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Show auiiuy, Arts aid Letters " ; Young Artist Auditions Set Nov. 28 The Young Artists auditions, sponsored by the Utah Valley symphony, will be held Saturday, Nov. 28, in the afternoon at the Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Building. 'I Young musicians and singers may obtain applications for the auditions from Mrs. Gary Madsen, 2857 N. Iroquois Drive, Provo, or from their high school music teachers. The music performed should be symphonic in nature and about five minutes long. Previous winners may not enter as soloists. Any musical instrument or vocal music may be performed either solo or in duets or small groups. Winners will perform in a youth concert in January, 1971. Mfe , iinir ' Floyd Brienholt, chairman of the BYU art department. The show will feature the works of some 60 faculty members from the four map' Utah universities. Violin Maker to Show Faculty ArtjShow - An unusual SPRINGVILLE art show featuring the creative talents of the art faculties of the four major universities in Utah will open - Nov. 15 at the Springville' Museum of Art. Mrs. Peggy Forster, curator, reports that more than 100 art pieces will be included in the exhibit, representing the works of 60 on gun MiiiiiMminiiWiMiniltiiiWa PIECE OF POTTERY which will be show opening Nov. exhibited in the 15 at the Springville Museum of Art is displayed by Max Weaver, left, artist, and A if faculty members from Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, Utah State University, and Weber State University. The show will give an encompassing view of what each university faculty is producing. A reception honoring the artists will be held Sunday, Nov. 15 from 2 to - p.m. at the art gallery. The show will fun to Dec. 20. The art gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from Id a.m. to 5 prn., and on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. The gallery is closed on Mondays. Unique Exhibit at T A whole new family of violins, ranging from a tiny treble violin only 16 inches long overall to a contrabass, will giant seven-fobe demonstrated and discussed at Brigham Young University Nov. 11 and 12. Mrs. Carleen Maley Hutchins of Montclair, N.J., in- TannyGirl' To Begin Utah Run "Fanny Girl," which ran last summer at the Barndoor Theater in Jackson, Wyo., will open Nov. 13 at the old Maxfield Lodge in Big Cottonwood Canyon acon the way to Brighton, cording to Buddy Youngreen, Provo, director and producer. principles, Mrs. Hutchins and Dee Winterton, Provo, who her colleague, Dr. Frederick A. Saunders, a retired head of the was associated with Mr. Harvard Physics Department, Youngreen as choreographer and associate producer in both began work on the eight instruments by redesigning the the Jackson and Sundance viola, cello, and string bass and summer theater ventures last developing other instruments to summer, will have the same in new the fill in the gaps in the present association known violin violin family. In the new family production. ternationally maker, will appear at BYU to the tonal qualities are adjusted discuss her creations under joint with one at every half octave Revised Version sponsorship of the Physics and from the present string bass to "Fanny Girl" at the Maxfield Music Departments. an instrument an octave above Theatre Restaurant will be a Mrs. Hutchins has combined the violin. somewhat revised version of the acoustics and engineering with This new group of violins has g and musicianship1 been acclaimed as the first Jackson production, said Mr. new set of to enlarge the violin family to major innovation in an entire Youngreen, with a or variety vaudeville olios, whose instruments of in last the instruments eight string family tone and volume rival those of 350 years. Mrs. Hutchins has numbers. the old masters. She will give a pointed out that the violin as we The Maxfield Theatre seminar on the physics of violins now know it was brought to a schedule will see "Fanny Girl" as well as a peak of near perfection at the performing six nights per week, on her new height, of the Italian renaissance, Mondays through Saturdays. and has changed little since that Starting time will be 7:30 p.m. family of vic'ins. The Physics Department time. for the show, followed by the olio She has been named to the acts. Seminar, "The Physics of of of "Women Violins," will be given Nov. 11 at roster Lead Role 4 p.m. in Room 280 Eyring Achievement" by the United Science Center, and the Music States Bureau of Information, Penny Viglione, who played lecture-demonstratioviolin of the work in field the Her lead role of Sally Vation, in Department "A New Family making has led to the possibility last summer's Jackson cast will of Violins," will be held at 7 p.m. that stringed instruments can be carry the same role at the n Nov. 12 in the Madsen Recital almost on a par Maxfield Theatre. Hall of the Harris Fine Arts with those of the master craft- performers from last summer's Center. Both lectures are open to smen of the 17th and 18th cen- Sundance cast, Ron Stevenson the public. turies. Much of her work has and Pat Matevia, will also be at with Maxfield. Stevenson carried the Mrs. Hutchins is a graduate of been in conjunction of the Cornell University where she members Catgut role of the Sundance Kid in majored in entomology and Acoustical Society, which in- "Butch and Kid" and Matevia hit as a biology. Her interest in string cludes acousticians, physicists, scored a summer-lon- g instruments began when she chemists, engineers, instrument bumbling Pinkerton detective. became a violist in a chamber makers, composers, musicians, BYU Students music group. Finding her new musicologists and others inviola to be quite inferior, she terested in developing the The balance of the cast will be resolved to make one, and in so potentialities of stringed infilled out from BYU drama doing embarked on her life's struments. students, many of whom perwork. Articles describing her work formed in summer theater at Becoming interested in the have appeared in Scientific West Yellowstone last summer. possibilities of enlarging the American and Physics Today "Fanny Girl" is a play within violin family using acoustic magazines. a play, a hilarious spoof of an melodrama about the evils of alcohol and the virtues of temperance. ot violin-makin- lecture-demonstrati- n, Well-know- mass-produc- DAVID AHLANDER Provo Singer Richard Bird Exhibiting On National Art Paintings at Television Appearing currently on &.me major network shows is Provo singer, David Ahlander, son of Mfc and Mrs. J. Fred Ahlander. & baritone, David is a member of the Brothers and Sisters, a group composed of 14 young people, who sing light rock, patridtic and pop numbers. of the Singing and dancing, the group has- performed in night club acts wdth such stars as John Davidson, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Diana Ross, The King Family and Bobbie Vinton. They have also; appeared on the Johnny Carson and Mike - Douglas SBows and work with Doc Severnson of the Tonight Show in weekend appearances. A gradiiate of Provo tiigh School, Da$d attended Brigham Young University. He has studied voice with Kurt and dance with Colleen Collins Smith and Dee Wein-zing- er Win-terto- n. The only fciember of the group is not from Milwaukee, where the' group originated, David has been singing with them about, three months. who Still a Nickel show by Richard E. Bird, artist at Brigham Young University, is being shown at the Harris Fine Arts Center until Nov. 21. Watercolors, oils and graphics are included in the extensive exhibit. Richard Bird attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, receiving his Associate of Arts degree. In 1962, he received his BS degree from Utah State University, in Logan. He attended evening school at Weber State College and the Art Center School in Los Angeles, Calif. He Tourist Center Gets Hard Advice MIAMI 3EACH (UPI)-- A conservationist has told Miami Beach officials that what they really should do is tell the tourists to go home. Charles R. Chapman, chief of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Protection Bureau was addressing a group of engineers studying the impact on the environment of engineering projects. "People are your problem; it's as simp'e as that," he said. "The problem here is still a potential one, but you have to face it now. Tell the people to go somewhere else . . . more people will only make things tourist-conscio- (UPI) -Most greeting cards have a retail lifetime of 12 to 18 months, but one simple little one has been going strong for 29 years. The card! has sold more than 12 million copies reports Hallmark. And the price is the same todaj a nickel as it was in 194?. The card is die cut here worse." in the shage of a cart loaded with flowars and the ouside Nearly 10 million people live caption reaBs, "To let you know I'm thinking of you." Inside, within 60 miles of Los Angeles there's a City Hall. verse. folksy KANSAS CITY, Mo. Gallery is presently completing his Master of Fine Arts degree at Brigham Young University. Richard has worked as an illustrator for Thiokol Chemical Corp.; Art Director for Trail-wid- e Corp. in Oxnard, Calif, and Director of Advertising and Design for Corp. in Orem, Utah, of which he was one of the founders. He also operated his own free lance business for three years in the Southern California area. Although his background is in Chart-A-Mat- ic 23,000 Mr. Seymour was born in Los Angeles and received his higher education at the University of California at Berkeley. He obtained his bachelor of arts degree in letters and science, his master of arts degree in Russian and the doctor of philosophy degree in English. For his opera "In the Pasha's Garden" he received the David Bisphan Memorial Award in 1935. Other operas composed by Mr. Seymour include "Antigone," "The Affected Maids," "Measure for Measure," "Tom Walker's Bargain" and "A Protegee of the Mistress." In addition, Mr. Seymour has composed the operettas "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," .. W.-- " - i I ' t T i 1 OPERA ROYALTY, chosen by the BYU- Community Opera Guild, will be presented Wednesday at the world premiere of the opera, "Ramona." Chosen for talent and beauty to reign are, from left, are Sherri Gudmundson, first attendant; Ruth Ann Nielsen, queen, and Dianne Biggs, second attendant. "Hollywood Madness," "Golden Days" and "The Bachelor Belles." He has also written two ballet pantomimes: "The Maid, the Demon and the Samuari" and "The Closed Gate." He is currently completing work on a musical folk play based on Mormon histo-- ; and entitled "The Lure and the Promise." Playing the lead role of Ramona is Diane Murdock who has won honors in the San Francisco and Metropolitan Opera auditions and has starred in such productions as and the Temple View of Production Theater "Promised Valley." Her opera experiences include "Madame Butterfly," "La Traviata" and "Girl of the Golden West." Featured in the role of Alessandro will be Ray Arbizu, a new member of the BYU music n faculty and a operatic tenor. His professional career has included many performances in both Europe and America. In Germany he spent five years as a leading tenor for the Essen and Bonn opera houses, and has sung leading roles with the American National Opera Company. "Fan-tastik- s" well-know- Modern Art Museum Shows Utahn's Work Mrs. Sparks Compiles Drug Book Prentice-Ha- Inc. ll 38 1946, including bust from Brigham Young died in and collection of vast by paintings drawings University's Mahonri Young's works was Picasso and nine works by Juan A is publishing a new book compiled by Beatrice Mathews Sparks (Mrs. LaVorn Sparks). It is called "Buried Alive" and is the personal diary of a girl who becomes tragically involved in the drug scene. Art Linkletter will be keynote at speaker the National Wholesale Drug Manufacturers Association annual conference and will seek support for the book from the industry. Mr. Linkletter will also discuss the book when he keynotes the of Association National Manufacturers at the Waldorf Astoria on Dec. 3. Senator Barry Goldwater has also offered to support the book when he wraps up the NAM program. Mrs. sent to New York City this week to appear in an exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art. Loan of the art piece, a portrait of Leo Stein, was requested by Margaret Potter, associate curator, to place in the display of "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family." The loan was arranged with BYU's gallery director, Ronald Deane, by the son of the famous Utah and Connecticut sculptor and painter, Mahonri Sharp Young, who is director of the Columbus, Ohio, Gallery of Fine Arts. Miss Potter explained that the trustees of the Museum of Modern Art recently acquired the art estate of Gertrude Stein, noted American authoress who Gris. She wrote, "Around this nucleus we are attempting to reassemble the many other of art which once belonged to Miss Stein and her family." Leo Stein was Gertrude works Stein's brother. Mahonri Sharp Young was not sure if the portrait by his father ever belonged to Leo Stein. However, the museum waived that point in favor of the interest the bust would add to the exhibit. It will run from Dec. 16 to March 1. BYU acquired the of Mahonri Young, who died in 1957. It includes more than 8000 pieces, of sculpture, oil paintings, water colors, drawings, sketch books, In prints, and casts. The role of played by Lowell Murdock, who The book is on Prentice-Hall'has had varied experience in musical comedy, opera and spring publishing schedule. are Productions popular singing. Presently a Dillon graduate student at BYU, he has negotiating for the movie rights. performed leading roles in the BYU productions of "The Girl of s Better Than Riots the West" and Golden "Pilgrim's Progress." Producer for the opera will be Dr. A. Harold Goodman with Brandt B. Curtis as artistic director and Dr. Glenn R. Williams as conductor for the orchestration. Stage director will be Dr. Lael J. Woodbury, while sets and lighting will be under direction of Charles Henson with costuming by Pa. (UPI)-Be-tand 60 students at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus dormitories were under treatment today for head lice, school officials reported. Authorities said there was no Beverly Warner. Reserved seat tickets are now cause for alarm. on sale for the Production. Officials of the Pennsylvania Department of Health said the out of four situation was "controllable." One hospital hair in the world is occupied by a They said a special for the ordered was shampoo disabled polluted by patient affected students. water. INDIANA, 1963 entire art estate Sparks is under contract as a with writer Vandeburg- Felipe will be Linkletter Associates. n u ween 50 PRE-THANKSGIVI- NG SPEC A L t;i PROVO'S FIRST FLEA CIRCUS persons registered at the University of Utah during the autumn quarter. y Fashion event of the Season! Smart Fall dresses, drastically reduced right in the middle of the Season. 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Ware, Provo 1 25 chosen Young Brigham University's Opera Workshop to perform the world premiere of his latest opera "Ramona." Performances of the five-ain opera will be given Nov. the de Jong Concert Hail of the Harris Fine Arts Center on the BYU campus. Performances will begin at 8:15 p.m. nightly. here ns association of professional men, who having passed exacting tests, and qualified to service your piano. The following are all craftsmen members of the P.T.G. Their skill and judgement can be relied upon. uian-ra- ge (l One of America's most proficient operatic composers, John Laurence Seymour, has r (THE novo, By BYU Opera Workshop U.ofU. All-Uta- int hckalu, o, iy,u opera Premiere Nov. Topped at The Office of Institutional Studies has reported that 23,633 students were registered, 21,182 of them taking credit design and advertising, his courses. watercolors and oils are Dr. Harry P. Bluhm, acting represented in private collections in Connecticut, New director of the institutional Jersey, California and Utah. studies department, said the dayRecent exhibitions include: The time enrollment of 18,399 was an h in increase of 4.2 per cent over last Show Art Springville; Utah Valley Art year. Show in the Eldred Center in However, the overall enrollProvo; The National Art Exhibit at Ricks College; and the An- ment figure is slightly lower nual Student Art Show at than it was last year, especially in evening classes. Brigham Young University. oveintwr Ly 1 vy vy 45 east center Provo |