Show vo t Ctzlczn 1 t- 1- £ u Q o E O p 0 X J2 evi cp £ - Poncho Sanchez brings Ills beat to Peenfs Poncho n ercussionist Sanchez leads one of the I hottest Symphony performing Leningrad’ jazz and the ritmos calientes of the African-influenc- ed most accomplished Caribbean the sound is an and versatile Latin jazz bands "inspired fusion of two differin the United States From ent musical cultures It’s fitting then that Poncho contemporary salsa to tradi- tional Afrp-Cubfare Sanchez should find such tremendous success in this Sanchez has plenty to ‘beat his own drum’ about “Soul of hybrid form Sanchez himself the Conga” his latest release is a cultural hybrid — Mexican-Americ— and a (and his 20th in as many in is album another field success a largeyet major years) full of music that defines — ly dominated by Cuban and and re --defines — the term Puerto Rican artists ‘Latin jazz' Sanphez now After a 6th grade Sanchez’s Award-his 0 audition for the position of brings Grammy winning sound (his “Latin guitarist in an R&B band didSoul” was named best Latin n’t go so well he ended up as Jazz album of 1999) to' the band’s vocalist Then when in high school he got Peery's Egyptian Theater in behind a set of congas for the Ogden on Saturday March 9 at 7:30 pm Tickets are $15 first time “it felt quite naturfor adults $12 for students al” After playing for seven and senior citizens mid are years with legendary Latin now oir sale at (801) 395- vibraphonist Cal Tjader 3227 or stop by in person at Sanchez began recording with 2413 Washington Blvd from his own band resulting in noon until 6 pm Monday three Grammy Award nominations and a win in 1999 through Friday Of all the styles of jazz The band plays a gig almost Latin jazz has been one of the every night from the sold-omost popular and accessible glitz of concert halls to the since it began to emerge in the funkiest little dive from audi‘40s in fact Sanchez himself ences of the rich and famous calls it “music for everybody” to community centers schools' and homeless Combining the improvisation of traditional conductor Principal guestreturns to Salt Lake City conducting the Utah Symphony in Dmitri Shostakovich’s grand Symphony No 7 in C major Op 60 “Leningrad” Friday and Saturday March 8 and 9 at 8 pm at Abravanel Hall Unableto serve in the Russian military during World War n due to his frail health Shostakovich turned his patrio- an an tism to writing music He undertook composing the Seventh Symphony titled “Leningrad” in dedication to the embattled city of his birth in August 1941 He noted “By every means available to die artist we must rouse in our people the spirit of faith in the triumph of their task rouse their force and summon them to heroic achievements in battle and in labor” Tickets range from $16 to $43 and ate available through AitTix at or at the Abravanel Hall or Capitol Theater box offices or at wwwutabsympho-ny-or- g ut 355-AR-TS Percussionist Poncho Sanchez brings a Latin jazz beat to the Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden on March 9 free-flowi- ng Nature wildlife featured In art display with an opening on Friday March Beginning at the Station will exhibit the work of Paul Twitchell and Greg Woodard two area artists with national reputations for their artwork featuring wildlife and related nat- ural subjectsThe opening reception is from 6 to 8 pm and the public is invited The exhibit runs through March 31 at the gallery located at 25th Street and Wall Ave in Ogden ' Paul Twitchell has been featured as a working artist for the Kimball Art Center in Park City and the Utah State Fair and his art was chosen for the cover of the 2000 State of Utah Fishing Proclamation He has received First Place and Best of Show Awards in conservation stamp competitions at local state and national levels and also volunteers to teach art to elementary and junior high school students His art work has been featured on television programs and his subjects range from rainbow trout to river otters and moose Twitchell says that he paints “for the pure satisfaction of taking a blank watercolor board — with an idea from his head — mid watching - it develop” " Greg Woodard is a sculptor from Brigham ’ City who' is well known for his renditions of birds of ptey As a master falconer he spends a - i carries : - ' - - Utah Symphony subE scribers should call 533-NOT- E ETR A me R m Qua minm UUUUUUU m UUUUI UUUU I UUUU UUUUU I UUUUUUUUUUUDUUUU UUUU UUUU Art by Paul TWitcheU and Greg Woodard shows in Ogden beginning March 8 his knowledge of these birds into his work In decorative life-siwood sculpture Woodard has been Best of Show winner five times at the Wan) World Championship competition and won the World Class in 1992 with “Cactus Flower” — a preening American kestrel on a' cactus He also enjoys sculpting in bronze and natural wood and his “Hunting the Adobe”— a prairie falcon chasing several swallows across a cliff colony the World Championship Class inthe Waxd World Championship for the year 2000 Recently Woodard was commissioned to carve three sculptures for the 2002 Olympics UlUUUUU m QUUU u UUUU UUUU UUUU UDUU UUUU uuuuu ze f UUUUU l UUUUUU I UUUU I uuu UUUlUUUUUUUUU UUUU |