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Show Page 2 DIXIE SUN February 13, 1987 Musical Memories highlights Jubilee Musical Memories, a nostalgic look at Dixie College musical theater will offer a fitting from 1955-198- and extremely memorable conclusion to Dixie Colleges Diamond Jubilee. The gala affair will take place the at 8:00 April Saturday of p.m. in the Dixie Center Auditorium. Musical Barben, Penny Memories chairman, and her committee consisting of Barbara Watson, Maureen Booth, Dick Whitehead, Roene DiFiore, and Dan Watson have put together a gala event that will not soon be forgotten. 1 Nearly 60 participants who starred under Marion Bently and Paul Andersen at Dixie College (1955-198will perform the number n for which they became as a student. The evening will include some 40 numbers. Included among those scheduled to return are Ed Walunas, John Green, Wendall Gray, Janice Nielson, Claire Dale Terry, Patricia Holland, Derrill and Dale Larkin, Ernie Deuce, Teresa Springer, in musicals and many others. The program, honoring Bentley and Andersen, is scheduled to begin at 8:00 ABC airs controversial T.V. mini-seri- this Sunday es Leslie Shell SUN Staff Writer ABCs controversial Members of the Musical Memories' committee: Back row (right to left)Roene DiFtore and Dan Watson. Front row Maureen Booth, Chairman Penny Barben, and Barbara Watson. The event will conclude Dixie Colleges 75th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary Oliver runs from Feb. continued from page 1 Jeremy Grimshaw. Oliver approaches the workhouse matron, played by Rachelle Seegmiller. There is also Mr. Bumble, the parish beadle, played by Lewis Harper. Mr. Bumble sings, Please, 1 Want Some More. Oliver is subdued and locked up; he is then led off by Mr. Bumble, who sings, Boy For Sale. After walking through the streets of London, they arrive at the undertakers, Mr. Sowerberry, played by Jeff Barrow. Mr. Sowerberry buys young Oliver. Oliver is frightened and alone and he sings, Where is Love'. Oliver finds a way to escape the next day, but, he is quite tired and hungry. The artful dodger, played by Dave Maughan, finds him and picks him up. The dodger cheers up Oliver by singing, Yourself. Consider Many more adventures follow for Oliver. Oliver meets Fagin, played by Shaun Lunt, and he teaches Oliver to be a pick pocket. Fagin sings, You've got to Pick a Pocket or Two. 17-2- 3 The tale of Oliver follows with lots of song and adventures filling up his life and the stage. The wonderful choreography and delightful songs will make you want to come and see the play over again. The star of the show is young Jeremy Grimshaw. He is in the eighth grade at Dixie Middle School. He has performed in plays at Dixie College for the past four years. Jeremy is accomplished at both acting and singing and he executes himself well on stage. All of the cast members are putting in a lot of extra rehearsal time and they are constantly going over their lines, honing them to perfection. Tickets for Oliver can be purchased at the Dixie College Fine Arts Center Box Office, from 1:00 to 5:00 P.M. Tickets are free to students with their activity cards and they are encouraged to get their tickets in advance or make reservations. Reservations can be made by callPatrons ing the F.A.C. at, are encouraged to call and make reservations. The play will run February through the 23. mini-seri- Amerika about life in the U.S. after Soviet takeover, is a 142 hour, $40 million dollar epic. Amerika has been paralleled by Time magazine as Norman Rockwell meets Red Nightmare. Amerika stars Kris Kristofferson, Mariel Hemingway, Robert Urich, and Christine Lahti. The show takes in 1997, place around the ten years after America has been taken over by the Soviets. The fictional takeover is never fully focused on, and is kept pretty hazy throughout the show. America is being run by a puppet government whose strings are being pulled by Soviet officials in a plot to dissassemble the republic. Mid-We- Depression begins to set in when the economy negatively declines. Besides what seems to be everyday life, the totalitarian government has its brutal side as seen by the burning down of farm houses, and the brainwashing of a rebellious teenager. & The retirement date for the Dixie College director of libraries, Mr. DelMar Gott has been set for June 30, 1987. Mr Gott has been at Dixie for the past 18 years and has been in education for a total of 32 years. Eddy Vicente Manager Tracy Slate Production Manager Todd Slade Photograper Kelly Moulton Staff Jerry Campbell, Michelle Curtis, Marty Farr, Denna Humphreys, Bruce Humphreys, Deedre Peterson, Kim Peterson, Ron Rushton, Leslie Shell Staff Mascot Griffen Gruff Ed Rogers The DIXIE SUN is published every two weeks by the students of Dixie Col lege. The opinions expressed in the SUN do not necessarily reflect the viewshould be submitted point of the staff or the advisor. to Ed Rogers in the ground floor of the Student Union Building behind KRDC DIXIE SUN staff reserves the right to Edit letters, or not to print radio. The a letter submitted to the Editor All letters must be signed to be printed in the newspaper mini-serie- taking three protests against Amerika. The program, as felt by some, takes a very controversial issue and ends up implying that Americans wear the white, and the Soviets the black. Others believe that Amerika reinforces stereotypes and affects public awareness. Yet at the same time, some right wing groups are also unhappy claiming that the series is too soft on the Soviets. They also feel that there is a total absence of realism concerning the reign of terror they feel the Soviets would administer. Another organization to jump on the controversial band wagon is the United Nations. They feel that the military troops portrayed in the show are dubbed the United Nations Special continued on page 7 Prior to his involvement in education, he spent 20 years in the United States Air Force, retiring as a tech. sgt. Gott is a graduate of Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, Texas and received his MLS degree from UCLA and is presently working on a second masters degree in geron- tology., (The scientific study of aging and problems of aging.) He has done other graduate work at Utah University and Utah State University. Anyone who has been in Mr. Gotts office knows about his button collection, which now numbers about 2,200. He has added about 70 this year, largely from friends and former students who send them to him from all parts of the United States. According to Mr. Gott, the college library has approximately 47,000 volumes and that for a community college the size of Dixie should have somewhere between 65,000 and 17, Advertising Advisor installment years to make. The first installment will begin on Sunday, Feb. 15, despite all of the controversy surrounding it. An estimated 150 groups have lodged Gott to retire from Dixie SUN STAFF BOX Brad Fullmer In the beginning, Amerika was as a three-hou- r T.V. movie but since then has turned into a seven Dixie College librarian DelMar Gott p.m. after the alumni banquet. a Following Musical Memories reception honoring Bentley and Andersen will be held in the Dixie Center choral room. According to Barben, response from former participants asked to come back and perform their specialty was phenomenal. We were stunm ed by the response, said Barben. Almost everybody wanted to return and perform and bring their family. We are expecting an crowd, It is really going to be a treat. Information on tickets will be forthcoming. over-flo- News Briefs Learnfest 87 Learnfest 87 will bring together instructors, lectures, and participants from throughout Utah for one week of classes and seminars. The program is designed to provide interested individuals with opportunities for personal enrichment and growth. The numerous 90 minute classses that are scheduled cover a wide range of subject matter that include art, computers, writing, the new tax code, and a host of others. Retired professors from BYU, Dixie College professors, as well as community members and Dixies President Doug Alder and Mrs. Alder will be teaching classes. A special daily lecture series will also be availble to participants. Well known speakers such as BYU Paul Cheesmen, film-makLyman Dayton, Mayor Karl Brooks, and Larry Horyna from the State Office of Education will take part. Political clubs The Dixie College Political Science department is interested in helping to organize College Republican and College Democrat clubs on this campus. Faculty members have expressed a willingness to serve as advisors of these groups. If you are interested in becoming involved in politics 'and in learning more about the political process, contact either Professor Joe Green or Professor Robert Slack. Scholarship deadline Deadline for Dixie College scholarship applications for the 1987-8- 8 school year is March 1 according to Peggy Leavitt of the Financial Aids office. Leavitt, both students) and sophomore (returning students) According to freshmen (new applications must be by her office no later that to be considered. scholarship received March 1 70,000. He went on to say that to increase the library by the necessary 20,000 plus College offers numerous academic, departmental, and other types of scholarships and awards. Leavitt says applications may be picked up at either the Financial Aids office in the North Administration building or the High School Relations office in the Student Union Building. books, an expenditure of about would be necessary, $500,000 because the average cost of books purchased today is about $25.00. Freshman scholarship recipients will announced by April 1 while sophomore recipients will be announc-e- d by May . Dixie be |
