ST. GEORGE TABERACLE ACTIVITY LISTING FOR FEBRUARY 2012
Wed. Feb.
1
7 pm MICHAEL HARGIS – Western Vocalist – Sings 50’s and
60’s love ballads
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Vocalist Michael Hargis to Perform at Tabernacle on February 1 By E and S Raymond Begin the new month by listening to the wonderful talent of Michael Hargis on Wednesday, February 1, at 7 p.m. at the Historic St. George Tabernacle. With an incredible voice Hargis performs country, fifties, love ballads, and old standards. He performs across the nation and has shared the stage with Chubby Checker, The Drifters, and The Oak Ridge Boys. Sometimes Hargis has been referred to as “The Chameleon” because of his ability to express the distinctive style and essence in his renditions of several super stars’ top hits. Kenny Rogers makes a debut, followed closely by Willie Nelson, Julio Iglesias, or maybe Frank Sinatra. You will know that it’s Michael Hargis, however, because of the strong, clear quality and perfect tone of his voice. According to his web page, his interpretation of love songs is what a man would like to say and a woman would like to hear. Hargis has released two albums, Chameleon Moods and Rolling with the Flow. Every performance, according to Hargis, is the most important “gig” of his life and this is evident to his audiences. |
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Fri. Feb.
3
7 pm WAYNE SHUTE –
Author- Professor Emeritus BYU - Former Samoa Temple
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Pres., “What it means to Belong to
the Tribe of Ephraim”
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Author Wayne Shute to Speak at Historic St. George Tabernacle By E and S Raymond Friday, February 3, R. Wayne Shute, educator, author and LDS church leader, will speak at the Historic St. George Tabernacle at 7 p.m. His lecture is titled “What It Means to Belong to the Tribe of Ephraim.” Shute is a Professor Emeritus at the David O McKay School of Education on the campus of Brigham Young University. He is the author of professional and religious books including Ephraim: Chosen of the Lord. As a leader in the LDS church he has served in New Zealand, Hawaii, China, Armenia, Singapore, Malaysia, Greece, and Samoa. While in Samoa Shute served as president of the Apia Samoa Mission and president of the Apia Samoa Temple. He currently resides in St. Geo |
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Sat. Feb.
4
12:15 pm MARSHA BJORN –
Organist – Playing Classical Selections
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SATURDAY TABERNACLE CONCERT TO FEATURE BYU-IDAHO ORGANIST, MARSHA BJORNN By E and S Raymond Adjunct faculty member at BYU-Idaho Marsha Bjornn will be the featured organist at the Historic St. George Tabernacle on Saturday, February 4, at 12:15 p.m. Bjornn has performed on both the piano and organ throughout the western United States. This week’s performance will include masterful works of J. S. Bach and Nicolas de Grigny plus compositions of more contemporary composers—Manz, Widor, Bish, Lanquetuit. Bjornn has been described as “playing brilliantly on both instruments” (piano and organ) and is the teacher of award winning piano students. She is also a community leader having served recently as a member of the Rexburg City Council, president of the Madison Hospital Foundation and board member of the Idaho Commission for the Arts.
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Wed. Feb.
8
7 pm VALLEY VOICES – New Women’s Double Quartet
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Village
Voices from Cedar City will sing at the Historic Tabernacle on February
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Fri. Feb. 10 7 pm Dr. Stephen D. Naduald, Presidewnt of Dixie State College. "The Spiritual Frontier."
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President Nadauld Will Speak on “The Spiritual Frontier” at the Historic St George Tabernacle By E and S Raymond The Friday Fireside guest speaker at the Historic St. George Tabernacle will be Dr. Stephen D. Naduald, President of Dixie State College. He will speak on Friday, February 10, at 7 p.m. His lecture is titled “The Spiritual Frontier.” A native of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Nadauld graduated from BYU, Harvard Business School and the University of California at Berkeley. He taught Finance at BYU and the University of Utah. In 1983 he became CEO of Intermountain Milk Producers and was named Weber State University president in l985. In 1991 he was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This assignment included serving in the General Young Men’s Presidency, President of the North America Southeast Area, and Executive Director of the Historical Department of the Church. He was serving as Professor of Finance in the Marriott Graduate School of Management at BYU when in 2008 he was appointed the 17th president of Dixie State College of Utah.
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Sat. Feb. 11
12:15 pm GEOFF
MYERS – Organist –
“The Music of Love”
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Myers and Fuller Play Love Songs on Saturday at the Historic Tabernacle By E and S Raymond Resident organists Geoffrey Myers and Maureen Fuller will play at the Historic St. George Tabernacle on Saturday, February 11, at 12:15 p.m. Their program is titled “The Music of Love.” They feel we can learn much about a culture by studying its love songs, for in them you find a society’s noblest feelings and sentiments. Love is a broad ranging subject ranging from the highly personal feelings of romance to the broader, more self-effacing expressions of love of God, family, nation, and others. Celebrate love and Valentine’s Day as Fuller and Myers perform a bouquet of love songs from the last sixty years. Make it a lunch date or time for self-renewal as they present such enduring classics as When I Fall in Love, You Light Up My Life, Somewhere Out There, and For You are Beautiful. Come prepared to relive significant events of the past or start new traditions as you listen to this talented duo weave sound into emotion and fill our souls with love. |
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Wed. Feb. 15
7 pm MASTER
SINGERS – Men vocal group – Romantic Music for Valentine’s Day
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Wednesday Night at the Tabernacle Will Feature a Serenade of Love Songs by Master Singers By Sister Raymond The celebration of Valentine’s Day will continue on Wednesday, February 15, with a male choral group, the Master Singers, serenading the Historic St. George Tabernacle audience with love songs. The music will begin at 7 p.m. This volunteer group of young, and not so young singers come from many different southern Utah communities and shares a love of singing. Louise Seger directs their weekly practices and the accompanist for the chorus is Dana Mathews. Celebrate romantic love with this special evening at the Tabernacle. |
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Fri. Feb. 17 7 pm Dr. Richard Openshaw "The Power of Hymns"
Richard Openshaw Will Speak on the Power of Hymns on Friday Evening at the Historic Tabernacle
By Sister Raymond
Guest speaker for the Friday Fireside at the Historic St. George Tabernacle is Dr. Richard Openshaw. His address is titled “The Power of Hymns” and will be on Friday, February 17, at 7 p.m.
After receiving his doctorate in Choral Music Education from the University of Utah, Openshaw began teaching in the LDS Church Education System in l971. He directed the Salt Lake Institute Concert Choir and created the Encore Touring Show Choir that traveled throughout the United States. He finished his career instructing in the Religion Department at BYU-Idaho. His teaching emphasis included all religion classes, “Hymns and Doctrines” for the music department, and a class titled “Spiritual Performance in the Arts.”
Openshaw operated a private music studio for 42 years where he taught piano and voice. He and his wife, Jeanne, currently reside in St. George.
Sat. Feb. 18
12:15 pm SHAWN
SYPHUS & FRIENDS – Pianist – Talented Dixie State College Piano
Major
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Music From All Eras to Highlight Shaun Syphus and Friends Tabernacle Concert on Saturday By Sister Raymond The midday recital at the Historic St. George Tabernacle this week will be piano and organ music. Shaun Syphus and Friends will perform on Saturday, February 18, at 12:15 p.m. Pianists, Jessica Jensen and Corinne Cox, will join Syphus. The program will include music from all eras and a highlight will be a piano-organ duet of “Oh, Divine Redeemer.” Syphus was raised in Mesquite, Nevada, and moved to St. George when he was 16. He served a full-time LDS mission to the California San Bernardino Mission. He is a piano performance major at Dixie State College and studies with Dr. Nancy Allred. Syphus is one of eight children (who all play the piano) and loves having a musical family. He also teaches private piano lessons. |
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Wed. Feb. 22
7 pm KERRY MINER
HENDERSON – Well-known Local Improve Pianist
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HENDERSON AND STEINER TO PLAY WINTER CONCERT AT HISTORIC TABERNACLE ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 By Sister Raymond Kerry Miner Henderson joined by Nyle Steiner and the Five Strings will be performing Wednesday, February 22, at 7 p.m. at the Historic St. George Tabernacle. Henderson and Steiner share a true passion for music and invite you to join them for “Songs from the Heart.” This program will offer a variety of music complimented by violins and the original electronic evalve. The group recently performed with the Southern Utah Heritage Choir commemorating the settlement of St. George. Henderson offers amazing talent on the piano and is currently recording her fifth CD. Steiner started experimenting with electricity and physics at an early age. He is the inventor of the unique electronic valve instrument that mimics the sound of hundred of instruments—a veritable portable orchestra. The beautiful combination of piano, strings, and evalve will accomplish Henderson and Steiner’s desire to “speak to the hearts of the audience.” |
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Fri. Feb. 24
7 pm JANENE
BAADSGAARD - Author, Mother of Ten
Children – “Fifteen Secrets
of a Happy Home”
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AUTHOR JANENE BAADSGAARD WILL SPEAK ON SECRETS OF A HAPPY HOME By Sister Raymond Utah County author, Janene Baadsgaard, will headline the Friday Fireside at the Historic St. George Tabernacle. She will speak on Friday, February 24, at 7 p.m. Her talk titled, “Fifteen Secrets to a Happy Home,” will help families gain a sense of contentment and happiness. Come prepared to take notes as she tells you how you can put each principle “into practice.” Baadsgaard has written extensively for over thirty years offering her readers valuable information, insight and humor about life. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University and has taught courses in writing and literature at Utah Valley University. She and her husband Ross are the parents of ten children and live near Spanish Fork, Utah. A popular speaker, thousands have heard Baadsgaard’s wit and wisdom at such events as BYU Education Week, BYU Family Expo, BYU Women’s Conference, Deseret Book’s Time Out for Women as well as numerous other civic and church sponsored events. |
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Sat. Feb. 25
12:15 pm EDITH
MACKAY – Organist- Returning Favorite Performer
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Historic Tabernacle to Host Popular Organist Edith Mackay on February 25 By Sister Raymond The Historic St. George Tabernacle will swing to the romantic rags of Scott Joplin on Saturday, February 25 at 12:15 p.m. Popular organist Edith Mackay will play Joplin hits along with festive fanfares of Percy Fletcher, Gordon Young and Gilbert Martin, and the lamentable “Lost Chord.” Mackay was raised “south of the river” and on the “wrong side of the tracks” in Elko, Nevada. She was not a child prodigy but wanted to play the piano like her girl friend. When Mackay was 14 her friend moved, but Mackay’s love of the piano did not leave. She is a graduate of the University of Utah and studied organ with James B. Welch in California for nine years. In 1997 she completed a college degree in organ performance. Mackay is a Colleague of the American Guild of Organists and has a certification from Brigham Young University where she studied under Don Cook. Her current service includes teaching organ classes to appreciative Southern Utah University students. Mackay is loved by the choir students at Cedar High School where she accompanies the group. |
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Wed. Feb. 29
7 pm LIETO CHOIR –
Audition Choir Conducted by Norman Lister - Rich
Tonal
Qualities and Wonderful Harmonies
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WEDNESDAY TABERNACLE APPEARANCE OF LIETOVOICES! WILL MAKE YOUR SPIRIT SING By Sister Raymond LietoVoices! will be performing on Wednesday, February 29, at 7 p.m. at the Historic St. George Tabernacle. Reflecting Lieto’s love of choral music, they have entitled this concert, “My Spirit Sang All Day.” Among the selections will be Daniel E. Grawthrop’s, “Sing Me to Heaven,” “The Cloths of Heaven,” and “Amazing Grace,” arranged by Bruce Stevenson. The concert centerpiece, “My Spirit Sang All Day,” is from the poetry of Robert Bridges and music by Gerald Finzi. The concert will conclude with John Rutter’s unforgettable “Distant Land.” LietoVoices! is a community choir formed in 2003 by Norman Lister, a retired music educator. Lister currently is a private vocal instructor and a popular adjudicator and guest conductor for state-wide choral events. LietoVoices! is co-conducted by Kris Barber, a music educator in St. George. The word, “Lieto,” means “joyful” in Italian and expresses the feelings of the choir members as they perform music of classical and contemporary composers. |
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