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Show American West Festival also performs during the historical pageant, "The West, America's Odyssey," which is the other major fixture of the Festival of the American West. There will be a fiddle, banjo, and guitar contest, as well as clogging, singing, and various art exhibits. A traditional feature of the fair is the Utah State quilt show finals and the display of quilts from every county in Utah. The finest quilting talents in the state will be on exhibit. Festival tickets will be sold at all ZCMI stores, Datatix outlets, and the USU Ticket Office. Ticket prices vary with a number of options available to the public. For further information, write to x Festival of the American West, UMC 01, Logan, Utah 84322, or call (801) 750-16- or by Eric Epperson The menu is expanded for a tasty feast whether for the palate or the eye at the Great West Fair this year. New crafts and performance pro-grams and an array of 22 different items of western cuisine are planned for the fair, scheduled July 27 to August 4 as part of the 12th Annual Festival of the American West at Utah State University. This year's production of the fair promises to be bigger and better then ever, according to Ronald Jones, of the festival. "People will really notice the dif-ference," Jones said. Food items available to fair goers will be expanded to include over 22 varieties of dishes, many of them will be introduced for the first time at the fair. Dutch Oven potatoes, corn on the cob (cooked in the husks), baked apples, as well as other delicious items will make this year's offerings the tastiest ever, ac-cording to Jones. Arts and crafts are a major part of the fair, with a variety of skills demonstrated by craftsmen who come from all over the nation. Ac-cording to Jones, "The fair is unique in that emphasis is placed on educating the public through demonstrations provided by skilled craftsmen." For example, Jones noted that a wheelwright from Idaho and a knife maker from Indiana will attend again this year. The idea of such skills being brought to the fair is to demonstrate the techniques to the public. A new attraction will be Indian Aztec Dancers from Mexico. The popular Burch Mann Grassroots America Dance Com-pany will provide an afternoon matinee entitled "A History of Dance in America." The company "fj Days of '47 twenty-fourt- h of July. Included are an Old Fashioned Family Celebra-tion at Fairmont Park, the Annual Pops Concert, Eugene Jelesnik con-ducting the Salt Lake Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tri-Vall- Square Dancers, Street Dance, Downtown Salt Lake, the Youth Parade, Street Shows at various halls, the Horse Parade, the Sunrise Service at the Salt Lake Tabernacle the morning of the Twenty-Fourt- and the third largest parade in the nation follow-ing that service. The public is invited. Four days of world championship bull fighting will be only one of the special features of the 1984 Days of '47 world-famo- rodeo to be held in the Salt Palace, July 17-2- These bull fighters, all world champions, will be a breath-takin- g addition to the first four rodeo performances, in addition to the regular brahma bull riding which climaxes every rodeo performance. Dottie West, well-know- n western singer, accompanied by her group, will be the star performer at all rodeos. Also featured will be Fran-cisco Zamora, trick roper, with his trained horse to delight the crowd. Flip Harmon, chairman of the rodeo committee, and president of the Days of '47, both volunteer posi-tions, is proud of the high quality rodeo which is rated among the top ten in the country. Mr. Harmon received the highest award given to any rodeo producer in 1983, the "Committee Man Of The Year," award made by the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (P.R.C.A.). The opening night of the rodeo is preceded by the only all horse parade in the nation. Crowds throng the streets of downtown Salt Lake City as more than 1200 trained horses maneuver and prance, led by the Grand Mar-shall. The horse parade ends at the Salt Palace and one of the largest rodeos in the world begins. It brings all the world champion cowboys anc cowgirls to compete for ar estimated $130,000.00 in prizt money. The rodeo includes bullj riding, saddle bronc riding, calf rop-ing, bareback riding, steer wrestl-ing, - team roping, wild cow milking and barrell racing. The enthusiasm and contagion mounts through all eight rodeo performances and diminishes only following the final brahma bull riding the evening of July 24th. Festivities of the Days of '47 begin with the selection of the royalty, a queen and two attendants. They reign over the entire celebration, starting with the "Bell Ringing", a patriotic program held at historic Washington Square, City and County Building. They are presented at the Fire Works Display to be held on the Fourth of July at Rice Stadium, University of Utah. Thus, the Days of '47 commemorates the founding of our great nation as well as honoring our pioneer heritage. Many activities and events are scheduled between the fourth and The Alpine Loop I years. (Open er seven days a week. Open October-Ma- y weekends only. Night train and food available.) One more attraction you won't want to miss is the Sundance Resort. The resort, owned by Robert Red-for- d, is located nine miles from the mouth of the canyon, U.S. 189. Sun-dance offers "year round" family fun, from skiing in the winter to hik-ing and horseback riding in the sum-mer. Sundance also offers the Tree Room Restaurant and Sundance Summer Theatre. (Phone or The Alpine Loop is undoubtedly Utah's most popular scenic drive. It offers breathtaking views of the valley and canyon set against the rugged beauty of Mount Timpanogos Cave which is actually three separate caves connected by man-mad- e tunnels. Inside the cave, 1,200 feet above the canyon floor, you'll find hundreds of formations of delicately shaped and colored limestone. The, deposits are geologically very young, having begun to form when the caves were at the valley floor several hundreds of thousands of years ago. The cave is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from early June through September. (Cost is $1, 16 or over. The cave is located five miles east of Alpine on .) Mount Timpandgos itself rises 11,957 feet above sea level and more than 7,000 feet above Pleasant Grove at its foot. The most popular trail to its summit leads from Aspen Grove I and takes you five miles past a ! series of beautiful waterfalls, lakes , and the mile long Timpanogos glacier. (Take Cascade Springs is also located in the area adjacent to Alpine Lood on The springs are quiet, with tree-line- d walkways through nature's beautiful decor. The area is thick with ferns and aquatic plants and is well worth the side trip. Bridal Veil Falls is just minutes from the west entrance of Provo Canyon. Here you'll find the steepest aerial tramway in the world. The distance between terminals is 1,753 feet. The vertical drop of the water-falls is over 600 feet. Open during the summer months only. (Phone But there is more than natural at-tractions in the area. The Heber Creeper offers the adventure of an old time steam engine train ride. One depot is located at Bridal Veil Falls, the other is 18.2 miles to the northeast in Heber City, which houses a railroad museum. The Creeper has been operating for 80 Goblin Valley f ' ' 1 , ' ' ' " ' t - if. Utah Travel Council (GOBLIN VALLEY). by Jeanne Shaw Publicity Assistant Utah Travel Council Noses, chins, eyes peer out from red rock watching as you walk past. It's a full moon on the desert with the stars setting the sky afire. You're almost frightened, but it's more a feeling of reverence, for this is Goblin Valley and goblins come out at night. Goblin Valley is a long, narrow, shallow basin enclosed between low sculptured cliffs. It looks like some kid has had a heyday in silly sand forming chocolate-colore- d globular mountains. There are many trails in Goblin Valley offering infinite tete-a-te- te encounters. We camped in Goblin Valley in early spring and planned our trip around a full moon. It was a great time of year, not too hot in the days and not too cold at night. 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