Show 25 Friday ‘Touched By An Angel’ and now rising fast youth inked his first contract a $450 advertising shoot for Ryland Homes “That made up for the deposit and paid for part of the gas to get there” said his father Now for his work on Touched By An Angel young Robert is paid almost $600 a day “He's made almost North Logan youth to appear in his second TV episode By Jared Thayne Cache editor The IQ Page Growing up Robert McCloud would sometimes create thumping noises and then enter a room and tell his parents he had fallen down the stairs “We never knew if he was just joking or if it was true” said McCloud’s father C'raig Arbogasl “But it made us think he’d really be gcxid on TV” That’s what makes it easy to suppose the soon-to-b- e Greenville Elementary student merely fell into his first job — easy but not entirely true From such a bumpy start McCloud’s acting has since secured two appearances on the new CBS Television scries Touched By An Angel one in a Smith’s commercial and a couple of other advertising photo shoots Most recently he auditioned for the feature film Home Alone 3 a job about which he is still waiting to hear But while McCloud’s rise in the ranks of child actors has been rather sudden it has hardly been an accident In January Craig Arbogasl went to a Salt Iake City radio station to pick up a prize he had won While he was there he happened to ask station employees about acting agencies Sixin after that Arbogasl and his wife Marlene Arbogasl decided to pul young Robert’s pretending to the lest they signed 355-ART- S) This year A Kurt Bestor Christmas will visit nine cities including Seattle San Francisco Phoenix and San Diego Performing with a full orchestra and choir Bestor will showcase selections from his g album scries A Kurt Bestor Christmas Also to he performed are songs from Beslor's four other nalionally-populalbums including his y-acclaimed recording collaboration with Sam Cardun Innovators which features Beslor's compelling plea for peace Prayer of the Children “Touring for me is always an exhilarating scary and yet satisfying experience" says Bestor “Exhilarating because of the energy I always feel from my audiences scary because I never know what’s going to happen from night to night and satisfying because there's nothing quite like performing with a rhythm section orchestra and choir” Bestor adds ”1 fed like a little kid counting the days before Christmas anticipating this lour Perhaps even more satisfying than the music itself is the chance to perform for brand-neaudiences in new and exciting cities” Tickets for the logan performance are $1750 and $2250 Tickets available at the Ellen Ecdcs Kurt Bestor opens his holiday tour with a Dec 6 6 Theatre box office or by calling performance at the Eton Eocies Theatre in Logan best-sellin- criticall- 7S2-002- of Orson Whiles’ The War of the Worlds to City-base- Kurt Bestor will offer his annual tribute to the spirit of Christmas again this season with one performance at the Ellen Ecdcs Theatre in Logan on Dec 6 and four performances at Abravanel Hall on Dec 13 14 16 and 17 Tickets for A Kurt Bestor Christmas go on sale now in Salt Lake City at all Albertsons Art Tix outlets (or call and went on sale today in Logan w call-bac- $7000 since January” said Craig Arbogasl “which isn’t bad for an kid — isn't bad for any- one H Young Robert pays 10 percent of his paychecks to the agency and an additional 10 percent to his father for transportation to and from Salt Lake and other manager expenses Robert gets some spending money from each job but “the rest is being put into stocks and a new bank account” in the youth's name Arbogasl said It’s not an easy schedule for an to keep Sometimes calls come after McCloud will again appear on CBS Sunday Nov 3 5 pm requesting an appearance at an audition him up for acting classes and paid a $250 in Salt Lake City the next day deposit to have their son registered with “I try to arrange his work as early or as the Salt Lake d McCarty Agency which specializes in finding work for local late in the day as possible” Arbogasl said “Then he sometimes stays in at recess to talent make up the school work that he misses” It was clearly the right choice a retroAnd Robert isn’t the only one with Robert is hugged by Della spective Craig Arbogasl said Almost immediately the North Logan increased demands on his lime Both of his Reese on the ’Angel' set Kurt Bestor tour to include Logan ar parents work for Cache Valley companies and sometimes schedules have had to be juggled and shifts swapped to accommodate “the business ” But for now the sacrifices all seem worth it Arbogasl said Recently Robert k for an appearance on telegot a vision’s Walker Texas Ranger and Home Alone 3 and other bigger projects remain a possibility too “The future is looking pretty good for Robert” Arbogast said “He hasn’t disappointed any of the directors in fact they’ve all told him he does a very good job He’s been told people have been shocked how well Ik’s remembered his lines — everybody else’s too” In his first appearance on Touched By An Angel Robert played a boy who had been abducted The second episode to feature Robert McCloud can be seen at 7 pm Sunday Nov 3 on CBS and stars Brian Keith According to listings in 7V Guide the show’s “angels do a special helps widower find the will to live” StageStop announces auditions for ‘Oklahoma’ All roles are open and an open casting call is being held for interested performers for the StageStop Theatre's upcoming production of Oklahoma The show will open on Tuesday Dec 31 and will continue every Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday through the 15th of February Rehearsals for the project will begin immediately following casting and will be held three times weekly until opening The audition is being held from pm Tuesday Oct 29 at the StageStop Theatre 141 N Main 7-- in Smithficld Interested per- formers need to be prepared to sing at least 16 bars from will also include Chess Brigadoon Fiddler on the Roof My Fair Lady South Pacific and the theater’s yearly offering of A 2 Christmas Carol Call for more information 563-392- Authors to lead discussion of ‘Uncommon Common Women’ The moving stories of Western American women that inspired the book Uncommon Common Women will be presented at 7 pm Tuesday Oct 29 at The Book Table 29 S Main St Logan Authors Anne Butler and Ona Siporin will present a wider view of pioneering women by detailing their forgotten experi a Broadway play An accompanist will be provided The Play is under the production of StageStop 's Main Theatre and will be the 56lh mounted by the theater since its inception in 1989 Oklahoma will be under the direction of Soni Barrus SST’s artistic director of eight years The play will be the first in a year-roun- d season which ences during the western emigration era Following their presentation Butler and Siporin will answer questions and sign books which will be available at a discount 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