| Show 1 I J 1 f 1 d 1 j k T it S f The second annual Mormon Miracle presentation is now in inthe the rehearsal stage The production is slated for presentation on August 13 and 14 in Manti Shown above are a number of f. f those taking active roles in the leadership of the production i- i Shown from left to right are Stake President Vernon L. L tr 0 0 Kunz Manti W. W McLoyd Ericksen Mrs Richard Nadine Nibley both Ephraim Mrs Morgan Helen Dyreng Manti Mantl Miss Grace Johnson author of the script Ephraim Mrs Dorothy Gray Ephraim R. R Morgan Dyreng and President R R. R Clair Anderson both Manti The picture was taken on th the Manti Temple Hill site of the evening performances Aug B 13 and 14 Circled Jj For Mormon Miracle Miracles almost never happen However local members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints made plans this week for a miracle August August August Au Au- gust 13 and 14 at Manti Mantl It n is the Mormon Miracle With a cast of Director Joseph Crane of Snow Colleges College's Department of Humanities will willIse willise Ise preparations for the South Sanpete Stake production The pageant will feature Martha and Duane Ryan of Eastern Eastern East East- ern em n New Mexico University as narrators Mr and Mrs Ryan narrated the Mormon Miracle story In its Us premier presentation presenta presenta- tion at Manti Mantl last year McLoyd Ericksen of Snow College will direct the stakes stake's combined voice choir He will be assisted In Manti by Barbara Barton Harry A. A Dean Ephraim will direct a string orchestra to accompany the production Helen Dyreng Manti Manta is assistant director The Mormon Miracle will begin at pm p.m. on Temple Hill with an audience of some 2500 people each night seated on chairs in the road beneath and also on the lawns by the Genealogical Building This years year's pageant will con con- tain taro two new scenes They will feature the Mormon Battalion and the Handcart Company The Mormon Miracle was written by a local author Miss Grace Johnson Ephraim Miss Johnsons Johnson's production has been used in various forms since she first read it U at the Centennial Conference of the Mutual Improvement Improvement Improvement Im Im- provement Association in Salt Lake City in 1947 It has been performed by the Institute of Religion in Salt Lake City and by Dr Harold Hansen of the Drama Department at Brigham Young University Recently the Oak Berkely-Oak- land Stake requested per permission permission s- s sion to use The Mormon Miracle Miracle Miracle Mira Mira- cle for radio missionary work However the South Sanpete Stake was the first to us use it as a scale full-scale production with music lights and a large cast I I I rP I i JOSEPH CRANE i i iI I t HARRY A. A DEAN |
