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Show Local takes part in Pageant that field. "It's fun seeing just how everyone gets ready and what goes on behind the scenes," he said. "This is a new experience." Of course there are a few drawbacks Ricks notes. "In 'Saying Grace I'm crouched down, so after a few minutes my legs start shaking. I'm getting used to it though." Rehearsals were held June 15 and 16 from 6:30 until 1 1. The first performance per-formance was on June 18. "I was a little bit nervous because we only have a couple of minutes to set up," said Ricks, "but they said we did all right. It was a lot of fun. ' ' One reviewer described the pageant pag-eant as "the remarkable transformation transforma-tion of living people into famous paintings and sculptures. Paint and light together will trick the eye as the narrator explains the background of each piece." None of the selections for this season were shown in last year's pageant, said Brockbank. One of 4 the big features is "Minerva and Chariot" by Emmanuel Fremiet, the original of which is displayed at the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Calif. "We're looking forward to a great season and a great production," produc-tion," he said. "We've got what patrons want to see at this year's pageant-art touched with magic." Traditional professional and youth art exhibits will be displayed in addition to the stage production. The art exhibits and the gift boutique bouti-que will be open before and after the production. AU professional art will be for sale. The pageant will run through July 21 each night except Sundays and July 4 at the American Fork High School Theatre. Curtain time is at 8 p.m., and the show lasts about an hour and a half. Admission is $ 1 2 for the center section and $ 1 0 for the sides. Telephone reservations reserva-tions may be made by calling 756-3505. By SARAH HANSEN Pageant magic is alive once again at the 18th annual Utah Pageant of the Arts in American Fork. The stage production is a unique blending blen-ding of art, music, staging, lighting, .narration, costuming and special effects, designing a "new-kind-of-theater. ' "We have combined just the right selection of sculpture works, paintings, artifacts and folk art to bring our patrons an arts event sure to entertain and delight the thousands who come from throughout the United States to see the production," said David Brockbank, producing director. Bountiful resident Ron Ricks will appear in two of the scenes of the first cast from June 18 through July 3. In the painting'Breezing Up" by Winslow Homer, Ricks is a sailor with three children in a boat. 'The second scene in which Ricks appears is "Saying Grace" by Norman Rockwell which appeared in the November 1951 issue of Saturday Sat-urday Evening Post. Ricks saw the pageant a couple years ago and then saw an ad in the paper advertising for people to participate. par-ticipate. He drove down to the auditions audi-tions that consisted mainly of measuring and taking a picture to see if he would fit a part. He heard back from them that they had a part for him in "Breezing Up." He didn't know he'd be in "Saying Grace" until he got to rehearsals. "It's unusual to have two parts because of the makeup," said Ricks. "On me they were able to split the makeup on my face because only one side of my face is seen in each part. I'm lucky. I only have to wear it on my face and hands. Some have to have it on their whole bodies." Ricks graduated from Brigham Young University in Broadcast Productions and hopes to be able to pursue that vocation direction in some form. Participating in the pageant gives him a new slant to ; - - -.' : .- . - ; , . : : - - X . , - : - . ... : - i - - .V" v-- ; . . i t Pi ' ' -a ' W v '' 1 ' - ? w f ' - i - . . 1 - '4 . ' $ - ' . 1 I - ' ' ; ' l -. . i . ' ' . jl l . - - - ; - - "Minerva and Chariot" is a bronze sculpture work by Emmanuel Em-manuel Fremiet. The work will be shown at the 1 990 Utah Pageant Pag-eant of the Arts in American Fork, June 1 8-July 21 . |