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Show 200 in A Grand Extravaganza H Logan Public to See Gorgeous Produc- H tion the First Week of June. H What gives promise of being the most claborato musical event ever attempted at-tempted In tills city will lake place at the opera house, Saturday June 2. Tills is to he an extravagana, "The Wttcli of the Woods," under tho direction (if Mrs. Harriet Purdy Smith, and participated in by no less than 1200 representatives of the best amateur vocal talent in this city. Mrs. Smith has been hi the city a week or more and lias had largo numbers num-bers of girls and boys practicing on the choruses. The ladles and gentlemen gentle-men who will carry tho 'eadlng parts aro not yet announced. That the extravaganza Is certain to bo a success unparalleled is evidenced In what Mis. Smith has accomplished in tho cities and larger towns of tho stato recently. At Salt Lake "The Witch of tho Woods" was given unstinted un-stinted praise by tho city piety, and the Salt Lake theatre was crowded to Its fullest capacity at tho two performances. perfor-mances. At Ogden the success was as phenomenal. Tho Salt Lake Tribune Tri-bune said the performance was "the cleverest amateur performance ever H seen hi Salt Lake." The Dcscrct H News says the results obtained from H the 1100 in the cast theic were "noth- H ing short of astonishing." The News H continues: "There wcro numberless ballets and dances of diverse kinds, H picturesque scenes In the valley of H Silver Fern, pretty poses In tho hall H of sculpture, and marvelous transfor- millions In the meadows of Way-off- Land, which with the faultless man- ncr In which the whole production was staged aud given, tells an eloquent. story of work, work, work, and an ex- pcrlcnccd hand behind It all." H The extravaganza is a scenic, rausi- ca), comic production In which there H Is delightful grouping, splendid chorus work, rhythmic movement, and the opportunity for Individual specialty H work as well. Mrs. Smith was at one H tlmo director of physical culture In H tho Chicago schools and In training H the -00 participants Is giving them no H little beneficial work as well as a do- H llghtful time. The public will await H this production with no Utile Interest. H |