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Show Page 5 ..but what class! Souvenir Edition artists know what to expect. The festival has become the community's com-munity's greatest sales tool as a first introduction in-troduction to Park City for many out-of-towners. Lots of Park City residents, including in-cluding artists, trace their love affair with the town back to the first Park City Arts Festival they experienced. Vacations and , family reunions are now planned around festival dates and many festival-goers have become acquaintances of regular artists ar-tists and look forward to seeing their favorites each year. After 11 years the festival has created colorful memorabilia including posters, visors and special editions of the local newspapers that have become collector's items. Traveling Par kites have been seen in many parts of the world wearing their Arts Festival T-shirts. When a special shirt was printed in 1978 labeled "Park City Arts Festival ' Official," it mysteriously disappeared by the dozen. However, the festival's familiar logo, a woodcut of the Silver King Coalition Building, created by local artist Pat Smith, has been changed this year. A new logo was selected after a contest which attracted at-tracted several hundred entries (see separate story). In 1978 the Arts Festival expanded its name to The Park City Arts and Bluegrass Festival and organized its first try at bringing bluegrass to the area with the Shupe Family of Ogden. The Bluegrass Festival, staged in Treasure Hollow at the resort, presented nationally known groups to appreciative, if not huge, audiences. The Bluegrass Festival is no longer celebrated on the same weekend as the Arts Festival (it was held July 24-26 this year), but continues to be an important part of the celebration of summer in Park City. In 1979, the Kimball Art Center and the newly-formed Park City Arts Council became the festival sponsors, taking over the reins from the Park City Chamber of Commerce. The transfer gave the festival a new home, at the Art Center, with an organization which deals with art and artists ar-tists on a daily basis. The festival director for the past two years has been Don Gomes, who has a strong background in the performing arts. Gomes added his own touch by introducing special street performances for children, adding to those already scheduled for adults. This year, most of the changes have been behind the scenes. To accommodate a record number of applicants for the 170-odd 170-odd booths, the application deadline was moved up to. the middle of April, allowing the jurying to be completed (and the artists ar-tists to be notified) by mid-May. This year also marked a break with tradition in that the names of the jurors were announced (see separate story ) . As the festival continues to grow in popularity, there is some talk about expanding ex-panding the site beyond just Main Street. "That's a real possibility," says Gomes. "Or we might even move the site of the festival." B(B yflDUH sad ttlhcB Anflte IF(BSltfivffifl STAR DISTRIBUTING CO. Salt Lake City Provo 972-6004 WORK IN SALT LAKE? LIVE IN REAL ESTATE. A HEDGE AGAINST INFLATION Prospector Develop:! vsontirafiy Small town atmosphere 3 major ski resorts Beautiful area Clean air Great investment CALL (801) 649-9134 750 E. Hwy. 248 Park City, Ut 84060 Member - Park City Chamber of Commerce LB REAITOH Multiple Listing i MLS Service 1 naSSHi |