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Show 1000 Washington Piays To Be Given A church-wide play contest, featuring featur-ing two George Washington plays and participated in by 1,000 church units, has been announced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as a feature of the Bicentennial Celebration Celebra-tion of Washington's birth. The plays selected for the contest, which is1 an annual event held under the direction of the recreation committee com-mittee of the Mutual Improvement associations of the church, are "Washington Takes a Risk," and "The Dominant Force," both published by the United States George Washington Bicentennial commission. In addition to the play contest, ' a Washington ball has been planned for February, and a Washington Sunday night program will be held in March. In April, a pageant and tree-planting ceremony will be featured and the semi-finals in the play contest will take place. An event not yet decided upon will be planned for June. Fourth of July programs will also be sponsored spon-sored by the Mutual Improvement association. as-sociation. Social events sponsored throughout through-out the church during the year will feature the minuet and music of George Washington's time. |