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Show Page B8 Wednesday, November 4, THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, im Disney says 'Beauty' g may be video in sales history Effects of music go beyond the concert hall PROVO For Rosalie Pratt, the positive effects of music go much further than the confines of a classroom or concert hall . The professor of music and music education at Brigham Young University has organized and manages the "Volunteer for the Hospital Arts Program," a Provo-base- d approach to music therapy. Pratt believes the program to be one of the first formal attempts in the Utah to involve a university department of music with a hospital or mental health institution. Several years ago, Pratt heard of a program at the Duke University Medical Center in which a variety of artists performed at the Iff cr, i f best-sellin- By MARIS PERLOW New York Daily News i'V says. "The Beast" still roars. Since its official debut at video stores last Friday, more than 7 million copies of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" have been sold nationwide. This makes the animated video cassette of 1992, the best-sellisays Disney spokeswoman Tania Steele. If this trend continues through In three days, DeJesus sold 850 of the 2,000 tapes in stock, and he plans to order another 1 ,000. The tape is also a big seller at HMV Video, on 86th St. and Lex- Friday, Disney predicts "Beauty and the Beast" will be the video of all time, since it is selling at four times the rate of the most successful video, "Fantasia," of which 14.2 million copies were sold in North America. In New York, "Beauty and the Beast" is also selling fast. "It's doing disgustingly well," says Tower Video's product manager Angel DeJesus, who opines it may outsell the initial releases of hospital. The performances transformed the entire hospital atmosphere by using puppet best-selli- shows, dancers, poetry, drama and even visual artists producing "healing murals" on walls of patients' rooms. ' "I was so touched by the spirits of people being uplifted, especially the children. The element of fantasy did wonders for the children. The artists were really changing the hospital into a much more humane environment," said Pratt. It is Pratt's premise, along with most others who enter a hospital or medical facility, that most people feel alone, frightened and apprehensive in a hospital setting. When music therapy is introduced, however, it reduces the pain and worry which accompany most hospital environments. "I'm very convinced of the positive effects of music un human behavior," said Pratt. Pratt's own experiences with an aunt dying of terminal cancer provided enough evidence for her to realize there had to be better ways of uplifting patient's moods in hospitals. "I was aware of how fright- - Herald PhotoPatrick J. Krohn Amy Haskell, 14 (center), a patient at UVRMC, wears a Daisy Duck hat while Malinda Probst, Kirk in Taylor (at piano) and Kent Baker play and sing "It's a Small World." Randy King (left), an R.N. the rehabilitation unit at UVRMC, wears a Daffy Duck hat. The musicians volunteer to provide entertainment at the unit three times a week. exciting' progress in many paened she was," Pratt said. "Evtients. Pratt is considering exwas her proerything around the program into the cangrammed, and her only human tending and cer cardiology units. contact with other people was Kirk Taylor, a BYU student with nurses and doctors." one of the organizers of the and 25 of core a heads now Pratt volunteers who commit to weekprogram, said volunteers sing and play various instruments ly rounds at Utah Valley Regionsuch as piano, violip, flute and the at also al Medical Center and forensic unit of the Utah State cello. Volunteers are asked to have at least one number preHospital. The volunteers, BYU graduate pared that they can perform; the and undergraduate students, group also takes requests from the patients. share their talents through playMany of the volunteers are stuand .requests taking ing, singing dents studying music therapy, he from the patients while fostering said. of an atmosphere positive change "I feel that music has a unique and rehabilitation. The musical therapy program ability to create a communication was established this fall and has between people because it's not seen an enormous response and on a necessarily high cognitive "E.T." and "Batman." ' Rodriquez: "Every time I fill up the 'Beauty and the Beast' display, I've g6t io ; go back and fill it up again." And Disney will make sure! that no store runs short. The studio.js alplanning another distribution, it has already shipped 1.7 though million units to stores selling the video. At the suggested $24.99 retail price, the video alone has a potential gross value of $240 million, according to the entertainment trade journal Variety. Many stores, however, are ofthat bring fering rebates and tie-i; its cost below $24.99. Discounts aside, "Beauty a'nd the Beast" is still a big moneymaker. . The animated blockbuster has grossed a total of $145 million since its 1991 release. ns , "We've done extremely well with other (Disney) releases, but this one might be the biggest," he level, it's on a more emotional level," Taylor said. "So it's the sharing of those emotions, I think, (that) generally provides the patients with the happiness, and the volunteers as well. " The best aspect of the program, according to Pratt, is the involvement students have with the community and the usefulness of interacting with other people who are not healthy and need a special lift in their lives. Internationally recognized for her work in music therapy, Pratt is the first editor of the International Journal of Arts Medicine. For more information or to sign up as a musical volunteer, contact Pratt at 1 or Kristin Weber at 374 ington Ave., says clerk Jeanette Poetry contest open SISTERVILLE, oems are W.V. -P- now being accepted for entry in Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum's new "Awards of Poetic Ex- cellence" poetry contest. Cash prizes totaling $1,000 will be awarded, including a $500 grand prize. The contest is free to enter. Poets may enter one poem only, 20 lines or less, on any subject, in any style. The contest closes Nov. 30, but poets are encouraged to send their work in soon. 378-634- 5951. Poems entered in the contest also will be considered for publication in the summer 1993 edition of Poetic Voices of America, a hardcover anthology to be published in June 1993. Anthology purchase may be required to ensure publication, but is not required to enter- Or win the contest. Prize winners will be notified by Jan. 31, 1993. Poems should be sent to Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum, Inc., Dept. LT, 203 Diamond St., 26175. - Chamber music society Pair to be honored by women's council for service - x presents quartet Nov. 7 Ii" I;, - The SALT LAKE CITY Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City initiates its 25th season with a performance by the Borodin Quartet, Saturday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. in the University of Utah Fine Arts auditorium. Tickets for the concert may be purchased at the door before the concert for $1 8 per ticket. The program will include Beethoven's Quartet in F minor, Op. 95; the Shostakovich Quartet No. 13; and the Schubert Quartet in A minor, Op. 29. Widely acknowledged as one of the few great string quartets of the last fifty years, the Borodin emerged from the Moscow Con- monic Quartet and took the namt Borodin in 1955. Today, they play to capacity houses on extensive tours outside their native Moscow. Quartet members include Mikhail Samuilovich Kopelman, violin; Andrei Fedotovich Abramen-koviolin; Dmitri Vissarionovich Shebalin, viola; and Valentin Berlinsky, cello. The Borodin Quartet performs the central quartet repertoire as well as established Russian masterpieces by Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Their repertore also includes the works of contemporary colleagues such as Alfred Schnittky, whose First Quartet was written for them. The World War II. They were known initially as the Moscow Philhar group servatoire ry v, immediately after is currently working through the Beethoven cycle. The Artist's Section PROVO 1 of the Women's Council of Provo will conduct its annual tea and art sale Sunday, Nov. 8 at the cultural center, 310 W. 500 North, Provo, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Artists have donated by original artwork to be sold it to raise funds for the in the the Some of art organization. exhibit will also be for sale. Two local artists, Ora Burrup and Hannah Oldroyd, will be honored at the event for their contributions to the community and for promoting art and service to others. Oldroyd has contributed paintings for permanent display in public buildings and churches and as gifts and awards. Hannah Oldroyd She has served as director of the Utah State American Artists and Professional League, a member of the Eldred Center. She was a Provo representative the Provo City Art Board, fine arts director of the Utah County Fair and merit finalist for Utah Mother Board, Utah County Chairwoman of the Year and was honored as of Art Exhibits and art director of Club Woman of the Year. ch ch non-prof- !wK - ice Award of the Literary Section She has served on boards of the 1 II American Red Cross, Players Guild and Provo City Housing Board of Review. Burrup is being honored for her service io the Women's Council where she has been an active member since 1952. She served as chairwoman of the Artist's Section in 1979 and as president of the Women's Council in 1982. While president, she initiated a funding drive to provide storage for the council's permanent art collection and organized the Afghan Fair, the first fair of its kind in the valley. Burrup helped organize both the opera and the literary sections and of both served as sections. She has also served as a Ora Burrup special committee chairwoman.; As beautification chairwoman, In the Women's Council of Proshe chairspearheaded landscaping and vo, she has been president, woman of the Artists' Section, flower planting at the council member of the council chorus and building and at Wasatch fciementa- recipient of the Community Serv- - ry School. Movies 'Sister Act,' 'Brenda Starr' coming to video rather than sell are the entertaining vious Clancy movie, "The Hunt Tom Cruise epic, "Far and For Red October," was a blockSeattle Times Away" (Nov. 11); the glum and buster. Another compelling thriller that Summer's theatrical hits and repetitious sequel, "Alien 3" idiot misses will dominate the Novem- (Nov. 18); Disney's comedy, may do better on tape is the line-uand Wednesday release, "Deep CovMan" 11); ber video (Nov. including one of "Encino e performthe few smashes of Philip Noyce's gripping thriller, er," featuring as an. Fishburne ances by Larry the months Whoopi "Patriot Games" (Nov. 24). and Jeff narcotics undercover bestcop Based on the Torn Clancy Goldberg's hokey if dealer a as Goldblum drug an lawyer, (Harabout musical comedy, "Sister Act," seller agent and family man who has a tough which Buena Vista Home Video rison Ford) whose family is terrorized by Irish radicals, "Patriot time balancing the three. will introduce Nov. 13 at the The best film of the month, inGames" probably stands the best price of $20. In the contradictory world of chance of any film in this group of deed one of the two or three most video marketing, the less popular finding a more receptive audience original movies to come along this when it hits video. It actually did year, is "Proof (Nov. 24), Joce-ly- n summer movies will be consideraMorehouse's Australian well in theaters, but was perceived bly more expensive if you're planhit about a blind photograthe because prening to own them. Priced to rent as disappointing pher (Hugo Weaving), his domineering housekeeper (Genevieve Picot) and the dishwasher he befriends (Russell Crowe). For all its serious consideration of trust and bonding, "Proof is often quite funny. The complications that attend the hero's visit to a drive-i- n movie are hilarious and, like much of what happens in "Proof," essentially indescribable. If you've been looking for a Other November releases that portable radio that isn't high In price, General may improve their chances on Electric has the radio for you. It s the MPI-IMPI-Itape: the quirky road movie, Hand-helradio. The packs the power ."Roadside Prophets" (Nov. 11); and durability of a much larger radio into a Roland Joffe's Calcutta epic starsmall, affordable unit. " is small enough to fit in your The ring Patrick Swayze, "City of pocket, but it delivers the range and quality of Joy" (Nov. 11); Jon Jost's eccensound that you'd expect to find in radios tric picture, "All the twice its size. Vcrmeers in New York" (Nov. For Industrial, professional, or business radio 11); the flimsy family comedy, use, you won't find a better hand-hel"AH I Want For Christmas" for your money. And It's available right now. (Nov. 18); an outdoor adventure drama starring Oscar nominee By JOHN HARTL p, word-of-mou- fniVi'Pi'JiWn. first-rat- th er high-spirit- IMB ! 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Richard Gere is starring in an expensive American remake, while Woo, who has earned a reputation as'the most creative of the Hong. Kong, directors,-icollaborating wjth.the prolific Quentin Tarantino ("Reservoir Dogs," "True Romance") on a new picture. Also likely to benefit from publicity surrounding related films is Warren Miller's 1991 skiing movie, "Born to Ski," which joins a long line of Miller sports on cassette. It turns up on v ideo Wednesday . s Most likely to cause this month: the Wednesday release of Shirley MacLaine's autobiographical 1987 television movie, "Out on a Limb," which runs 260 minutes and will be available on two cassettes. It is not to be confused with Matthew Broderick's summer flop, "Out on a Limb," which has nothing to do with reincarnation or meditation, but will be released on tape just one month ' ; later. One-Hou- r Locations for Fuji Cameras. Graham Greene, "Clearcut" CHRIS RADIO & 510 So. State 373-536- 8 Provo (Nov. 18); an family comedy about a funeral, "Passed Away" (Nov. 18); the Ray Liotta Kiefer Sutherland hospital ama, "Article 99" (Nov. all-st- ar COMMUNICATIONS We bring good things to life. GEKERALQ) electric comedy-dr- The most notorious flop on the November release schedule is undoubtedly "Brenda Starr" (Nov. 24), a $20 million Brooke Shields vehicle that was made in 198$, first shown at the 1989 Tokyo Film Festival, but wasn't released to the public until last year. Loosely based on a comic strip about a glamorous reporter, it was greeted with stinging reviews. 1 '; i; |