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I Uh Thursday November 44-- THE 16. 1S78 Marvin Payne Tale Called 'Magical' ever sit becoming Did you behind the fattest kid in school" Picture the Good Year Blimp with a Butch haircut Thus begins the magical story of The Planemaker. which is aptlv described by the advertisements as II U MfjL I I l a magical story with songs The magic is mystically El tlV UtIU husband dreams Merwin, in- tertwine with the beautiful voice of Marvin Payne to cam you with Lucas on his glorious flight to the sun and on to an ending you may never forget our in dreams and you'll enjo the Planemaier being presented Fridays. day and s Satur- Mondays through November at the Old Church' on 100 W 400N Provo at3p m - Trier s child in all of us. flying and his own B Effie Seewer Letters Art uu his even if only through grandson flying the loss of his wife and son and the regaining of his faith in living applied by the beautiful voice of Marvin Payne both in narration and song using an original script and score by I a father grandfather and at last the pilot of his very own magic plane The story of Lucas romance with planes and Randle The score sensitively depicts the feelings of Lucas Lightbrow. our star The Planemaker), weaving a tal; of childhood passions for flying, childhood frustra- tions (being unable to create a plane that could fly. childhood tion. Making humiliafun of Lucas was a school acchildhood love tivity, i Amy Thatcher, the girl with the yellow hair); and childhood dreams That if you could go high enough, past the white clouds, through the blue sky, and past the deep darkness of space, the world would be a soft, warm, rolling yellow); and slowly a putting away of childhood dreams, ( LITHUANIAN dances will be among the numbers shown Dec. land 2 when the BYU folkdancers perform their annual Christmas concert in the Marriott Center at BYU. The organization was formed in 1956 by Mary Bee for years select dancers have formed in Europe Jensen and 14 per- Folkdancers Praised Internationally As Versatile, Entertaining Group on Circuit BYU Folk dance at its best is usually only to be found in a few European festivals which attract throngs of tourists to watch the colorfully dressed per- formers from lands which have retained a strong heritage of music and dance. One of the ironies of the intermountain dance scene is that organizers of the European festival and circuit often seek the occasionally insist participation of folk dancers from Brigham Young University. The 14 consecutive summer tours to European festivals have built an international reputation to match the repetoire of the quick - stepping dancers from Provo. When Europeans talk of American folklore, Provo, Utah, is the domestic capital. One festival organizer, Shmuel Bialik, president of the International Folklore Festival in Haifa, Israel, said he was heartbroken when BYU's International Folk dancers could not come to Israel for a celebration of the country's 30th an- form for local audiences. One of the few occadependence last August. sions when Utah dance Then, when a change of aficionados can observe plans permitted them to the full repetroire of the accept the invitation International Folk afterall, the festival staff Dancers is at their organized a party to "Christmas Around the celebrate. World" holiday concert. "What would a festival !t i? ?hduled Dec. 1 and be without these BYU 2 in the BYU Marriott dancers?" Bialik asked Center. Dance suites pointedly. from 15 countries are on The BYU dancers are the two hour program. widely regarded as the There will be 264 most versatile and enter- dancers performing untaining of any group on der the direction of Mary the European circuit. Bee Jensen, a BYU They are often scheduled faculty member who and freas the finale organized a small group quently asked to fill time of dancers in 1956 and vacated by canceled acts. is still director today. Yet, in Europe they are For the first time since best liked in their perfor- the BYU dancers were mances of Americana organized, Mrs. Jensen Appalachian and Carolina did not accompany them clobs, the Virginia reel, on their overseas tour square and round dances. last summer. Acting in An European folklore her behalf was veteran publication wrote: "In its dancer and assistant artistic performances director Don R. Allen, this group has proven who directed the group in that a rich and versatile folklore indeed exists in England, Belgium, France, Italy, the USA, a fact which for Switzerland and Israel. quite a long time was in Still, in spite of obdoubt." At home in stacles, Mrs. Jensen Provo, the dancers don a somehow made arrangeremarkable collection of ments to join her group ethnic costumes to per- - for the last few days of the Billingham, England, International Folk Dance Festival from Aug. after which she fiew off to Bulgaria for meetings presents his startling con- of CIOFF, the Interclusions in this superb national Confederation of book. the Organizers of niversary of in- Book Beat What is the most iiortant im- - skill children Many people say reading. This provides pleasure for youngsters and also gives them a head start toward success at school. If your child doesn't like to read, or Is not interested, it may be because he is not motivated. You, as a parent, might want to set an example. Take books from your library. Demonstrate that you Other books to stimulate your interest: THE CHOPIN EXPRESS Howard Kaplan A young Californian smuggling Hebrew books into Moscow is the pawn in an intelligence game between Ureal and the dancing gets into year blood and it's hard to get it out." A festival village in Israel was established in the agricultural school of Kfar Galim, near the outskirts of Haifa and just a few hundred feet from the oceanfront. The entire school became the home for groups from 12 countries in Olympic Games-stylMajor performances were in the Haifa Municipal Stadium, where on the opening performance the dancers were observed by Yitzhak Navon, president of the State and Israel and other dignitaries, including the United States Ambassador to Israel. One afternoon, a group of the dancers gathered at Kfar Galim to share e. steps It surprised nearly everyone to observe the Americans performing the Slavic-lik- e ballet movements of the Israeli dancers virtually as well the as Turkey, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and the Ukraine, as well as elsewhere. -- By OFFICE SUPPLY UTAH Ur"' H SHOP UTAH OfflCE H Continuing the Sale Alien Palmer ALL MERCHANDISE REDUCED 30 to 80 Folklore Festivals, where she is the Dan Ross performs a BYU FOLKDANCER Ukrainian dance leap in preparation of the annual "Christmas Around the World" concert set Dec. 1 and 2 in the Marriott Center at BYU. KGB. Shop now for Christmas So we don't have to move it! -- DRESSES en-jo- y reading. It is COUNTERSTROKE Andrew Garve will Your child catching. probably pick up the idea actor Bob and learn to love reading Farran volunteers to act a worth himself. It's try. as the criminal leader Get a book at your library whose release is the rantoday. som demanded by the who have kidnapped gang FEATURED BOOK OF the wife of England's THE WEEK: Minister of Expert AMERICAN CAESAR: Promotion. DOUGLAS JACKETS SWEATERS PANTS SKIRTS JEWELRY Out-of-wo- THE BEST LITTLE GIRL IN THE WORLD Americans all Virtually Steven Levenkron above a certain age bold strong opinions about A composite of actual Douglas MacArthur. case histories of anorexia They either worship or nervosa written in novel despise him. Now one of form by r therapist, this our most outstanding traces after a Francesea's refusal to writers, three-yeaexr met' :ulous eat, her obesslon to amination of the record, starve herself to death. MACARTHUR model-daught- BELTS ALL MATERNITY 25 0 OFF CORDUROYS 3-- 18 with LEX DE AZEVEDO Sorry, No layaways (Composer of Saturday's Warrior) Friday 7 to 9 p.m. Shop Come in and visit with Lex de Azevedo and let him sign his newest album for you. The album contains his favorite songs from till 6, Fri. & Sat. till 9 Mon.-Thur- s. IIIIS Use Your Bankard ad- ditional songs including "Theme from the Master's Touch," "Youth Is A Time for Dreaming," and the Done Any Good?" hymn "Have (Layaways now being held must be picked up by Nov. 30) BRAS Call and reserve an autographed copy if you are unable to come in 224-005- 5 MATfRMITY UNIVERSITY MALL WARDROBE 0REM 32 N. 100 I, only in PfOVO VELOURS JR. & MISSES SIZES Saturday's Warrior and three WEEKEND SPECIAL LADIES COORDINATES DISCO SATINS (Affordable EAST V I H Sp'ingv.lte SUPPLY I M P"," Swth Mo'" 12-1- 9, American delegate. "It broke my heart not to be with the dancers every step of the way," said Mrs. Jensen. "Folk FOR THANKSGIVING So We're i formed at ease with dancers from Poland, - - Our new store isn't Ready Israelis themselves. was astounded to see the Americans doing our dances," said festival art director Jonathan Gabai. "There they were, interspersed with Israeli partners, leaping in perfect unison. It looked like a final rehearsal." If the occasion would have permitted, the BYU dancers could have per- I I mm (Fashions OF ERNST IN CARRILON SQUARE . |