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Show CENTENNIAL QUEEN TO BE CROWNED The stage is set. The curtain is ready to go up, And through 1947, Utah's Centennial year, there will be unfolded the drama, the comedy, com-edy, the music, the sports, the prayers and aspirations of the state and its people during the first hundred years. The grand opening the official start of the Centennial observance observ-ance will be marked on January 16, and all of the people of all of the state are invited. The observance observ-ance opens at 9:00 p.m. the evening eve-ning of January 16 at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City when the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Pion-eers turn over Miss Calleen Robinson Rob-inson of American Fork, to Gov. Herbert B. Maw, who will then crown her officially as Utah Cen- tennial Queen. In the same ceremony Miss Marie Ma-rie Burnett, of Salt Lake City, and Miss Mary Louise Gardner, Spanish Span-ish Fork, will be installed as attendants at-tendants to the Queen. The crowning of the queen will probably be the most brilliant event ever held in the state, according ac-cording to Dr. Lorin F. Wheelwright, Wheel-wright, production manager of the Arts Division of the Utah Centennial Centen-nial Commission, which is in charge. Patrons and patronesses of the affair will be state, county and city officials, members of the Utah Centennial Commisiosnn, and other oth-er prominent persons. The Utah Symphony orchestra, under the direction di-rection of famed Werner Janssen, considered the outstanding American Amer-ican conductor, will furnish the music for. the coronation ceremonies. ceremon-ies. It will be attended by the Utah National Guard officers and men. Choral accompaniment will be by the East High School A Capella choir. A general invitation to the public pub-lic to attend, is hereby extended. Official ceremonies will begin promptly at 9:00 p.m., although musical entertainment will be provided pro-vided earlier. Following the ceremonies cer-emonies there will be a reception for the queen, with members of the Centennial Commission in the receiving line. The ceremony will be followed by the Coronation Ball. There is no charge of any kind. |