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Show Kimball Art Center notes by (.'orke Pepper A visitor to the Kimball Art Center the other day asked if we had someone to explain the meanings of various paintings in our galleries. The question still bothers me. We have a docent program conducted by Holly Rom. With a master's degree in art as well as a professional aptitude apti-tude in applying it to her own batiks and watercolors, Holly is well qualified to train volunteers in guiding tour groups through the center, and to explain craft procedures, as well as answer questions about the artists. But to explain the meanings of their paintings? That is a different matter. A psychotherapist I know claims that an objective point of view in regard to anything, including art, is impossible. The only equipment equip-ment we have to be objective with, he says, is ourselves, and all we are is the sum total of our own experience. Disregarding transference and other psychological jargon, jar-gon, he has a point. Art is personal. Perhaps Oscar Wilde said it best in the preface to Dorian Gray: It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. The artist creates from his experience. ex-perience. You interpret from your own. At KAC we endeavor to hit all bases. Our exhibits are selected by a jury of three professional artists, a KAC staff member and a rotating layman from the KAC Board. Through exhibits which change every three weeks and present both local and national artists, we hope to bring you the full art experience. Some shows are controversial, as controversy contro-versy arises from work that is new, complex and vital. Other shows feature the works of familiar, beloved artists. Our only constant is quality. On that there is no compromise. As a cultural center, KAC is not concerned only with visual arts. If you missed the last two one-act plays presented pre-sented by the Intermountain Actors Ensemble in our Main Gallery, I'm sorry. The performances of Anthony Leger and Roberg Eccel in "Zoo Story" were truly Broadway calibre. Coming up in the Main Gallery on Feb. 6 is the Repertory Dance Theatre presentation of "The Early Years of Modern Dance," sponsored by Bill Coleman of Coleman Land and Investment. We expect a sellout. Everything we do isn't serious, however, on certain evenings during the next few weeks, you're likely to see dudes and dolls kicking up a frivolous can-can or bearing down on the boogie beat in rehearsal for our Park City Cabaret dinner show scheduled for the Main Gallery Feb. 12 and 13. The dinner and show costs $15 per person. It's a fundraiser, so tickets are tax dedcutible. Park City Cabaret is bound to be a smash. Better make reservations now. In preparing for this event, our staff was wrestling with the mechanics of keeping food hot and cold, without a kitchen, when a couple of angels solved the problem. Phil Jones from Park City Resort offered a used e-lectric e-lectric stove and Janine and Mike from my favorite Mexican restaurant, the Irish Camel, traded us a life KAC membership for a magnificent commercial-sized commercial-sized refrigerator they can't use. Now we're looking for a sink, ovens, prefabbed counters, coun-ters, cupboards, microwave ovens, or what-have-you to make our kitchen complete. Contributions also will be greatly appreciated by the KAC Guild members who, in the past, have had a chore handling food they bring in for meetings and gallery openings. As a newcomer to the staff of KAC, it is tremendously rewarding to share the energy and enthusiasm of all of you who so wholeheartedly wholeheart-edly enter into the spirit of KAC activities. The turnout of dancers and models for Park City Cabaret tryouts was great. Our thanks to all of you. P.C. Cabaret cast announced After two nights of auditions, audi-tions, the cast for the Kimball Art Center's Park City Cabaret has been selected. select-ed. The Cabaret, a musical revue dinner designed to help raise funds for the Center, will be held Feb. 12 and 13 in the center's main gallery. Wanda Belli of Coronado, California will direct and produce the event. Susan Jarman, of Park City, will do the choreography. Ms. Jar-man, Jar-man, who also selected the cast, said, "Everyone is terribly excited to dance and model in this unique event." She added that response to the auditions was very encouraging. Cast members selected include Leslie Luyken, Sydney Syd-ney Young, Tereasa.i-Wil-. lians, De Fisher, Roly Pearson, Pear-son, Roger Fuller, Connie Anderson, Rockee Simmant, Ruth Ann Fitzgerald, Cate Cohen, Karen Clark, Lore Clark, Mary Jane Bird, Jackie Craigle, Curtis Wil-'ey, Wil-'ey, Madeline Smith, Sheila Purdom, Bob Toy, Roxanne Shapiro-Mear, Terry Nash, Jerry Frkovich, Bridget Buckley and Pat Gioudz-waard. Gioudz-waard. Persons are encouraged to begin making reservations for the Cabaret. Tickets are $15 per person. For further information, call 649-8882. KAC Guild meets today "Color Me Beautiful" will be the theme of the Kimball Art Guild's meeting meet-ing to be held today in the Kimball Art Center's main gallery at noon. Guest artist Carmen Jones will show members how to choose colors for their wardrobes and cosmetics cos-metics that compement them as individuals. Guild members and an, interested persons are invited to attend. Corke Pepper, the Kimball Art Center's new director, will be on hand to meet the public. The meeting will be led by Guild President Linda Meyers. For further information, informa-tion, call 649-8882. Wfiimpiie n . l a . Down under the vine, the best of wines On Jan. 26, 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip landed his fleet of eleven ships near present day Sydney, Australia and unknowingly initiated that country's viticulture. Among the list of lading for the voyage was the neat entry "plants for the settlement". Fortunately Fortu-nately for those early settlers, grape vines were included among the clippings and the first vineyard was planted in the present day location of the botanical gardens. Australia, like California, affords the perfect environment for grapes. So congenial are the growing conditions that classic grapes like the Cabernet Sauvignon grow into full, lush wines. Lacking the harsh conditions found within the interior of Europe, most vintages are quite even in quality and a bad year is rare. Some would argue that great years are infrequent as well, but many wine critics with a penchant for European wines will make the same comment of California. Viticulture has spread into many parts of Australia since the original plaintings. The initial botanical garden site was determined to be too humid and subsequent plantings were placed further inland. Captain John McArthur can be credited with the first serious attempt to produce wine on a commercial scale. The captain was given a land grant some thirty miles from Sydney which he named Camden Park. He proceeded to plant a wide variety of cuttings, producing countless seedlings and eventually a wonderful vineyard. While many colorful figures played an important role in the early Australian wine industry, perhaps the greatest achievement was reserved for a young man named James Busby. Busby, a Scot, had little viticultural background prior to settling in Australia. He had departed his homeland with the intent of living in France. A six-month exposure to the French wine country left him enthralled with the wonderous elements of viticulture. Realizing that any involvement in the French wine industry would require years of apprenticeship, the young Busby departed for Australia where, he had been told, "the climate be ideal for the growing of vines." Busby approached wine as a scientist, eventually writing two books on the subject that explained in detail the Australian approach to wine making. His second, titled "A Manual of Plain Directions for Planting and Cultivating Vineyards and for Making Wine in New South Wales," may have taken the prize for the longest title as well as the best description. For several years Busby worked with his fellow countryman to make available the best of their cuttings to any new inery enterprises. Knowing that Australia could grow the best of wines, he finally made an extensive trip to the best European wine growing regions. After nearly two years of researching and collecting, John Busby returned to Australia with over 600 different vine stocks. During the next several years he worked closely with the Australian government in their botanical gardens to cultivate the vines. Eventually some 362 were successfully propagated, and they established a valuable pool that wine growers were to draw from right up to present day. Initially, exports were confined to burgundy-styled wines that satisfied an English population. Over time, however, the wines were exported to many countries, and many white varieties including the popular Riesling were shipped. Today, almost two million gallons are shipped abroad and the amount is increasing, particularly as European wines escalate in price. Many of the exported wines come from the Hunter River Valley, a region in New South Wales. In 1947 the area boasted some eleven hundred acres of vines. Today the total is near nine thousand. Although the area produces some nice red wines, the Chardonnay and Semillon are favored. As in California, most wineries encourage public visitation through tastings and tours. Some of the names you might expect to see in U.S. wine stores are Rothburg Estates, Wyndham Estate, Lindeman's and Bellevue. While New South Wales produces much wine, the state of Victoria is the lar& t producer by far. More than 85 percent of Victorian wine comes out of the Mildura area. Some of the more interesting vineyards are Chateau Tahbilk, Balgownee and Virgin Kills, all located near Melbourne. Nearby, the Yarra Valley wineries of Chateau Yering and Helen Vineyards make excellent wines as well. Other good districts and much wine comes from South Australia, which has steadily improved its production techniques over the past ten years. Ultimately, however, very few of these fine wines make their way to this country. While two million gallons are exported each year, the total Australian wine output is over 83 million gallons. While some are available here, a better selection may be had in Canada where domestic wine production is lower than in the United States, and, of course, the colonial connection remains stronger. In addition, some critics claim the wine suffers in shipping. Obviously, the long distance involved can be a problem. Nonetheless, try them yourself and make up your own mind. Try a well-chilled Chardonnay and you might be pleasantly surprised. iif pip piitessf w imfy ll-ifpfv (liillMI'fe llli te The Newspaper Thursday, January 21, 1982Page B7 The Limeliters You met Yarbrough; now meet his old friends The Limeliters will be appearing at the Cowboy Bar this Sunday, Jan. 24 and Monday, Jan. 25. With feet planted firmly in the past and the present, the group is back on the readout read-out with a difference. After having worked with jlen Yarbrough off and on since 1958, Lou Gottlieb and lex Hassilev have announced announc-ed that 28-year-old singer iongwriter Robert "Red" Jrammer will replace Glenn js The Limeliters' tenor. Red, who was literally in grammar school at the time of the Limeliters' first breakthrough break-through in the early '60s folk ;raze, was selected as one of Chicago's top-five singer songwriters three years after earning his B.A. in music from Beloit College in 1975. Since then, he has worked with England Dan and John Ford Coley and now lives in Solano Beach, California. Red's soaring high tenor will give the group an extra shot of adrenaline for the decade ahead. Says Alex: "The act will retain its original feeling both musically musi-cally and in other ways. But we hope to evolve into the '80s with a new voice and a new attitude." The Limeliters plan to sprinkle new comic material, materi-al, new songs by fresh young songwriters, and more foreign-language numbers into their time-tested mix of folk songs and satire. A live album is tentatively on the boards for September. The split with Glenn was a friendly one, according to Lou and Alex. They do not rule out the possibility of working together again. As Lou once put it, "Glenn is off flying solo again and we wish him nothing but happy landings." Yarbrough made a recent appearance in Park City, giving a one-man show at the Egyptian Theatre. Tickets for the Limeliters are $7 in advance, $8 at the door. Dinner reservations are available. For further information, call 649-4146. ihii9 in Path Ci iij iiecpfis Jon? Conveniently located with shops in both Park City and Deer Valley, JANS offers the best in ski equipment, apparel and accessories, and we back them up with professionally equipped and staffed repair facilities. 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