| OCR Text |
Show ISV . SAD In Readiness For Zion Park Easter Pageant Vu J: Kodak enthusiasts will have an 1 ideal opportunity to take pictures v of tiie annual Zion. National Park rw sunset Easter Pageant this year, v according to Henry E. Petersen, . general chairman, sej u a special aress rehearsal of the :d se- pageant will be held on Easter "rest nvorning at 10 o'clock, at which both professional and amateur pho-iaeri. pho-iaeri. tograpners will be allowed to take '- pictures of t.ie pageant. This will l be the enly opportunity' offered for 7pcture taking, since none will be ,ld"t-permitted during the evening per-ioriance. per-ioriance. Those in charge of the rehearsal g , feel that it can be ore effectively ."accomplished without spectators, TT therefore no one except photogra-Ilphers photogra-Ilphers will be allowed at the morn-lfa morn-lfa ..log rehearsal. Any other individ-ung, individ-ung, uals 'who go to the pageant setting at this time will be asked to leave. April is an ideal time for pices pic-es ooiure taking in Zion National Park, it Besides the added attraction of the pageant, nature does her part in dressing up for t.ie Easter crowd. d Hot-Buds and leaves are beginning to ,tlan ppe3r, and tender young grasses irTiwaiid flowers appear so dainty and fragile against the solid back-., back-., .grounds of rocks and mountains. Deer with their fawri can be seen grazing in the meadows, and are A often, uw-.e enough to photograpn. YgLJ-'toQis can be followed to take un j.'osual shots of the canyon. Light -ind shadows, which play so import-sprint import-sprint a part in portography can be el tnised effectively with the massive l. Ms'ock formations. Zion has been ailed a Paradise, and it is indeed i photographer's paradise. Wis Walter Welti, Professor of Vocal retiwinstruction at the Utah State Ag-sant, Ag-sant, cultural college has been selected is the Baritone soloist of the jageant this year; Mr. Welti will Cl:iiave an ideal background for his 1 fr'roice,. with its richness of tone and " Clearness of quality, in the Zion ark setting. ... . No setting is more ideal for mu-'ic mu-'ic than at Bridge Mountain where ( p,.-he Pageant takes place. Acoustics 're excepticinally fine, and they are eing supplemented this year by Ound equipment which' will . ade- 5t,n v.uiitely re-inforce nature's natural k for pen theatre. Utal. Mrs. Walter K. Granger, Salt ake City, has consented to sing xm the contralto solo again this year. groutt'nose who have heard Mrs. Gran-on Gran-on a:er sing the role other years will is, Fano-cw of the beauty which her oice brings to the sacred pageant. wheihose who hear her for the first f ms-ime be thrilled with the vi- untoteant quality of her voice. , e J Earl J. Bleak, who has so ably aken the trumpet soloist part oth-jt oth-jt years, will do so again this year. Iour 1 Roy L. Halversen and Wm H. acre! a aiming of the Branch Agricul-.iurarl Agricul-.iurarl college music department, 1 3li "Who have worked untiringly on the 'leasM)rchestration and chorus prepara-Hons prepara-Hons for the pageant, report that everything is in readiness for ex-!epttc-".al performances. 1-,nj Although the pageant was at-llol'tended at-llol'tended by 10,000 people last year, it . T-i is expected that many more will t attend ti:is year, for those who tave seen the spectacle once, will no doubt be drawn to it again. ar(t The Pageant, written by Grant H. Redfori who also directs the - play, and characterizes Christus) Pyratespecially for the Zion Park setting lias an ageless quality as given in as ns-'the canyon which took thousands duced- of years to form. Looking upon r ho? Bridge Mountain, where the acion abou-'t.kes place, one is transformed nuat hxk to tne time when Christ walk-id walk-id red upon the earth, for although ilightlf 't odern conveniences are used to in Mir-'slage the production, everything is so cleverly dene that traces of are ? modernity are erased. The only , of things which remind one of the take- piesent are the words of counsel and wisdom which Christus ad-;0f ad-;0f Pressed to his followers. The coun-eople. coun-eople. Sl1' 'ike in days of old, are applicable applic-able to our time, and it is probably 15 obi that quality, along with the sugges-ie sugges-ie tive holiness of Zion canyon that : makes the spectators leave the . . Pageant and the canyon with a ceep feeling of reverence. , To those who will attend the rC'l p8:eant for this first time this ", ,il r' a few musts are herein given: f-fiiif. Wraps -are necessary as Zion ) ijj3 0001 toward and after sundown. 2- Folding chairs or auto robes to ;M t on during the pageant will add ii'J your ccoifort. ' i,' 11 is recuested that no small j children be brought to the services. 'It is necessary to have absolute y.-Muiet. ll'j 4-As sunset this year is at 5:40 B mt win to your convenience if jvivou have found a place by 5 p. m. " v- 6. Drive carefully. |
