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Show Citizen, Press, Review, Wed., Nov. 27, 1985 - Page 14 r 'The Snow Queen' premieres at Promised Valley Playhouse .? Although "The Snow Queen" is one of Hans Christian Andersen's longest and most imaginative fairy tales, incredibly he wrote, had it typeset, printed, bound and published in only 16 days. "It came out dancing over the page," the Danish storyteller wrote to a friend. To borrow Andersen's words, Promised Valley Playhouse's premiere of Joanne Parker and Madelyn Wootton Larsen's musical adaptation of "The Snow Queen" will "come out dancing over the stage" on Friday, Nov. 29. Featuring 34 children dancers, nine original ballets, classically designed sets and costumes and the American stage debut of professional actress Carol-An- n Kelleher, the stage adaptation combines ballet and drama to create a magical, musical fantasy for the entire family at Christmas, according to Parker, who is directing the new piece. It is scheduled to run on The Mainstage through Dec. 21. "To see children dancing beautifully and from their hearts on stage at Christmas is exciting," Parker said. "They've grown up with "The Nutcracker," and their sugar plum fairy dreams have been to dance in "The Nutcracker." Here suddenly is another opportunity to dance at Christmas. While "The Snow Queen" doesn't have the i tradition of "The Nutcracker," ifs a brand-ne- piece with real 'value I at Christmas that could become a new tradition. It's a dream fulfilled f for the children, many of whom J have been in classical dance training since their pre-scho-days." "The Snow Queen plays We-dnesday through Saturday at 7 30 p.m. through Dec. 21. There are 2 p.m. matinees Dec. 7 and 14 and a ( 7:30 p.m. performance Dec. Tuesday f 3, as a replacement f0r Thanksgiving. The Playhouse invites its opening weekend patrons to a reception immediately following the where they can enjoy refreshments and meet the cast. Tickets can be obtained at the Playhouse box office, 132 S. State Street, Salt Lake City, or by calling 364-567- Group discounts and special performances are also available. The Snow Queen (Carol-An- n Kelleher) rules all that is cold, even the snowflakes (Becky Burnett, Mia Johnston, (sitting) Allison Rampton). Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen" premieres on The Mainstage at Promised Valley Playhouse. Pageant fund raiser dinner dance dead-line nears If you want to be included in the Utah Pageant of the Arts fund raising dinner dance, to be held at the Excelsior Hotel, Provo, on Dec. 26, it is time to make your reser-vations now. Robert Peterson, nationally known baritone, will provide en-tertainment for the evening, as well as serving as master of ceremonies for the event, according to Kay Christensen, of the Pageant board of trustees. Tickets for the entire evening will be $100 per couple (tax deductible) and will include a variety of hors and socializing from 7:15 p.m. Dinner will be served at 8 p.m., followed by dancing to the music of the group "Portrait." The funds raised will be used to meet a Pageant financial obligation to Alpine School District. Ticket money is to be received by Mr. Christensen Dec. 2. Tickets are available from Betty Brady, David Brockbank, Kathy Bromley, Mr. Christensen, Richard Devey, Dale Greenwood, Douglas Nicholes, Marcia Peterson, Susan Richards, LouJean Smith or Robert Warnick, of American Fork; Hal Hodges, Highland; Bill Arseneau, Orem; or Duane Smith, Sandy. Supporters and friends of Utah Pageant of the Arts are cordially invited to participate in the fund raising event and enjoy a delightful post-holida- y party. For further information, please call 756-969- Dr. Ralph Laycock, guest speaker at guild symposium Dr. Ralph Laycock, conductor of the Utah Valley Symphony, ex-plained the music of "The Nut-cracker" for members of the Utah Regional Ballet Guild at a sym-posium held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. David Timpson in Alpine. The Utah Valley Symphony, under the baton of Dr. Laycock, will provide live orchestration for the Utah Regional Ballet presentation of "The Nutcracker" in December. During the symposium, he and Eva Stubbs entertained the audience with flute arrangements from the ballet. They were accompanied by Dr. Laycock's wife, Lucy, on the piano. Dr. Laycock then took the group through the story of "The Nut-cracker," explaining the score and some of the history behind the ballet. During his presentation, using excerpts of recorded music, he pointed out the unique kinds of or-chestration used, from the elimination of low instruments to deliberately set a childlike mood of delicate fantasy to the grand finale. He said Tchaikovsky used his insight and creativity to keep the audience on their toes as to what would happen next in the production. Through the use of various in-struments and voices, different emotions are evoked by the music, he said. At first, Dr. Laycock said, the composer resented being con-stricted by the script he was asked to permit, but he used complicated rhythms to create wonderful effects. The many emotions brought out by the music are mirrored by the dancers in the performance. The Utah Regional Ballet Guild has grown to 130 members in the four months of it's existence. During a Halloween fundriasing drive, they raised $800 which was presented to the ballet. Sarah Price, wardrobe mistress for the Utah Regional Ballet, and Jacqueline P. Colledge, artistic director, said the money will go for costuming this year performance of "The Nutcracker." A portion is also earmarked for costumes for a San Jose Pacific Regional Ballet performance. Bill Kirkpatrick, well-know- n local artist, has donated a portrait to the Guild and another guild member an authentic nutcracker. These are to be sold at an auction to raise further funds. fmmf k IiiiiJ p mm mmy i(f( 2. i pwwssspwpKwasuni Vi'.v i. xx ::;;::. 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Santa will be at the store again on Saturday, Nov. 30, also beginning at 11 a.m. "We'll have Santa stay as long as there are children who want to see him," said Perkins. "However, in order to give everyone an op-portunity, we ask that the free pose and print be limited to one per child." If response to our offer is good enough, we'll continue to have Santa at the store every Saturday until Christmas. We're able to make this offer only because we have our own lab facilities and we hope this will introduce more people to our services in film processing." |