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Show -- DIXIE SUN 8- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, .m.. y 201 ns y BY ANDREW and RANDY LEWIS Los Angeles Times BLANK-STEI- seen event of the year. Earlier in the week, the Davis N was expected to rub elbows with: Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, Akon, Cee Lo Green, Miley Cyrus, Sean Puffy Combs, Jennifer Hudson, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello and Diana Krall. Its a great time where everybody can set perused page after page of guest lists in a bunga- Singer Whitney Houston, who reigned as one of the worlds top pop stars in the 1980s and 90s but suffered from recurring bouts with drugs and alcohol, was found dead in a Beverly Hills low at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where he conducts business when hes in the Los Angeles area. Among those Houston A- down their swords, so to speak, Davis said, seated on an overstuffed divan next to a coffee table cluttered with papers, CDs and videos. I was grateful that, inviting them to my home, that they would feel comfortable and just keep coming back, and theyve kept coming back every year to where its expanded to be this incredible vide further details Houston was known ft such hits as How V,'ji I Know, f Saving Love for You ar,c My I Will Always Love You. She also starred I in movies such as Bodyguard with KeviJ I Costner. (c) 2012, Tribune cX Coutesy of McClatchys fx Tribune Information Services. 1 haven for musicians. Houston had drug and alcohol problems for years, and in May her spokeswoman said she was going back Jo rehab. Publicist Kristen Foster told the Associated Press on Saturday that Houston had died but did not pro A "k Ge j w ear V but : win! Re are s j Y i and what for a musical tribute for s music executive Clive X I Davis and had performed Sira o gif earlier in the week. Houston was planning to attend Davis annual H does itreffl W.i s its outsi r j i "i "Y Y- , We -. want party Satur- pre-Gram- cloth mer made for Whitney Houston in Beverly Hills on Monday. Houston was found dead in her hotel room was to be one of the worlds top pop stars in the 1980s and 1990s. said Houston day. A small memorial was day at the Beverly Hilton hotel, the see-and-b- e- Sat just parei Ju; By alissa curto Staff Writer The Southwest Symphony, the only symphony in St. George, has been around since Dixie State College was still a junior college. The Southwest Symphony is a organization that was originally a community strings choir. One of the symphonys founders, Norman Fawson, said he felt like it would non-prof- it be better to construct a part of Dixie State symphony than just stick with the small group of musicians he had been part of before. A couple others and I decided to try and bring together individuals who just wanted to keep playing music and that loved it around the community, Fawson said. I convinced the head of the music department at the time, Dr. Goner, to direct the symphony, and that is how it became lege. Col- Current director Gary Caldwell, associate professor of music, said the symphony gives the students, faculty and community somewhere to play their instruments of choice, and it gives everybody a sense of camaraderie. The symphony has been in existence for 32 years and stays local, usually playing at the college, Caldwell said. rocks Tchaikovskj Im excited Fawson said some of the professionals in the symphony also work with the college and have built a strong music department at DSC. The symphony has five major concerts throughout the year with Totally Tchaikovsky coming Nobody is getting paid to do this, Caldwell said. They come and try out, and then they play because they want to. Were a very close-kn- it group. We just love to play music. The symphony allows all people in St. George and surrounding areas the chance to audition. Those interested need to talk to Caldwell for an audition time since the symphony does not have a set audition time during the year. to present the concert on Feb. i; The Southwest Sy- ridic sumi t the close wear now gets has three other Fir concerts, outside oft trenc usual five. It has a Th Concerto Classic com: sprin up March 23, a Wild into' mphony Yo. West Pops concert April 26, and From Bach to Broadway up Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Cox Auditorium. This is an awesome concert, along with a lot of hard work done by May ries: ness, 0: 11. whic i you Caldwell said he each believes everybody loves playing for the symphony, and they For because of their lover the symphony, Caldwell said. Tchaikovsky has some great songs, and d: music. Irene raise Lai earlit spnn f Its they like they sprin wtsb c " 4 k top L V jeans Stake IS A1 j out t jabui j Members of the Southwest Symphony warm up for one of their last rehearsit als before their Feb. 17 concert. As a organization, the symphony the and dedication of the musicians, talent on relies community involvement, i Th scrip non-prof- ? and strong leadership. ; ll M li . . yard testa f 11 VV H I 'Si J rrl ? V. I 4 p i W T : r f J h s r. colle 1. t I & M r livejnteractive , For St. Georqe iarea' students, delivered via video conferenincUrom the University of Utah : k . y , ; r y -- J ; fcjSlS1Sl 'CfhfW dlJ liLiLi nvj?s U of U (nr Test Pren . t I V hi 1801.581.5361 "call r.g cilice lo register 'yo. 1(Jt d |
