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Show Page Eight - The Pyramid - November 6, 2003 North Sanpete Drama Club Travel, Heritage Council participates in competition seek piano histories The Sanpete Travel and Heritage Council is looking for stories, old photographs and memorabilia about the piano. Some of the countys earliest settlers actually brought instruments the unwieldy across the plains with them. Getting a piano here must have been an extremely difficult task, Bona says. The difficulty may be one of the reasons that the piano has continued to be a much-love- d instrument over the years. Other reasons may be that the piano tended to be connected to the family. Brass bands, which were also very popular in yesteryear, were very common in small towns as a way for the community to pull together. Choir was also very popular, especially among cnurch groups, Bona says. But the piano was in many homes and it was a family gathering place. the Its MT. PLEASAN- T- fitting that the community is helping North Sanpete High School raise money to buy a new piano for use in school functions. and community Piano playing in one form or another has deep roots in the community and county, says Monte Bona, a member of the Sanpete County Travel and Heritage Council. In the days before radio, television and computers, the piano was the main form of entertainment in just about Bona says. every family, Many people may remember gathering around the piano in die parlor with friends and family on just about every occasion. Given that there is a community fund raising project going on to purchase a new piano for the high school, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to draw attention to the history of the piano in our city and county. MT. PLEASAN- T- North Sanpete Drama Club traveled to Southern Utah University in Cedar City with 26 members to take part in the annual high school Shakespearean weekend, Oct. 10 and 11. Actors and directors from the summer Utah Shakespeare Festival donate their weekend to mentor, judge and conduct workshops for high school students from six western states where 2,000 teens competed. North Sanpetes ensemble scene, a cutting from The received superior Tempest, ratings. Rendall were Actors Seely as Prospero; Amberlyn Colebrook as Miranda; Dalin McClellan as Trinculo; Davin Lembke as Stephano; Lacey Shelley as Ariel; and Cody Christensen as Caliban. Other scenes were performed by Samantha Cox; Allison Daley; and Tyrell Bronson. There is no other opportunity like this for kids to Travel and Heritage Council would like to hear from people who have histories to tell like the stories Deneice Blackham and her son, Donnell Blackham of Moroni have to share. Deneice Blackham taught piano for 72 years, retiring just two years ago at the age of 90. Not only did she teach piano out of her home, but at one time, she played piano at the Fountain Green Theater, providing sound effects for the silent movies that played there. Eliza Her grandmother, Anderson, also played and taught the piano. My mother never remembers a time in her life when there wasn't a piano in the home, Donnell Blackham says. To submit stories, photos and other history about pianos, contact the Sanpete County Travel and Heritage Council at (435) 462-250- said drama coach Suzan Rasmussen. learn about Shakespeare from Tony Award winning profes sionals, Some 26 members of the North Sanpete Drama Club traveled to Southern Utah University in Cedar City as part of the annual high school Shakespearean weekend. Pictured as part of the Tempest are Rendall Seely as Prospero; Amberlyn Colebrook as Miranda; Dalin McClellan as Trinculo; Davin Lembke as Stephano; Lacey Shelley as Ariel; and Cody Christensen as Caliban. 2. NSHS Drama Club SO Rodeo presents bible story of Joseph MT. PLEASAN- T- North Sanpete High School Drama Club will present Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, a family musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Wednesday through at 7: Saturday, Nov. 12-1- 5 30 p.m., in the North Sanpete High School Auditorium. A cast of 50 students retell the favorite Bible story Over 400 Mt. Pleasant Elementary students took part in the annual Halloween Parade tradition down Main Street in Mt. Pleasant last Friday afternoon. SALIN- A- A very special Special Olympics rodeo will be held Saturday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m., at the Blackhawk Arena, Satina. This rodeo is open to anyone in the community with a disability and their families. For more information, contact Kay Jensen at Some of the events will include horse rides, a rodeo queen and king contest, stick horse barrel racing, roping, a bucking barrel and much more. Many cowboys and cowgirls will be on hand to help out and participate with the special cowboys and cowgirls. of Joseph and his colored coat through music, song and dance. Stars of the production are Dalin McClellan as Joseph, Cody Christensen as Pharaoh, Marie Smith and Elizabeth Gadilauskas as narrators. Groups of 10 or more may purchase discount tickets in advance. For more information, call (435) 462-2452. Members of the North Sanpete 2003-0- 4 Drama Club are Allison Daley; Dalin McClellan; Amberlyn Colebrook; Rendall Seely, club president; Samatha Cox; Jenny Westenskow; Tyrell Bronsen; Joe Lee; Lacey Shelley; Shelisa Jacobsen; Abbe Carlton; Scott Washburn; Davin Lembke; Clint J.L. Olmstead; Jenny Broderick; Cody Christensen; Coach Suzan Rasmussen; Lacey Elmer; Jennifer Lee; Ryan Holman; Crystal Simmons; and Andrea Daley. 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