Avalon Dedication, 1923

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Dedic:>ted to the ,\musernent. the Pleasure and the Inspira

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Opening· Night, Friday, January Fifth,

~inctecn Hundred and Twenty-Three.

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Capitalization, $1 uo,non. Organitcd in February, 1922.

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\Valtt•r Walker, Vice President and ( .cncral ~Luuger.

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RJ) OF DIRECTORS.

James ll. Rankin. Ollie E. Banni:;tcr. Clyde H. Big~s.

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~lr::<. ~lnry A. llefbe.

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Lt.C\' GATES, CoLoratura Soprano. :T:

~!ISS ~YBELLA Ct.A\TO~, .dccomptwisl.

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1. 1\ria--Lna \ occ Poca Fa (from the ··Barbier of Sa,·ille") _____ Rossini

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ta) I Bring You Heartease _______________________ Gena Branscomb (IJ) ln the H oous ____________________________ Jidward JH acVowcl/ ~c) l< at ry .Pipers---11 cr!Jcrt Bre<;;,v:r ~ cl) \\here L11c \\est l$cgtns _______________________ Frmrk l.n Forge

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(ll) Hungarian Dance ______________ ---Ed""nrd 1\l acDo-.~:c/1 ~IJ) Concert t.tuue __ ________________________ Ed'ltard J\lacDo'Well

J.\1iss S)b<:lla Cla)tOn.

4· .\tia-licll ::.ong (from the opera, "Lakmc") ____________ Lco Dclibcs

(a) ~oh cti's Song _________________________________ Edtcard Gricg

~IJ) \\ liu1 LO\·c Is 1\.iml (Old English)___ ---

-~ ( j \ ous lJansez i\laq,ruise (sung in French) _______ GifJtll'l:e Lemt~~re

~d) ~e ~aran l~o5e (sung in Italian) __________________ /., Arclili 6.

(II) Etude _________ ---_____________________ _ Frcdl'f'ich Clto piu

tb) J ·rcluue_ ____ _ _ _____ __ ____ _ _ ____ _ _ ____ _ __ ____ R arh mnuiuow

~liss S)bclla Clayton.

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ta) '1 hen ~\rc Fairies at the .Bottom of Our Garden ____ Uza Lehman .:

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; (t) .\ I .ittle BirJ_____________ _ _______________ Bainbridge Crist

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td) Little Urphant _\nnic ___________________________ ,-/ . .Veedlwm :f.

:\liss ~yhclh Clayton at the Piano.

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the Swn~ :\Tusi<· C'ompuny.

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suggested a n~me that was f 1na } se cctc for t c new eatre. J. ore

1 than fj,~e hundred uanllS "ere suggested. Ont of tbls long list, the name, •

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"I d) lls of the King." so

is from Celtic 111} tholog) and from Tennyson's

that the new Theatre's name has rccei\'ed the

lSpeciaJiy arpropriate for this region of apple

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"ord for "apple," it has been used to

des-~ ignate the north-co.mtry idea of Elysium, since the apple was the fruit

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The '\ew lntcrnat;o,1al Encyclopt:dia calls ,\\·alon "the Land of the

l Blessed, an earthly paradise in the western seas."

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: Tairngire, abundance oi appks. the on!~· fruit known to the northern

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enjoyment. I Ience, the soul kingdom was called by the Welsh 'The Island

: of A!->ph.s'- Ynys yr .h·allon."

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The name thus s~mboli7e5 the fruit which is the basis of much of the pro!-!pcrity of the Colorado ,·alley, and which adds greatly also to its beauty

:md romance. "Pomona,'' the Latin uamc for apple, is ~nother local name carry . .,g this symbolism, but the new one

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ap-propriate.

The famous reference in "The Passing of \rthur," the last of the

''Idyli~ of the King," is as follows: ~

" . . . I go To the island-,·allcy of ,\,·alon;

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'Yherc falls not hail. nor rain, nor any snow, :-\or e,·er "ind blo\\s loud!); but it lies

Deep-meadowed, h~ppy, fair with orchard lawns

And bo" ery hollows cro'' n 'd with summer seas,

\Vhere I will heal me of my grie,-ous wound."

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W'ith the completion of The . \val on, Grand Junction has realized a

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Colo-' rado has been filled. This cit} can now list among its assets a large,

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standard, modern theatre equal in size, appointments and equipment to an} theatre to be found ·n an) of the smaller citi~.:s of .\merica. The .\valon seats

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people and its '>tagl' can accommodate the largest attractions

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_{that tonr t}_h_{e country, handling a performance with}_the_{same ease and com}

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will be conducted with the idea of making it a credit to the company, to •

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• \ faith in the future of ( ;ra'ld Junction and a belief that Grand June-

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ha,·c made posc:ihle the financing of this large project.

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ill be conducted ~ in a busrnt:'>'>-like manner at all timts, and the management will ha' e a

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the enterprise.

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the week. '1 hcatrical performances, musical artists, high-cla-;s vaudeville, tamous

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and mO\·ing r:ctures of the \CI") highest t) pc "ill he the

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E,·en honorable effort to tlake The .halon one of the hest known.

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successful theatres and auditoriums in the \\l''\t will be our ambition.

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\Ye \\ill ~reatl~ apprcriatl your friendly co-operation.

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"Old Kentucky Home'' (Feature Picture), 'aturday Afternoon and

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~Iary Pickford in her ne\\est and greatest picture, "I'ess of the ~torm Count.-)," :\ftenwon :tnd E, ening, ~Ionday and rul:~da).

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''The Bat," the greatest stage success of n·ccnt }ears, 'rednesday

~igh~ January roth.

Clara Kimball Young in her nc\\est picture. "Enter ).ladamc," Thur'\-Jay, J:!nuar} 1 Ith.

Ga> :\lacLan:·1, "The J'igluh " 'onder

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the.. ~tagc,'' will open rhe _\,•alon'll (Jrca.t !::elson Ticket ~cries. rrida~ :'\ ght. January I :Hh.

Other January attractions will include 1\rthur [\J iJdleton, Celebrated Baritone, who comes as the second number on thc Seasoa Tickc.t Course,

;1nd the Irish Regiment Band, one of the biggest mu~ical organ:tations tour"ng the col.ntq this season. \mong the many fine pictures in January

will b .. '·'J he Prisoner of Zenda" and "The Orphans of the ~torm."

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irene Stolofok), Distinguished Rus ian \'iolin'st, and assisting artists,

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"All the wor14's a. stage,

And nil the men and women m~.rely pl:Lyera:

TheY' have their ex:lts and their entrances;

And one ma.n in his time plays many part9."

- Shak('f!pctne.

"The :w<~rld'e 3. the.alre, the earth a stage,

Wbl<'h OOd anti nature do \\ith actors fill."

-T. Heywood .

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:MORE NAMES ON ROSTER.

Sln<'e the program was published the following have become stoc·k,

holc!ers In The Avalon: ~Irs. Elh:abelb Hinton, C. P. Dlackwell, Judge