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Show i ae | alendar FRIDAY, DECEMBER29, 1995 CLUBS Page E-12 SECTIONE RESTAURAN Page E-13 MAY WE SUGGEST A Toi G JAZZY NEW YEAR KUER (FM-90) takes its listeners to New Year's SP Peget e Eve jazz celebrations coast-to-coast Sunday with seven hoursoflive broadcasts beginning at 8 p.m The party begins with Dee Dee Bridgewater and Frank Foster's All-Star New York at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. Dianne Reevesjoins the festivities from Vartan Jazz in Denver. Finally, it’s onto Yoshi's in Oakland with the Joshua Redman Quartet and BennyGreen’s pianotrio CLASSY NEW YEAR The choirs and chamberorchestra of the Cathe dral of the Madeleine combine Sundayfor an annual New Year's Eveconcert at the landmark Salt Lake City cathed 331 E. South Temple. The free, 8 p.m. concert spotlights the Cathedral Choir and the Madeleine Choir School's boy andgirl choirs. The choirs and orchestra will perform works of Bach. Vaughan Williams and Poulenc — plus traditional carols —- and are conducted by GregoryA. Glenn, the cathedral’s director of music, and Terence Kern, musicdirector for Ballet West Utah-born concert pianist Grant Johannesen will perform a work by Crawford Gates. 0 EVENING OF BACH They're polishing the pipes at the Cathedral Churchof St. Mark, 231 E. 100 South. forthe tradi tional all-Bach organ concert Sunday. The 8 p.m event is free to the public. James Drake, headof organ studies at Utah State University in Logan. will be at the console of the 45-rank Holtkamp instrumentat the landmark Episcopal cathedral JAZZ AND A SANDWICH What better waytojazz up the first week of 1996 thanby catching a free concert Wednesday featur ing Herschel Bullen collaborating on the saxo- phoneandflute with the Larry Jackstien Quartet The noon event is in the Olpin Union Deli on the campus of the University of Utah DINO DAYS Arethe kids arealready boredandlistless after The Faith Temple Church Choir will bring diversity to Utah's Centennial celebration. the big holiday season? Give them a boost and take themto “Dino Days’ at the Utah Museum of Natu From Opera to Osmonds, Launching Birthday Bash ral History, 200 S. 1340 East, Salt Lake City Children 4 to 12 are invited to participate in hands-on activities and games designed to teach themabout dinosaurs. The event is open today and Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Admissionis $3 for adults 50 for children 3 to 14 By Lori Buttars THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Theyare knownas “Doyle and Ed” — twocentenarians asking Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, “Willit beas fun aslast time?” in the television and radio commercials for this week's celebration commemorating Utah's becominga state. Of course, J. Edwin Baird, 87, and Doyle Ma- son, 82, weren't really aroundfor thefirst statehood celebration. But as character actors, the two embody the spirit that organizers hope to evoke with Thursday's Centennial Gala at the Delta Centerin Salt Lake City. Baird, a retired LDS seminary teacher and one-time Utah HighwayPatrol trooper, and Ma- son, a formerSalt Lake City streetworker, will be among a hostof celebrities and noted Utahns to appear in the entertainment extravaganza. While Olympic organizers copped the term ‘the party of the century” when the International Olympic Committee named Salt Lake City as host of the 2002 Winter Games, the UtahStatehood Centennial Commi ‘on hasoptedfor ‘The celebrationof a century to mark the anniversary of Utah’s statehood Tim Kelly/The Salt Lake Tribune Doyle and Ed — Doyle Mason and J. Edwin Baird — getfitted for Centennial tuxedos. “It’s somethingto build on the past andinclude in the future,” said production manager Michael Huff. Fifteen acts are scheduled to perform, with “Doyle and Ed All of the entertainers have Utah ties. Many have, at one time or another, put the spotlight on Utah throughtheir accomplishments andcelebrity “Utah is our beloved home. That is part of what people think of whentheythink of us,” said Yvonne Birch, oneof the original singing King Sisters, who began their career as part of KSL television s local programming efforts morethan 50 years ago. The King Familyjoins the Osmonds, Grant Jo- hannesen and other notables who are returning to Utah for the Centennial celebration to perform some of the works that earned themacclaim. The Utah Symphony, Robert Peterson and others who maketheir home and work out of Utah will present works that especiallyrelate to Utah’s history. Performancesby the Faith Temple Pentecostal Church Choir and Buddhist Tai Koperformerswill bring diversity Someof the featured performers: |The Utah Symphony: Generally considered the granddaddy of Utahfine-arts organizations. the orchestra — whoseroots stretch back to the 1930s — came tonational andinternational acclaim with maestro Maurice Abravanel at the i@ See CENTENNIAL,E-6 TEQUILA CONVERT Mexico’s Best Hits Utah; Taster Changes Her Tune By Virginia Rainey SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE What is it about tequila? The very mentionof the spirit of Mexico elicits a reaction. Sometequila drinkers simply think “party!’’ whenever they hear the magic word. Others roll their eyes, vowing neveragain as they recall a monster headache Me, I usedto think ofily of two things: margaritas BRING 'O6 ON on therocks, in the sun wacky dance to the tune and Pee-wee Herman’s “Tequila!” in the classic biker-bar scene from ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure That was then. A recent tequila-tasting seminar at Snowbird’s Winterfest opened my eyes and edu cated my taste buds. As the story of “premium and “‘super premium” tequila production was re vealed by importers Robert Denton and Marilyn Smith, I becamea convert Interest in tequilais so high andsales so robust Clifford is adding to Utah's already impressive in Spectators Invited to Join In ‘Outrageous’ Fun of Annual Party BySteven M. Brophy THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE As the cold fingers of winter squeeze the last signsoflife out of 1995, the peopleof U will gather to celebrate thebirth of a new year First Night "96, a family-oriented, alco- hol-free New Year's Eve celebration of the arts, will take place at varioussites around downtownSalt Lake City Sunday @ More New Year's Bashes andnoisemakers to usher in the new year. Therewill be two parades, oneat 8 p.m and another at 10 p.m. Maggie and face painting — all toppedoff with midnight fireworks Elaine Harding's fourth-grade students at Salt Lake City’s Lincoln Elementary School are looking forward to the annual party. They have been busy the past few KS ating an array of art projects for Outrageous Parade,” to the celebration. a new addition What makes this pa rade different is that organizers want people to beparticipants, not spectators. Festival officials are inviting anyoneto Fine teqnilas are oneof the hottest trends going in the world of spirits, and sales are soaring — all Participants will gather at Main and South Temple and march to the John W. Gailivan Utah Center Plaza, 36 E. 200 South. over North America and in Utah. According to Brett Clifford, buyer for the Utah State Liquor Commission, larger-than-life masks that will be on wheels and rolled along the parade route Articulating arms will help the masks For example, Cuervo's special sarybottling, Reserva de la Familia wave to everyone on the sidewalks Harding, a mixed-media artist, has en Local broker John F_ O’Brien says that sales of Cuervo Tradicional in Utah “are up a whopping 239percent this year comparedtolast. Patron An- ejo, at more than twice the price, is up 158per. cent.” Pretty amazing, considering that much of the non-premium spirits market is flat or declin- ing. In general, those who monitor suchtrendssay that the reasons are varied. It is a combination of people drinking less, but drinking better — single malt Scotch and single barrel bourbons are also hot.” There is also a snob appeal, but thefact is that people are also becoming much moreeducated about what goes into these premium products. Oncethey taste, the lesson is complete colored paper, paints, markers, tape and glue to create their art. A snake, which incorporates the same construction themes as a Chinese dragon, was made of @ See FIRST NIGHT, E-3 José Cuervo a brandy snifter so that you can capture all ofits aromatic complexities. cally shy andquiet 10-year-olds, haveused Most of Harding's pupils areat-riskchil dren, and she has seen first-handthe posi 200-year anniver flew right out of Utah stores — a 5 per bottle More is on the way. Aged threeyears, this special bottling is elegant and refined, a sipper to enjoy in to wave. Thechildren, manyof them typi empty 5-gallonice-cream buckets “The premium tequila catego been mushrooming over the past two to three years. In the past year, it has virtually exploded Harding's class has created colorful will push and pull, causing the huge faces Theatre, Insatiable, ‘o capture the ded tothe list of premium tequilas bring drums,horns, hats, flashlights, signs way minaries Salsa Brava, Blanco [one of the first premiu U.S. market]. That brand, and an El Tesoro Anejo. Beers and the Faith Temple Choir, star shows at Hansen Planetarium, modern dancefrom Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, storytelling, poetry readings and comedy improvisation at the Off Broad Events includelive music fromlocallu- Wewereparticularly impressed with Chinaco E42 listed the help of local artist and designer John Wayne Cook and his assistant Edie Davis to bring the students’ ideasto life “John is here to help us make ourart big,” Harding said. To begin the project, Harding had her kids draw their designs on a piece of pa per, complete with colors. Cook and Davis will create a framework of PVC pipe and wood that the children from 4 p.m. to midnight a ventory, bringing two new premiums into the state Paul Fraughton The Salt Lake Tribune Elaine Harding and students HectorVillagrana andAlexis Tallman work on huge puppetfor First Night's “Outrageous Parade After describing the typical tequila “shooter scenario with salt and lime, esteemed winewriter @ See PREMIUM, E-13 |
