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Show t n Y X - iv4r VxY::. . m Mm km g a e a v m mm mm mm mm Volume One Hundred Two Dancers and musicians from 12 countries will be in Springville Spring-ville July 12-19 to participate in the largest international folk dance festival in the United States. The Springville World Folkfest, Folk-fest, now in it twelfth year, will '97 Folkfest schedule SATURDAY, JULY 12 3 p.m.: Opening reception for dignitaries from all countries, Springville Museum of Art. 5 p.m.: Opening Grand Folk Parade, beginning at Springville Museum of Art (126 E. 400 South) and proceeding west to Main Street, then turning north and continuing on Main Street to the Springville Civic Center (50 S. Main). 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.nightly: Pre-show entertainment enter-tainment by performing groups from throughout Utah. 8 p.m.: Parade of Nations and opening performance of Folkfest, Spring Acres Arts Park (620 S. 1350 East). MONDAY, JULY 14: Free Dance Workshops, Spring Acres Arts Park, 10 a.m., Romania; 11 a.m., Taiwan; Tai-wan; noon, Hungary; 1 p.m., Mexico. 6:30 p.m.: Pre-show entertainment. enter-tainment. 8 p.m.: Evening performance, perfor-mance, Spring Acres Arts Park. TUESDAY, JULY 15: 6:30 p.m.: Pre-show entertainment. enter-tainment. 8 p.m.: Evening performance, perfor-mance, Spring Acres Arts Park. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16: Free Dance Workshops, Spring Acres Arts Park: 10 a.m., Poland; 11 a.m., Israel; noon, New Zealand; 1 p.m., Italy. 8 p.m.: Street Dance, Springville Museum of Art parking park-ing lot (free of charge). THURSDAY, JULY 17: Free Dance Workshops, Spring Acres Arts Park: TO a.m., Lithuania; 11 a.m., England; En-gland; noon, Russia. 6:30 p.m.: Pre-show entertainment. enter-tainment. 8 p.m.: Evening performance, perfor-mance, Spring Acres Arts Park. FRIDAY, JULY 18: 6:30 p.m.: Pre-show entertainment. enter-tainment. 8 p.m.: Evening performance, perfor-mance, Spring Acres Arts Park. SATURDAY, JULY 19: 6:30 p.m.: Pre-show entertainment. enter-tainment. 8 p.m.: Closing performance, Spring Acres Arts Park. 7 1 & itfnii n i (i inn nil M ME host troupes from all over the globe. This year's performers will come from England, Hungary, Hunga-ry, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Mexi-co, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Roma-nia, Russia, Taiwan and the , United States. . . kr: ta, . About 400 performers and musicians will present nightly performances as well as participate partici-pate in a parade and street dance during the week. The festival will open with a traditional parade down Springville's Main Street at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 12, followed by the first of six performances per-formances at 8 p.m. that night. All performances will be at the Spring Acres Arts Park amphitheater amphithe-ater behind Springville High School, 620 S. 1350 East, Springville. Sprin-gville. The groups will perform again on the following Monday, Tuesday, Tues-day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday Satur-day nights at 8 p.m. each evening. eve-ning. Tickets for this year's festival are $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens and $3 for children chil-dren 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or bought in advance by calling 489-3657 489-3657 or 489-2726 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or writing to: P.O. Box 306, Springville, UT 84663. During intermission at each performance, a Little Giant Ladder Lad-der will be given away to a lucky ticket holder. They are compliments compli-ments of Hal Wing and Wing Enterprises. On Wednesday, July 16, the groups will participate in the huge Festival Street dance and party at the Springville Museum Tickets on sale tor World Folkfest Tickets for the twelfth annual Springville World Folkfest are now on sale at the Folkfest office at 909 E. 400 South, Springville. They can also be purchased at the door of the festival each night of the performances. Prices are $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens and $3 for children under 12. Group rates ' are available. They can be purchased pur-chased by phone or mail also. For ticket information, call 489-3657 489-3657 or 489-2726 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The Folkfest' s mailing address is P.O. Box 306, Springville, UT 84663. The Folkfest has grown each year, and a large crowd is expected ex-pected to attend this year. There are 1 1 countries sending dance groups in addition to one from the USA. "Our expectations this year are larger crowds which means -1 1 i M i SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 84663 - July 9, 1 997 of Art parking lot, located at 200 E. 400 South in Springville. This event is free and open to the public. "We want to share the excitement excite-ment and fun of the festival with all of Utah," said Martin Cono ver, chairman of the festival's board of directors. "It's wonderfully wonder-fully infectious. Once you participate partici-pate or even just attend, you want to get more involved." The folkfest performers and support personnel will be housed in more than 100 private homes in the Springville and Mapleton area. In those homes, the international interna-tional visitors will be exposed to American customs and family life, and the host families will be able to learn first-hand about life in other parts of our rapidly shrinking world. "The dances and music from around the globe are the public elements of the Folkfest, but the private experiences of the host families as they interface with their guests are where lifelong bridges of understanding are constructed," said Conover. "We have host families who still correspond cor-respond regularly with people they housed 10 years ago, and others who have visited their Folkfest friends and stayed in their homes on trips abroad." More than 150,000 people have attended the Folkfest performances perfor-mances since its first festival in 1986. Organizers expect more than 20,000 spectators this year since the performances are in the arts park amphitheater. Crowds we will be hosting more than three thousand people a night, which is slightly higher than last year," said Teddy Anderson, executive director of the festival. The work is continuing this week to ready the festival site, finish housing the guests and see that they all get here safely and on time. A few more host families arc still needed to provide housing for some of the dancers and musicians from Poland and Israel. Isra-el. Those families interested in opening their homes to guests need to call Joella Wolfgramm, 489-7723 to volunteer. If you would like to volunteer to help with the festival in other ways, call Anderson at 489-2726. "There are areas that can always use help such as ticket sales, office workers and guides," she said. t w . These dancers and musicians are from Romania and are one of the twelve dance groups, including includ-ing the USA, who will be in Springville for the World Folkfest starting Saturday, Julyl2 and ending July 19. This group has participated in festivals around the world and perform music and dances from many zones of their country. Tickets are now on sale for the World Folkfest or can be bought at the door each evening except Sunday and Wednesday. I r DD can grow up to 6,000 per night with everyone still being able to see and hear excellently. Spectators can sit on bleachers or folding chairs at the arts p?.rk or bring their own blankets to spread out on the grass. A huge Creedence Clearwater Revival Band to perform here Aug. 9 under new name The audience will be transported trans-ported back to the 70s on Saturday, Satur-day, August 9 when the original Creedence Clearwater Revival members Stu Cook and Doug "Cosmo" Clifford perform in concert in Springville with their new band, Cosmos's Factory. The concert will start at 8 p.m. at the Spring Acres Arts Park, 620 S. 1350 East, north of Springville High School. Bring your blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy the old favorites from CCR. Tickets go on sale Saturday, July 12, at 10 a.m. at all Smith Tix oudets. Call 1-800-99-8499. Stu Cook and Doug "Cosmo" Clifford have renamed their new band Cosmo's Factory as a result of an injunction, initiated by John Fogerty, original Creedence Clearwater Revival lead singer, I "i J Springville and Mapleton music fans won't want to miss the big Cosmo's Factory concert on Saturday, August 9, at the Spring Acres Arts Park in Springville. Original Creedence Clearwater Revival members Stu Cook and 3 stf-T 1 SM- w Price 500 canopy has been added over the arts park's stage area to shade and protect the performers, courtesy cour-tesy of a benefit performance by the world-famous Oak Ridge Boys last year. "We are constandy improving who is suing his ex-colleagues over their use of the name Creedence Creed-ence Clearwater Revisited. This year, the band has played to packed houses worldwide from Los Angeles to Bankok to Berlin. The same generation that rocked to Creedence Clearwater Revival 25 years ago, now rubs elbows with the Generation X crowd, whose only exposure to this music has been from classic rock radio and heard in films such as "The Big Chill," "The Twilight Zone," "Forrest Gump" and "An American Werewolf" in London. Clifford, delighted with the reception that the new ensemble ensem-ble is getting, says, "We're playing play-ing better than ever and kids from eight to 80 are loving it." Clifford and Cook are joined by former Cars lead guitarist Elliot Easton, veteran studio A I T1 iir ..' .sift Number Twenty Eight and upgrading the park as funds become available," said Teddy Anderson, general director of the Folkfest. "We are building an amphitheater for performing arts while we are using it. The reve-Continued reve-Continued on page 2 . . musician Steve Gunner, and lead vocalist John Tristao, whose powerful gritty voice adds a special richness to hits such as "Suzie Q," "Proud Mary," "Fortunate "For-tunate Son," "Who'll Stop The Rain," and many more. Playing music that wove an American flag of sound from 1968 to 1972, Cosmo's Factory brings back in concert the sounds that blanketed some of the most turbulent, yet unifying events in American history. Taking a change of band name in stride, Clifford and Cook continue to bring their musical legacy back to audiences with 1(X) minute sets of non-stop classics. Cook comments, "It's really about the music. What is unique about our band is that the audience hears hit after hit. No other concert provides that." Doug "Cosmo" Clifford will perform here with their new band singing all the old favorites from the 70's done by CCR. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. at all Smith Tix outlets. |