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Show 5 THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, December Green Sheet Review 6, 1984 - Granite Show Has Lots Of Appeal to flow smoothly so as not to disrupt the show. The arena of the big tent was an by Michele Bartmess GRANITE PARK. The colorful saga of Annie Oakley was recreated here in enjoyable fashion for three nights during the week by Granite high performers. Annie Get Your Gun concluded its run Monday, leaving authree-nigdience and performers feeling good about the colorful production. The show was anchored by standout performances in the lead roles. April Davis was delightful in the title role, commanding complete attention from the audience, whether she was alone on stage as in You Cant Get a Man With a Gun, or in tandem with other members of the cast. There was great appeal in the way she played both the hick Annie and the more civilized woman she became. The appeal stretched from acting to singing. As Frank Butler, William Black was equally at home on the stage and again very appealing. He swaggered and bragged, but there was an underlying Frank that every mother ij'ould love. His movements were trong and his performance gave off an aura of stage experience. His trained voice did wonders with Irving Berlins songs. Perhaps its only fcir that the highlight of the show involved both of them - Anything ou Can Do, I Can Do Better." Scott Cole was entertaining as (parlie Davenport and was among several outstanding performers in me supporting cast that included Stephanie Sceili as Dolly Tate, Jason Wadsworth as Buffalo Bill, Darrin I lann as Chief Sitting Bull and Dave Lambert as Pawnee Bill, as well as i nother appealing duo, Andrea Holt i s Winnie and Wes Wright as Tom-ijiThe audience was also very appreciative of Mike Plains strong performance as Foster Wilson. Lending even more appeal to the production were Steven McCombs ps Lil Jake and Dolly Davis as Nellie. Tammy Hansen showed stome good acting ability in her Cameo role as Minnie and Ryan ihornton was solid as Mac. I The chorus members who filled various roles, ranging from Indians tb socialites, also helped to insure the overall success of the production, showing excellent voice in the gening number. J Another of the shows strengths fas Pat Websters excellent orchestra. There was a lot of choreography and movement under the direction of Michelle Johnson. Production director was Gene McCombs and choral director was Florence Sadler. I Ron Snows sets were not only attractive, they were also functional, leaking it possible for scene changes especially effective set, as was the deck of the cattle boat. Its a production that those involved should take a great deal of pride in, one without major weakness and many strengths. As the key song in the show goes, Theres no business like show business. Youngsters Are Cited In Read-A-Tho- n COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS. The County Library System paid tribute to youngsters Friday who had raised almost $6,000 for the system through participation in a read-a-tho- There were 179 sixth through eighth graders from Granite and Jordan districts who read a total of 91,727 pages on Nov. 9 at Whitmore, Holladay, Peterson and West Valley libraries. Stokes Brothers donated various prizes ranging from ghetto to calculators. Awards blasters were given on a system-wid- e basis as well as at each of the participating libraries. Those who won the top awards were Jennifer Keahy, 5,263 pages, Erick Storheim, 4,521 and Ann Winegardner 2,500 pages. The top three winners at each of the libraries f included Matt Franson; y. Meredith Whitmore, Anderson, Nathan Smith, Holladay, Daphne Pedersen, Sherrie Black, Jennie Bergstrom; Peterson, Lori Lee Ann Wicker, John Hubbard; West Valley, Shelby Coy, Russ Stewart, Travis Blanchard. Awards were also presented to other participants for outstanding contributions. They included Amy Birrell, Kenneth Booth, George Bourdos, Brandon Farnsworth, Rachael Hanson, Charlotte Lasher, Tanner Martinisko, John Minick, Dai L. Phuong, Jerry Potts, Sean Ross, Jared and Kiersten Ruplinger and Patricia Wagner. Burn-ingha- Easy Invasion? Japan has never been successfully invaded despite two Mongol attempts in the 13th century. U.S. invasion plans during World War II were abandoned when Japan surrendered. Japansese suicide pilots in that war adopted the legendary title divine wind hoping to kamikaze imitate the storms that defeated the Mongols. iNHAT THE department STORES YOU WANT DONT TO KNOW ABOUT ROSS: fanXsrW'fashi0nS- - '0UaEveen6dIparntmen,t' rRoss prices are , Fasm toddiers and teens, children, c linens mlly. Shoes. Accessories, home. ashogeassorYouMtnnri f( what you want, 4 000 0"9"OwatRos, stores Well and classic. 9 on aU glft |