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Show ^Park RecoixL Entertainment • Calendar • Arts WED/THURS/FRI JANUARY 12-14,2005 Events Calendar C-2 Crossword C-4 Scene & Heard C-7 TV Listings C-10 Classifieds C-ll SCENE EDITOR; Matt James 649-9014 ext.104 arts@parkrecord.com Sundance fans make ticket line a fun wait from drifting snow and sleeping under the tables at Rcnee's, a far cry from the relative warmth and comfort of the healed Gateway center. She also talked about the boom in the line's popularily las! year, when more than complex in Old Town were filled wilh people 400 people were in line by I he morning. By MATT JAMES "Overall," said Grose about the line, "it's seated in lawn-chairs, laying on air mattresses, covered in blankets, lucked in sleeping getting belter." Of the Record staff The line contained a variety of stories "We do il lor our kid who is now 26 and bags and roaming around to talk lo each about why its members were waiting. other. lias two kids of her own." "I had so much fun last year with Destiny At midnight on Friday, the line was still Thai's what Karen Collins, also known as "No. I," said aboul her reason lor being the expanding toward 200 people, according lo and my other friend lhat I came back earlier first person in the Sundance Film Festival the list - and those who had been there this year," said Alysa Dingman, who got in locals' ticket line. It was apparent, however, longest were beginning to bed down. Ami at line early enough to garner the No. 7 slot. thai Karen and her husband No. 2, enjoyed the same time, there were at least a few spec- "I'm here because in the past I've always had locals' passes, but this year I didn't have such the ticket line and film festival for them- tators. good luck with thai," said Mary Leader, who 'It's like a tourist attraction." said local selves as well. had a slot belween SO and 100. film reviewer and Sundance aficionado Collins said the Sundance Film Festival Patty Mclnlosh said she actually sold was in many ways the family's biggest cele- Destiny Grose. "People are just checking it out to see what's going on." tickets lor Sundance in the pasl, but this year bration. she was going to the festival exclusively as a Despite the onlookers, Cirose said this "This is the big thing all year," she said. spectator. year seemed lo be going better than sonic in "Christmas is just that point where we get the the past. She was there, she said, "lo be part of the money and pass go." "I've had a lot of fun years here; I've had energy." The Collinses have been coming to the "It's very fun," she said. "I've wen a lot oi' Sundance ticket line in Park City for 15 or 16 some really tough years," she said. "Last year the same faces I've seen years before selling was the first year people could stay inside, years, according to Karen, and while their tickets" dedication to getting tickets is extraordinary, and there were so many more people." Grose saul the optimism of those at the Before last year, the Gateway complex many in the line were not far behind in their remained closed for the night before the tick- front of the line should be rewarded. efforts. "All of us first 100 people are here for 24 Several regular participants in the line et sales, meaning that everyone wishing lo hours," she noted. "We get rewarded for our wait in line had to brave whatever the had set up an unofficial hsl lo help regulate diligence." those wailing, and all corners of (he Gateway January night had to offer them. Grose also noted lhat those with numbers Grose told slories aboul huddling away While ticket sales themselves are a disappointment, optimism and community reigned in Gateway center line Public Art Advisory Board issues a request for proposals The Park City Public Art Advisory Board is requesting proposals for art to be installed on eight city bus shelters around Park City. Each of the eight artists awarded the jobs by the board will receive $8,000 to design, plan, create, construct and install their art at a specific shelter. A non-rnandatory pre-submittal meeting will be held Feb. 9 at 5 p.m. at the Miner's Hospital, located at 1354 Park Ave. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 23. Artists interested in submitting a proposal can pick up the official request for proposals from Sharon Bauman at the Park City Municipal Corporation by calling 6155184 or emailing bauman@parkcity.org. The Public Art Advisory Board recently completed a public art plan for Park City. The bus shelter project is the first initiative the board has made to work on enhancing the Park City area with public art. closer to 200 (or higher) probably wouldn't get a great selection of tickets. "You have to realize, if you have a high number, the selection isn't going to be greai," she said. For those people Grose said there might be belter alternatives lo the ticket line Those include waiting lists, alternative film festivals, and in some cases, finding other ways lo enjoy Sundance. "If you can't get into a lol of movies, go to Main Street, Starbucks," said Grose. "Hverywhere you go is going to be a unique movie experience." She also noted the Music Cafe and Sundance Mouse as possible hang-out spots for those interested in taking advantage of the Sundance Film Festival rather than simply bemoaning the endless traffic and scores nf manner-less coasl-dweliers. Ultimately, Cirose noted, the best thing about Sundance was universal il was the same lor those wilh high ticket numbers and those with low ones. The film festival, she pointed out, is the only event nf its kind, and it takes place in a small town where all of the residents can be a parl of the spectacle and the scene in one way or another. Hie trick to the Sundance rush, she said, was to embrace il, to take advantage of everyone and everything that comes to town and enjoy an experience duplicated nowhere else. Rush, Hammond to headline at Egyptian Folk singer-songwriter, blues guitar legends coming to Park City for three Mountain Town Stages shows on any extensive tours. "I do about ?() shows a year," he said, "and that's about right; il scratches the itch, pays the Of the Record staff A pair of music greats will be coming lo bills... I'm trying lo do one long weekend a Park City this coming weekend. Randy month" And in his louring, he noted he is trying to Barton, of the Mountain Town Stages, noted that both would even probably qualify as leg- maintain a degree of creature comfort. "I'm trying now to <\o only shows that hawends in their respective genres. Folk singer-songwriter Tom Rush will play good restaurants nearby." he joked. Overall, Rush seems relaxed and content to the Egyptian Theatre on Thursday at 8 p.m., and blues guitarist John Hammond will head- work slowly but surely on his new music and line the theatre Friday and Saturday evenings, current louring. lie said the latter work lakes up most of his working lime. also at K p.m. "I do a lot more performing than 1 do song"Both of these artists are artists we've been writing, which I'm sorry to say." he said. looking at for many years," he noted. But he noted lhat writing is one of the more Both should have strong local appeal and feature the strong solo sets Mountain Town difficult parts of his creative process, "If I sil down every morning and stare at Stages looks for when it books artists for the ligyptian. Please see Mountain Town, C-5 By MATT JAMES Visual Arts Fellowship applications available The guidelines and application form for the 2005 Visual Arts Fellowships, sponsored by The Utah Arts Council Visual Arts Program, are now available to Utah artists. The Visual Arts Program awards two $5,000 fellowships to encourage visual artists and help advance their careers. Fellowships are available in areas of crafts, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and conceptual art. The fellowship application postmark deadline is Feb. 7. For more information, or to receive an application form, contact Lila Abersold at (801) 533-3581 or email labersold@utah.gov. Applications are also available on the Arts Council website at www.arts.utah.gov. Tom Rush: "Tom Rusli was o\w of the original founders of the whole folk movement," said Barton. Rush, who helped introduce the songs of Joiii Mitchell, Jackson Browne and James Taylor lo the world is currently living in California and enjoying a good mix o\' rest, relaxation and work. lie has recently released a new album and is working on another. "I've produced a little homemade collection of silly songs and stories called, "Trolling for Owls," said Rush. 'Die CD is available through his website only and really wasn't made lo be a full-blown Tom Rush album, he noted. His current work in progress will be more along the lines of a full album. Rush said he started the project few years ago and is working on getting everything done. 'Tm sort of parked with the engine on," he said, with regard to the making of the album. Rush explained thai he was doing a little song writing, a little recording and some louring. His new album is slill a ways away from completion. As far as his louring, he said he was playing fairly regularly, but without going TOM RUSH PHOTO COURTESY OF SKYLINE MUSIC; JOHN HAMMOND PHOTO BY KENDALL McSSICK Folk music hero Tom Rush (left) introduced the world to the music of Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and James Taylor. John Hammond (right) has spent 42 years playing blues guitar in the spirit of Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. A PERFECT COMBINATION ward winning cuisine, Park City's most spectacular setting g^SBSfc- Utahs Finest Entertainers •, Performing in the Atrium January 12th - 16th v January Performing in the Atrium January 17th - 21st 17th Moll Stacey Board 13th Thins. Josh Bonas iSthTues. Josh Bonas 14th Fri. Teresa 19th Wed. Matt Frey 15th Sat. Jeff Proctor 20thThurs. Teresa 16th Sun. Gigi Love 2lst Fri. j2th Wed ]\fl att Frey January Jeff Proctor |