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Show 3fy 8000 People From 20 3ies Attend Zion Easter Services u dutiful Canyon Celling I -j raeant Highly 1 by LmS Audience ,. V0 people, representing ami one foreign country, to Zion National Park -03V to view the Easter iT'Wsented by the Paro-fr Paro-fr park and St. George 'with the assistance of the 'fCKls. Thrilled with the V 'rf the canyon setting and 6? a the paseant, the crowd 'V until the last scene which Si pf Christ and the two thieves S ; ,j'to the cross followed by : p ascension of Christ. ;-V aigeant opened as the inn dropped behind the '"if" the canyon and cast -n across the thousands ill there to hear the age V s;0iy as presented in song tana. e scenes were Interspersed by t ftom a 125-piece symphony K-ja, presented under the rim of Earl J. Bleak of the Cxtinued on page ten) Easter Pageant f Continued from f Ir-st pae) Dixie colli--.;.- aiwl Roy L. ilalvr-r--on, prof.--., or at. the B.A.C. Pro-.a- I'.lr-ak ilayr-rl the trumpet m,Io, "I'hi! Tnjmi-t Shall Sound". Following a half hour prelude of ! ..rr f.-d iir-;;an muie hy St-I.lon H.-.ips of Salt Lake City, the chorus, under the direction of Jo-.eph W. McAllister and com-pri.-.ed of St. fJeor'e and Cedar City hinders, sang the opening riiiml.i-r. The invocation was given hy William E. Woodbury of Hurricane. Hur-ricane. Grant 11. Redford, author-director of tin; pageant, gave a forceful force-ful portrayal of the Christus. The pageant starts with the entry of Christ into Jerusalem as the beginning of the "Passion Week" and follows the outstanding events of Christ's life through to the crucifixion and resurrection. With the ending of the pageant page-ant the crowd started home, lavish in their praise of the century old story as presented by these residents of Southern Utah with the assistance of Park officials. |