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Show Ballet at Zion Park to Open On July 5 The second annual Zion Ballet Festival featuring the Utah Civic Ballet will open in Springdale, Utah, on July 5, according to William Christensen, Christ-ensen, company director. j 1 Sponsored jointly by the Utih Civic' Ballet .; and ' the community of Springdale, the program last year played to tourists from 39 states and 13 foreign countries. j This year presentations will be nightly except Sunday, and will run through July 20. Show time is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. 1 Three seperate programs 1 will be presented, according to Mr. Christensen, on a Monday-Thursday, Tuesday-Friday, and Wednesday-Saturday basis. Prepare for Opening Over fifty members of the company will arrive in Spring-dale Spring-dale on July 3 to make final preparations for the productions. produc-tions. They will be preceded by technical personnel who have to rebuild the stage facilities fac-ilities and make repairs to the bowl area. Scheduled for this year's program are "Swan Lake" and "Filling Station" - favorites fav-orites from last year - plus "Irish Fantasy," "Italian Symphony," "The Coppelia Diver - tissements," and "Nothing "No-thing Doing Bar." Three works will be presented each evening, even-ing, according to Mr. Christensen. Glad to Return "We are particularly pleased with the opportunity to return re-turn to the 'Color Country' area," ar-ea," Mr. Chrisensen said. "We feel this festival can eventually eventu-ally become one of the major cultural events of the entire nation. It is our hope that by next summer it can be extended ex-tended to a six or eight-week program, and can include a ballet school for students from throughout the area and the Unied States." "It is particularly important that all of our friends in 'Color 'Col-or Country' take every opportunity oppor-tunity to talk to their neighbors, neigh-bors, and especially the tour ists, about the festival. This way we can let everyone know about the shows." |