Park Record | 2006-05-24 | Page 33

Entertainment • Calendar • Arts IT* Park KecoixL WED/THURS/FRI, MAY 24-26, 2006 Events Calendar Crossword Scene & Heard TV Listings Classifieds C-6 C-4 C-9 C-10 C-ll SCENE EDITOR: Dan BischofF [e-mail] State grant gives advertising freedom Music for Tikes Imagination Place is holding free 30minute music demonstrations for parents and their children up to four years of age. The purpose of the program is to enable children, as well as the adults participating with them, to become more comfortable with musical expression and to develop musically at their own pace. As a highly beneficial side effect, making music contributes to the development of language and other intelligences including spatial and mathematical abilities. There will be singing, chanting, dancing and playing instruments. They will hold a free "Music Together" demonstration at Colby School, 3770 North Hwy. 224 in Park City. They will also hold demonstrations in Salt Lake around the same time. All demonstrations are RSVP only. For more information call: [phone] or email [e-mail]. Art and Good Eats The Kimball Art Center and the Park City Gallery Association will present, the Park City Gallery Stroll on Friday, May 26 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event is an evening of fine art and hors d'oeuvres that will feature select Park City restaurants and caterers hosted by 23 galleries on the last Friday of the month. The Park City Jazz Foundation Features Live Jazz by The Georgia Barretto Quartet in the Kimball Garage Gallery. Tickets are $5. The Kimball Art Center is located at 638 Park Avenue. For more information call [phone] or visit www.kimball-art.org. Park City Performing Arts Foundation will gather tourists with extra cash By DAN BISCHOFF Of the Record staff Christmas came early for the Park City Performing Arts Foundation (PCPAF) last week. After long hours and creative elbow grease, the foundation was chosen to receive a matching grant from the Utah Travel Council, which had an allocation from the state. PCPAF will pay $47,000 and the council will match it for a total of $94,000 to spend on advertising outside of the state. "It's a great opportunity. It's new money. It's a chance to go in a new direction. Up to now, the only out-of-state advertising has been Evanston, Wyo.," said Teri Orr, the PCPAF executive director. The foundation is primarily targeting the Las Vegas and Henderson area in Nevada. "We found that the Las Vegas area was the No. 3 destination area of people coming to Park City. Last year over 200 homes were sold to people from Las Vegas. It matched our own demographics." As Las Vegas continually bakes their residents in the summers with temperatures frequently above 115, Orr believes they want to get out of the heat. When the PCPAF did its "Moose on the Loose" project, Orr said, four of the 21purchases were made by people from Las Vegas. "They want to get out of Vegas in the summer. Park City has turned out to be the darling of Las Vegas," Orr said. Last year PCPAFs out-of-state summer business grew by almost 7 percent. They sold 1,009 tickets compared to 156 the year before and they hope to triple that number after this summers the innovative grantsupported advertising. Utah wanted the money to be spent out of state to bring more cash to the Beehive State's economy. Orr sees this as being helpful to not only the foundation but to Park City. MoteJs, restaurants and bars will be filled, she said, "They invest in the state when they are here/' The PCPAF will collaborate with Greenspan Media in Vegas. Greenspan SCOTT SINE/EARK RECORD The Pointer Sisters perform at a past Park City Performing Arts Foundation concert The Foundation received a grant from the Utah Travei Council last week to advertise outside of Utah. Media promotes two magazines. Big Glossy Vegas and Big Glossy Winn, that contain national and world advertising. '"They're big like Town and Country magazine. There's lots of national advertising. They are sending it all over the world and our ads will get seen by those people." Orr said. The foundation will continue their beverage coaster marketing idea out of state. They have also joined with Parallel Wines. Parallel launched in December, received a high rating of 93 and sold out of first allotment. "They (Parallel Wines) are going to a number of wine festivals in the country and will take the coasters with them," Orr said. The coasters have all the big shows and schedules written on them. They have also joined with Volkcr Ritzinger s locally made bread, and will print their schedule on the bread bags. It wasn't a cake-walk to receive the grant, Orr said, the PCPAF faced other competition and a lot of credit goes to the grant coordinator. Ginger Tollman, who was unavailable for an interview Monday. Tollman wrote and researched the project and was instrumental in the organization receiving the grant. "It was really fun to think out of the box, to think of things that would be different than just printed ads. There was a lot of requests, there were a lot of top organizations that didnt receive funding," Orr said. This grant is specific to PCPAFs summer marketing. PCPAF will have four shows and are hoping to add afifth.This summer they will present Kenny Wayne Shepherd on July 1, Etta James on July 21, Bonnie Raitt on Aug. 30 and Willie Nelson on Sept. 4. The Park City Performing Arts Foundation received $47,000 to advertise outside of Utah. The foundation will focus on the Las Vegas area to bring in tourism cash flow. Rockport State Park is geared up for summer Recent improvements and a healthy snow pack will make the park a destination for families been happy with the improvements the park has made in recent years. l Of the Record staff i come here about every other week," The outdoor recreationalist would have Eades said. "They've been corning in putfound isolation in Rockport State Park on ting hybrid trout in here instead of Monday, but according to Rockport offi- planters," Eades said. "They are better fed cials, the warm weather has brought busy and they do a lot better all around. They weekends to the park and the campgrounds take care of the campgrounds, its a pretty good place to camp and bring your kids." are all reserved for Memorial Weekend. Verl Barlow usually fishes in Hoytsville, A few fishermen enjoyed the seclusion despite the high runoff from the Weber. but the high muddy runoff flowing into Wind-slapped waves forced Salt Lake resi- Rockport pricked his curiosity. The high dent, Ron Eades. to leave the reservoir and water erodes the banks of the river and try his luck below, where the dam spat out releases worms and other aquatic insects into feeding channels, he said. But it isn't the raging surge. "I came down here because it was too just the fishing that brought Barlow to windy," he said. "I've always done well here, Rockport. "I can either be here or work in the I've never been skunked." The river was high coming out of the yard," he said. Recent years of drought haven't brought dam but clear enough to wet a line. According to Eades. he caught the Weber the kind of high water the state is seeing this River record brown trout (over seven year. The 2006 wet spring has all water syspounds) a year ago with a small Renegade tems in the state experiencing high runoff. dry fly in the same spot. To say the least, he's By DAN BISCHOFF Jazz man Eric Darius comes to Park City The Park City Jazz Foundation and the Egyptian Theatre Company will present jazz saxophonist, Eric Darius, for two nights June 2 and 3 along with the PCHS All-Star Jazz Band at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the show are $35 to $50. A post party will be catered by Shabu, those tickets are $100. For tickets and information call [phone]. GRAYSON WEST/FftRK RECORD Carlos Quilano Jr. of West Valley cast his fishing line last year at Rockport Reservoir while his younger brother looked on. Carlos said the trout fishing is very good. Please see Rockport, C-3 Salt Lake City Prices, Park City Convenience! 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