Show December 8 Salina SunGunnison Valley NevvsSanpete News Christmas programs scheduled for December Amn and the Sight Visitors a light opera expressing the themes of low will he presented and generosity Thursday Dec 9 in the Crane Theater at Snow College A free performance for Snow College students is scheduled at 12:30 p myxhileacommunit performance will iveur at 8 p m Tickets for the exemng show will he available at the door and w ill he $4 for adults and $2 tor students and children I'hc NBC network commissioned to Mmotti an i composer especially known for Juldien's oi k to write the opera in the early day s ot teles ision For many yeais the nctwoik aired it every Chi istmas esc Judy Morgan associate professor ol music at Snow and performance Amal as "great famducctordescrihes The opera is in ily entertainment" lnglish lasts about an hour and offers a delightful mix of emotion and comedy she says The story is a takeoff on the story of the three kings who xisited the Christ child In the opera as the kings tray el they encounter an impoxerished woman and her crippled son Amal They end up spcndi g the night xxith the mother and son During the night the mother who is facing the prospect of begging for IixhI is oxercome hy temptation and toes to steal some of the gold the ate carrying A page catches her and wakes up the kings One of the kings recognimg her plight and thinking about the loxe the Christ child will bring into the world inxites the woman to go ahead and take the riches In reply the woman sings what Moigan describes as "a beautiful aria" telling the wiseman that she has waited all her life for someone like him The opera ends with Amal offering his crutches the possession he needs Amal tells most to the wisemen them to take the crutches to Jesus because he might need them some mas requests before and after the parade at the Richfield City Offices 75 E Center Street Sunday Dec 12: Handel's Messiah Richfield Richfield LDS Tabernacle 7 ill feature pm The performance 70 singers from the community along w ith the Messiah orchestra from Snow College and the community Dec 13: Christmas Choral Monday Concert Manti High School 7 pm featuring the Mixed Choir Jazz Group and TNT Audition Choir under the direction of Forest Eastman Tuesday Dec 14: Christmas Orchestral Concert Manti High School 7 pm featuring the Manti High School and orchestra directed by and Roseann Melodic- Whittaker band Highain Dec 15: Piano concert Wednesday featuring Brent Boy Ian local composer and arranger along xxith a guitarist and a string quartet from Manti High School 7 pm Manti High The theme of the free concert is “The Shepherd" The highlight will be Boy lan and the string quartet playing a Boy Ian arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon in D combined vxrfh the carol Do You Hear What Hear The conill run about 40 minutes and is cert Yo-y- champ o berg Utah's own world man w ho has dazzled auall oxer the I’nited States Australia Singapore and HaJapan waii with his intricate and physics tricks will be in defying Richfield on New Year's Exe to enterold alike as part ot the and tain young Dale class diences My Celupcoming New Year's Family ebration 2(XX) silver medal winDale is a chamworld ner and the 4 pion At age 5 Dale was the Utah state champion worked for Duncan and was considered a pro He has appeared w ith the Smother's Brothers in two of their television specials and often with them as a guest will In 1998 Dale was featured in a country music video with artist Clint Daniels In 998 he retired from Utah Power after 32 years of designing power lines and took on his dream posses- man At age sion as a full time 57 Dale says "when he grows up he wants to be a kid" in the Dale will be performing Sexier County Courthouse Commission Chambers on New Year's eve as part of the New Year's Family Celebration Admission is free and all are invited to come and enjoy For more information call Kevin at (435) extension 257 First Baptist Church welcomes new pastor 1933 in Decatur Texas His parents Texas in 1939 moved to Lamesa where he attended grade school He graduated from high school in Seminole Texas and enlisted in the Air Force in 1950 during the Korean War He surrendered to preach while stationed at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix in 1951 Rev Bewley attended California Baptist College in Riverside Calif: f Ay free to the public Band choral and guitar concert 7 The Gunnison High School concert features Inch school music r the direction of Joseph Allred and Laurie Allen Dec 16: Ephraim Middle School Candlelight Program featuring the sixth grade chorus and band and orchestra students from all middle school grades The chorus will file in carry ng candles for one of the numbers The chorus will be directed by while Melodic Vickie Olson Whittaker will direct the band and groups under i vTz 'xv' Thursday Baptist Wayland Plains iew af Rev Selected scholastic from the eight grade will present two surprise awards to local citizens for outstanding community serx ice: one to an Ephraim and one to a Manti resident day Gunnison Valley Middle School The role of Amal is sung by Ally son Yule Program 7 pm at the school While the part is Lee a freshman The program will feature the usually performed by a male it was chorus directed by Laurie Allen and difficult to find a male student with a band under the baton the boyish voice but Lee has a “very beauAllred The program will kick tiful soprano voice" that fit says of Jody off a new tradition of presenting a Morgan Angela Gehring sophomore awards to Gunnison Valley citizens majoring in vocal performance sings for long and distinguished commuthe role of the mother Darren Young Alan Peterson prinJason Findlay and Sean Flunt all nity service says While the plan is to present two sophomores sing the roles of the cipal ards per year extra awards may be also a aw kings while Reed Stevens Selected is the page The Snow presented this first year sophomore students will present each award College Chamber Singers play the Festival of Dec 19: Carols Sunday parts of shepherds and shepherdesses 7 in the pm Gunnison High School Auditocommunity This community wide celebraOther Christmas exenls in Sanpete rium and Sexier counties between now and tion will feature choirs from LDS three musical wards in Gunnison Chi istmas include: Saturday Dec 11: Christmas light groups from Gunnison High School and special numbers by community parade Main Street in Richfield pm The parade w hich is expected to members The event is designed to be as bigger or bigger than Richfield's bring all segments of the community event Fourth of July parade will run from together for an inspirational the birth of Christ acAlbertson's to 500 North Kids can celebrating sit on Santa's lap and make theirChrist- cording to organizer Jeannie Inouye 999 perform in Richfield on New Year's Eve pm orchestra 1 OJ Bewley achiexcrs The First Baptis’ Church Centerfield has called a new pastor He is Rev OJ Bewley of Lexelland Texas Reverend Bewley was born April 4 Texas: Performance of The Christmas CarolWms Applause perforDouglas H Baker in costume prior to his mance of Dickens’ The Christmas Carol Dec1 at the Crane The show which won Baker a standing ovation Theater incorporated the roles of Scrooge Marley Bob Crachit three Christmas ghosts Tiny Tim and others As an encore Baker sang O Holy Night Baker described his Dickens show as a “labor of love” His primary job is starring in King Arthur’s Tournament at the Excalibur Hotel in Las Vegas University and Fresno State University Fresno Calif Rev Bewley lost his wife of 45 years about two years ago Rev Bewley has pastored churches in California and Texas He was an evangelist for several years preaching in Utah Texas California and Oklahoma He preached his first sermon in Centerfield on December 5 1999 He welcomes everyone to attend the services held at Centerfield Baptist Church 75 W 3(H) North Arc yon a Web traw ler? 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