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Show Geneva convention Arts They know they can dance National 'Dancesport' competitors to strut their stuff at HERALD Ballroom CORRESPONDENT dancers from all over will compete in the National Amateur Championships held this week. The competition will accommodate dancers from beginning to advanced levels with ages starting as young as 4 years old, said Curt Holman, an associate professor of ballroom dance at BYU. Competitors will show off their talents dancing in events including mambo, foxtrot, polka, swing, tango, cha cha, waltz and Latin variations. It Utah State will be divided National Amateur into six different sessions Dancesport If VOUgO throughout the weekend. The Dances- port competition is currently the largest amateur BYU n UVSC v. theater awarded Students and faculty of UVSC's Department of Theatrical Arts attended the American College Theater Festival and returned with unexpected accolades. Faculty member James received an Excellence if Competition Where: Marriott Center When: Thursday to Saturday Tickets: $12-$6 general; Tickets students. in competition can be purchased for all the country, Holman said. three days for $37 generCouples will be al, or $23 students. Events competing for run all day long. various titles, Info: as will formation teams. byunationals.com, In addition byutickets.com to the competi tion, four professional couples will compete in a special "battle of champions" event on Friday and Saturday. In previous competitions, professionals have catered to the college crowd by performing to songs by artists such as Nirvana. The competition is held in the BYU Wilkinson Center in the fall, but in the larger Marriott Center during the winter. This provides a more spectator-friendl- y facility as well as an opportunity for more competitors. Because of this, competition is stiffer, said Ashley LaBaron, a BYU student in dance. LaBaron started dancing through BYU courses and is now competing in five different categories. She previously has competed in the competition three times. Kim Acerson taught one of LaBaron's classes and will be competing in different events. "This competition helps ballroom teams, because it helps us develop our- - Where have all the smokestacks gone? For three years, Chris Dunker has documented the dismantling of Geneva Steel through the lens of a large-formcamera. His photos will appear in the exhibit "Dismantling Geneva Steel: Photographs by Chris Dunker," which opens Friday at the BYU Museum of Art. The exhibit consists of 60 prints that follow the plant V from "cold idle," the level of operation just above complete shutdown, through the demolition of the power plant, the last major structure. Dunker will present an artist lecture on the exhibit tonight at 7 in the museum auditorium, followed by a preview of the exhibit. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public. For further informa' tion, call 422-- 1 140. 1 $8-1- 0 v vrri I V- - in Teaching award and student Terry Petrie won a Best in Festival award for directing a short play. Students Joel Petrie and Tom Fernlund finished 17th out of 370 in a pairs competition the best placing the school has received in its three years of participatioa Thomas the Tank Engine Tickets are now on sale to see Thomas the Tank Engine, popular children's book and TV character, in Heber City in May. The five-da- y tour stop in Heber City on May 6 is a popular event last year attended by 27,000 that includes a train ride on a Thomas replica, a hay bale maze, live music and an imagination station. Tickets for the train ride are $ 18 or $ 16 if purchased for the first two days. Group rates are available for $ 14 per person. For tickets, call SmithsTix at or the Heber 0 Valley Railroad at (801) or (435) or visit www.hebervalleyrailroad.org. 22-2- CHERYL C. The Utah FOWERSBYU State National Amateur Dancesport Competition will start Thursday selves individually," Acerson said. Acerson, unlike most of her competitors, isn't majoring in dance, but rather, social work. The senior from Lindon started ballroom dancing in high school and is looking forward to competing in the amateur standard and amateur smooth divisions this week. Competing in the event will help dancers gain qualifications for future jobs or even a scholarship provided by private donors to BYLTs ballroom dance at BYU. Acerson is currently on a full scholarship from previous accomplishments. Preparing for the event has required at least two hours a day of practice, she said. Just in the amateur standard division she will compete in the waltz, tango, quickstep, foxtrot and Viennese waltz. "This is just an ongoing thing that you're always preparing for," she said. The competition will be in the Marriott Center from Thursday through Saturday. Each day's events begin at 8 a.m., with competition continuing late into the night. 581-998- 654-560- |