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Show SUSC HALL OF ENCHANTED TREES SOMETHING SPECIAL Two homesick Hawaiian students, a bristlecone pine stump, a string of blue lights and some ponderosa pine boughs are the forerunners of one of Southern UtahState College's finest traditions, the Hall of EnchantedTrees. The hall will officially open this year on December 4 and will be open each night through December 23 in the auditorium foyer. Over 6,000 visitors walked through the holiday exhibit last year and that many, and more, are expected to visit the hall this year. According to Drama Club legend, the holiday display originated in the winter of 1961 when the two Hawaiian students both drama club members were unable to go home for Christmas. A heavy snowfall kept them from cutting a tree in the mountains and since they didn't have the money to buy one, they found the bristle -cone stump on campus, and with the help of other drama club members, carried it to the SUSC auditorium where it was decorated. "From that meager beginning, be-ginning, a tradition began and . the Drama Club'sChristmas gift to the community has become a traditional part of Cedar City's holiday celebration," cele-bration," R. Scott Phillips, theater promotion coordinator, co-ordinator, said. The Hall of Enchanted Trees will be open from 6-8 p.m. through December ' 9, and from 6 -9 p.m. through December 23. |