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Show Page 16 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday, May 15, 2008 Colonel Brittani Lusk DAILY HERALD Candy parachutes avoided the rain but not the wind Friday Fri-day as they were "bombed" to eager students from Noah Webster Academy, who were waiting for gum attached to gingham cloth to rain down on an empty soccer field. Col. Gail Halvorsen, 87, a retired U.S. Air Force pilot, paid a visit to the students of Noah Webster in Orem and attempted to re-enact his 1948 candy drop to the children of West Berlin. 1 lalvorsen tossed the chutes from the door of a REM OS, a light sport plane instead of tossing them from the flare chute of a traasport plane. The students were poised to run and retrieve parachutes from the soccer field at Orem High School, but the wind caught most of the parachutes and they landed on the street, in backyards and on other fields at Orem High. The kindergarten students ran anyway and had to share the small packages of Juicy Fruit gum, reiterating Halvors- briefs! Silverlake Amphitheatre Benefit concert Peter Breinholt and J. Marc Bailey will perform a benefit concert on behalf of the Pemberton family at the Silverlake Amphitheatre Amphi-theatre in Eagle Mountain on Saturday.- The concert will follow a family carnival and silent auction auc-tion with raffle and food. The event will start at 4 p.m. and run until about 8 p.m. There will be a carnival-like setting at t he amphitheater where there will be food vendors, ven-dors, games for children and adults, a silent auction with items including four numbered and signed Dancing With the Stars Marie Osmond dolls, autographed items from Paula Deen, Carmen Rasmussen, Sta-cey Sta-cey Mian and a signed football from the BYU football team: This portion of the day will end at 6 p.m. The concert will immediately follow the carnival There is no stadium seating, and those in attendance will need to bring blankets to sit on. All proceeds will benefit the Pemberton family. Tickets for the concert are S 10 for ages 12 and up and $5 for ages 5-11, with ages 4 and under free. Tickets are available avail-able through Smith's Tix or at www.SmithsTix.com. For more information on the event or on Jenni and Broden Pemberton, visit www.jen- nipemberton.blogspot.com or contact Marcie Peacock at 801-302-8742 or at marciandrob hotmail.com. Chauntenette Women's Chorus Spring Concert Friday The Chauntenette Women's Chorus will present a spring concert, "A Kaleioscope of Song," on 1 '. N mm !mim JIP "Slipped, Herniated, Or Bulging Disc Pain?' ' UTAH-A new free report has recently been released that reveals how break through medical medi-cal technology is offering surgery free new hope for disc pain sufferers. suffer-ers. Research has proven that FDA approved nonsurgical non-surgical spinal decompression has a high success rate for treating debilitating de-bilitating back pain including sciatica and multiple herni ated discs. It looks like this breakthrough in medical !jisvrw "n i bombs Noah Webster Acadamey with candy en's message of sharing. "The only reason I'm here to share with you is because of gratitude," Halvorsen said. "You need to be grateful as you grow up, boys and girls." Other students at the school were given candy when they returned to their school. Halvorsen, a Salt Lake City native who now lives in Spanish Span-ish Fork, earned nicknames like the "candy bomber," "uncle wiggly wings" and "der schokoladen Flieger" (the chocolate flyer) for dropping parachutes full of candy and gum to the children of West Berlin during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. Natalie Snow's students were jumping and running with energy after they'd retrieved re-trieved the parachutes. Snow said they were happy, just like the children of West Berlin. "They were really excited," Snow said. "I can see joy." Samuel Tennis, 7, a second-grader second-grader at Noah Webster, said the drop was a fun, new experience. expe-rience. "It was cool because I've never seen one before," Samu Friday at 7 p.m. The concert will be in the Alpine Tabernacle, Taber-nacle, located at 110 East Main St., American Fork. The concert is free and all ages are welcome. The chorus will perform fun songs and patriotic music. Included in the evening will be several solos and small group numbers. The Chauntenette Women's Chorus will perform in San Diego in June at several locations. loca-tions. The chorus is directed by Margaret Barfuss and Marilyn Cowley is assistant director. The accompanist is Brenda Smith. Those interested in joining the chorus are invited to call Joy at 785-3029. Center Stage Youth theater opens registration regis-tration for summer workshops Center Stage Youth Performers Per-formers invites youth ages 4-18 to participate in its performing arts summer workshops. Participants can spend time training in acting, musical theater, vocal performance, dance, or puppetry. Class times, dates, teachers, and prices vary. Class sizes are limited, so register early. The first workshop begins June 3, 2008. For more information, visit www.csyp.org or contact Emily Em-ily at 801-785-1977. uvsc Leonardo Da Vinci at the Woodbury Art Museum The Da Vinci Experience, an international in-ternational traveling exhibit based on the work of Leonardo Da Vinci, will be featured at UVSC's Woodbury Art Museum Muse-um at the University Mall now through Oct. 4. The exhibit consists of working mechanical mechani-cal models based on the drawings draw-ings found in Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks. The models are being assembled assem-bled by the exhibit's international interna-tional managing partner, Luigi Rizzo, from Florence, Italy, through May 8 exactly to scale and proportion of Da Vinci's sketches and originals. Custom Made Hanging Baskets You tell us the colors and exposure. Then we get to work! www.olsonsgardenshoppe.am technology has lead to the most promising non-surgi cal disc treatment today. For your free report entitled, "New Breakthrough in Medical Technology" Tech-nology" call 1-800-893-7644 and listen to the toll-free 24 hr recorded message mes-sage for all the details or go to www.91 lbackpaininfo.com. These free reports are available avail-able for a limited time. Maple Ridgt Spinal Pain Ctnter David Cook, DC el said. "I thought it was pretty neat." Samuel's dad, Peter Tennis, said his son was excited to see the flight because his grandfather grand-father and great-grandfather flew during World War II. During the Berlin Airlift when West Berlin was cut off from food and supplies by the Soviet Union, Halvorsen went to see Berlin from the ground after one of the routine flights where he delivered flour, carrots car-rots and dried eggs to the city. It was there that he ran into a group of children. "Those kids said, 'Don't worry about us. Someday we'll have enough to eat. If we lose our freedom, we'll never get it back,' " Halvorsen said. "They wanted freedom more than flour." The children stood out to Halvorsen because they didn't beg him for American chocolate choco-late or gum like other children he'd met. "Not one of those 30 children said, 'Gimmie chocolate, " Halvorsen said. Halvorsen left the two sticks of gum he had in his pocket Those attending the exhibit will have to opportunity to fidget, fiddle, build and explore 11 replicas rep-licas of Da Vinci's devices and ingenious creativity. Guests at The Da Vinci Experience Expe-rience will see replicas of some of Da Vinci's greatest paintings, paint-ings, including "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper," and will be surrounded by scale models of transportation, military mili-tary and mechanical devices developed from drawings and notes left by Da Vinci, who lived from 1452 to 1519. Featured inventions include an airscrew a forerunner for the modern helicopter, a hang glider with a rudder-like tail, a one-person "helicopter" with two sets of rotor blades and a life preserver that would enable people to float in water. Admission will be $14 for adults, $11 for seniors 65 and up and $6 for students with ID, active military and their family members and children 5-18. Family group rates are available for immediate family for $28. Children 5 and under are free. Group rates are offered of-fered with a minimum of 15 in a group, $3 per person for student groups, $4 per person for youth groups and $7 per ' person for adult groups. The Woodbury Art Museum Mu-seum is located on the second floor of the University Mall in Orem in the southeast corner just west of Nordstroms. The exhibit runs from May 9-Oct. 4. The exhibit is open Monday from 12 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday-Friday Tuesday-Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday the exhibit is open from 11a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information on the exhibit, visit www.uvu.edumu-seum. www.uvu.edumu-seum. Wasatch Winds Spring Concert The Wasatch Wa-satch Winds will perform in a spring concert May 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the American Fork High School auditorium, 510 N. 600 East, American Fork. The evening's concert will feature selections from Sousa, Bernstein, Hoist, and more. The Wasatch Winds Symphonic Sym-phonic Band is an adult com , . KELLER WII11AMS tHHUU III At ItUII Yolanda Charles fiitoii.fl'i ftn feftl 3 ft V m m , y DEW I A ll 1 V; 'ff o ... - CRAIG DILGERDaily Herald Six-year-old Aaron Mathews reaches out to catch a pack of gum tied to a parachute after tossing it in the air to watch it drop. with them and told them he'd be back. The children broke the gum in pieces to eat it. The children who didn't get any gum took the wrapper and held it to their noses to get a whiff of its sweet smell. "Because they were differ munity band of some 70 members mem-bers under the direction of John Miller. For more information, informa-tion, visit www.wasatchwinds. org or call Shazelle at 330-2186. $2 students, $3 individuals, $10 family. Showtime Utah Entertainment theater opens in Pleasant Grove Showtime Utah! has just announced that after only one week of operation, opera-tion, it sold out the Old West Dinner Adventure, and the entire cast and production staff are ecstatic. The dinner show anchors the 7 p.m. slot on both Friday and Saturday nights, but the 10 p.m. shows on each of those nights have already delivered an array of top quality Utah talent, including opera, Broadway, Broad-way, jazz, stand-up comedy, and an open mic night. This Saturday night the 10 p.m. show will feature karaoke night and anyone who want to get up and have fun will be welcome. Friday night three Utah bands which describe their styles as indie rock will perform. per-form. Two of the bands come from Springville, Waters Underground and Blacksheep Wahl, while Never Ending Sidewalk heads south from Farmington. Waters Underground leader Adam Harvey says his big influences are Tool and A Perfect Circle. Two of the band members are students at Springville High School, and it's good to find a venue where there is no alcohol so all of their friends can get in. Blacksheep Wahl has a major site on MySpace where they have hundreds of official fans. Showtime Utah! is at 20 Main Street in downtown Pleasant Grove. To get the full schedule including performance dates, background information, and even the tasty menu, log on to www.ShowtimeUtah.com. Hale Center Theater The Miracle Worker The Townhomes In Salem Starting At $184,000 Moser Wixom 372-7355 372-348 1 T A L Dr. Nick Groneman DM0 801-756-5136 186 South 1100 East American Fork, UT 84003 X-Rays, Exam, and Cleaning or FREE Teeth Whitening tr TiliBiftm frTrf V-j - rufkn fluni" 0 s ""fc. 1 ent, they got 20 tons of chocolate choco-late and gum because they didn't say gimmie," Halvorsen said. He told the children that he would drop candy parachutes for them the next day if they waited for it and promised to inspiring story of young Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, is currently being performed through May 24 at the Hale Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North, with performances nightly, except Sundays. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday matinees are scheduled for May 10, 17 and 24 at 3:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $11.50 to $15.50, depending on night and seating location. Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at 801-226-8600. The play is directed by David Da-vid Morgan, who single cast the play. Brigham Young University BYU announces Performing Arts Series artists for 2008-2009 2008-2009 The Brigham Young University College of Fine Arts and Communications has announced a distinguished roster of guest artists who will perform at BYU as part of the 2008-2009 Performing Arts Series Se-ries season. Season and individual ticket information is available from the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4377 or at byuarts. com. The series sales will begin on Thursday, May 8. The season will begin with the Indian classical music ensemble en-semble Taal Yatra presenting new and traditional Indian classical compositions in its concert "An Odyssey Into Rhythm" on Saturday, Sept. 13, in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are $11, $8 for BYU students, faculty and staff, and $10 for senior citizens and BYU alumni. The Shangri-la Chinese Acrobats Ac-robats will perform balancing feats, martial arts displays and more in a show for all ages on Friday, Oct. 3, in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are $20 to $30, with a $7 discount for BYU students, faculty and staff, and a $3 discount for senior se-nior citizens and BYU alumni. Experience the golden glow ot trumpets and horns as fTTfABCOl GmVQVxm I Glass Prmfictt ISpSHEHD wiL We wll! he,p yu ' L'LifPl thfngf o little bit better! Take invest asset 4 1 ' i - hi 4; mi iff ijfciai Awfuimii tin I H i iiim tm.li i f share. Halvorsen said the children chil-dren responded with shouts of "jawohl jawohl," an emphatic yes. He told the children they could identify him because he would wiggle his plane's wings at them. The children were there the next day waiting for the wings to wiggle. The group got bigger and word spread in the newspapers until children across Berlin were on the lookout for handkerchief parachutes para-chutes full of American candy and gum. "Then after that it just got crazy," Halvorsen said. "It went all over." The effort began to spread as American pilots and Air Force men were donating their candy rations to the effort and American school children and companies were sending shipments to be dropped from planes. I Brittani Lusk can be reached at 344-2549 or at blusk heraldextra.com. guest conductor David Angus leads the Utah Symphony in Bruckner's Symphony No. 4, "Romantic," on Thursday, Oct. 30, in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are $ 16 to $ 19, with a $5 discount for BYU students, faculty and staff, and a $3 discount dis-count for senior citizens and BYU alumni. Croatia's renowned Zagreb Saxophone Quartet will perform per-form in BYU's de Jong Concert Con-cert Hall on Saturday, Nov. 1. Tickets are $16, $11 for BYU students, faculty and staff, and $13 for senior citizens and BYU alumni. The chamber music ensemble en-semble American Brass Quintet Quin-tet will present a concert on Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are $16, $11 for BYU students, faculty fac-ulty and staff, and $13 for senior se-nior citizens and BYU alumni. The Utah Symphony Chamber Cham-ber Orchestra will perform Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" on Friday, Jan. 16, in the Mad-sen Mad-sen Recital Hall. Tickets are $16 to $19, with a $5 discount for BYU students, faculty and staff, and a $3 discount for senior se-nior citizens and BYU alumni. Jennifer Larmore, an outstanding out-standing American mezzo-soprano, will present a concert on Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets Tick-ets are $15 to $28, with a $7 discount for BYU students, faculty and staff, and a $3 discount dis-count for senior citizens and BYU alumni. The 5 Browns will perform in BYUs de Jong Concert Hall on Wednesday, March 11.. Tickets are $26 to $36, with a $7 discount for BYU students, faculty and staff, and a $3 discount dis-count for senior citizens and BYU alumni. The 2008-2009 concert season sea-son will close on Tuesday, March 24, with a performance by Parsons Dance Company. Tickets are $15 to $25, with a $7 discount for BYU students, faculty and staff, and a $3 discount dis-count for senior citizens and BYU alumni. For more information, visit byuarts.com or call the BYU Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 4224377. vD; SOLATUBE ' 1 v So Much More Than Just a Skylight. your tax rebate and your money in the best you have - Your Home. Bribht Concepts LLC 7127 S. 400 W. 2 Midvale 801-566-1264 Toll Free 877Jm.7A:- www.brlghterrooms.com Open Mon-Fri 9-5 and bv appointment |