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Show Bountiful resident produces new Monti video By IDA O. DONALDSON The Manti Destiny Committee voted unanimously to accept and make available for distribution a video, "Garden of Treasures Under Temple Light," which was shown last week at its board meeting held in Manti. The video was written by board member David Mackey and produced pro-duced at KBYU by Bountiful resident resi-dent Ron Ricks. The video is available to the public for purchase or loan. The 30-minute video traces the historic development of the Manti Temple hill area, the site of Central Utah's first pioneer settlement in relation re-lation to the Book of Mormon theme, to the multi-level gardens at the base of the temple hill which are currently being developed by the Manti Destiny Committee, a private, non-profit tax-exempt corporation cor-poration in the state of Utah. Author David Mackey is a young but remarkable historian and genealogist gene-alogist with roots deep into the Central Cen-tral Utah country. He graduated from Brigham Young University, majored in history, and is currently teaching in Montezuma Creek. He married DeAnn Neville and the couple lias one daughter, JilAnn. Mackey served an LDS mission with headquarters in Independence, Mo. He has been instrumental in obtaining ob-taining upgraded facilities in Manti for family history research. He has also been very active in his native extended family organizations. Mackey is a true enthusiast for extended ex-tended family "togetherness." He is currently serving as a vice president presi-dent of the Manti Destiny Committee Com-mittee Board of Directors. Commenting about the video, Mackey said, "I love to read books and, although I have read many different kinds of books, no book has had a greater impact upon my life than the Book of Mormon. I also enjoy the colorful history of Sanpete County. "The Book of Mormon has played a significant role in the history and development of this area. It has shaped its character. The schools, churches, museums and private collections. Shown in the video is a painting of the tools his grandfather Breinholt used in the construction of the Manti Temple over 100 years ago. Nora Mic kelson, Edna Chris-tensen, Chris-tensen, Clarence Carter and Lillian Fox also added significantly to the development of the video's message. Outstanding photography enhances Ricks expert video taping. tap-ing. Musical background includes the melodic violin of Professor Dennis Hansen of Snow College and the Vocal Exchange Singers of Ephraim, under the notable leadership leader-ship of director David Wallingford. It took several months of dedicated effort on the part of a large number of individuals to finally final-ly bring the video to completion. Copyright clearance came from the LDS Church, the Mormon Miracle Pageant, the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, the BYU Fine Arts Collection, Col-lection, the Manti Gallery of History and Art and a number of private individuals. "The video not only tells the story of the Gardens Project, but it adds a unique dimension to the ext odus West," said Jane Braithwaite, president of the Manti Destiny Committee. "The video would be good for family home evenings, clubs, church groups, etc. We invite families everywhere to participate in this epic undertaking and add their descendants name to the garden plaque." Cost of the video is $5, plus $2 if mailing is required. Contact Jane Braithwaite, 58 N. 200 E., Manti, Utah 84642, or telephone 1-801-835-5841. video, 'Garden of Treasures Under Temple Light,' conveys an important impor-tant message about our pioneer heritage, the Book of Mormon, and the responsibility which has been handed down to us of bringing this sacred book into world view. ' ' Ron Ricks directed the video which was produced by KBYU. Ricks is also a graduate of BYU with a major in broadcasting. He is now working toward his MBA at Brigham Young. He served a mission mis-sion for the LDS church in Holland. Ricks has had a keen interest in the production of media dealing with LDS church history themes. The role of narrator on the video was performed by Max Golightly, professor emeritus of theater and film at Brigham Young University. Golightly is a popular lecturer, actor, writer and poet. He and his wife, Beverly, reside in Provo. Extremely Ex-tremely versatile, Golightly has been known, during the course of his career, as the man with "a hundred hun-dred voices." Charles L. Metten, professor of theater and film at Brigham Young University, provides the voice of Brigham Young. Two descendants of an early pioneer name, Jens Peter Lars Breinholt, which appears on a bronze plaque in the completed phase of the Garden of Treasures at the base of the Manti Temple, add their unique contribution to the video. Ralph A. Britsch, BYU humanities hu-manities professor emeritus, and Floyd E. Breinholt, professor emeritus of the BYU art department, depart-ment, both make significant contributions con-tributions to the video presentation. This past August, recent paintings pain-tings by Professor Breinholt were shown in a one-man exhibit at the University Gallery in the Harris Fine Arts Center. He has spent a lifetime teaching and painting. He has lectured and demonstrated throughout the United States and eastern Canada. His paintings hang in numerous |
