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Show Pageant office open The box office for tickets to the all-new 1987 Utah Pageant of the Arts is now open from 10 a.m. to 6 P.m., Monday through Friday, in the basement of the Senior Citizens Center at 54 E. Main. Gov. Norman H. Bangeter is scheduled to attend the opening Performance June 10 at American Fork High School Theater, where fhe "living pictures" pageant has been presented for 15 years. Producing director David O. Brockbank said the production staff including scene construction workers, painters, and sculptors, casting director, costume and headgear designers, and technical crew - have spent months Preparing the show, which will feature 36 pieces never before shown in the Utah Pageant. They will be recreated onstage with live models in 21 scenes. A cast of nearly 230 volunteers will rotate shifts during the six-week run, June 10-July 18. Performances are July "y at 8' except Sundays and Among this year's new selections are the intricate "Butterfly wooch," a gold and inlaid enamel P'ece of jewelry; the Folk Art, U.A. postage stamps; a bronze sculpture, "Shiva: The Lord of the ,.ance." the "Nereid" fountain; "adro porcelains; John Singer argent's painting, "Carnation, "ly, Lily, R0se;" and a fareWell "'oute to Utah sculptor Avard Fairbanks. Three Van Gogh portraits will be eluded, as well as a selection of 'e-size tin toys that will be animated. The Steuben Glass hrown of Oberon" will also be Old favorites, back by popular demand, include the Wedgwood piece, "The Choice of Hercules;" a sculpture with fountain, "Water Nymph and Triton"; and Winslow Homer's "Breezing Up," a piece of traditional art which wil be contrasted con-trasted with the contemporary painting "Goin' Surfin'," by California artist Robert Blumhagen. The program will close with DaVinci's "The Last Supper." . Pre-show seminars at 7 p.m. will feature Mountain West Ballet, demonstrations of Pageant costumes and headgear, musical performances, Salt Lake sculptor Dee Jay Bawden, singersongwriter Marvin Payne, violinist Conrad Dunn, and the Pageant Youth Symphony Orchestra, on a rotating schedule. A Pageant ticket admits the patron to the seminar and to both professional and student art exhibits as well as the stage production. Tickets are on sale at the Pageant box office or may be ordered by sending a check to Box 111, American Fork, Utah 84003. Seats are $9 for center and $7 for side section. A $2 discount for side seats applies for each Monday performance. per-formance. Group discounts of up to $2 per ticket are also available. Phone orders are being taken at 756-3505, 756-3505, .and Visa and Mastercharge will be accepted. Since the Pageant began with four performances in 1973, it has grown to a six-week run that draws an audience of up to 23,000 each year. Approximately 400 volunteers -staff and cast - are involved each year in making the Pageant a success. |