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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY School APRIL 28, 1883 Shakespearean Festival plans ElementaryJunior showcase Shakespeare take ern its latest step Utah University In to and Shakespeare great theatre to the community, the Utah Shakespearean Festival has announced its newest educational program: the First Annual ElementaryJunior High School Shakespeare Showcase. Featuring students from elementary, middle, and junior high schools (especially Iron County), the showcase is scheduled for April 28 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Adams Shakespearean Theatre. At the showcase, classes and groups of students will have a chance to share their interpretations and visions of scenes from Shakespeare on the Festival stage, and to see what their peers are doing. It is a chance for these students to perform on the Festival stages, said Michael Don Bahr, Festival education director, a chance for students to get excited about doing Shakespeare. The public is invited to attend the free performances and to watch their favorite student on stage. Theres nothing more exciting than seeing the seeds planted at this young age, because this is when they must be planted, said Bahr. This is when students can start to love the language and insight of Shakespeare and begin to feel the thrill of performing his works on stage in front ofothers. It is the time when they can fall in love with great theatre. The Festival in the past has Shakespeare Competition for high school' students and has taken its traveling education productions across the southwest, but this is the first time younger students from the area have been invited to take part in this type of performing showcase, right on the Festival stages. We hope to reach yet another area of the community we want to serve, said Bahr. We hope to give that can enhance their teaching opportunities and enhance the education of our students. In the future, Bahr sees the ElementaryJunior High Shakespeare Showcase increasing in size and scope. I think its going to be a great thing and grow and grow and grow, he said. Bahr hopes in the future to have the showcase on Shakespeares birthday, April 23 and turn it into a celebration of the Bard and of young students. If you would like more information regarding the showcase or would like to have your class or group perform, contact Bahr There is still at time to sign up or to plan on attending. Also, said Bahr, if teachers need help in putting together a scene for the showcase, he is open to assisting. I hope students, teachers and parents get as excited about this as I am, said Bahr. I think it is a wonderful opportunity that the Utah students in most areas will never sponsored Shakespearean FestivalSouth- - have. 435-865-833- 3. Crystal Radio is now.... PAGE LAKE POWELL KanabFredonia 101.9 suu4 commencemerit ceremonies Mark H. Willes, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, will be the commencement speaker May 8 at ceremonies where Southern Utah University will award degrees to 1,012 students. The event will be the 100th annual graduation ceremony for the institution which has evolved from Branch Normal School, Branch Agricultural College, College of Southern Utah, and Southern Utah State College. Willes; Utah Lieutenant Governor Olene S. Walker; and Fred C. Adams, founder and executive producer of the Utah Shakespearean Festival (USF), will be awarded honorary doctorates at the 9 a.m. program in the Centrum Arena. Adams, who retired recently from the SUU theater arts faculty but maintained leadership of the USF, will receive an honorary doctorate of performing and visual arts. Walker, who is Utahs first woman lieutenant governor, will be awarded a doctor of humanities degree. An honorary doctor of business degree will be presented to Willes, who also serves as chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of the Times Mirror organization as well as publisher of the Los Angeles Times newspaper. Our honorary degree recipients have all distinguished themselves through creative service, hard work, thorough preparation, and effective leadership, Steven D. Bennion, SUU president said. Our graduates would be well served to emulate the positive attributes of these people who have achieved and made such a vital difference within their spheres of influence. The 1,012 graduates includes 860 students who will receive bachelors degrees, 91 who will be awarded masters degrees, and 61 who will be presented associates degrees. Followinga traditional academic processional, the commencement address will be presented, honorary degrees will be awarded, and masters degree candidates will be Mayor Alvey, together with local volunteers from Kanab and Fredonia, joined with Boy Scout Troop 361, Cub Scout Pack 361, helpedcelebrate Earth Day by cleaning up trash along cur roadways. Local Earth Day a success tee would like to thank the By Maggie Dowd A beautiful day was on hand lowing participants for their vofor Saturday, April 17, as neigh- lunteer efforts; Norm and Shirley bors came together to celebrate Harris, Larry Switzer, Andrea and participate in the fourth Bomemeir, Marilyn Cox, Forrest annual Kanab and Fredonia Earth Day. Saving the Earth for 2000 and Beyond was the theme for both the day and the school poster contest held dur- ing the previous weeks. Earth Day activities began with Mayor Alvey and Lillian Lukus, representing Mayor Jordan, presenting the Earth Day Poster Grand Prizewinners: IstPlace-ForreNathan Millet, Fredonia 4th Grader, 2nd Place- - Emily Edmunds, Kanab ninth grader, and 3rd Place-Shan- a Willis, Fredonia 7 th grader. The Kaibab National Forest was a major sponsor in this years poster contest awards. Following the award presenst tations, residents and local Scout Troops rolled up their sleeves and turned their attention to the highway cleanup project. The group did an excellent job, collecting 35 bags of garbage. The Earth Celebration Commit- - Superintendent Robert L. Amberger announced the winners ofthe LogCabin Brand Syrup (Aurora F oods) poster contest held in recognition of the newly restored Gatekeepers Log Cabin located at the North Rim. presented. Log Cabin Brand Syrup pledged After those ceremonies, bachelors and associates degree $205,000 for the restoration of the candidates will move to five sepa- historic Gatekeepers Cabin, an rate sites where they will receive outreach program for local schools, and the North Rim Junior Ranger theirdegrees at individual academic program. The first and second college convocation exercises. place winners between the ages 2- ! Southern Utah Children s Choir Southern Utah Youth Choir invite you to their spring concert Sing for the crd Friday, April 30 7:00 pm Holiday Inn Conference Room .... Millet, Shana Willis, as well as Boy Scout Troop 361 and Cub Scout Pack 361 and their leaders. The Committee would also like to thank the teachers of Kane and Coconino Counties who have continually supported this contest and through their efforts have made it a success. Winning posters from each grade will be displayed at the State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City and the Coconino County Library in Flagstaff over the next few weeks. Another thanks to the poster judges; Steve Cassidy, Joan Gibson and Tom Forsythe. Awards to students placing first in each grade will be presented at the schools closing awards ceremonies. For more information on how you can be part of the Earth Celebration Team, contact Maggie Dowd or Liz Kolle at 644-314- 8. LogCabin poster contest winners and For Today's Best Music & Timeless Hits Plus Lotsa Fun & Local Information fol- ";i:EREE 15 years are from states across the country and England. First place winners of the co- are: Andrew Sellers, 3 (Newfane, New York); Hunter ntest Yeagle, 4 (Quakertown, Pennsylvania); Samuel Garcia, 5 (Coalinga, California); JulieBoume, 6 (Botnell, Washington); Kara Maki, 7 (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Karisa Klemm, 3 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); EdithBarlow, 9 (Colorado City, Arizona); Leanne Barlow, 10 (Colorado City, Arizona); Ashley Einck, 11 (Roseville, California); Kelly Koch, 12 (Los Osos, California); Elisabeth Arzt, 14 (Adamstown, Maryland) and Allison Alexander (Laurel, Maryland). Second place poster winners are Mary Stuart, 5 (Gig Harbor, Washington); Lisa Brimnall, 6 (Sandy, Utah); Emily Miller, 7 (Southport, England); Lauren Diaz, 8 (Evansville, Indiana); Edrei DeBoise, 9 (Portland, Oregon); Elliott Lolley, 10 (Kalamazoo, Michigan) andJerad Godsave, 11 (Roswell, Georgia). |