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Show t i A3 Getaway Online Reviews: reviews of movies full-leng- th L r r and local theater productions are in the "Entertainment" TTM r category at www.HarkTheHerald.com "Abandon" never Mi seems to define where it's going. Review on CS THE DAILY HERALD (www.HarkTheHerald.com) ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 'Anne of Green Gables' "Anne of Green OREM Gables a musical adaptation of the L. M. Montgomery novel by Kurk Davidson and Cody Hale, will open tonight at Hale Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North, and run through Nov. 23. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. nightly (except Sundays). Tickets are Call The director is Jerry Elison, with choreography by Sunny Clayton and musical direction by Steve Smith. 226-860- 0. 'Utah Children's choirs' AMERICAN FORK The Utah Children's choirs will present their Fall Concert tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium at the American Heritage School, 736 N. 100 East, American Fork. All three choirs will sing. Included in the concert are the Chorus of the Street Boys from Bizet's Carmen, The Anvil Chorus from II Trovatore by Verdi, and several spirituals arranged for children's choruses. All three choirs will sing the "Alleluia Canon," arranged by Donald Moore from a canon by Mozart, and "Kyrie," arranged by Cristi Cary Miller. The choristers are singing an American Folk song, "Goin' to Boston," as well as "Wind on The which Hill" by Victoria takes its text from a poem by A. Ebel-Sab- o, A. Milne. Please, no children under 6. Tickets available at the door. $5, $12 family. Utah Premiere Brass PROVO-U- tah Premiere Brass opens its season,"Essentially British II," tonight in the Provo Tabernacle at 7:30. Led by Alan Boyer, the group is one of two British-styl- e brass bands in Utah. Admission prices are $5 for the general public, $3 for studentsseniors and $12 for families. For more information, visit www.utahpremierebrass.org. Trial of the Big Bad Wolf - UVSC's Department of Theatre and Communications OREM will open "The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf" today. Performances are at 6:30 and 8 p.m. today, Saturday and Monday in the Black Box Theater in the Gunther Trades Building. Tickets are $5 adults, $4 stu7 dents, $3 children. Call for more information. This children's courtroom comedy follows the trial of the Big Bad Wolf after his attempted invasions of the Three Little Pigs' homes. This production is the first UVSC show to be directed by new faculty member Elaine Hansen. Hansen has a strong background in children's theater, including an MFA from the University of Utah and 10 years' experience at Walt Disney 863-879- IS Diehards go to mystic lengths to ensure win By ELYSSAANDRUS Hie Daily Herald Between the third and fourth quarters of Cougar football games, BYU senior and superfan Nathan Hastings opens an ice chest and ceremoniously chugs chocolate milk from the school's creamery. It's not that Hastings, 24, loves the sweet, frothy taste of the milk or even that he is particularly parched after raucous cheering. "T A :--- ' ffZ- t, - ...... It's just that he wants BYU to win. And as a loyal fan, he's prepared to do whatever it takes. Since beginning the ritual with a group of friends, Hastings has watched the football team win 15 games and lose five. He notes that many of the Cougar victories have fea20-so- tured MATT SMITHThe Daily Herald Use the force: Fans cheer as the BYU football team runs onto the field at Lavell Edwards Stadium. The Yoda doll pictured in the foreground is one thing fans use to bring their team good luck. from 13 to 5 fans often have rituals as elaborate and tradition-steepe- d as the players they rise and shout to victory. In addition to milk consumption, Hastings and his friends follow a strict code of conduct on game days. Each has a lucky shirt he wears to the stadium, and each must listen to '70s rock group Boston's "The Star Spangled Banner" on the miracle comebacks that mysteriously followed his indulgence in dairy. "It's the whole superstifourth-quart- er third-quart- tion thing," Hastings said. "You think for sure they are going to lose if you don't do it." Although athletes are notoriously superstitious this season BYU quarterback Bret Engemann changed his jersey number er drive to the game. Hastings says he doesn't really believe these efforts impact the final score, but he nonetheless feels obligated to follow them. Showing up in the wrong shirt or without the requisite chocolate milk would be tantamount to disloyalty. "It would feel kind of like you hadn't done your part," he said. For Ginger Hansen, its all about The Force. During the BYU freshman keeps a Star Wars game, the Yoda action figure in her pocket If the team looks like they could use a little assistance, Hansen rubs Yoda's head, summoning luck from the Jedi master. "You never know," said Hansen, a political science major from Riverside, Calif. After last week's disappointing loss to Air Force, she says, "(the Cougars) can use all the help they can get" Read more student superstitions on C2 See GAME DAY, C2 Mod squad reunites for By USE THE FORCE, COUGARS hunt s!ta-veng- er JEFF LARSEN Daily Herald Staff It has been five years since Stretch Armstrong last lit up a stage. My Man Friday hasn't played together for three years. But Saturday, these two heroes of the local ska scene will be back in action as part of another resurrected manifestation, the annual Skalloween concert at Suite 13 in Lindon. Throughout the '90s the Utah ska scene was active and nationally recognized, enjoying airplay on local radio stations as well as college campuses around the country. Along with Swim Herschel Swim and Insatiable, both Stretch Armstrong and My Man Friday opened for nationally touring acts including No Doubt, Cake, The Mighty Mighty Bush, Squirrel Nut Zippers and the Aquabats. Both earned a walk makes strides to cure By KERI WITTE Daily Herald Correspondent 4 I ZJ ,iJ If OREM -- When Shiree Thurston of Orem learned in 1980 that her mother had breast cancer, she was devastated. "I bawled. I cried. I " prayed, 'No, not my mom,' said Thurston, now 55 and Orem's mayor pro tem. Thurston's mother, Lois still-boomi- Bos-stone- Breast cancer 1987. With the hope that others might avoid the ravages of breast cancer, Thurston will deliver a s, See SKALLOWEEN, C2 Awott, battled the disease but succumbed in Stretch Armstrong See CANCER, C3 World. This week's films review on C5 "Formula 51" review on C5 "The Ring" review at right "Spirited Away" review on C5 "Abandon" 'Ring5 a truly creepy thriller By ERIC D. SNIDER The Daily Herald Getting in tho pcpcr . Information for Getaway Friday must be received by 5 p.m. Monday. Send It to Eric D. Snider at esnlderheraldextra.com; by fax ' at 344-2985- ; or at 1555 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo, UT 84604. If you have questions, call 344- 2560. Within five minutes of The Ring" beginning, one teenage girls say to another, "Have you heard about this videotape that kills you when you watch it?" I admire a film that gets right to the point, and efficiency is just one of The Ring's" many virtues. It is also the scariest film of the year, weaving suspense and horror through a clever story that keeps you guessing right up to the end. Like most truly scary movies, The Ring" has almost no onscreen violence and very little gore. The terror is in the ideas. And some of its ideas are genuinely startling. There is a videotape full of surreal, seemingly random images circulating in Seattle. According to the legend, after you watch it you immediately receive a phone call in which an ominous voice says, "Seven days." Then, exactly one week later, you die. Film Review Investigative journal- apparently falls victim to it. She and three of her friends watched it together, and now they're dead, in separate incidents. Rachel locates the tape, watches it, and sure enough, gets the phone call. The clock is ticking. What is the tape, and how does one stop it from carrying out its plan? Rachel enlists the help of her friend Noah See RING, C2 A 'v; ist Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) hears of the videotape after her niece - - - MERRICK MORTONDreamworks Pictures Deadly: Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) tracks down a videotape that is rumored to doom viewers to death in "The Ring." V |
