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Show lumunued on page 3) boycotting the revote, on tne impact or me iu. uU..6 - 1 h ' local theater shows a flare for comedy .. .. movie yet. First we had to listen movie yet. first we had to listen to the vice president tell us how everything in the theater was the absolute best. The carpets were the best, the sound and projecting equipment was the best, the seats were the best, the whole works. Then the movie startet Sure enough, with all th. fine equipment that they hac thoy didn't have the sound o and they had the wrong lens i the projector so that only 13 i the screen was in focus. It took them about five minutes to fix that. Too bad the movie was a comedy. After an opening like that, anything which was trying to be funny had to seem anti-climactic. JIM WALDO Chronicle Staff 2 ne day when talked up to my desk in ,eand flipped a letter at nbC6 in this?" J P the letter, I see . . ' engraved invitation, ; t Dryer's wedding. ' "W?r partner are : f'H "it said, "to the ' ;inVe;t,sthe In: ew,r! appropriate bI. '?ot,oned int0 ur ce by a uniformed attendant. Class from the word go. The theater itself was decked out in all the finery that post-Civil post-Civil War army surplus could provide flags waving, banners streaming, and the doors blocked by none other than a genuine celluloid ribbon. As we were walking into the main festivities area, the first obstacle of the evening was presented to us. For we had made it no more than half way before our path was blocked by the hundred-plus member Tooele pep band and precision marching team. Joining the group outside, we watched the band and the spectators. I knew that it was only a matter oi time uum -happened, and sure enough, some business type looked at the marchers, turned to his wife and said "with all that hair, how can you tell the boys from the girls. Please remember, this was a Tooele band, and most of the guys looked like they had just gotten back from Marine basic training. 1 .,.,. After half an hour of listening and watching the band, we got to hear the speeches. First we were told that the band was the national champion band, and had gotten that title by beating out the Ophir State march.ng band. There is no Ophir State marching band. I guess that's why they Then we got to hear a few words from the vice president of the group that owns the theater. Then a few words from E.J. "Jake" Garn, our beloved mayor, who told us how wonderful it was to have another theater paying taxes. Then Cal hisself, the Gov., told us how happy both he and Lucy Beth were that there was another theater paying taxes. Then Cal took these huge yellow scissors made out of wood (I guess they don't trust politicians with the real things) and cut the ribbon. We could then-go into the theater and sit down. But it wasn't time for the |
