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Show ( Sun December 5, 979. Page 8 Ben Lomond Beacon, December 6, 1 979, 1 7 Christmas Bights appear on Temple 1 Square in annual ceremony .V.-:v- u. 1 Clearfield Courier, December 5, 979, Poge g Page 8 Perrins The traditional Christmas lights on Salt Lake Citys Temple Square were turned on to glow through trees and shrubs, along jyalls and walks, and will remain on every evening through Jan. 1. The Mormon Youth Symphony, brass band performed and remarks were made by Elder Gordon B. Hinckley, of the Mormon of the .Twelve Apostles, and by Elder Council By Glen x Marion G. Romney, second counselor in the First Presidency of the Church. The Christmas lighting program on Temple Square inaugurated in 1965 and annually draws thousands of visitors to the downtown Church complex during the holiday season. Elder Robert C. Bowden, director of the was Choirs annual Mormon Youth Symphony brass section, led the group gathered for the Temple in several Square ceremony Christinas concerts are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Dec. 20 and 21, in the Tabernacle, with Elder Jerold D. Ottley conducting. traditional perThe Christmas carols at the conclusion of the program. Christmas Concert Elder Bowden will conduct special Christmas concerts on Friday, Dec. 7, and again on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The Mormon Tabernacle of formance Handels Messiah by the Oratorio Society of Utah will be presented Saturday, Dec. is, at 8 p.m. in the Mormon Tabernacle. numerous Meanwhile, choral groups will perform every evening in the North . Visitors Center on the Square beginning Dec. 4, and continuing through Satur- day, Dec. 22, except for Sundays and Mondays. All events on the Square during the Christmas season are free to the public except tickets for the Messiah, which may be obtained at the Utah Symphony ticket office, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake. Roy High Choir will Participating be groups from Viewmont, Provo, Bingham, Alta, West, Bountiful, South, Davis, Granger, Roy, Olympus, Hillcrest, East, Granite, and Jordan schools; high Brigham Young University Chamber Orchestra, v'-- THE MORMON TABERNACLE Choir performs near the Nativity scene on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. Special lighting and displays at the Salt Lake Temple groun- - 'HSB WINTER AND THE Holiday Sooson add a in Salt Lake City with thousands of lights ' :i'CAAr i I I C : 1 ,e l""mino'ed ,or loach al beauty to Mormondonf, world lamou, Salt lake Temple Square carolers who will participate in holiday estivities. that glow for teen-ag- HlidT Nutcracker s 1 -- i t r t i - J i Several area dancers have been selected to perform in Nutcracker this year's Vs.;;rr . 4 5 Ballet." There is always something magical about Christmas. One of those magical joys is the fantasy of Ballet Wests Nutcracker Ballet. In October, hundreds of children try out for the parts of bufoons, children, soldiers, and cookies, and very lew are chosen. From Studio of The Arts in Clinton, instructed by Alleen I.arsen, the following girls were chosen: Pam Maes, a 7th grader at Central Davis Jr. High, daughter of Harold and Barbara Maes of Layton, a drill member of the All-Stteam, was chosen to be a soldier. Melissa Reichel, a 7th grader at Sunset Jr. High, daughter of Ben and Lejoie Reichel of Clinton, was chosen to be a little girl. Stephanie Ames, a 6th grader at Wasatch Elementary School, daughter of Boyd and Dot tie .1 - - 1 ri 9 All-St- Tiffany Rhodes, a 4th grader at Sam Morgan Elementary School, daughter of Gary and Pat Rhodes of Kaysville, a member of the Small-Sta- r drill team, was chosen as a buffoon. r Tiffany Partington, a at Sam Morgan 1 of Norm and Vanene Partington, of Fruit Heights, a member of the Small-Sta- r drill team, was also chosen as a buffoon. The Nutcracker Ballet will play at the Fine Arts Center at Weber State College in Ogden during the Christmas holidays. It will also be presented in Salt Lake. Logan and Provo. i7 TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS ( 0 music examination papers of young students. They were submitted by j)r. Darrell Stubbs, Brigham Young University. A virtuoso is a musician with real high murals. Refrain means don't do it. A refrain in music is the part you better not try to sing. J S. Bach died from 17S0 to the present. Handel was half German, lialf Italian and half English, lie was rather large. Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he wrote loud music, lie took long walks in the ' forest even when everyone was calling him. I guess he could pot hear so good. Beethoven expired in IH27 and later died from this. Aaron Copland is one of our most famous con temporary composers. It is unusual to be contemporary. Most composers do not live until they arc dead. In the last scene- - of Pagliacci, Camo stabs Nedda who is the one he really loves. Pretty soon Silvio also gets stabbed, and they all live happily ever after. When a singer sings, he stirs up the air and makes it hit any passing eardrums. But if he is good, he knows how to keep it from hurting. Music sung by two people at the same time is called a i dueL I know what a sextet is but I had rather not say. M Probably the most marvelous fugue was the one between the Hatfields and the McCoys. My favorite composer is Opus. A harp is a nude piano. Tiffany Rhodes, Tiffany Partington and look forward to "Nutcracker Ballet" Pike Stephanie performance (left to right). o nrj rx 1'- - Average class size in elementary grows The average size of Utah public school classes in the first through sixth grades increased from last years level, according to a Utah Association Average DANCERS - lights twinkle on Salt Lake City's Temple Square, turned on for the Holiday season class size for students in those grades this year is 26.51 students. Last years average was 25.8 students. The study showed that the average size of classes by grade level was first grade, 24.72 students; second grade, 24.96 students; third grade, 26.48 students; fourth grade,' 28.84 students; fifth grade, 29.05 students; and sixth grade, 28.81 students. All of those averages reflected an increase over last year except the sixth Musical quotes from 1' Saturday evening, Dec. 1. Education The following quotes were V Elementary School, survey. taken v IJTfl , daughter PRACTICING for the "Nutcracker Ballet" are Melissa Reichel, Pam Maes and Stephanie Ames (left to right). 4 in Ames of Ogden, a member of drill team, also the chosen as a little girl. Stephanie Pike, a 4th grader al Muir Elementary School, daughter of Fred and Paulette Pike of Bountiful, a member of the Small-Sta- r drill team was chosen to be a baffoon. I K Queen Victoria Maori Girls Choir Visitors Center North. e V n North, 8:00 p.m. courtesy ol Glen Perrins. " and LDS LDS Institute, Institute, Voices West Choir, Utah Boys Choir, Weber State Singers and the Queen Victoria Maori Girls Choir. Friday, Dec. 14: 6:30 p.m. Davis High School Choir in Visitors Center North, 8:00 p.m. Weber State Singers in Visitors Center North. Tuesday, Dec. 18: 6:30 p.m. Roy High School Royal Choir in Visitors' Center - f Choir Ogden Salt Lake grade. Those are figures averages, and they dont reflect the very large or very small classes, said UEA Research Director Don Ulmer. "The study also provided specifics on larger classes across the state. Ulmer said the number of classes with 25 or more students is greater this year than last year on every grade level. This is a turnaround for the first grade, which last year had more classes with fewer than 25 students. Now Utah has 584 first grade classes with 25 or more students, and only 523 classes with 24 or fewer. Last year, 586 first grade classes were in the smaller category and only 412 were in the larger group. The Utah State Legislature has appropriated funds with the aim of reducing the size of classes in the first, second and third grades to an average of 24 students. Progress made size reduction in class during 1977 given below: GRADE AVERAGES KINDERGARTEN - The average pupil load per teacher on the Wasatch Front is 25.27. The other districts of the state have an average of 25.00 students per . teacher. FIRST GRADE The average pupil load per teacher on the Wasatch Front is 24.84 students. The other districts of the state have an average of 24.29 students per teacher. SECOND GRADE - The average pupil load per second-grad- e teacher In the Front school and 1978 seems to have reached a plateau and is in danger of being lost unless funding levels are increased to meet the influx of new students, Ulmer said. Wasatch districts is 25.17 Second-grad- e teachers in the districts other than Wasatch Front have an average of has had the highest, oi; nearly the highest, average class size in the Hie teachers in the Wasatch Front districts have an average of 26.48 student! e per class. The teachers in districts other than the Wasatch Front have 28.49 students per class. Utah nation for years. that statistic However, all grade levels-no- t just the elementary grades. Grade averages for includes pupil leaicher load for the Wasatch Front (which includes Davis and Weber Districts, and others) are 24.18. THIRD third-grad- GRADE e third-grad- FOURTH GRADE - The average pupil load per tec her in the fourth grade along the Wasatch Front is 29.15. Other districts have an average enrollment of 27.6 FIFTH GRADE - Tl average pupil load of fift grade teachers aslong tl Wasatch Front scho districts is 29.06. Tl average of fifth-grclasses outside the Wastai Front is 29.01 per teachc Tl SIXTH GRADE ai sixth-grad- e statistics i dicate that the averai students enrollment alor the Wasatch Front is 28. students per teache Teachers in other distric have an average of 28 students. COMBINATION CLASSI The average pupil load p combination teacher in tl Wasatch Front scho districts is 26.53. Cot bination teachers in tl districts other than Wasatch Front have average of tl i 24.43 students. Land prices up The major capital item in farming today is land, and land prices have tripled ince 1987, according to the U.S. Department Agriculture. of |