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Show Page Eight - The Springville Herald - June 29, 1988 That's Life I ''"5 he junEt d rower "V "TV t 1 S"; : I Iff Is If4 ft Children ages 7 through 12 from Bangkok, Thailand will perform at the World Folkfest in August. Here a young "khon," or masked dancer, performs per-forms the Kwan Thong, or dance of the golden deer. Thai children to perform at Folkfest Folk dancing is an activity enjoyed en-joyed by people of all ages, as is evident evi-dent from the young performers of the Thai classical Dance and Music Group, one of the 15 performing ensembles participating in the 1988 World Folkfest. The members of this group range in age from 4 through 12 years and are experienced in not only on-ly classical dance, but folk dance as well. The group has toured and performed per-formed throughout Thailand, China and Bulgaria, as well as at Bangkok's renowned National Theater, as the folk dance demonstration group from the Srinakharinwirot University of Bangkok. Dances from all regions of Thailand are presented in typical costumes ranging from simple peasant pea-sant attire to ornate costumes complete com-plete with brass fingernail covers, masks, and headdresses in the shape of animals. Music for the dancers is provided by faculty members from the university on traditional instruments in-struments found nowhere else in the world. These include the Saw sam Sai (a three-stringed fiddle), Pi-Krajab Pi-Krajab and Pina (instruments resembling the oboe), the Kaan (a bamboo pipe-organ) . Many of the instruments in-struments used date from the Srivi-jaya Srivi-jaya period of Thailand's history (8th through 13th Centuries, A.D.). Like the dances of many countries, coun-tries, Thai folk dances almost always tell stories. "Dancedrama," as the Thai's refer to it, is a form of story-telling through dance, and is Carson & Barnes Circus coming to Payson July 1 3 Ticket sales to the all new "Roaring 20's" Edition of the Carson & Barnes Circus have been opened by the sponsoring Phi Delta Cultus Club of Payson. Carson & Barnes is the last sur-! sur-! viving and thriving big traditional tent circus in America that still presents a full five-ring performance per-formance as well as a huge wild animal menagerie. The circus will '. give performances at 2 and 8 p.m., . one day only, Wednesday, July 13 at the Payson Race Track. Advance tickets are sold at a discount by the Phi Delta Cultus Club. They receive up to 50 percent : of the proceeds from the advance sale that they use for their various community projects. The ticket price will be higher on showday and the sponsor will receive a smaller percentage from box office sales. Hailed as the biggest and best show in America, the circus as presented in "The Biggest Big Top on Earth" is sure to please audiences, of all ages. Theper-formance Theper-formance includes scores of foreign and American artists, wild lions and , tigers in the massive steel arena, triple-somersaulting troupes of trapeze stars, jugglers, clowns and our spectacular circus parade on the hippodrome track with hundreds of lavishly-costumed performers and beasts. The educational traveling zoo is displayed free in the morning to all residents and school groups who wish to witness the set-up of the circus. The zoo features some 25 species of wild, exotic, hybred and domestic animals. A feature of both the zoo and the actual circus per : ; v ft MM common to the central and southern regions of Thailand. One of the most famous dancedramas of Thailand, the Ramakien, will be presented in part. (The complete Ramakien requires re-quires 311 performers and takes 720 hours to present!) The performers wear "Khon," or masks and their voices are provided by singers seated with the orchestra. The story of Ramakien concerns the efforts of Rama, aided by his brother Lak and an army of monkeys led by Hanuman, a pure white magic monkey, to rescue his beloved. Ramakien has roots dating back to the late 14th century, A.D. Other dances to be presented include in-clude Sereng Sawlwng (fishing dance from Northeastern Thailand) ; Fonphu (a dance of the Vietnamese and Laotian emigrants who settled in northern Thailand about 15 years ago); and Khlong Yao (a typical dance of central thailand). For the children of the Thai Classical Dance and Music Group, dancing in the World Folkfest offers a chance not only to share Thai culture, but to meet American children and stay in American homes. Most of these children speak no English and will be away from parents and family for the first time. If you have children who are interested in-terested in hosting members of the Thai ensemble, please contact the World Folkfest Committee through Colleen Drollinger, 489-7073. formance is the world's largest herd of Asian and African elephants-over 20 of the ponderous giants. Some other animals featured in the menagerie are a giraffe, zebras, pygmy hippopotamus and rare rhinoceros. Tickets may be purchased at a discount price before circus day at Pajtyland in Springville. Diabetic update Due to unexpected circumstances, the Diabetic Update Class provided by Mountain View Hospital that was to be held in June is being postponed until July 12th. We extend our sincere sin-cere apologies to those who arrive at the clinic and waited. Jim Summers, R.N., Patient Educator at Mountain View Hospital, will be the guest speaker at the July 12th meeting to be held at the Spanish Fork Clinic, located at 325 West Center, Spanish Fork from 9 to 11 a.m. He will instruct and educate participants on the glucometer or glucoscan equipment. Monitoring blood sugar levels is essential to the diabetic person. Jim has considerable expertise in teaching and working with the glucometer. He will answer questions and assist in any way possible. Linda Richey, Mountain View Hospital Dietitian, will also be in attendance to answer questions and give a few ideas on diet for the diabetic. For further information, contact Linda Gfaham at 465-9201 extension 166. y by Roger Sturman Everybody has a junk drawer; at least I think everybody has one. Some folks who are really organized keep their junk drawer in the garage. Others designate a drawer in the bedroom dresser. Others maintain a drawer in the kitchen, but almost everyone has a junk drawer. The junk drawer doesn't really have junk in it. Most of the contents are things that are just not used very often but are too valuable to throw away. For instance, a junk drawer may contain an old screwdriver that is broken and just needs a new tip ground on it. Or you may find three canning lids left over from last season. You may even find the missing knob to the kitchen cabinet that contains the junk drawer! At our house, that special drawer is located in my dresser. My wife keeps it there so that she can easily . clean off the top of the chest. She just opens the drawer and scoops it in. She is somehow of the opinion that if anything sits on the top of the dresser for more than two or three weeks that it is not something that I may have immediate need for. Consequently, I am constantly searching through the junk drawer for important items that I had placed 'temporarily' on top of the cabinet. A recent inventory of the Sturman family junk drawer revealed, 4 snelled fish hooks, hoplessly tangled one with another; 12 tickets marked "SAVE THIS COUPON"; 8 keys that open nothing at all; 1 1982 fishing license; 6 slips of paper with unknown telephone numbers written on them; 12 pounds of advertisements, ad-vertisements, unsolicited magazines and five million dollar 'YOU, MAY HAVE ALREADY WON,' sweepstakes entrys; 3 odd socksT assorted ammunition that will fit nothing we own that shoots; one map to last year's family reunion (so that's where that thing went!) that we should have had at last years family reunion; one combination lock with a piece of tape attached with the wrong combination written on it; 2 fuzzy Lifesavers not in a package; one rusty pocket knife with a broken blade and 4 felt washers from the bottom of the lamp that got broken. All valuable stuff. r f X I Signetics makes computer chips. . . integrated circuits. A lot of them. More than a billion chips a year at their plant in Orem! Headquartered in Silicon Valley, they started a plant in an abandoned Provo bowling alley in 1966. The workers were so productive Signelirs Cnrp is Two area residents, Larry Beaudin and Angie Boyer, the production and Pam Tippetts is also a cast are shown above in the parts they will play in Provo member. Fiddler will play July 1, 4 through 9 at 7:30 Community Theatre's production of "Fiddler on the p.m. at the Timpview High School. Roof." Springville resident Chris Brower is directing I The Springville Lions Club members paid tribute to Jim Damico last week by electing him to the honored position of Linns Tailtwister for the coming year. This sought-after position was held by Joe Miller the past year. Jim has been a member of Lions for 25 years. M v , f y n Y .... w t . Q r. tt i mil further. They took and it paid off. An I f -v. -w,n .JJUJV reasons Utah is a profitable place for part of North Amcriran Ph'lips Corporation, privately owned by NV. Philips of the Netherlands, seventh largest I " - 'I Several local take part in Several Springville residents are in the cast of the upcoming production of "Fiddler On The Roof" being presented by the Provo Community Theatre. Angie Boyer of Mapleton is playing the role of Tzietel, the eldest daughter of Tevye and dairyman. Angie was seen last summer in Springville's production of "The Sound of Music," playing Maria. Fiddler is being directed by Chris H. Brower who is a Springville resident. Mr. Brower is the drama teacher at Timpview High School in Provo. Also well known in Springville is Pam Tippets, who is playing Fruma Sarah. Pam has been in many local productions, and promises to be delightful in this role. Larry Beaudin, who teaches elementary school in Springville, is lending his talents to the role of Motel, the tailor. Richard Wilkins of Orem is playing the lead role of Tevye. i . , t ti --it I ii that Signetics decided to build in Orem industry to locate, including abun-and abun-and stay permanently. Now they have dant, reasonably priced electricity. 2000 employees and plan to expand We have nnfPl a chance on Utah the power unusually produc- to make things happen. residents musical play Assisting Mr. Brower in the production are Judy Porray, Musical Director; Cathy Black, Choreographer, and Dr. Terry S. Hill, Orchestra Conductor. This production promises to be one that the whole family will enjoy. So bring your family to Timpview High School June 30, July 1, and 4-9 at 7:30 p.m. For ticket information and reservations, call 379-6000. Announcing the Opening of GOODTIME PRESCHOOL On of th mod Important things a child can loarn It that learning lear-ning It fun. W provide an environment environ-ment for your child that it relaxed and enoyable. School starts Aug. 30, 1988 Limited Spaces Available enroll your preschooler today! Call 489-7238 for further Information r UUUGill! 011 011(01 I & LIGHT COMPANY corporation in the world. |