Show record breaking crowd expected at pageant the event which gives southern utah more publicity than any other single item the zion national park easter pageant is expected to attract more people during the 1940 performance than at any previous year conclusions are based not only on state wide publicity that the pageant receives but upon the many inquiries from all parts of the nation the attendance at the easter services has grown from a few hundred at the song service four years ago to ten thousand during the last pageant performance this year posters have been placed in key cities throughout the united states and many newspapers throughout the nation have pub dished in their pictorial sections pictures taker at the 1939 per forn ane during the coming week state wide attention will be centered on southern utah and its communities I 1 through the interest that is I 1 being shown in the easter pageant on monday march 18 radio sta tion ion will devote the march of progress program at 1030 p m to the sacred pageant then on wednesday march 20 the pageant will again be featured when cele baties time at p in will discuss the pageant of interest is the willingness ot people throughout the state to take parts arts in the pageant this year glen shaw program director and announcer at has consented to be narrator during the pageant he ie will replace ray B west jr who v ho is taking the part of the christus christu harold H bennett general man aider ager oft he Z a C M I 1 in salt Lal lake c city will be baritone soloist elaine christensen South southwick wiek will sing the contralto role and sari blake will again give the trumpet solo rehearsals for tho mammoth production have been held regularly but the first of this season to ie be held at the site of the pageant will be held sunday march at zion national park so that everybody might enjoy the pageant and easter sunday in beautiful zion park park officials have announced that the one dol air entrance fee which is charged for all cars entering the park during the year will be suspended on easter sunday although easter sunday comes early this year weather for the pageant should be ideal idea spring comes early in zion park and when other places in the state are having the end of winter zion park is well advanced into spring b people visiting the pageant this year are advised to include a blanket or some other article to sit on during the pageant also sufficient wraps should be taken for although the days in the park ar hot the evenings are cool and as the pageant is given just at sunset a wrap will be necessary |