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Show The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 17-19, 2017 C-5 Continued From C-1 Beatlebrox work is on exhibit PUZZLE ANSWERS FROM PAGE C-4 election of Mayor Jackie Biskupski in 2016. “When she took office, she wanted to reevaluate different programs and put everything on hold to do that,” Beatlebrox said. Then Beatlebrox got sick in November, and lost more time. “So, I really started working hard on this in January,” he said. “Dare to Swim Upstream with Style” is made of “a whole lot of steel,” Beatlebrox said. ROSS GULL These [new works] have been purchased by Salt Lake City to enliven the street for years to come...” Dana Hernandez Salt Lake City public art program manager. “It’s created to survive 115 mile-per-hour winds,” he said. “It’s supposed to conform to that requirement because of the tornado we had in 1999.” The sculpture is comprised of “dozens of pieces.” “There is a skeleton up the middle that connects with a vertical six-inch pipe and an- Continued From C-3 Music is Billow’s future didn’t necessarily want to play in the orchestra, so I chose a band instrument,” she said. Billow -- who cites Charlie Parker, Kenny Garrett, Sonny Stitt, Eric Marienthal, David Sanborn, Art Pepper, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins as her idols -- didn’t think about becoming a professional musician until she started studying under Continued From C-4 Hot Tuna arrives in Park City The love for the guitar was one of the motivators for Kaukonen’s Fur Peace, a 126acre of land in southeast Ohio where Kaukonen has hosted guitar workshops, retreats and camps for the past 20 years. “My wife, Vanessa, has such Salt Lake City crews work with Kukal Cranes from Park City to install Zafod Beatlebrox’s “Dare to Swim Upstream with Style,” a steel sculpture that depicts a tuxedo-donning flying fish that holds a top hat and cane. The work is designed to withstand 115-mile-per-hour winds. other pipe running horizontally,” Beatlebrox said. “There is a whole bunch of ribs going sideways and up and down, and there is a finer skeleton that I put on top of that.” Beatlebrox wrapped the individual parts with sheet metal and then sandblasted each piece before applying airplane paint. The sandblasting took a bulk of the labor. “He took a week to sandblast each piece and grind them down so they would be smooth,” said Beatlebrox’s wife, Lola. “The outside looked like a torpedo, but then it just blossomed when he be- gan applying the paint. Beatlebrox painted both the outside and inside of the sculpture. “I painted the inside to stop internal rust,” he said. “Dare to Swim Upstream with Style” measures 9 feet and 6 inches from the bottom of the tail to the top of the cane. The width measures about 12 feet. “This is the first work I’ve had to display downtown,” Beatlebrox said. “It’s good to be on Broadway.” For information about Zafod Beatlebrox, visit http:// www.amazingfunctionalart. com. Chris Taylor, director of bands at Park City High School. “As I learned more about what jazz was and played it more, I liked it more and more,” she said. A few years ago, she started taking private lessons from David Halliday, the director of jazz studies at Westminster College. “He and Mr. Taylor have really helped me get better at what I’m doing, and they are so cool,” Billow said. Although the training from Halliday and Taylor has helped Billow develop her musical skills, she knows she still needs to work hard if she is going to become a professional musician. “One of the hardest things to do is finding the motivation to keep getting better and better,” she said. “Time management is another challenge, because I’ve been learning how to balance the dedication I’ve given to music with a social life, good academic standing and a family life.” The payoff, however, is worth those trials. The big one was last winter when the Park City High School Marching Band performed in Hawaii to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. “That was one of the best experiences in my whole life,” Billow said. “All of my best friends are in band and we’ve made some fun memories, and I’m ready to make some more.” an organizational mind and was a civil engineer before we got married and the ranch is all because of her,” Kaukonen said. “She came to me and said we could build this thing.” The ranch gives Kaukonen a place where he can really “geek out” with other guitarists. “Guitars are a very sociable instrument,” he said. “You can get a jam session going, but the guitar can also be used as a way to talk to people, like when it’s played during a campfire.” The campfire setting is perfect for acoustic guitar music, which Kaukonen wants to capture when he and Cassidy play in Park City. “I’m aware that we use the term acoustic loosely because we have all this junk we have to plug in to make it sound like you’re playing in your living room,” he said with a laugh. “But the instrument you hold as you’re playing is acoustic, and we spend a lot of time trying to find the best tone in the world.” Hot Tuna will play a string of acoustic concerts at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 18-20, at the Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. Thursday tickets range from $43 to $70 and Friday and Saturday tickets range from $49 to $80. For information and to purchase tickets, visit www.parkcityshows.com. 2 2 1 1 FOR FOR STEIN ERIKSEN LODGE THE CHATEAUX DEER VALLEY 7700 Stein Way Park City, UT 84060 Reservations (435) 645-6455 www.steinlodge.com/dining 7815 Royal Street East Park City, UT 84060 Reservations (435) 940-2200 www.the-chateaux.com/dining Valid 5/5 through 10/29/17. Dinner only. Open Wednesday through Sunday only. Cash not accepted. For dine-in only. Buy one entrée, get the second of equal or lesser value for free. 20% gratuity will be added to original amount. Must present coupon. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer, nightly special or special event. Valid 4/17 through 6/30/17. Cash not accepted. For dine-in only. Buy one entrée, get the second of equal or lesser value for free. 20% gratuity will be added to original amount. Must present coupon. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer, nightly special or special event. 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