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Show Pageant doors closed for another year well-known sites on the agenda. Planned for 1985 is a visit to the ballet and the boutiques in San Francisco in April, and a visit to England, Scotland and Wales in August. Further information on these art forms and destinations can be obtained from Kent Peterson at Travel-N-Tours. Ballet Also watch for up-coming performances per-formances by the Utah Youth Ballet, sponsored by the Pageant of the Arts with the Utah Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. as co-sponsors. co-sponsors. There will be the annual production of "The Nutcracker" in December, as well as a spring concert by the dance company. The sets are in storage. The lighting system is put away. And the curtains are drawn for another season. The Utah Pageant of the Arts, Professional Art Show and Youth Art Show, along with pre-pageant seminars and other activities, drew to a close on July 20. Concluding activity of the season was the July 21 Pageant Guild sponsored fund-raising fund-raising art auction and ball held at the Excelsior Hotel in Provo. Many new and exciting techniques were tried this year for the first time, according to Pageant directors, and proved to be successful suc-cessful in the eyes of most - if not all - of the nearly 28,000 people who viewed the show during its six weeks run. The innovations included the reproduction of 18 of the always popular Hummel figures instead of the usual seven; and the use of slides with the presentation of "Bavaria: Land of Castles and Kings." Creating the bronze and silver sculpture of "St. George Fighting the Dragon" in this reproduction was a challenge in itself. Another challenge was the reproduction of Auguste Rodin's "The Burghers of Calais," with most of its six member cast "free standing" while the piece itself revolved. Cast members on this selection were required to remain still longer than for any other piece. New artistry and techniques were used to create a whole new mood for the production, and give Pageant goers an entirely hew experience. Work is already beginning on the 1985 production with directors looking for selections to be reproduced for audience enjoyment. Fund Raising Fund-raising is also continuing to raise money to complete purchase of land for the new Pageant Center at the site of the old American Fork High SchoolJunior High School. Tours Pageant patrons still have the opportunity to participate in arts related tours sponsored through Travel-N-Tours travel agency this fall and again in the spring. This new arts experience offers a tour to ' New York on Sept. 20 for four days and three nights. Participants will see Broadway shows as well as see the Big Apple at its best with many |