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Show Page Eight - The Springville Herald - July 17, 1991 Hundreds offend dedication Dedicated to the performing' and creative arts that are soprev-elcnt soprev-elcnt in this community." Thesel were the words of Karl Young as1 he said the prayer at the dedication dedica-tion of the Spring Acres Arts Park in Springville Friday evening. The hundreds of citizens who gathered there for the dedication ceremonies and the 23rd Army Band Concert were thrilled with the new outdoor stage and the vision of what the facility will mean to the community. Springville Mayor Delora Ber-tclsen Ber-tclsen welcomed the crowd dressed in red, white and blue. "Can you tell I'm excited tonight?" she said. The opening of the park has been a city project since 1986 when the property was acquired. Bcrtelsen was chairman of the , Arts Commission at that time. "Pat yourselves on the back Springville citizens, you helped to make this possible," said Bcrtelsen. Bcrtel-sen. "This is a dream come true, put together with a lot of volunteer volun-teer people, equipment and other help. I love my country and I love Springville and we are not done yet." The $450,000 project came about with a $150,000 grant from the National' Endowment of the Arts, which has been matched two-to-one by local contributions. It includes three areas: the Art Shop, Spring Acres Park and the Folkfcst The park has a performing stage designed by volunteer architect archi-tect Kevin Scholz for the Folkfest More funds will be raised for a 40 foot-wide fountain which will display costumed children on a platform 14 feet high, sculpted in bronze by Springville artist Gary Price. A parking lot and picnic areas are also included in future City Councilman Loren Phillips thanked the many people and organizations who have helped get the park to the stage it is now, giving special recognition to the city departments and the Springville Spring-ville National Guard. " The city appreciates everyone who has helped on the park," he said. Fritz Boyer, member of the Arts Commission, recognized the former military people who at- poles. Bricks and plaques can be tended the dedication and espe-bought espe-bought each night at the World daily those involved in Operation Folkfest. I Desert Storm. They played each plans. Local citizens can donate mon ey by buying a brick which has their name engraved on it Thfe bricks will go into curved walfc surrounding a garden which win display international flags on 22 of the service songs as those who had served stood. The 23rd Army Band, the official band of the Utah National Guard, entertained the audience with everything from Broadway marches to Big Band favorites along with several patriotic numbers, num-bers, concluding with the stirring "Stars and Stripes Forever." As dark came and the concert ended, the audience was treated to a spectacular fireworks show complete with musical background. back-ground. "Isn't this incredible!" said Jay Knight at the end of the program. :t Knight serves on the Springville Playhouse Board and those he;; works with are already planning a ,' play on the new stage. Springville citizens will no; doubt see many events take place ; at the Spring Acres Park and on the new outdoor stage. The 23rd Army Band plans to come back ' next summer for a repeat perfor-f mance. . ) Idaho is the only state in the U.S. overwhich no foreign flag has ever flown. mm 4004 Geo Metro WWW " JCflr 2 and 4 Dr. Models AC, auto trans., 0AA stereo, and rear defrost. I -1 I llrxrri lr IT iiHr"""! v .' ' :'. , Starting VlW IP V m Starting $ I II V .J r! 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