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Show Seventh Annual Pageant To Start Monday Will -Continue Until April 3rd; J. Karl Wood Wrote Theme Production "The Promised Land", Logan's Lo-gan's Seventh annual religious relig-ious pageant will be presented present-ed for ten successive nights in the Logan Tabernacle commencing Monday evening1 March 24 and extending to and including April 3, with the Sundays excepted. The pageant ha sbeen written by J. Karl Wood, author and producer of the previous religious pageants in Logan. For the pageant this year Dr. Albert O. Mitchell of the Utah State Agricultural College is acting act-ing as director with Mr. Wood as coordinatory. Other dramatic directors assisting are . Preston Pond Ann Neddo and Mrs. Henry Hen-ry Nelson, Frank Baugh Jr. as music director, Cretta Hall, assisted as-sisted by Zetta Peterson and Cleo Christensen as dance directors and Professor S. E. Clark as organist. or-ganist. A complete list of the staff and cast will be announced later. The pageant this year is different dif-ferent in many ways from the Scene 2 A nation gone mad with, unrighteousness. Scene 3 Coriantmur. The Jared-ites Jared-ites are destroyed. ACT 11 THE NEPHITES Scene 1 Arrival in the promised land. The blessings of righteousness. righteous-ness. Scene 2 Wickedness. The loss of hope. Mormon sacrifice. ACT 111 AMERICA. A LAND OF LIBERTY Scene 1 "A man Among the Gentiles." The landing of Columbus. Co-lumbus. Scene 2 "Other Gentiles." The Mayflower returns to England. ACT IV MAKING THE CONSTITUTION Scene Anti-room of convention hall. Divine guidance. ACT 5 FOUNDING OF ZION Scene Jackson County Missouri. The dedication of tne Land of Zion. The promise of the future. ACT 6 NEAR TRAGEDY Scene: This act is shown symbolically. sym-bolically. First, the slave trade; second, the grief of liberty; third, Lincoln liberates the slaves; fourth conflict; fifth, triumph, "the union un-ion is saved." FINALE Scene: The spirit of the flag. The gathering of the righteous. 'previous' ones. The 'stae setting and scenery have all been changed. The stabe with scenery extends back to where the choir seats were. The large front curtain has been placed back and much higher so that those people in the highest seats of the galleries can see all parts of the stage. Much credit goes to Professor Calvin Fletcher and his crew of men who have bene painting the scenery. Also to Leland Goff and Cliff Haws for the electrical effects. Ann Neddo, Charlotte Allen and Mrs. Orval Nelson are doing well with the big task of providing all the costumes. Following is the program notes and outline of the pageant: PROGRAM NOTES In a world topsy.turvey with revolution, war, and social unrest it is friendship to stop and contemplate con-template the destiny of America as a land of promise. The truism that "God loveth whom he Chasteneth" is especially applicable to this great continent.. Unlike the lands of the so-called "old world" the peoples of America have been almost completely destroyed when wickedness dominated their lives. God will not tolerate an unrighteous un-righteous people on this choice continent. In reviewing the history of the peoples of America this thuoght constantly emerges, that human nature changes but little as time roils on. The same forces that undermined un-dermined and destroyed the people peo-ple of the past, are at work in the world tocjay. That God cannot toi-1 erate unrighteousness in the people who inherit this land is amply shown by its past history. It si fondly hoped that this pageant-drama, The Promised Land, will stir in some small degree de-gree a deeper appreciation for the great heritage passed on to us, and to inspire a deeper faith In the great future in store for those who are fortunate enough to fall heirs to the privileges of living here. One great principle stands cut: that the blessings of this inheritance in-heritance Mid concomitant with responsibilities imposed. The destiny des-tiny of America is to be attained only upon a religious foundation. PROGRAM THE PROMISED LAND Prologue A refugee couple from a dictator country of Europe arrives in a typical American community. They bccorr.e aware of foreign oppression oppres-sion as compared with American liberty. ACT 1 j THE J AREDTTES I Scer.e 1 The brother of Jared ii ' Ehorm the prorefc-od land in vision. |
