Show to open July A cast of is now rehearsing the Mormon Miracle Pageant in preparation for six nightly performances of the famed production in The pageant will have performances July 14 and 15 and then again July 17 through on Temple Hill in Pageant officers are suggesting that families plan to attend the July performance in a group as a part of their Family Night They are also suggesting that people in the immediate area attend mid-week if so that those traveling long dis- will have better opportunities to obtain parking and is not expected to be a major problem this will this year be able to seat within the R. Clair pageant general number of trees have been removed from Temple Hill so that there will be an unimpeded view of the stage for that many Rehearsals began Monday night and will continue until July 14 according to Macksene the practices will be held six nights a week until July when we will start to put it all Rux plan to double cast the principal parts and may even double cast some of the groups in order to give more people an opportunity to she from the Sanpete Moroni and Sanpete North Stakes are in the Some are driving 40 miles to The response and the enthusiasm of the local people are Jane Braithwaite and Helen Dyreng are assisting Rux with the In addition to the improved other major changes have been affected in the The wooden stage on which the tableaux have been presented has been replaced with a stage which has been landscaped into the south slope of Temple Hill in terrace form and Several thousand dollars have been spent to improve the Arrangements are being made to better handle the parking of the thousands of vehicles that are expected in Manti during the pageant Based on The Mormon a dramatic reading written and presented before numerous Miss Grace the present script is the adaptation of who has had many years experience in television and the She said this year's script has minor but that it will still present the basic narrative of Latter-day Saint history and The tableaux will continue to be presented by live performers before a sound tape which carries the voices of the the background music and the sound The tape has been enhanced with music provided by the Mormon Youth Symphony and The pageant was first presented in 1967 before about 2000 Last year's audiences totalled about the pageant each summer is a learning Anderson try to pick up where we left off and go on from there not only in such mundane matters as food and parking and housing for our but also in the dramatic and spiritual impact of the production itself think the audiences who view this summer's performances of the Mormon Miracle Pageant will see a superb production which will enrich their |