OCR Text |
Show Utah Symphony Orchestra to Give Concert Alec Templeton, famous blind pianist, and the Utah State Symphony Sym-phony Orchestra will act as host to thousands of soldiers, sailors and civilians at a Sunset Concert to be given at the University of Utah Stadium, Tuesday evening, July 14, at 8:30. Sponsored by the Orchestra Association and the Salt Lake County Commission with the WPA War Service Program, Pro-gram, the occasion has been planned plan-ned primarily as recreation for enlisted en-listed men in the armed service of the United States, who will be admitted free. To defray the cost of production, civilians are asked to "buy a ticket and admit a sol-dies sol-dies friend free." Eight thousand seats will be available at popular popu-lar prices. Strauss waltzes, favorite overtures over-tures and the Liszt "Hungarian Fantasy" for orchestra and piano with Mr. Templeton as soloist will make up the popular and patriotic pat-riotic program, anno unced Fred E. Smith, president of the Orchestra Orch-estra Association. As a climax Mr. Templeton will give the imitations im-itations and comic sketches, which have made him a favorite of rad-,io rad-,io and recorded music listeners the world over. "Outoor concerts have po-.vei to draw hundreds of thousands of people each summer over th United States." said Mr. Smith "have demonstrated their value as recreation. If attendance al this first concert proves that the public desires this type of entertainment, enter-tainment, the Utah' State Svm-phony Svm-phony Orchestra may give othei Sunset Concerts." |