| Show The ways of the Old West return in USU’s festival look w month of preparation added to vrwv o ex(enrine talent of dozens of people — tiom writer and organizers to artiM It took the and carjienier It took a great Dt deal of hard work hut thr end result was successful When the mode! stagecoach finally rumldrd onto the I'M' campus Friday afternoon with rat or! from the cavalry the Festival of the American West got underway for r hat history of the event promise to fie its biggest and first show in the nine-yeaIt Utah Governor Scott Matheson who emerged from the stagecoach to per-fcthe festival Matheson was the rililmn-- utting to open the festival B opening a window to a part of Amro a’s heritage winch is fading but is not yet 1981 u c par Organizer of the festival stress that the displays and events at the festival are aard at preserving those pieces of heritage w!n h mav otherwise slip away Special art it given to tie sure that the festival is authentic and historically accurate And while many spectators mine to fie educated tiv the festival it serves just as d for entertainment The action of the Great West Fair gets underway each day 2pm with traditional exhibits of western crafts and lifestyles New attractions to At festival this year inclucte folk artists a western art exhibit and competition in the skills of pioneers The main event of the festival is still its historical pageant however "The West: America's production is staged each Odyssey" a highly-a- t claimed multi-mediHghtai8 pm in the Spectrum The festivities will take place every dav this week concluding on Saturday night a CA t LbZfr v i (ri ? n 4 iI 4 k o r r I 4 i jf 1 7-- - ) '4 ( d |
