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Show ' I Dancers from the folk dance group Soprus, of Estonia, will be in Springville Saturday Satur-day to perform in the 1999 World Folkfest. The group is 53 years old and will perform traditional and contemporary Estonian folk dances at the Folkfest, in- I spired by their Estonian heritage. The group's name means "friendship." This year s Folkfest will feature groups from 10 countries plus one from America in six performances perfor-mances July 10-17. Volume One Hundred Four Dancers and musicians from 11 countries will be in Springville Spring-ville starting Saturday, July 10, to Saturday, July 17, to partici--pate in the largest international folk dance festival in the United States. The Springville World Folkfest, Folkf-est, now in its fourteenth year, WORLD FOLKFEST Springville, Utah Folkfest Saturday, July 10 3 p.m.: Opening reception for dignitaries from all countries, coun-tries, Springville Museum of Art. 5 p.m.: Opening Grand Folk Parade, beginning at the Springville Museum of Art, 136 E. 400 South, and pror ceeding west to Main Street, then turning north and continuing continu-ing on Main Street to the Springville Civic Center, 50 S. Main. 8 p.m.: Parade of Nations and opening performance of Folkfest, Spring Acres Arts Park, 620 S. 1350 East. Monday, July 12 Free Dance Workshops, Spring Acres Arts Park: 9 a.m., Macedonia; 10 a.m., Sri Lanka; 11 a.m., Spain. Public Invited. 6:30 p.m.: Pre-show entertainment. enter-tainment. 8 p.m.: Evening performance, perfor-mance, Spring Acres Arts Park. Tuesday, July 13 6:30 p.m.: Pre-show enter-: tainment. 8 p.m.: Evening performance, perfor-mance, - Spring Acres Arts Park. do Oy ; . . A: -1 will host troupes from all over the globe. This year's performers will come from Albania, China, Estonia,, Greece, Macedonia, Mexico, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka and the United States. About 400 performers and musicians will present six evening eve-ning performances as well as participate in a parade and street dance during the week. The evening performances will be July 10, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. All performances will be at the Spring Acres Arts Park amphitheater northeast of Springville Spring-ville High School, 620 S. 1350 East, Springville. Tickets for this year's festival are $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens and $3 for children 12 and under. Group rates are available. avail-able. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or bought in advance by calling (801) 489-2726 or writing to P.O. Box 306, Springville, Utah 84663. They can also be purchased ahead of time at the Springville Area Chamber of Commerce Office, 50 S. Main, or at the World Folkfest kiosk schedule Wednesday, July 14 Free Dance Workshops, Spring Acres Arts Park: 9 a.m., Albania; 10 a.m., Greece; 11 a.m., Poland. Public Invited. 8 p.m.: Street Dance, Springville Museum of Art parking lot (free of charge). All citizens invited.! Thursday, July 15 Free Dance Workshops, Spring Acres Arts Park: 9 a.m., Slovakia; 10 a.m., China; Chi-na; 11 a.m., Estonia. Public Invited. 6:30 p.m.: Pre-show entertainment. enter-tainment. 8 p.m.: Evening performance, perfor-mance, Springville Acres Arts Park. Friday, July 16 Free Dance Workshops, Spring Acres Arts Park: 9 a.m. USA (Native American);' 10 a.m., Mexico. Public Invited- 6:30 p.m. : Pre-show entertainment. enter-tainment. ' 8 p.m.: Evening performance. perfor-mance. Spring Acres Arts Park. Saturday, July 17 8 p.m.: Parade of Nations and closing performance Spring Acres Arts Park. , "! 1 . - ! c ' hZ I A I 7 sj - 1 SPRINGVILLE, UTAH located on the main level of the Provo Towne Center mall near ! Dillards. More than 190,000 people have attended the folkfest perfof- " mances since its first festival in 1986. Organizers expect more than 20,000 spectators this year. Different levels of seating in the festival's outdoor amphitheater allow everyone in the audience to see and hear excellently. Sound and lighting will be better than ever this year with the addition of 40 new lights and new sound equipment such as microphones and sound amplifiers. These additions will provide better light brightness and clarity of sound. Spectators can sit on bleachers or folding chairs at the arts park or bring their own chairs-, or blankets td spread out on the grass. All eleven countries will perform during each evening show. Often, the dance groups bring a selection of costumes and perform different dances on various nights of the festival," making each show unique. The festival will open with a traditional parade down Spring- Tickets on sale now for World Folkfest Tickets for the fourteenth annual Springville World Folkfest are now on sale at the Springville, Chamber of Commerce office, 50 S. Main and at the World Folkfest Folk-fest Kiosk located on the main level of the Provo Towne Center near Dillards. Tickets can also be purchased at the door each night of the performances. There are plenty of .tickets, but if it is more convenient for you to buy them ahead of time, then stop by at the Chamber Office or the Folkfest Kiosk. - Prices are $8 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and $3 for children under 12. Group rates are available. Tickets can be purchased 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 World Folkfest mailing address is -P.O. Box 306, Springville, Utah 84663. Those attending the festival are reminded that they can come early and buy dinner from one of ; many vendors who will be there this year. They can also purchase souvenirs from visiting folk , groups. There arc chairs and bleachers " at the festival site, but many; I r'a ASSOC . t ' r 307 i, 20C S I ' Cli'T.- . . . M 4. " SALT LAKE r;ry ,.T S 1277 i ' ' "j ' - v-r : : - : ' rj nV 5 J W If . vt - 84663 - July 7, 1999 ville's Main Street at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 10, followed by the first of six performances at 8 p.m. that night. On Wednesday, July 14, at 8 p.m., the groups will participate in the huge Festival Festi-val Street Dance and party at the Springville Museum of Art parking park-ing 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 Con-over, Con-over, chairman of the festival's board of directors. "It's wonderfully wonder-fully infectious. Once you participate partici-pate or even attend, you want to get more involved." Citizens are encouraged to attend the opening parade Saturday Satur-day and welcome the visitors to our community . Folk parades are held in Eruope at the festivals there, and the townspeople welcome wel-come the visitors by giving them flowers and flags and cheering for them as they parade through the streets. "The festival street dance is one of the favorite events of the enjoy bringing their own lawn chairs or blankets to sit on. The Folkfest has grown each year to be the biggest in the United States. A large group is expected to attend this year. There will be ten countries represented repre-sented in addition to one from the USA. "Our expectations this year are larger crowds which means we will be hosting more than three thousand people a night," 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 are needed to provide housing for some of the dancers and musicians. musi-cians. Those families interested in opening their homes to guests need to call Joella Wolfgramm, 489-7723, or Carol Lifferith, 489-4460, to volunteer. If you can volunteer to help with the folkfest in some other way, call Anderson at 489-2726. "We can always use people in areas such as ticket sales, office (workers and guides," she said. Price 500 mm festival," said Craig Conover who, along with his crew, provides pro-vides the sound and lighting for the entire festival. "It is free and we always have people of all ages come to the street dance. The visiting dance groups teach one of their dances to everyone who wants to learn, and then we play all kinds of music in between from the bunny hop to the latest hits. The performers like mingling min-gling with the Americans and getting to know them." Teddy Anderson, general director of the festival, said that if it weren't for the hard work of all of the volunteers, the Folkfest wouldn't happen. But it does and Jr """"jfT U.m.UM Mil BLHII U - - I v -i Unless you can trace your linage back to the island natives who for centuries warded off demons under the cover of frightening and exotic devil masks, you might we well forget dancing with the Sri Lanka dance group. That privilege is still strictly all in the family. The group will perform some mask dances' at the Springville World Folkfest starting Saturday, July 10, at 8 p.m. at the Spring Acres Arts Park. The festival will begin with a folk parade in downtown Springville at 5 p.m. Citizens are invited to come out and welcome the visitors. 31 Ok 99 Number Tventv-Seven has a solid foundation evidenced by the fact that that it is recognized recog-nized by the Salt Lake City Tourist Tour-ist Bureau as one of the main tourist attractions in Utah. - "The army of volunteers includes the host families," said Anderson. We coudln't do it without all those that open their homes to the visitors. " 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 Martin Con-over. Con-over. "We have host families Continued on page 3 ,. ' .V "3 POOR COPY |