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UPHA's Annual FRONTIER FEST - Friday, June 13th & Saturday, June 14th! Click each event name for more information.

Songwriter Flyer Click on the image to download a PDF of this flyer.

08 Feb 08
AMERICAN WEST HERITAGE CENTER VISIT

David SidwellSteve DeLong On Friday, February 1st, I had the pleasure of visiting with Steven DeLong, Executive Director, and David Sidwell, Program Director of the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville, Utah.

The AWHC sits on a 275-acre site that includes theJensen Living Historical Farm in the beautiful Cache Valley of Northern Utah. Their website is www.awhc.org. You simply must visit both the website and the American West Heritage Center if you are interested in historical preservation, for they are a local and national treasure and are at the vanguard of our state's efforts to preserve our pioneer roots.

The pictures included show Steve and Dave, the Welcome Center built in 2000, a few of the structures on the Jensen Living Historical Farm, and a few of the herd of bison that lives on the farm.

AWHC Welcome Center Jenson Living Historical Farm Two Bison

 

Steve and Dave and their dedicated team of staff and volunteers have created
a year-round program of educational and participatory activities that will delight
all ages. We will be partnering with the American West Heritage Center to provide
programming to them, and to take advantage of their educational programs to
teach us how to better interpret our past. Two of the AWHC's upcoming programs
are of note: on Saturday, February 23rd they present a Volunteer Orientation at
11:30 AM where you will learn the basics of historical interpretation at a heritage center.

Then on March 14th and 15th, the AWHC hosts the Intermountain Living History
Re-enactors Conference. The prices are incredibly low ($12 per person, $45 per
family) to encourage family participation, and include three light meals!
I'll see you there!
Clive

05 Feb 08

Announcing the 2nd Annual Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts Songwriting & Art
Contest; closing date is May 15, 2008, with finalists presentation &
awards June 14, 2008 as part of the Frontier Fest at Gardner Village.

Songwriting grand prize is $1000 and other prizes to be announced!
Winning entries will also be featured on a multi-media album/DVD
released by UPHA's Heritage Arts Recordings.

Check the "Songwriting Contest" page on this website for details!

01 Feb 08

Progress! We have received our incorporation papers back from the
State of Utah Division of Corporations and are now applying for our
501(c) (3) designation from the IRS. Many thanks to Cat Larsen for
guiding us through the process.

28 Jan 08

UPHA is collaborating with Clog America in presenting 4th grade
fieldtrips to students throughout the valley at Gardner Village during
April and May to teach them pioneer-era music, dance and stories. This
educational outreach is funded by a Zoo, Arts & Parks grant from the
Utah Arts Council and by Gardner Village.

14 Jan 08

UPHA is creating an 75-minute historical musical show called "The
Ghosts of Gardner Village" which will premiere during the 2nd Annual
Frontier Fest Saturday, June 14th 2008. The show will be presented at
12:00, 2:30, 5:00 and 7:30 PM that day. Five of Utah's best
songwriters, Nancy Hanson, Rob Honey, Sam Payne, Tammy Robinson, and
Clive Romney, plus a cast crew of many more, will introduce you to
stories known only to the former occupants of the cabins now located
at Gardner Village. Watch this website for previews of some of the
music!