DANDY PAGEANT The pageant presented by the Stake M. I. Assns. on the temple grounds last Saturday night was very good. It represented the Organization and Growth of The Church and was written writ-ten by Miss Mabel Jarvis of this city. There was a very large number of people peo-ple present, most of whom were seated seat-ed on the spacious lawn. The varicolored vari-colored lighting apparatus had been fixed up and was operated very efficiently effici-ently by Ralph Whipple. Prof. Jos. W. McAljs'er had a splend'd chorus of 16 members from the Dixie college whose singing was greatly admired. Prof. Earl J. Bleak had his very fine Dixie college orchestra present and. as usual, they did splendid work. Preceding the pageant, interpretative interpreta-tive dances were given, a dance by Lea Cottam depicting the passing of the Lamanites, and one by LaRee Milne depicting the Restoration. The pageant depicted the boy Joseph Jos-eph seeking the truth, the Restoration of the Gospel and Organization of the Church, followed by the departure of missionaries to home and foreign lands to spread the gospel, the gathering of the Saints and the journey westward, winding up with the settlement of Dixie. Characters were rcpresnted as follows: fol-lows: Boy Joseph, Allen Jarvis; Personages, Per-sonages, B. Jarvis, Sr. and Samuel Barnhurst; the Prophet Joseph Smith grown to manhood, J. R. Fawcett; Angel Moroni, B. Glen Smith; John the Baptist, Samuel Barnhurst; Peter, James and John. Geo. F. Whitehead, William T. Morris and Hebcr Hardy; Oliver Cowdery, H. L. Rcid; Sidney Rigden, J. F. Linder; Hyrum Smith, J. W. Harrison. The Three Witnesses and the Eight Witneses, the Bishopric of the three St. George Wards. Following the entry of the original band of pioneers into the Great Salt Lake valley, Dilworth Snow sang "This Is The Place'' from the roof of the temple. Brigham Young was repre sented by Leland Hafcn, Erastus Snow by Harold Snow and A. W. Ivins by Geo. F. Whitehead. Ezoc Woodbury and Una Pickett were piano accompanists accom-panists for the dances. Singing and action throughout was very good indeed and was very favorably favor-ably commented on by a large number of visitors. All who had anything to do with it arc deserving of Commendation, for it was apparent that considerable thought and much hard work had been exercised exer-cised in the production. |