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Show NEW TIMES oJANUARY 1993 - 7 Live Theater in Moab Had your fill of long, cold, BORING winter nights? Bored of board games and the same old videos? Tired already of the annual off-season feud with the neighbors? Moab Ifyou're going to the play. think about car pooling. It’s so much morefun to go as a group. See ifyou can ride in with a neighbor, or call Trish at 8016 and she' ll try and put riders and drivers in touch with each other. Have a great evening out. Community Theater prescribes lotsa laughs to cure your mid-winter malaise. Noises Ofi, a hit Broadway comedy, will be performed January 28, 29, 30 and February 4, 5, and 6 at Star The Edu-K process is based upon this information: We know that the brain is a three dimensional mass with the parts inter-relating as a whole. The ease with which these different areas of the brain communicate determine our ability to process information. Our ability to focus, to express ourselves, as well as to particpate, or to separate VVVVV... emotional content and abstract thought—these all depend on our Be Sweet on Us ability to “cross the midline,” that is, to Hall. Curtain will rise at 8 pm. The play, a farce in three acts, follows the cast and crew of a touring theater Because we think there's not flow from one area of the brain to enough love spoken these another. company as they perform from one days, we offer our readers a All our sensory information is changed into electrical signals and passed to the brain along the nerve fibers. The brain then sends messages (electrical signals) along these fibers to tell the visual, auditory, and muscular town to the next—on their way, it is hoped, to Broadway. The humor ranges from sophisticated word play to broad, physical, Chaplinesque-type gags. This production marks the twentieth aniversary of Moab Community Theater. It could well be the most ambitious project yet undertaken by the group, requiring an elaborate set and involving complex timing and coordi— nation of all the action on stage. Some local cynics claim that MCT has bitten off more than it can chew with such a complicated production. Director Susan Jarnieson allows that while this play chance to go public with their sentiments toward friends, family, neighbors, associates. FREE! NO CHARGE! NO KlDDlNGl Our next issue will be out Feb. 13th. We welcome Valentine's messages from children as well as grown-ups, but they must be in our hands by February 8th to make it into print—our treat. —Cris Coffey ’VVVVUUU will be quite a stretch for the company, there is more than enough talent, energy, and commitment to meet the challenge. The cast includes Castle Valley kids Randy Evans and Rick Fullam. Also playing are Moablings Ron Green, Kaki Hunter, Don Kiffrneyer, Joseph Lekarczyk, Mary Mullen, Lucy Wallingford, and Suzette Weisheit. All have been rehearsing since the beginning of December. Local builder Kirk DeFond headed the crew constructing the impressive set, which is now built and beautiful. Joe Kiffmeyer is the producer. Noises 017', is a hilariously funny play sure to delight the mature theatergoer. Small children, however, will probably be bored and cranky and likely to interfere with everyone’s enjoyment of the evening, so line up a babysitter now. Let Star Hall be an oasis in your cultural winter wasteland. If you wish to place an advertisement in the program or have your name listed as a patron of the theater, call Joe Kiffrneyer 259-7263, Rick Fullarn 2595175, or August Brooks 259-5922. See you at the theater. —Randy Evans (And see a p.s. above from Trish.) Bram Gym Brain Gym, or educational kinesiology—maybe you’ve heard the phrase and wondered, “What newfangled fad is this?” Well, it isn’t that new, and I’m certain it’s here to stay. This is whole brain learning through movement. Edu-K is a system for empowering students (of any age) by drawing out their potential through movement. For more than 100 years scientists have been studying the brain and how it works. The last 50 years have provided statistical research for relating the effects of movement to learning. Their discoveries are based upon an under- standing of the inter-dependence of physical development, language acquisition. and academic achievment. Dr. Paul Dennison and his wife Gail, both educators (she specializing in movement and dance and he in reading, speech, and language as well as curriculum development), began using this information to develop programs for children with specific learning disabilities, with phenomenal results. systems how to respond. The ability to transfer these messages back and forth is crucial to our success. I often think of this process with a visual image of a playing field. If we have watered and mowed the field we will have much more fun and ease playing or walking the field. The Brain Gym exercises clear the pathways and blockages. And yes, we do need that watering for optimal performance; remember our body is one of the most complex of all electrical systems and water is an excellent conductor of electrical energy. After their successes with the learning disabled, the Dennisons adapted this information into quick, simple, task specific movements that benefit every learner. With Brain Gym we can challenge any learning block or difficulty and move forward toward any appropriate goal. With a few simple exercises (even while seated) we can put ourselves into a state where we are more ready to absorb and facilitate learning. We can help ourselves with specific tasks: reading (which includes the skills of encoding, decoding, tracking, and comprehension), writing, speaking, listening, focusing, whole body movement, even improved self-esteem and attitude. The best part is that kids have fun with it. The exercises are simple, fun, and appropriate for any age. A small group of CV home-schoolers will be participating in a Brain Gym minicourse the first week in February. If you would like more information about this or any other educational workshops, call me at 7580. —Ji1 Kulander |
