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Show VEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL. DECEMBER 6. 1979 NORTH DAVIS LEADER, DECEMBER 6, 1979 Prose, Poetry, And Aging Book Published In Davis Recently a collection of poetry, prose and interviews on the process of aging was published in a book form, with grants from the Davis School District and the Utah Arts Council. The work for this anthology was gathered from the elderly as well as from young people around the state. The purpose of combining two radically different perspectives on aging was to demonstrate that some sensitive exchange already exists between the young and the old, an exchange most of us are only vaguely aware of. THE BOOK is separated into three parts. The first part contains the poems, and it is here that the work of the aged and the young are juxtaposed. The last two parts, prose and interviews, deal entirely with the aged. In fact, most of the book is given to the views of the elderly. The editors felt that it was over time the aged spoke for themselves. In the introducOne goal tion they specify: weve had for this book is to break down some of the myths of aging. The book portrays both the joys and pains of aging. It gives a folk portrait of aging through the eyes of the aged themselves. sympathetic to her isolation. The old woman is one of those people who lives quietly, unobtrusively, on the fringes of our society. The degree of her isolation is an implicit comment on the isolation of many older people. THE YOUNG people in the book were not as comprehensive in their writing but wrote precise, moving pieces on their relationship to grandparents or to the old man around the block. Kurt Van has intuited the quiet generosity, the deep peace, that weve traditionally revered in the elderly. Besides Beth Schick and Kurt Van Steenwyk, the work of four other people from Davis County are included in the anthology. As the editors well know, it is difficult to define the full impact of a book like this. In the epilogue, Leslie Kelen writes: Tickets are now- available for the annual presentation of the Nutcracker, one of the traditional events for the Christmas season. It is presented by Ballet West. - NUTCRACKER TIME Ballet West will present the 25th annual Nutcracker to Utah audiences beginning Dec. 20 in Salt Lake City and continue through Jan. 8 in other Utah cities. The company plays in Phoenix and Modern Dance Concert Beach Long December. in special noon matinee performance of the Nutcracker has been scheduled for Monday, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve. Provo performances in the early OPENING THE holiday season will be two 7 p.m. performances in Salt Lake Thereafter, City Dec. two daily performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. are set for Harris Fine Arts Center at BYU will beat 3:30p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1980. Ogden performances have been set for Friday and 20-2- Dec. 22, 26-2- and 31. A 5 Jan. Sat 8p.m. are now on Nutcracker sale. In Salt Lake City, walk-i- n or mail orders will be accepted until Dec. 10 at the 50 West Capitol Theatre, South. For information about tickets 1 and other cities, in telephone TICKETS FOR all Ballet West productions of the 200 8 399-921- 4 ext. in Ogden, 2184 in Provo, in Logan. at the Layton High School Auditorium. The program consists of ..numbers performed by the beginning dance classes as well as advanced dance club. Students have choreographed their own dances and designed their The BountifulDavis Art League is planning a festive holiday evening for league social hour at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glade Hall from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Following the social hour, a gourmet dinner will be served at the Art Center commencing at 8 p.m. DINNER MUSIC will be provided by the talented Beverly Glauser. Following dinner, a program of Christmas music will be presented members and Art Center donors on Dec. 7. DINNER chairman, Sheila Mavin indicates that special arrangements have been made to insure that everyone will enjoy the program planned for the evening. The events will begin with a own costumes. THE NUMBERS to be performed by the students are varied and the music will be performed by the schools acappella choir in combination with the dancers. The admission is $1.50 for adults and children under 12 is $1. Mrs. Brooke Anderson, dance instructor at Layton High, is conducting the concert. np Clearfield To N ote Xmas Decorations CLEARFIELD Many residenls spend much time and effort during each sponsoring a Christmas Outdoor Lighting and Decorating Contest. Any person who wishes to have his hdh'te included in the judging is asked to notify the Clearfield Recreation Departor ment, by Tuesday, Dec. 18. Judging will take place Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 19 and 20, and prizes will be awarded to all winners, wwl. Christmas season in decorating their homes and yards to add to the spirit and beauty of the holiday time. In Fashion 6 Scarfs play a prominent part in fall wear. They vary from the tulle, net or scarf to the fur boa flung over a shaped suit. wishes to give special recognition to those families which make this extra effort. It is tf Stereo THE CLEARFIELD Recreation Department 5'A Round Dial in Door Adjustable shafts Loc.Dis., Power and stereo switches LED Channel and FM Stereo Lights Volume, 1 by the acclaimed Woods Cross High School Madrigals, under the direction of Evan Bean. The Art Center will be decorated throughout with traditional holiday trimmings including pine boughs and poinsettias. Decorations are being arranged by Mitzi Handcuff and Beverly Glauser. AS A special preview to those in attendance, there will be a showing of all art items that are planned for sale to the general public beginning Dec. 8. League members will be offered a ten percent dison count items any purchased. To conclude the evening, door prizes, which have been donated by some of our most talented local artists will be awarded. THIS SHOULD be an en joyable and entertaining Beth Schick, a retired teacher from Davis County, wrote a short descriptive piece about an old woman. The narrator of the story (apparently also a retired teacher) describes one of her neighbors, an old woman who leaves her house only to buy groceries or to put out the garbage. The precise details of the description: the way the old woman combed her hair; what color dress she Art League Soiree Set The Modern Dance Club is sponsoring a dance concert on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. 1 at the Val Saturday, Jan. A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts on Weber State College campus. Utah State University will host the Nutcracker on Tuesday, authors. wore; the color of her skin; the tone of her eyes; the shape of her mouth; came together in a portrait that is TO WHOM Are We Beautiful As We Go? edited by L&J Kelen, published 1979, is available for $4.75 including tax and shipping from the Davis County School District. The address is: Davis County School District, Schools-Progra- Aging-in- - North Main; Farmingtdn,' Utah 84025. 20 WITH THE book nearly Group Dances For Clearfield Convalescents THE WRITING in this book is simple and disarming. Time after time the reader is taken off guard by the unselfconscious sensitivity of the "old Steenwyk compares people" to a tree. A rather cliched comparison, at first. Yet by the end of the poem one feels that this youngster finished, I began to worry to whom is it addressed? Should we have had an audience in mind? How successful is the idea of juxtaposing students writing with the writing of older people? He answers his own question: The book 1 believe indicates the way toward a dialogue between the young and the elderly. And the nascent exchange.. .is the fragile bridge between generations, an elusive and perhaps unattainable inward reconciliation. The bridge, even if it were not fully achieved, would not (and could not) remove the great natural difficulties of growing old. But it would and, to some degree, has made the aged and aging itself more approachable. - Under the CLEARFIELD direction of Mrs. Gay Brown, of the Gotta Dance Studio, 16 girls from 4 to 10 years old entertained residents of the Convalescent Clearfield Center Saturday, Dec. depart- ment, said residents enjoy having groups come in to perform for them and would welcome those who wish to come at any time of the year. Performers who wish to present programs should telephone Mrs. Kay Wiese at to make the center, arrangements. Residents are looking for evening for all those in attendance. 8 1. 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