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Art in Nature Workshop

Saturday, March 24, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.Stokes Nature Center invites individuals ages 14 through adult to explore Art, Writing, and the Natural World on Saturday, March 24, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Winter is filled with magnificent beauty! Awaken your senses and capture some of the beauty through art and writing. We will write and draw, not to make masterpieces, but to become more aware of our surroundings. De Ann Lester, a lifelong artist and naturalist, will instruct us on how to capture nature’s beauty. Materials will be provided. Bring a sack lunch. Costs are $20 ($16 for SNC members). To register, call 435-755-3239 or visit www.logannature.org. SNC is located in Logan Canyon, east of Logan, Utah, on HWY 89.

An Evening With Bill Mize

Immediate ReleaseThe Bridger Folk Music Society presents an evening with fingerstyle guitarist Bill Mize on Saturday January 27, 2007, at 7:30 pm at Crumb Brothers Bakery, 300 South 300 West in Logan. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door or by calling 792-4996.

Seating is very limited, so advance purchase is recommended. The concert is co-sponsored by Utah Public Radio and Import Auto.Fingerstyle guitarist and composer, Bill Mize appeared with the emerging acoustic guitar movement in the 1980s (by way of the Windham Hill Guitar Sampler and the Winfield Guitar Competition), and has continued to develope a style and sense of taste that influences many of today's guitarists.

Applauded by critics and guitar enthusiasts alike for his composition, tone, emotion and smooth "multi-part" style, Tennessee guitarist Bill Mize is a past winner of The National Finger- style Guitar Competition at The Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. (Guitar Player Magazine has labeled this event the U.S. Open of guitar competitions) Bill's music is featured on the Grammy-winning recording, Stellaluna, as well as popular guitar compilations Windham Hill Guitar Sampler by Windham Hill Records and Masters of the Acoustic Guitar by Narada Records.

John August Music/Mel Bay Productions have transcribed Mize's second cd, Tender Explorations, into a songbook, and several guitar magazines have published some of Mize's arrangements and original compositions. Bill tours nationwide and is a frequent clinician / performer at guitar camps including the Swannanoa Gathering in North Carolina, and Steve Kaufmann's Guitar Camp in Tennessee.While Mize has drawn inspiration from legends of soul, jazz, folk and rock, his original music is more difficult to peg.

It has been described as varying from delicate Appalachian highland melodies executed with classical sensitivity, to greasy Memphis grooves, performed in such a smooth yet syncopated fashion, you'd swear there was another guitarist on stage. Rather than only rely on wowing with his impressive "chops", Bill draws an audience in with his composition, emotion and tone. (He does let the fingers fly every now and then!)For more information, go to www.billmize.com, or www.bridgerfolk.org.

Eccles Ice Center receives endowment from Hansen Trust

The George S. Eccles Ice Center received a $230,460 endowment from the
Delbert Loyal Hansen and Belva Lou Hansen Revocable Trust, along with an
anonymous donor, on Tuesday, November 28 at the Coppermill Restaurant in
downtown Logan

BLAST in the New Year

BLAST in the New Year with the 1st annual Light The Night Celebration sponsored by the Celebration Centre, 1903 S. 800 W. Logan, UT. The celebration will be held Saturday, December 30, 2006 from7:30 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Cost is $139 per couple and includes: fine dining buffet, live music by the Wasatch Back Band, fireworks, prizes, games, & drawings. Space is limited, and tickets must be purchased in advanced. Tickets can be purchased at the Celebration Centre, by phone, or e-mail For questions please call Josie Beth Archibald @ (435)752-4215 or e-mail her at josie@logancelebrationcentre.com

Classic Christmas Movies

The Celebration Centre is showing Classic Christmas Movies each day Monday-Saturday in December. Bring the family and enjoy free cocoa and gingerbread cookies while you watch. Movies show Monday – Friday at 6:00pm and Saturday at 1:00pm. For more information or movie schedule call 752-4215 or go to www.logancelebrationcentre.com

Big Band Entertainment: The Celebrate America Show

Celebrating America's music through the decades.....

The Celebrate America Show is outstanding big band entertainment that has audience members telling saying, the show is "better than a Broadway show!" "My wife and I …drive about 1200 miles each way to attend. We have always rated the show above anything we have seen in Las Vegas…a fine piece of family entertainment, and being a veteran of three wars I fully appreciate your efforts to honor veterans…." "People like us from many cities in Utah, ….California and Oregon…express gratitude for this…lavish musical entertainment, the likes of which we seldom see even in "so called" entertainment cities! Celebrate America is a resounding success! " This is a show you don’t want to miss!

The evening begins with an elegant buffet dinner catered by the award winning Utah State University Food Services, followed by a spectacular Broadway-style musical revue of entertainment from the big band era complete with dazzling costumes, an elaborate set and captivating singing and dancing. Each year the show is all new as the wholesome and energetic cast dazzle audiences with a toe tapping show -from comedy to "Ziegfield-like" production numbers. A patriotic segment honors Americas heroes -- Veterans, current military personnel, Fire Fighters and Law Enforcement officers. Following the show, you can dance (or just enjoy listening) to music made famous by the bands of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and others (accompanied by the popular Celebrate America Show singers). You can even win a trophy in the dance contest that includes the Waltz, Cha-Cha, and Swing.

Information, including tickets, overnight accommodations, menu, audience reviews, video clips, and auditions, may be viewed on the website. Early-bird reservations BEFORE July 1, contact Ann Marie Wallace, Utah State University Inn, Office: 435-797-0075 or Toll Free: 800-231-5634. email: annmarie@cc.usu.edu Tickets AFTER July 1 call Utah State University Ticket Office Toll Free 888-878-2831. *Dates subject to USU Scheduling

Ice Center Needs Stories for Olympic Legacy Exhibit

The George S. Eccles Ice Center is opening a permanent Olympic Legacy Exhibit for Cache Valley in spring of 2007. The display will be showcased at the Ice Center and will feature stories, pictures and videos of Cache Valley's experiences and interactions with world-classathletes during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

This isn't only a historical display, it's a cultural one as well, that'll fill a need for depicting the history of how the Eccles Ice Center and Cache Valley participated in Utah's Olympic Games," said Janet Borg, Executive Director of the Eccles Ice Center. "We're excited to finally have the financial and community support we needed to make this happen."

According to Co-Project Director, Lisa Paxton, community involvement is crucial to the success of the display, "The Olympic Legacy Exhibit is fully dependant upon the people of Cache Valley. Without their pictures, stories and memories, the whole Olympic experience in our valley would be forgotten over time," said Paxton.

In winter of 2002, local residents and businesses welcomed more than 80 athletes to the valley for a four-week training period prior to the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games. Among some of the athletes that trained at the Eccles Ice Center were the Chinese short-track speed skating team, Russian and French figure skating pairs and the Swiss and Slovakian national hockey teams.

The Eccles Ice Center will be accepting any contributions from Cache Valley residents that include photos with these Olympians, stories of personal interactions with them or tales of how an "Olympic moment" may have changed someone's life.

Funding for the Olympic Legacy Exhibit is provided by the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation.

Please send stories and photos to 2825 North 200 East, North Logan, Utah 84341, Attention: Brandon Taylor. Submissions will be accepted until January 15, 2007. Photo submissions will not be returned.

For more information contact Lisa Paxton at (801) 870-8830 or apaxton@english.usu.edu.