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Show Historical Mormon Battalion Drama Announce! by Brigham Young University One of the most spectacular marches of all time was the march of the LDS Mormon Battalion. Bat-talion. Few events, if any. In history have called for more human hu-man sacrifice than this courageous, courag-eous, epochal march. Brigham Young University, under un-der the direction of the L D S Board of Education consisting of the First Presidensy and the quorum quo-rum of the Twelve, in a dedicated effort to catch the spirit of this soul-stirring moment of history and to preserve the spirit of this great event for the future generations, gen-erations, has prepared a gigantic gigan-tic musical play entitled "Sand In Their Shoes" based upon the historic march of the Mormon Battalion. This production has been In the course of preparation for two years and no effort has been spared to make it one of the greatest historical dramas ever produced and one of which the Church can well be proud. Presentation will be made at I BYU May 29 through June 3 and certain evenings have been designated des-ignated as a "salute" to one of the states along the route of the Battalion's march. First evening of the presentation presenta-tion has been set aside as a salute sa-lute to Iowa and Nebraska. In addition to representatives of these two states this evening will also be open for all of Utah from the point of the mountain south. Tickets for this production for the evening of May 29 will be on sale In the Cedar Stake. A committee has been formed to promote and sell tickets for the event Information may be obtained ob-tained by calling any of the bishops bish-ops of the stake or L. C. Miles who has been named coordinator for the production in this area. |