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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, May 12, 1993 13 SlhM?i!S ...v,.. me uiiciiiuii ui oonn rnesi, tormed in received a superior rating at a recent competition. Band students receive state ratings for efforts The Junior High Eighth Grade Honor Band went to a competition at Snow College in Ephraim last week and, according to their director, direc-tor, John Priest, did extremely well. Two of the judges awarded the band very good ratings and one of the judges awarded the band a "superior." "su-perior." This was the first time any of the students were involved in competition. "I think it was a real feather in our cap to compete so effectively with only eighth graders. Our Junior High music program is on a roll and this is the second year in a row that the eighth grade group received a 'superior at competition," Priest said. In addition to the tremendous performance per-formance from the Honor Band, four high school band students received re-ceived high ratings as soloists at the State Solo and Ensemble competition competi-tion in Provo. Laura Kellersberger, a sophomore at Uintah High School, has been playing violin for as many years as she can remember. Kellersberger currently studies with Suzanne Brimhall in Salt Lake City and performs per-forms regularly with a local fiddle group called, "The Rocky Mountain Rascals." She plays the violin in the Uintah Basin Symphony Orchestra and is a percussionist with the Uintah High School Honor Band. Kellersberger received an excellent excel-lent rating for her performance on the violin.and a superior rating for her performance on a marimba duet with Aleisha Wood. Aleisha Wood has been involved in music most of her life. She has made innumerable contributions to the music department for many years. She is a percussionist with the Uintah High School Honor Band and will be performing with the Honor Band at the Spring con- ' cert at the Vernal Middle School on Monday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. Matt Famsworth, a sophomore and free-lance percussionist in the area, will be presenting a solo at the Vernal Theater Starts Friday Opens 7:00 Starts 7:30 ROBERT REDFORD DEMI MOORE NDECENT PROPOSAL RaUdR Tri Cinema Theatre IT Now Showing 7:15 & 9:15 DRHGOn THE BRUCE LEE STORY THP I IFF THE LOVE Rated PO-13 Starts Friday 7:30 & 9:15 Rated PO-13 S Change Starting Tim Frl. 7:40 4 9:25 s JOHNNY DEPP RaUd PO LV!S nior For man this wa I ,,.yr BLAKE STEVENS concentrates He is preparing for the upcoming Uintah Basin Symphony Orchestra's concert, this Friday, May 14 at the Middle School Auditorium. His solo will be played on the marimba. Famsworth performed on the marimba at the State Solo and Ensemble competition and received a "superior" for his performance. He is also the drummer for the Uintah High Jazz Band, section leader for the UHS drum line and recording engineer for the UHS music mu-sic department. He also received a "superior" for his drumming at the State Jazz Band Competition and was awarded "Most Outstanding Rhythm Section" at Region VII Jazz Band competition in Lehi. Blake Stevens, a senior at UHS, is the recipient of numerous awards during an extremely competitive season. He most recently was awarded a "superior" rating for his ZD LAURA KELLERSBERGER (left) and Aleisha Wood practice a duet on the xylophone. The girls received an excellent rating at State Solo and Ensemble competition. O o PERCUSSIONIST MATT Famsworth plays the xylophone in anticipation antici-pation of the upcoming Spring Concert. He received a superior rating rat-ing for his performance on the marimba. the first meet they every per- a, U on playing Mozart Concerto 20. Spring Concert. performance at State Solo and Ensemble Competition. Stevens is a student of Eleanor Marshall and performs regularly at piano recitals and various musical events in the Basin, as well as abroad. Aside from playing the piano, pi-ano, he plays the viola in the Uintah Basin Symphony Orchestra. He also will be soloing with the Symphony this week at the spring concert performing per-forming the first movement of the Mozart Piano Concerto 20 K466. The Uintah Basin Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Priest, is a community orchestra with 40 members ranging from youth to adult. They will be presenting pre-senting a variety of classical music during Friday's concert. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Vernal Middle School Auditorium. There is a charge of $2 per person at the door. o o BRENDA LEE VIGIL is the 'lop cookie seller" in Vernal for this year's Girl Scout Cookie Campaign. Vigil earns 'top seller' in Girl Scouting Brenda Lee Vigil received "Top Service Unit Seller" of the Vernal unit at the Super Seller Banquet on Saturday, May 8 in Salt Lake City. She sold a total of 867 boxes of Girl Scout cookies during the recent cookie campaign this spring. This is the second year in a row Vigil has received the honor. She said her best selling cookies were "Samoas and Thin Mints," the favorites fa-vorites among customers. Brenda is the daughter of Henry and Mary Vigil of Naples. She is a member of the St. James Catholic Church and Girl Scout Troop 1136 under the leadership of Donna Christiansen. She loves attending Naples Elementary and enjoys Girl Scouting, dancing, bike riding and listening to country-western music. LDS Seminary graduations announced The Vernal Senior Seminary-Graduation Seminary-Graduation will be held on Sunday, May 16 at the Ashley Stake Center. This year two sessions will be conducted due to the largest graduating gradu-ating class ever of approximately 180 graduating seniors. The first session will be at 5 p.m. with the Maeser, Ashley and Roosevelt Stakes. The next session will be at 7:30 p.m. and will include the Uintah and Glines Stakes. The student speaker will include Howard Cleavinger, Tim Gibbons, Ruth Rust, Liz Hadlock and Chris Manwaring. The public is welcome to attend. Newborns On May 6, 1993 a daughter was born to Janalee and Matt Watkins. She weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz. Duchesne County Hospital Dr. L. Lynn Morrill :Tf Grandson of ILL. & Elizabeth Morrill, early settlers in the Uintah Basin "7 Dr. Morrill has relatives in the Roosevelt, Neola & Vernal area and is looking forward to serving the basin residents Call the U. B. lUlMKKMItWM,l . ! J A 1IM uJ& PRECEPTOR PI officers for the upcoming year are: (left to right), Jean Riddle, Theda Murray, LaRae Heath, Evlyn Slaugh, Donna Burchinal and Mildred Tadlock. Not pictureed is Audrey Luna. Preceptor Pi installs officers for upcoming year Eight members of Preceptor Pi met at the home of Jean Riddle on Tuesday, May 4. The highlight of the evening was the installation of next year's officers. In addition to the installation, the Exemplar Degree Ritual was given to Donna Burchinal. Officers installed for next year were: Mildred Tadlock, president; Donna Burchinal, vice president; Photographer, Dave Olson, to speak at Mt. Club meeting Dave Olson will present a program pro-gram on nature photography during this months meeting of the Uintah Mountain Club. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 13 in the AVMC Conference Center in Vernal. Olson will discuss exposure, expo-sure, lighting, film characteristics, subjects and the use of equipment These topics will be presented with a 35mm slide show highlighting highlight-ing natural areas of western North America and will include a demonstration demon-stration of various types of equipment equip-ment Emphasis will be placed on the role of individual perception in photography. The second part of this seminar will take place on Saturday, May 15 when Olson will host a hands-on demonstration in a beautiful slick-roy slick-roy canyon system. Participants should bring a camera and film, a daypack, food and water to the fish hatchery at Jones Hole. They can meet Tom Elder at 7 a.m. in the parking lot of the AVMC conference con-ference Center to carpool to the canyon. Marriages Guy Edward Wolfe and Roni Marie Barnes, both of Vernal; issued is-sued May 6, 1993. Jared Dayna Garcia of Vernal and Amy Jean Thomson of Jensen; issued is-sued May 7, 1993. Troy K. Bird and Vonita Kay Morgan, both of Vernal; issued May 10, 1993. Shane Reed Lance and Jennifer Linn Perry, both of Vernal; issued May 10, 1993. yAAe.dicol y)ofe Prom. . . . and the w Dr. L. Lynn Morrill, General Practice Medical Clinic 722-3971 Evlyn Slaugh, secretary; LaRae Heath, treasurer; Theda Murray, extension ex-tension officers; Audrey Luna, city council representative; and Jean Riddle, alternate to city council representative. rep-resentative. The next meeting will be a mother-daughter luncheon, the date of which is to be determined later this week. Also, plans will be discussed for upcoming summer gatherings. "TV1 Darcey Olsen Olsen named to CEU cheer squad " Darcey Olsen, a graduating senior of Uintah High School, has been chosen to be a member of the 1993-1994 1993-1994 College of Eastern Utah cheer squad. The selection was made May 8 at CEU in Price from among 30 other girls of area high schools. She will receive a full tuition scholarship and plans to go into secondary education. educa-tion. Olsen has served two years on the Varsity cheerleading squad at Uintah High School and was this year's head cheerleader. She has also al-so been a member of the USH Executive Council and the manager of the USH Boy's Baseball team for two years. She is the daughter of Dave and Linda Olsen of Vernal. UiNTAH BAsiN MEdicAlCliNic eicomes,., Started his full time practice at the Uintah Basin Medical Clinic April 26, 1993. Dr. Morrill comes to the basin from a private practice in Sedan Kansas. He is a graduate of Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Morrill is the Son of Dr. and Mrs Laurence Morrill, formerly of TridellLapoint area. for an appointment. |
