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Show Utah Opera brings a week of bravos! in Roosevelt & Altamont The sounds of opera will come to Roosevelt and Altamont when Utah Opera Company performs for local schools and the community during the week of Nov. The residency program in both cities intro- them in their development as musical ' Operamania! assembly and workshops will be held on Monday, Nov. 16 and Tuesday, Nov. 17 at Roosevelt Middle School and East Elementary School, respectively. On Wednesday, Nov. 18, Opera Up Close will be presented at Union High School, and at 12 noon the following day, a concert will be given at Duchesne Senior Citizens Center. The gala concert, Bravo! for Opera will be performed at Union High School Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19. The community is invited to attend this free performance. The evening will feature selections from the classic European opera repertoire and highlights from American Musical Theatre. On Friday, Nov. 20, Opera Up Close will be presented atAltamont High School and Operamania! at Altamont Elementary School. Utah Operas five Ensemble Apprentice artists will star as the featured performers throughout the Roosevelt and Altamont schools. ITie companys ensemble program is an intensive training opportunity for aspiring professional singers in which they participate in vocal and dramatic coaching sessions; in workshops on important aspects of operatic performance, such as stage deportment, movement and language study, and in master classes with acknowledged opera professionals. They perform in Utah Operas and residency programs, and in community con 16-2- 0. duces students to opera through performances and workshops led by Utah Opera Ensemble apprentice artists. A gala performance, Bravo! for Opera, is planned on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Union High School. The concert is free and open to the public. The residency is sponsored by First Security. The workshops begin with the assembly, Operamania!, which was created by Utah Opera's Chorus Master Assistant Conductor, The program Douglas Kinney-Frointroduces students to the art form of opera through a dialogue between the singers and the pianist. It contains several full scenes from the operatic repertory that illustrate particular elements in opera such as the different voice types, the variety of emotions that music can express, and the relationships between people that can be communicated through music. The scenes include the gypsy dance song from Bizets Carmen, the Papageno Papagena duet from Mozarts The MagibFlute, a trio from Gershwins Porgy and Bess, a scene about recitative in opera and a quartet from Rossinis Cinderella. For older students, the program will also contain a final scene from Puccinis La Boheme and Floyds Of Mice and st Men. Following this artists. lively introduc- certs. The program's objective is to prepare singers for the rigorous and competitive world of professional opera. Since 1978, Utah Opera has stirred the emotions of a growing audience, performing annually for more than 120,000 people in Utah and five neighboring states. The company is committed to producing opera with artistic standards of distinction and with a fresh vibrancy - works new to our region as well as the beloved classics. Educational and community outreach, the training of promising young artists, and fiscal stability round out our commitment to the residents of the Intermountain West. Utah Opera performs four mains tage productions each season with five performances of each opera. Remaining in the 1998-9- 9 season is the January production, Of Mice ft Men, Fidelio in March and The Marriage of Figaro in May. -- Good Parent Syndrome Many commonly accepted attitudes considered desirable for being a good parent often influence children to be disrespectful, dependent, and irresponsible. As parents we often interfere with our child's development by attempting to do the right thing. tion to opera, the five Ensemble artists will conduct a series of workshops that build on the basic information about opera and theatre presented during the assembly. The workshops are interactive and each session experiments with a different method of communication used in operatic productions. At the end of each session, students will watch a segment from a professional opera production, paying particular attention to the choices made about the topic of the workshop session. A program entitled Opera Up Close will also be presented at two schools. This is a program designed The National Library of Poetry has announced that $48,000 in prizes will be awarded this year in the North American Open Poetry Contest Poet from the Roosevelt area, particularly beginners, are welcome to try to win their share of our 250 prize. Deadline for the contest i Dec. 31. The contest is open to everyone and entry is free. Any poet whether previously published or not can be a winner, stated Howard Ely, Contest Director. Poets from the Roosevelt area ol have successfully competed in past competitions. Every poem entered also has a chance to be published in a deluxe, hardbound anthology. To enter, aend one original poem, any subject and any style, to: The National Library of Poetry, Suite 198 16, 1 Poetry Plaza, Owings Mills MD 21117-628- 2 or go to www.poetiy.com. The poem should be no more than 20 lines, and the poets name and address should appear on the top of the page. Entries must be postmarked or sent via the internet by Dec. 31. A new contest opens Jan. 1, 1999. The National Library of Poetry, founded in 1982, is the largest poetry organization in the world. Responsible Parents ( STRENGTHENING READING SKILLS A workshop for parents and children wiirBe' field Nov. 13Trom 1 to 3 p.m. at Con Amore School in Myton on Adaptive Reading Techniques:" Parents will be given information on how to adapt books to read with their children. For more information contact Joni Fitzgerald at 722-462- 9. 750 and 752 of the Roosevelt 3rd and 10 ward toured the Uintah Basin SCOUTING AROUND-Troo- ps Standard last Wednesday to learn how the paper is really done. Pictured from left to right: back -Tamara Sleight, Drinda Jensen. Front - Ricky Hurlich, Erie Timothy, Trevor Todd, Adam Rockwood, Robert Bird, Kalub Bird. S3, a Poetry contest open to area residents fine arts specifically for high-schostudents who may be considering a career in the arts or who are interested in furthering their experiences with the arts. The Ensemble artists will speak about a variety of issues facing young performers who are beginning a career in miuifi-Thewill share their experiences, discuss their artistic passions, and field questions. Each will perform pieces that have been important to DUCHESNE HIGH PRESENTS INTO THE WOODS"-I- n this play Little Red Ridding Hood, played by Maren Farnsworth, brings friends Cinderella, played by Leslee Draper, Jack and the Beanstalk, played by Eric Featross; a witch, played by Megan Farnsworth; and a baker, played by Andrew Spencer to meet her grandmother. mrms waxm in noosmn Nolly Pair Friday, November 13 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday, November 14 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Crossroads Community Center Seniors Will Be Selling Lunch Christian Women's Arts & Crafts Fair Saturday, November 14 8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. St. Helens Parish Center ' - Breakfast 8 a.m. 11 a.m. Lunch 11 a.m. 1 p.m. -- -- Responsible parents are more concerned with increasing their childrens than in protecting their own feelings gf responsibility and in the Responsible parents give their children choices community. image and let them experience the results of their decisions. CULTURE-M- r. SHARING Satoshi Morita, Japanese teacher at Roosevelt Middle School, instructs 2nd graders at East Elementary on how to write their names in Japanese. He also shared other experiences and activities from his |