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Show 1 THE PARK RECORD www.newschoice.com Education, A-19 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1998 EDUCATION EDITOR: Stephanie Howell 649-9014 ext. 1 18 Briefs Peter Pan will fly at Eccles For one night only, on April 1 , 40 students stu-dents from Ecker Hill Middle School will perform the full-length production of Peter Pan. Carol Marriott is directing the musical. The single performance will take place at 7 p.m. at the Eccles Center. A professional company will be brought in to handle the flights of Peter Pan. Utah host families are needed Nacel Open Door, a non-profit organization dedicated to international understanding and language education, educa-tion, is looking for families to host students stu-dents for a one month homestay during July and August. One hundred and fifty students from France, Spain and Germany will be arriving in Utah to learn about the American family and culture. Medical and liability insurance are provided, and families need not speak Spanish, French, or German. For more information, contact Carol Peterson at 943-6983. Utah schools celebrate National School Breakfast Week During the week of March 2 to 6, thousands of Utah students will celebrate cele-brate the success of the School Breakfast Program. "Get Up For School Breakfast" is this year's theme. A statewide poster contest was held, and elementary and middle school winners win-ners will be introduced by Governor Leavitt at the Governor's Mansion on March 10 at 2 p.m. ,5. fl it High school students to perform full-scale production of musical, "Fiddler on the Roof" Anticipation is in the air; high school production to open at the Eccles Performing Arts Center by Stephanie Howell OF THE RECORD STAFF Fifty feet above the stage at the Eccles Center, Park City High School students worked diligently Saturday to get the technical aspects of "Fiddler on the Roof" in order before the March 5 opening. Brad Olsen, the technical director, and Debbie Kesner, the dance and drama teacher at the high school pitched in, raising scrims, weighting lines, and supervising the technical crew. "It's been an adventure doing everything," every-thing," Olsen said. "We're starting from ground zero." This is the first show the high school will perform in the new theatre, and everything has been done from scratch. When the crew began to build the sets, there was a shop, but there were no screws, no glue, no tools. In the past, productions were performed per-formed in the Jim Santy auditorium at the Park City Library and Education Center, at the Egyptian, or in the quiet study area in the high school. Productions were generally small and limited by the space available. This year it was decided the show would be a large scale musical. According to Kesner, "Fiddler on the Roof" was selected last year, with Principal Hal Smith's blessing. "He's been so supportive," Kesner said. "He may grimace every time we walk in there, but we get it!" Kathryn Hayes and John Newman at Highland High School are providing costumes cos-tumes for the show. Jim Santy has been acting as the vocal coach for the production, and Bill Huhnke oversees the orchestra. Carol Santy has been playing the piano for the cast during rehearsals. The production is no small undertaking. undertak-ing. Approximately 15 crewmembers, 75 cast members, and 24 orchestra members mem-bers are involved. With this many people involved, rehearsals are complicated, and a long rehearsal, period wouldt be beneficial., However; the rights to -this show contain an interesting clause. A group can only have the rights to the show for two months. For this reason, the rehearsal time has been limited. For the past two months, students have been working from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. every weekday week-day afternoon. For the past two weeks they have stayed until 8 p.m. rehearsing. "Fiddler on the Roof" is a musical about a Jewish family with three daughters daugh-ters in the small town of Anatevka, an impoverished village in czarist Russia. It takes place in 1905, just before the Russian revolution. The culture and traditions tra-ditions of Judaism are prominent themes throughout the show. Many of the students were unfamiliar with these traditions, and quite a bit of education was incorporated into the rehearsal process. Kesner is Jewish, so she was able to share her experiences with her students. She didn't have to go far to research the culture. "I've done the Jewish wedding ceremony," she said. Four or five of the student cast members are also Jewish, and helped their classmates understand the culture. Coincidentally, the performances were originally scheduled during Purim, an important Jewish holiday. When this was realized, the production was rescheduled for the previous week. The cast and crew encountered many challenges while working in the new space. Kit Krajeski, a junior and the stage manager of the show pointed out the difficulties associated with "being kids in an adult society." The Eccles Center is an "adult" building, with enormously enor-mously expensive equipment. Krajeski said it was a little scary to be responsible for the student technical crew that was working with thousands of dollars worth of equipment. He is pleased with how things have been going. According to Krajeski," everyone has been conscien tious and careful. Krajeski has had several opportunities opportuni-ties to see professional stage managing first hand in the new theatre. He watched the stage manager "call the show" (give technical cues to crewmem-bers crewmem-bers over a headset) during Bill Cosby's performance, and the Brothers' Karamazov. Two people, who will alternate nights, will play the lead character, Tevye, who was played by Zero Mostel in the original origi-nal Broadway production. Mike Hanley, who is a senior, and Sean Wing, a sophomore, sopho-more, will sing the familiar songs "Tradition" and "If I Were a Rich Man." It is Kesner's first year at the high school. She is enthusiastic about her students stu-dents and the show. "It's a neat group of kids," she said. "Loud. Lots of them. But they're neat!" Performances will be March 5, 7, and 9 at 7 p.m. at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $5 at the door, or $4 with a student identification card. A -.if t: jjrrf r,'--- I ATV SCOTT SMEPARK RECORD -Park City High School actors and actresses rehearse for "Fiddler on the Roof" which plays March 5, 7, and 9. - - ( up- v t. , "EXPERIENCING HOPE 1NA SKEPTICAL WORLD" a Cm featuring Dr. John Guest and the Gloriana Choir with a special welcome by Mark Eaton A unique happening for the Park City community and an evening you won't forget! 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