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Show Times Newspaper Thursday, May 30, 1996 Page 6 In 1947, the original CvirTey from Broadway's "Oklahoma!" (Alfred Brake) sauntered ..into , Utah to play the lead in a new play commissioned for the centennial cen-tennial celebration of the Mormon Mor-mon pioneers' arrival in the Salt Lake Valley. 1 V A young 25-year-old composer com-poser named Crawford Gates and another young playwright named Arnold Sundgaard had created a larger-than-life production - part play, part pageant -' and called it "Promised Valley." Drake i . - - 1 l r j-'i'Ci&S Jed Cutler (Jason Baldwin) and Celia Cutler (Heather Hart) portray some of Utah's early pioneers in Crawford Gates'"Promised Valley," a musical tribute to Utah's history. Presented to honor Utah's Statehood Centennial, it will play June 3-15 at 8 p.m. at the SCERA shell Outdoor Theatre in Orem. (Photo by Mark Philbrick) Kids' College comes to UVSC Sending your child to college may not be as far into the future as you might have anticipated. For the first time, Utah Valley State College (UVSC) is offering three sessions of Kids' College for children in grades three to eight. Kids' College is a summer enrichment program designed to entice children's imaginations and expand their knowledge. Thirteen different courses will be offered, including American Sign Language, art exploration, theatrepuppetry, computer basics and Internet, Roller- pOo oQo 1 1 re COUNTRY GREAT GIFT5 ALL YEAR LQNS 0 3 61 S. Main Pleasant Grove' W6-8m Hours Monday - Saturday 1 0am-6pm v? 0 oOo oQo uompuwr tefffninq Center 287 East 950 South Orem 221 -K! to produce "Promised Valley" played Jed Cutler, a newlywed sorely tried by the hardships imposed im-posed on the church members as - they were forced from their homes and fled to the West. The production played nearly near-ly a month in the new Rice Stadium at the University of Utah and featured the skills of Broadway choreographer Helen Temiris and featured Utah's own Virginia Tanner at the lead dancer. An instant favorite, "Promised Valley" was a staple for many years in Salt Lake City coaster Crazy, Fun with Fractions, Frac-tions, astronomy, paper works, personal finance, Spanish, theatreimprovisation, WordPerfect Word-Perfect 6.1, and dance "fundamentals. Students may participate in three different courses during the two-week program. However, How-ever, children are not restricted to the three hour program and may register for only one class. Class sizes are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Sessions will be offered June 3-14, June 17-28, and July 8-19. oQo -oOo 2 8 ! Charming Gifts Floral n Amish Quilts Bears, s Bunnies & Friends Bearly People Candles 0 Lace Oak oQo dQch Half Adult Classes Kid's Classes Youth Seminars fi) Summer Camps 3 Family Technology Birthday Parties productions. It was in such favor that in the early 1960s, the LDS Church advised every LDS stake to mount at least a simplified version of the celebrated play, according to Orem director Jerry Elison, who staged a segment of the work for a June LDS Conference in 1960 as a way of showing how it could be done. The SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre with Elison as director will honor that pioneer spirit beginning June 3 with an energetic ener-getic restaging of "Promised Val- Classes are held Monday f through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. P i 1 1 TTrrnn r . at me u vou urem campus, ine fee is $99 for three courses and $59 for one course. T-shirts are also included in the price of the program. For more information, call Jolayne Rice at 222-8011 or to register, call 222-8012. Suncrest 2nd graders create Centennial quilt The students at Suncrest Elementary have been actively involved in the celebration of Utah's Centennial year. Eileen Ogden's second grade class decided to create a quilt after seeing the beautiful one done by Mrs. Paulsen's class. Each quilt block was traced onto a square piece of muslin, then each student colored each symbol of Utah with markers and colored pencils. Each student stu-dent had the opportunity to tie a few stitches on the quilt with deep red yarn. Then it was sewn together and bound with a patriotic red, white, and blue design material. Leslie George, a high school aide, and her mother, Sue George, a room mother, contributed con-tributed their talents by tracing the Utah symbols onto the muslin mus-lin squares, stitching the pieces We Offer: f Personal Attention ! Learn at Your Own Pace - Proven Curriculum Full Family Support! The Cost of other Programs 10 -25 goes back into our local schools I- in usiness ir(iiiiiii$olulions Nights to honor Utah Centennial ley" as a nod to Utah's statehood centennial. "Promised Valley" will play June 3-15 (except Sundays) at 3 p.m. on the SCERA Shell outdoor out-door stage. Season tickets with 12 other events are still available, avail-able, and individual tickets for $6 adults and $3 children will be available at the gate. Supporting Support-ing "Promised Valley" is the Provo Courtyard by Marriott and AM 1280 KDYL. "While several generations remember 'Promised Valley,'", says Norm Nielsen, SCERA President, "most of our young adults and children do not. The play is so full of incidents from early Utah history, however, that we thought it would be great to introduce it to a new generation of theater-goers. At . the same time, it makes a nice contribution to the centennial celebrations going on throughout the state." Because the play dealt with families, Elison recruited families to play the roles.' Mothers and fathers with five and six children assume many of the parts. "This has involved a real sacrifice on their parts, but it strengthens the play," Elison says. "There are some nice moments mo-ments when characters in the play are married-and they are actually married to each other in real life." "Promised Valley" follows the story of a young married couple, Jed and Celia Cutler (Jason Baldwin and Heather Hart.) Jed has become a little embittered, not only when he must flee his Midwest home but also when he must join the Mor together, and binding it for the finishing touch. The class appreciates ap-preciates their many hours of service and expertise on this gorgeous gor-geous quilt. 2 Hour Computer Class .,$10; nT!irifi mm mon Battalion and leave his wife behind. Although he does not know it, she is pregnant. The work features a prologue at Winter Quarters in 1847 and melds into a series of scenes on the trail toward Salt Lake Valley. Val-ley. Scenes take place along the trek through the arrival at Emigration Canyon at Sunset on July 24. Subsequent scenes in Act II occur in Salt Lake City where the residents were challenged chal-lenged by the wind, the terrain and crickets who devoured their corps. It concludes at a fair with I need 100 clean, SoIcallCOIT! "Allison is 5 months now, and she'll be crawling soon. So 1 need my carpets to be deep down, 100 clean. Tint's why I call COIT. And that's why I've always used COW as my four other kids grew up. Using COIT is the next best thing to new". r i '.I . n 3" ,3 (0 Call You Can Trust Since 1912 Excited about their Centennial quilt are teacher Eileen Ogden and class representatives Matt George, Clarissa Williams, Wil-liams, David Salazar, and Jessica Anderson. We pay cash for kid's stuff. Remember Cash? It's that thing you used to have before you had kids. If your home is becoming a warehouse for kid's clothes, toys, cribs, and baby equipment, Kid to Kid can help. Bring us all your kid's stuff cleaned up and in mint condition and we'll pay you cash. 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