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Show From old AF High alumni Arts Pageant seeks donations Did you attend American Fork High School (or junior high school) in the rambling old building at 454 North Center? If so, Utah Pageant of the Arts invites you to participate in the restoration of the building by contributing toward materials to bring the building back to the ambiance of yesterday. One of the major projects of the restoration will be the intimate drama theater, which was once a study hall, later, an auditorium and . yet later, a library and office wing of the once majestic building. One of the most ambitious and promising projects currently underway un-derway is "selling" chairs in the drama theater at $500 each. Each of the theater chairs will have a plaque with the name of the donor attached. The plaque will also be engraved with the year of the donor's graduation, or in the case of a memorial contribution, the year in which their parent, friend or relative graduated from American Fork High School. Three donations to this special fund have been received, according to Betty Brady, chairman of the board of trustees, Utah Pageant of the Arts. "We are pleased to announce that Lydia Kirkpatrick, who graduated in 1934; LaRue Gaisford, who graduated in 1914; and Lillian G. Nelson, contributing in memory of her husband T on r Nelson, class of 1921, have each contributed $500 toward the Alumni Memorial Chair campaign," Mrs. Brady said. We have had many others express interest in this project and we invite all alumni to be aware that we want them to participate with us. We will be happy to accept a contribution in any size, from a dollar to a major contribution. "The major areas of the restored building will be renamed for donors," Brady continued. "We haven't named any of these areas as yet, and would be very pleased if we could name the drama theater after one of the students who made American Fork High School such a progressive school and were among those alumni who have brought honor to the school and to themselves them-selves as they have made their mark and found success because of the encouragement they found as students at our great alma mater. "We need the help of the alumni to make this restoration program work. They can call the Pageant Center, 756-7207, or the development office, 756-8191), for further information," in-formation," she concluded. Restoration of the building is already underway, with several dance studios and rehearsal studios now used by cultural arts groups, according to David O. Brockbank, Pageant producing director and Pageant center manager. |