Orpheus Hall
Vernal, Utah
C. W. Showalter, and Andrew King opened the Orpheus Hall on Thanksgiving Day, 30 November 1911. The amusement hall had a spring dance floor, but was also used for roller skating, basketball, banquets, and movies. It was named after the Greek god of Mirth, “a famous musician who is reputed to have had power to entrance men, beasts, and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.” At 11:00 PM on New Years Eve, 1928, the hall was renamed Imperial Hall. In a ceremony on 20 April 1965, Governor Governor Calvin L. Rampton took a sledge hammer and delivered the first blow in the demolition of the hall as part of a community beautification campaign.
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Board OKs liquor ban on school grounds
Deseret News, 3 December 1997, page B4
Article Summary:
The Utah Board of Education passed an emergency rule on 2 December 1997 to ensure no alcoholic beverages are served on school grounds at a January gala for the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts at Park City High School. The arts center will use the school's new auditorium under a joint operating agreement. The arts center had contended that the school would not be in session during evening civic events and believed it should be able to serve alcoholic beverages to adults attending performances, art exhibits or special events.
