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Show 1 r - ! V ' vA J I:- Mivm H, S fU 1 llfetiv'ifalCl 'it jP i -I ' ! j f"f to A J - ffir ' , I I I ' ' ' I BACK SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL. FESTI-VAL. The Anker family, 1 to r: Ray and Chanel, Michael, Jill, Rayma, Mary and Mrs. Ewing. They have been a part of the Utah Shakespear- ean Festival activities for the past several years. Its a famiy affair for Hay Ankers "It's all in the family" is a phrase that aptly suits the united efforts of the Raymond Anker family of Cedar City in behalf of the Utah Shakespearean Shake-spearean Festival. Participating Participat-ing for a combined total Of' 30 years, the Ankers have been a mainstay of the Festival Festi-val since 1965 and have become be-come more familiar to Festival Festi-val audiences than any of the company members. girls work three nights a week. . Marie Bunnell and Mamie Eck assist with programs. Mrs. Bunnell started in the beverage booth four years ago and Miss Eck has served for two years.. Marilyn Allen has handled guest cards. AIL of the concession work Is done on a completely voluntary vol-untary basis. None of the participants receive any remuneration re-muneration of any kind. However, How-ever, according to the Ankers and their helpers, they receive re-ceive payment for their efforts ef-forts through the enjoyment of Festival audiences and the realization that Cedar City is gaining a valuable international interna-tional reputation as the "Festival "Fes-tival City." Ray and Mary began supervision sup-ervision of Festival concessions conces-sions six years ago. A year later, daughter Rayma, then 11 years old, began her stint with the Festival as keeper of the guest cards. Two years later she became . a dancer ' and has participated in pre-play pre-play activities ever since. Michael started in 1967 at the age of 16 as a program distributor. Mary remembers that he was not really enthused en-thused about getting dressed up in the Elizabethan attire that all Festival participants wear. However, she said, "He bore up and is now my right hand man in the refreshment end of the concessions." Jill Leigh Anker became a member of the team when she married Michael two years ago and the addition of Chanel to the family in 1969 promises to keep the Anker family tradition going indefinitely. indef-initely. Chanel slept peacefully peaceful-ly in her walker behind the beverage booth nearly every night during last year's Festival, Fes-tival, according to grandmother grandmoth-er Mary. This year she has been much more a part of the action. Clifford and his wife, Char-lene Char-lene Burton Anker, have also assisted when called upon. Dne of Clifford's first assignments assign-ments was that of a guard in the 1966 version of "Julius Caesar." Daughter Danielle has been as interested as any two-year-old can be. Not an Anker by name, but still a staunch supporter of the Festival through service, is Mrs. Candace Ewing, mother moth-er to Mary. She has served as a hostess for four years and takes pleasure in donning her lovely Renaissance style dress to assist Festival patrons on many evenings through each Festival season. Services for which the Ankers Ank-ers are responsible include distribution of programs, post cards, posters, and guest cards. They are also in charge of the refreshment concessions conces-sions which consist of oranges, orang-es, horehound candy, and tarts sold to audience members mem-bers before plays and during intermission by young ladies dressed in bright orange peasant pea-sant skirts, and tightly laced black bodices. Coffee and punch are served from a special spec-ial Tudor style booth on a donation basis with all proceeds pro-ceeds going to the Festival Scholarship Fund. The fresh tarts, a Festival trademark, are baked each day by Mrs. Helen Jones, pastry cook with Southern Utah State College Food Service. Ser-vice. The standing order is for 200 each afternoon, unless the house is sold out. In that case, the order could go as high as 300 or 350. The honey horehound is especially es-pecially made for the Festival by a Provo candy firm. Mary spends her "spare" time each evening during performances sacking it in individual plastic plas-tic packages. She said, "I always al-ways see the plays during dress rehearsals .because I know that will be my last chance." Ray, Mary, and Rayma are at the Festival every evening during the 21 performance season and remain each night until after intermission. The rest of the family members plan on at least three nights a week. Others who assist the Ankers Ank-ers are Roseann Felix, Gaye Burton, Susan Brazier, Patty Hoff, Elaine Hunter, Ann Fenton, Kris Davis, Sue Lister Jane Turner, Laura Wood, Joanna Mitchell, and Lenna Neptune. Lenna has served as a refreshment vendor for all of the six years the Ankers have had the concessions. Jeanna is in her second year, as is Roseann. Each of the |