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Show Thursday, June 11. 1981 - Page C-l Pageant Audience Gasps at Art's Realism ' try n i ii mil i ..i n II 1 MM i AUDREY DAVIS, make-up assistant, prepays one of the 84 cast There are few things which compare com-pare in beauty to the star-filled splendor of a summer night. All summer long the public can have the opportunity of studying the stars, the moon, many of the planets, and even distant galaxies "up-close" through telescopes. The Hansen Planetarium and the Salt Lake Astronomical Society will again sponsor public Star Parties every clear Friday evening from June through September. Amateur astronomers and Planetarium staff members will be on hand to set up their telescopes and discuss the views. Interested stargazers are welcome to bring their own telescopes along. On the first Friday of each month the Salt Lake Astronomical Society's Stansbury Park Observatory' Complex Com-plex will be the location of the Star I1' " UU Lu ; , -:i n . . . -:i - is.."- T-.-X Hansen Planetarium Sponsors Regular Spring Star Parties o ii - nJ 0 Meat. -5pgeLal5 . . m5M - is.."- : m embers at early make-up call Party. The Observatory can be reached by taking 1-80 west to the Stansbury-Tooele exit, and then proceeding south to Stansbury Park where signs direct the way to the complex. One-way travel time drom downtown Salt Lake City is 40 minutes. The Little Mountain Observing Site will be the location of the Star Parties on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Fridays of each month. The Little Mountain site is located between Emigration and Parley's Canyons and can be reached from either canyon highway, a 30-minute 30-minute drive from downtown Salt Lake City. A sign at the summit will point out the parking area. Observing begins at dusk. There is no charge for viewing. If the weather is bad, the evening's activities will be cancelled. w if" trvtJUU - : " :,'fi ":" ' ' S J for Utah Pageant of the Arts rvn v I It was opening night at Utah Pageant of the Arts last Monday and the ninth season promises to be the best ever. The professionalism of the production was evident in the beautifully detailed performance, from the exciting opening scene, "The Old Swimmin' Hole," to the reverent and inspiring works which closed the performance, per-formance, "Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane," and "La Pieta." The balance of the show was excellent, featuring a combination of new selections and enough familiar scenes from past years to satisfy the most discriminating patron. The gasp of the audience as the curtain opened on the unusual "The Old Swimmin' Hole" was audible. The scene depicts five children "swimming" under surface of the pond, or just ready to jump in and cool off in a free and easy style. The orgina! sculpture work by Mia Krantz, of Laguna Beach, California, is about 24 inches high. The Pageant re-creation is 14 feet tall, with a charming reality that is breath taking to the viewer. Other new selections includes the tender "Autumn" an oil painting by American artist Winslow Homer. A definite departure from his somber seascapes. "The Annunciation" An-nunciation" a French Gothic painting by Simeone Martini, which was painted in 1333, was also appreciated by the opening night audience. This painting is a three panel scene depicting the Angel visiting Mary. (A '(a M .'-y 1 UTAH'S LOWEST FOOD PRICES 1050 EAST STATE ROAD AMERICAN FORK, UTAH "The Road West" is the mid-snow climax, honoring the Indian, the explorer and the cowboys who were the living legends of the settlement of the Far West. Featured in this section is a new sculpture work by Stanley Wanlass, formerly for-merly of Lehi. This segment is beautifully timed to music, with narration and staging making the four selection come alive in an impressive manner. "Frolic," a painting by American artist Lawrence Beall Smith, was also well received. This oil gives a glimpse of a carefree moment of childhood and was painted by Smith in 1948, shortly after he returned from service in World War II as a war correspondent. "Market Children of Mexico" an impressive four scenes on a single set, was easily one of the best received scenes in the 1981 show. The little vendor children had a doll-like serenity and awed the audience with their warmth and color. One of the surprises of the production was "Apollo and the Nine Muses," a reproduction of a rare bas relief. The ten cast members are shown in a "marble" panel that is elegant in its simplicity. A real audience pleaser. The final new selection was "The Tree of Life" a Meissen Porcelain piece that gave wardrobe-costume designer Marjorie Davis an opportunity to create costumes of unusual appeal. This was a colorful and striking selection and featured six figures on a white carved base. The revolving figures depicted the changing phases of a life span. Save i4??&f Mm, 00 7 to from youth to old age. There is a vitality and vigor in the new show, coupled with enough of the traditional beauty and inspiration to make .... If'-'."' 3" L r ';': fir As l -inn -m-jf If 0 T in l i ' u STORMY WEATHER- Wendy Evans and Seth Saunders appear in reproduction of Stormy Weather from the Hummel Collection at the 1981 Utah Pageant of the Arts. won yooi let Til ll.Uk-fl'Vi m - " any Pageant patron an enthusiastic supporter. The show is exactly one and one-half hour and is paced to provide a delightful evening's fli.f--" ''-'-p--ti'lri entertainment. 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