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Show IJnlVerslty ~ • Manday, July 22, '996 • 1 3 Carryable, special' roclfs wanted at garden is a staff association project planned to help commemorate the centennial of the ocks that are "special" and of a "carryable" size are wanted at the university in March of 1997. The gardens are located on three sides of the Southern Utah University Staff Association Centennial Parterre project at three-pavilion complex that comprises the Harris Center. Dedication for the the J~y Dee Harris and Alice C. Harris Center near the west end of the parterre will be Aug. 30. university campus. The mostly-triangular flower beds include nearly 100 varieties, with over "Seventeen flower beds and two rose gardens have been planted and are 30,000 individual plants. Each plant was grown from seed in SUU greenhouses starting to come into full bloom," Lois Bulloch, chairman of the parterre under the direction of Jim Crouch , greenhouse attendant and technician. Joyce committee, said . "Now, we are looking for a variety of rocks for two rock Messer, a member of the groundskeeping staff, has overseen most of the gardens which will be located just inside the south parterre entrances just off planting. The gardens include both annual and perennial plants. Some 200 South Street at about 1080 West. We want rocks that are just a little changes to the garden are special because of their planned annually, according beauty, their geologic to Messer. history, where they came "A self-guided tour sheet from, or for whatever and diagram of the reason." various varieties in the Rocks already gathered gardens will be made for the two 12 by 24-foot available to assist people rock gardens include identify particular flowers or · contributions from along the those who may want to Old Main logging trail, from choose certain varieties for the head of the Zion their own use," Bulloch said. Narrows, and from near the "We think that our project "C" on the mountain could easily encourage the southeast of Cedar City. planting of gardens and Iron ore from the iron mines new varieties by those who west of Cedar City has also visit the parterre. It is also a been contributed. wonderful way to see "We welcome anyone who varieties people may have wishes to contribute rocks to never seen before." our collection for the Still be added to the parterre," Bulloch said . parterre are a number of "Simply leave your rocks benches. A pair of inside one of the south entry fountains are also planned; gates, and we will include they will be completed once them in the gardens. The funding is assured. rocks will be arranged, and "We are excited about the plantings made to Bulloch said. fountains," complement the rocks will ''They will be situated to completed this fall or early L - - - - - - - - - ' take full advantage of the next spring." The parterre, (flower beds Casey Bowns, a senior business administration major from Cedar City, puts a shoVel of dirt In reflective glass of the to the rose beds of the Centennial Parterre Gardens IOCiJted behind the Harris Center. nearby pavilions." arranged to form a pattern) R Sons Of The San Joaquin offer cowboy harmony wo brothers and their son/nephew who are becoming popular almost by accident will perform three-part cowboy harmonies at a July 28 Summer Evening Concert Series show at Southern Utah University. Sons of the San Joaquin-a trio consisting of brothers Jack and Joe Hannah and Joe's son, Lon-will present their free 7 p.m. concert in the Randall L. Jones Performing Arts Theatre. "Cowboys and cowboy music have a mystique that is almost universal , and this group does a wonderful job of appealing to that interest," Marla Bingham , director of the summer concert series said. "Much of their performance will be in the genre of the old Sons of the Pioneers, but there will be other styles and several original compositions by Jack Hannah." The music career of Sons of the San Joaquin began at a birthday party for Jack and Joe's 87year-old father. The two, who had sung western songs since their boyhood, were to sing at the party. Lon asked to join in, and after the party he suggested that the three form a trio to sing at churches and clubs. At one local performance, their music was taped. Lon gave the tape to cowboy singer Gary McMahon at a Western Music Association Convention; he passed it on to an organizer of the Elko, Nev., Cowpoy Poetry Gathering. The Hannahs were T I invited to perform at the gathering, and they reluctantly consented. Michael Martin Murphey, an established performer who had just signed to inaugurate Warner Bros. Records' new western label, saw the trio at the Elko gathering , and that led to a record contract. Today, the "Sons of the San Joaquin" are playing more than 200 dates a year around the world, touring with fellow western artists like cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell, singer Don Edwards, and Native American artist Bill Miller. They have released three recordings, the first two primarily Sons of the Pioneers tunes and the last a popular release heavily weighted with original music. Television appearances have included the "Grand Ole Opry," "Austin City Limits," and "Nashville Now." "The songs that the Sons of the San Joaquin sing are about such things as riding the range, big blue skies, and wide-open landscapes, They evoke a return to a simpler time in our history," Bingham said. .... Joe and Jack took early retirement in 1992 from junior high and high school coaching/teaching careers to pursue their singing professionally full time, although both are still part-time cattle ranchers. Lon left his second-grade teaching job in 1993 to travel with the trio. The Sons of the Joaquin performance is supported, in part, with funds provided by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), the Utah Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. |