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Show AN EDITION OF THE SPGVOUT CAR-RT LOTC-Oia UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 7 1521 E 3900 S STE 100 RA! T LAKE CITY, UT S4124-1501 Kvy m 1W YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, JULY 13. 2006 50 CENTS VOL. 118 NO. 28 inn GENERAL NEWS ISSKPlEIGKnTJET NEW BUSINESS JET UNVEILED A T CD A XTTCII EYYD TCmjTVmiTTT T 1? AiKrUK 1 - see pages o & 7 GENERAL NEWS LOCAL WOMAN DONATES A PIECE OF HISTORY - See page 9 1st World FoMest in I p Tin Springville Mayor Gene R. Mang-um Mang-um welcomed dancers and musicians from around the world Saturday as the 2006 Springville World Folkf est began its week-long series of performances. perfor-mances. ' - "I really want to welcome all of you," Mangum said as he addressed the groups during an opening reception re-ception Saturday afternoon at the Springville Museum of Art. "We hope that you enjoy your stay here in America and hope that you know how grateful we are that you'd share your time and talents with us." Groups from Poland; Canada, Belgium and the United States exchanged ex-changed gifts with the mayor and Folkf est officials at the reception before be-fore heading to the Spring Acres Arts Park for an 8 p.m. performance. Folkfest General Director Teddy Anderson said government red tape had prevented several invited groups from attending this year's Folkfest, but assured those attending the reception re-ception that this year's Folkfest would still provide a good show. The dance group from India were scheduled to arrive Tuesday. They called and indicated that they were turning around and returning home after the bombings in India.earlier in their city. The approximately 600 people attending at-tending Saturday evening's performance perfor-mance seemed to agree as enthusi- astic clapping and shouting greeted each group as they participated in the Parade of Nations across the stage and then came out one by one to present their culture's dances and songs. Poland began the evening's entertainment, en-tertainment, with a host of dancers clad in colorful and elaborately embroidered em-broidered costumes. This energetic See WORLD FOLKFEST on page 3 0 W8W1M - ( &F 7 '. Y ' -Y-' V Photo by Jennifer GriggThe Springville Herald This couple from Poland were clearly having fun as they danced across the stage at the Springville World Folkfest Monday evening. The group, Pruszkowiacy, was founded in 1979 by teacher and choreographer Danuta Jaskiewicz who brought the group to Springville. Citizens are invited to the remaining performances of the Folkfest tonight Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Arts Park. TW.,,; .W, .,,;T ;.:..,..V..,, m ..... . . jilpll FdDLCIFEST SCIHIEQ)(1DLE Springville World Folkfest performances continue tonight, to-night, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Spring Acres Arts Park, 620 S. 1350 East, Springville (just northeast of Springville High School). Tickets at the gate are $8 general admission, $7 for senior se-nior citizens and $3 for children. chil-dren. Pre-show begins at 7:20 p.m. and food booths are available, including the popular popu-lar Kiwanis scone booth. For more information, call 489-2726. Pioneer Pageant auditions July 21,22 Photo by Jennifer GriggThe Springville Herald Those who have attended the Springville World Folkfest through the years have watched the members of Morning Star start learning the popular hoop dance when they were very young, and perfect it when they are teenagers. Morning Star has performed in more than 30 countries and has been an annual participant in the Folkfest. Celebrate Pioneer Day by taking tak-ing part in the 7th annual Pioneer Legacy pageant to be staged in Springville July 21 and 22 this year. Entire families are invited to come participate - everyone from youngsters to grandparents grandpar-ents can be used. Pageant participants will portray por-tray scenes described in the narration nar-ration and songs, including pulling pull-ing handcarts and playing pioneer pio-neer games, including leapfrog for the boys.You do not need to be able to sing or dance or memorize mem-orize lines. There is no expense to participate, partici-pate, costumes are provided if needed. The pageant depicts true events in the life of Elizabeth Jones Fox as she and her family fam-ily made the trek westward.The pageant, which uses a unique blend of drama, song and dance, is produced by Lynne Thompson, Thomp-son, owner and director of the Academy of Ballet. For those who would like to take part in the pageant, signups sign-ups and auditions will be held Monday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Ballet located on the northeast corner of 200 South and Main in Springville. The audtion will take about an hour and rehearsals are very minimal, cubninating in the two performances Friday and Saturday Satur-day nights. Each night the pageant pag-eant begins at 9 p.m. On Friday night, the pageant will be preceded at 8 p.m. with a performance by Yarmarka, a Russian folkdance group from Moscow currently here on a cultural cul-tural exchange with the Academy Acad-emy of Ballet. Yarmarka features singers, dancers and musicians of thl highest caliber who present folk music from various regions of Russia, using both traditional and modern instruments and choreography. The performances are free and open to the public. They will be held at the Spring Acres Arts Park. For more information contact con-tact Lynne -Thompson at 225-1775 or through email at lynneballetutah.com. I Q,u8 055 0005 Pioneer stories at the DUP Museum Summer Pioneer Story time is being held at the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum every Saturday at 2 p.m. during July and August for one hour. All children are invited to attend. The museum is locted at 175 S. Main in Springville. 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