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Show Dance Festival Depicts Theme Of Basin History The history of the Uintah Basin Ba-sin was depicted in the setting and typical dances as the theme of the Roosevelt LDS stake dance festival held Wednesday night at the Roosevelt stake house. The event, was staged under the direction of Mrs. Virgie Murphy, stake dance director, with Robert Andrews, stake Y.M. M.I.A. superintendent, announcing- the program. Forming the background, for the dances was a huge painting paint-ing on the stage of a Uintah Basin country scene, painted by Kim Smith, art teacher at the local high school. In keeping with the theme, an Indian dance number by high school girls, directed by Mrs. Murphy, commenced the dance j series, with accompaniment mu- i sic sung by Mrs. Vola Hancock, accompanied by Mrs. Barbara! Lowe. Following is the dance pro-' gram as it took place: square' dance, Neola ward; dance by ! 12 and 13-year-old boys and1 girls, Moffat ward, directed by Mrs. LaBerle Gutzman; two-step . and polka numbers, Montwel i ward, directed by Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Brown; square dance, Basin Riders club, of Neola, directed di-rected by Mrs. Harvey Riggle;-Laces Riggle;-Laces and Graces dance, Montwel Mont-wel ward; Coconut Grove dance, Ioka ward; "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" dance, Moffat Mof-fat ward. "The Waltz You Saved for Me," Myton ward, directed by Mrs. Howard Roberts and Mrs. Glen Gilbert; "Mocking Bird! Hill" waltz, Ioka ward; square dance, Bennett ward, with little Mary Margaret Horrocks giving the calls; "Star Dust," dance, Mrs. Murphy's high school class of girls; square dance, "Rose of San Antone," Moffat ward; and ; grand finale, "Susan Gavotte," led by Whiterocks group, with, others joining in. j A large audience from all wards in the stake witnessed the j well arranged dance festival and , Mrs. Murphy expressed her ap-' preciation for the wonderful cooperation received from each ward. I |