Show accommodation features expected to aid easter pageant visitors paul R franke superintendent of zion national park commenced work this week on added facilities for the comfort of visitors to the zion park easter pageant this year he reports to add to the conveniences for audience guests additional drinking fountain and toilet facilities are being constructed as wen well as definite improvements in the accous ties and broadcasting setup set up six microphones and amplifying devices hooked into a regular sound truck we believe will be a great improvement supt bupt franke stat 1 ed lie ile further expressed the gen oral cral committees commUte ea alms aims when lie he said 1 I feel sure that a careful study each season reason will gradually tend to refine this pageant and its accommodations of the public to a point where we can all take pride lit in the production grant il II redford bedford author diorec tor states that rehearsals are being hold bela regularly and the response tills this year to la unusually gratifying will L adams of radowan carowan Is assistant director this season musicians tit at both the branch agricultural college cedar city and dixie college st george are giving much time to the development of the musical scores particularly ticul arly commendable lathe gesture made by dixie Colle aben they postponed their opera production to gives give full time of their chorus and orchestra to the pageant music earl barl J bleak of bf st george will he be trumpet soloist again this year and mrs hazel granger salt lake city will once more sing the contralto solo the baritone soloist has bag not yet been named II 11 E H peterson general chairman announced decisions of the committee in charge concerning a number of new rulings made necessary by tha disturbances noted in past productions through apparent ent thoughtlessness on the part of some members of the audience the first of these concerns bringing babies to the pageant parents are being asked to cooperate by lear leaving bables babies at home hereafter small children who get some meaning from the sacred production will bo be welcome 1 f accompanied by their parents or other responsible adults another item which caused considerable sid erable criticism last year Is s being guarded against in the future this concerns the audience beginning to leave during aaring the final resurrection scene mene which Is easily one of the most impressive and reverent depletions depictions in the whole product ion and be witnessed continued on last page features expected to aid visitors continued from page one quietly and with as much or more mor 0 reverence reve reverence rince than any other part of the pageant audiences are arc customarily to asked to stand whenever the hallelujah Hall eujah chorus la Is being sung tut but they are not expected to begin filing out in an excited rush to get to their cars this la Is a reasonable request which should abound be compiled with by all thinking persons remain in your seats until tile the pageant has really ended cars will be lined up and filed out of the park as quickly and as orderly as ag possible and being the first one to get there wit will not help much since each driver must wait his turn and should do so BO without undue confusion such as aa elbowing his way through the crowds needlessly honking his horn racing hla his engine etc A bit of common courtesy should be the watchword of everyone who is privileged to attend this glorious production after all it Is a sacred pageant tho the day to la easter bunday and the least any of ua can do la 14 to conduct ourselves as christians ought to on this or any similar occasion people attending will add greatly to their own comfort of they will remember to bring a bla blanket briket and cushions or portable chairs it if they have them committee members warn that since easter caster comes in early april this year the wea ther will likely be cool at the sunset hour when the production Is scheduled field or opera agias gias glasses i ses are also an added help for bringing scones scenes of the pageant into closer view the pageant will be proceeded by an organ recital by seldom N heaps on the hammond organ belonging to the utah istah parks parka company the pageant proper will start star at p ra |