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Show 8 The Magna Times West Valley News, Thursday, April 22, 1993 EmmmnmiERiT' 'Beach Fest 93' May 1st Magna East Stake to present Within These Walls' childrens choir is asked to leave the Judy and Karl Petersen. The Magna Utah East perform the the at home in is director a and relocate Rushton, beginning at Great Salt Lake beach musical present and Elaine Magna residents are Sally comedy called who Stake will Another season of fun in the sun kicks off Saturday, May 1, as the Great Salt Lake State Park hosts Beach Fest include volleyball, kite flying, sand sculpting, and a swimsuit 93. Events contest. Admission is free. The day will begin at 9 a.m. with a bike ride following the frontage road from the International Center in Salt Lake City to the park. Activities will be held on Saltair Beach, most of which are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. A sand volleyball tournament is slated; cost is $30 per team. Each team member .will receive a prizes will be awarded to the winners. Colorful kites will fill the air above the beach during the kite flying competitions. Employees of Air Apparent-Kite- s g will provide demonstrations. For those who want to fly kites but dont want to compete, part of the beach will be set aside. Another section of the beach will become an array of sand creations as sand sculptors participate in either d cas sand castle or kite-flyin- non-san- tle competitions. First prize in each group is $100. Acrobatic dogs will snatch frisbees out of the air as the dogs take center stage on the beach during the frisbee cat- ching competition. Prizes will be awarded. People need to register for these events ahead of time, and wed encourage them to arrive early to do so, said Hans Gardner, a member of the Great Salt Lake State Park staff. The day will conclude with a swimsuit contest at 4 p.m. KRSP FM 103 will broadcast live from the event. Food and drink will be available for alcoholic beverages are not allowed at purchase; the park. Saltair Beach facilities include tables, picnic restrooms, outdoor showers, and drinking water. To reach Saltair Beach, travel 16 miles west of Salt and exit at Lake City on Exit 104. Make a right turn off p and take the another right turn at the stop 0, off-ram- sign. For more information, call or 972-785- 7. 533-408- 1, Musical groups wanted for WVC series of 'Concerts in the Park Do you perform with a miisiepl groupand would like to appear in Sf Beries of park concerts during the summer? West Valley City Parks and Recreation Division is seeking such musical groups to programs perform during a series of Concerts in the Park to be held during the months of June, July, te and August. The concerts will be staged the second Saturday of each month, beginning at 7 p.m. Any size of musical group is invited to submit a cassette of their music, along with a brief biogcaicaljke$dLJtoiwWes VUejfsaCifeURWkS oifcnd Recreation .Division, Room 380, 3600 Constitution Blvd., West Valley City, UT 84119. Entries should be mailed or d to the above address as soon as possible. Three groups will be selected for the performances which will be held at the new hand-carrie- West Valley City Park, 4400 West 3500 South, on June 12, July 10 and Aug. 14. For more information, call Kevin at 963-331- 8. delightful Arizona. The second family is Within These Walls, written by Margaret Smoot and Robert Brunner. The play will be performed April 23 and 24, 7:30 p.m., at the Lake Ridge 3rd4th Ward-hous- e, 3110 South 7700 West. The plot centers around the activities of three generations of families who happen to live in the same house. The first family is a pioneer family a Norwegian Non-winni- Interested poets are encouraged to submit ONE poem, 20 lines or less, any style or subject. All poems entered will be reviewed by a panel of qualified, impartial judges. First prize will be $1,500. A second prize of $500, third prize of $100, and 97 honorable mentions of $30 will also be awarded. The deadline to submit poems is May 31. Contest awards will be announced on ; August 31. Late submissions will be entered in the next contest. For more information, write: Contemporary Poets of America and Britain, Dept. 643 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PennNR-F9- 3, sylvania 15222. immigrant family who joined the church and left their homeland to find Zion. The third family is a modern-da- y family ready to send their oldest son on a mission for the Mormon Church. The production is under the direction of Bruce Gerrard of the Magna Utah East Stake High Council. Producers are 30-M- ay 322-533- Utah Opera closes season with production of Hejen of Troy' ' In thefFSNS dt fflSS, 3&ji&s Offenbachs riscpieMerettaiof fcltime the smashhitof die how the season. .In Salt Lake City, Utah Opera will close the 1992-9- 3 season with this frothy, irreverent treatment of the classics, Helen of Troy (La Belle Helene). Performances are May 15, 17, 19, and 21 at 7:30 p.m., and May 23 at 2 p.m., in the Capitol Theatre. The opera will be sung in English with English Supertitles. Tickets are on sale at all ArtTix Box Offices, ranging from $10 to $40. The ArtTix Box Office at the Capitol Theatre, 50 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Other ArtTix Box Offices are located inside certain Albertsons stores. As a matter of policy, and if conditions allow, Utah Opera will again offer free tickets for this performance to underserved segments of the community. Evita, the internationally acclaimed musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim' Rice, opens in Salt Lake City at Pioneer Theatre Company April 28 through May 15. Evita is a musical collage about the life of Eva Duarte Perm, bit actress and wife, to Argentine dictator Juan Peron. At age 26, she became the most powerful woman in Latin America. By the time of her death from cancer seven years later, in 1952, she became an adored legend, even a saint, in the minds of .her countrys masses. At the same time, she was fiercely resented by an aristocracy and military who feared her political clout, and despised by emerging revolutionaries who saw her as a force of cruelty and repression. , April 28 Winner of seven Tony Awards, Evita is the third and latest collaborative success for the creative duo of Webber and Rice, whose individual and joint credits elude such hits as Cats, Phantom of the Opera, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. fhe play (technically an opera; there is no spoken dialogue) will be performed by Pioneer Theatre Company at Broadway (300 South) and University (1340 East) in Salt Lake City, April 28 through May 15. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday evenings, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings, and 2 p.m. for the Saturday matinees. Free parking is available. For tickets or more information, call the box office at 581-696- 1. Whitman as assistants. Technical director is Scott Lloyd, with Craig Rhode over lighting and Liz Huber and Dale Eddy over set design. Dana Brady is the creative costumer. Cast members include Mike Fitzgerald, as the original owner of the house, and 50 other talented performers of all ages. A special Shelley Showers, principal horn of the Utah Symphony Orchestra, and Sandy Kalm, flutist with the Wasatch Or- chestra and a senior at Skyline High School, will be soloists with the Wasatch Community Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, May 2. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church, C Street and South Temple. Admission is free. in- vited to attend the performance. Admission is free. i Teen pageant seeks Utah representatives A limited number of will be ac- delegates-at-larg- e cepted for the 15th annual Miss Teen All American Pageant, which will be held in Miami, Florida. August No performing talent is required. To qualify, a woman must be age 13 through 19 as of August 1, 1993; never married; and a U.S. resident. To apply, send a recent picture along with name, address, telephone number, and date of birth by fax or mail to: National Headquarters, Dept. C, Miss Teen All 5--8 American Pageant, 603 Schrader Avenue, Wheeling, 26003-961WV - phone 9; fax KSOP big winner for Big BrothersBig Sisters A local radio station, KSOP, received the Golden Bowling Pin Trophy from Big BrothersBig Sisters for bringing in the highest amount of pledges for the se-- rpdnleaFfifa rowcr5f fee5 - We really appreciate all of the support we get from the stations local radio, said the year, throughout Debbie Cox, special events for coordinator Big BrotkreTbigSlsfers, Bowlfeltids Sakeradio 'especially during challenge. Several local radio stations formed teams to bowl and provided DJs to emcee at Bowlmania Day, the largest fundraising event of the year for Big BrothersBig Sisters. KSOP DJ Kim Hall really got into the swing of things as be emceed Bowlmania Day, entertaining bowlers and to prizes awarding participants. Bowl for Kids Sake. They are a big help to us by bringing in participants, as well as pledges. This year, Bowl for Kids Why is Sake has raised nearly $125,000. Funds are used to match, children from homes with ' qualified adult volunteers. For more information on single-pare- the nt call organization, 265-181- 8. it ...? by ReNee it that people these to be growing up seem days not recognizing responsibility? It seems to be a trend I have noticed, and its actually kind of scary to think about. So many young people are getting married and even having a child (or two), then Why is turn their backs on the responsibility of staying together in the marriage. What do they think this is some kind of game or something? Do they think the whole process of marriage commitment, kids, responis just a joke? Do sibility they really think life is a game that they can play for a little while until they get tired and then just set it aside for something else that might be more fun or a little more exciting? Do they think they can just jump from one marriage to the next without conse- quences? I think not. There will definitely be consequences, and .even though they may not show up immediately, they will show up sooner or later. I remember when I was married, just out 'of high school, and no one thought our marriage would last. And i play. All 30-Ma- Western Folklife Center presents 1993 Voices W.E.S.T., Western Ensemble Singing Traditions, in the Salt Lake Community College South City Campus Grand Theatre, April 2. Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. A free devotional concert will be held at noon on Sunday. Performances will include the Hoopii Brothers, Tongan Singers, the Tohdineezhee Singers, and Ruze Dalmatinke and the Vela Luka Croatian Dancers. Also scheduled to perform are the New Pilgrim Baptist Church Mass Choir, and Chatuye. There will also be Shoshone-Paiut- e handgame singing, traditional gambling songs from Elko County, Nevada. Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 students and seniors, $20 for reserved seating and artist reception following the concert ($16 for Folklife Conservancy members). Tickets are available at SLCC South Campus Box Office, Phillips Gallery, Intermountain Guitar and Banjo, or by calling for Visa and Mastercard orders. For more information, call 9 or SLCC South City Campus is located at 1575 South State Street, Salt Lake City. will of The with Orchestra Entertainment Briefs to hold concert 1993 Voices WEST April y 2 on May 2nd Poems wanted for Evita opens anthology, contest Dorrance Publishing Co. is pleased to announce that poems are now being accepted for submission to its fall 1993 Contemporary Poets of America and Britain poetry contest. There is no entry fee. A total of 100 cash prizes valued at $5,000 will be awarded. Also, 100 gifts of recognition will be conferred. All poets, regardless of previous publication or experience, are invited to submit their works for inclusion in this contest. All 100 winners of cash prizes will be guaranteed publication in the enanthology. tries may be published at the authors request with purchase of a copy of the anthology. Ann DeWeese do you know what? They were pretty close to being right! In fact, they would have been right if it hadnt been for the fact that my hus-- . band knew the meaning of responsibility and took it seriously. He took marriage and family life very seriously and he still does. I admire him for that. ' , . We have been through some extremely rough times in the past 30 years, but we worked out the problems. So many times I have seen young people get married and then, within just a few months, they call it quits. Maybe the human race has been like this from the beginning of time and I just didnt realize it. If so, I guess Ill just have to learn to accept that fact but it sure seemed to me that my parents and grandparents understood what fully their responsibility was and I cannot imagine what my life would have been like if they hadnt! , ; , - Readers are invited to send comments , questions, or ideas to: ReNee, P.O. Box 70784, WVC, Utah 84170. I |