Show 25 UFOC seeking local talent for 1997 season Utah Festival Opera Company will he holding herald The 6 Page matinees July 17 through Aug 9 UFOC is casting singers for the ensemble and the Young Artist Program Cast members will have the opportunity of working with some of the finest stage directors conductors designers and singers in the world Six men and eight women arc needed for the ancillary chorus in Tosca The company is also interested in include Mexico but due to the I wasn t able to determine if the drivers there were yelling "cool VW van dude" or something less savory I know every state likes to think they have the worst drivers hut I believe Utahns are working in a bechivc-lik- c way toward the title This is not a rash generalization I started to feel this way in 1984 I had a car that was prone to stopping without notice One of the times it stopped was in the middle of the road in front of a Brigham Young University dormitory Some of you out there might call this a true act of God but I'm going to stick with my intermittent carburetor story Anyway to make matters worse I happened to be on crutches at the time Not only didn't anyone stop to help me but I was honked at more than the time I tried to drive an RV through Los Angeles rush hour traffic Over the years I have seen peolanguage barrier daytime evening Performances run Wednesday through Saturday with Thursday and Saturday Utah: Where we’re driven crazy By Dennis Hinkamp auditions for the 1997 summer season from 5:30-8:3- 0 pm on Tuesday Nov 5 in the Ellen Eccles Theatre 43 South Main St Logan The auditions arc open to local residents who live within driving distance only The 1407 repertoire includes Giacomo Puccini's Tosco (in Italian) The Merry Widow by Franz Lchar (in English) and a brand new revival of Frank Broadway musical Greenwillow Rehearsals for the season Michael BaHam general director begin on June IA for of the Utah Festival Opera Greenwillow and June 23 for Company announced auditions for the upcoming season will be Tosca and The Merry Widow and will take place during held locally Nov 5 Children are especially needed both and hours Slightly Off Center Dennis Hinkamp auditioning singers who have dance experience for roles in The Merry Widow and Greenwillow Be prepared to demonstrate dance proficien-c- y Children of all ages arc invited to audition for the children's chorus in Tosca Roles for hoys who appear to be ages 4 8 10 and 12 and a girl who appears to be age A arc also open in Greenwillow 0 Call Mary Shearer at for an appointment I hale to admit it hut I do listen to those “Click and Clack" Car Talk guys on the radio I say “hate to admit it" because this is pledge week for National Public Radio stations around the country and I'm afraid I'll get hauled in for illegal listening I'm not sure how they would prove that I listened but I'm guessing (hat voting Democrat and not owning a single Garth Brooks CD is a dead give away For the record I did contribute That said the one great idea that the Car Talk guys have put forth is that we ought to just drive like crazy in huge land yachts and use up all the oil in the world as soon as possible The thinking is that by doing this we will more quickly move on to a more highly evolved form of transportation such as electric cars pneumatic tubes or goal carts I would like to thank Utah drivers for doing their level best to further this thesis I have driven in every state except Alaska now and I'm pretty sure that Utah has the worst drivers in at least the lower 48 I'd ple reading newspapers while they drive and people curling their hair while (hey drive I have seen people back down on ramps and I have gotten the “finger" in car pool vans from Most of the time anything going less than 80 mph on the highway is either a house or a kid on roller blades Since I have driven in 49 stales let me dear up a few common misconceptions: There is no time limit for making a left hand turn: Just because you have waited patiently for a long time you arc not allowed to dart out into traffic when there is only a space large enough for piece of plywood to fit through sideways There is a common geometry-base- d practice the rest of the driving world has See HINKAMP on Page 8 Who Needs Vitamins? 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