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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Finalist in Local Contest
Garfield County News, 8 June 1961, page 1
Representing Garfield County in the regional Sego milk-Grand Old Opry contest over radio station KSUB at Cedar City on May 31st was 8-year old Karmen Holley of Cannonville. She was a finalist in local contest held at the Gem Theatre in Panguitch. A talented young accordionist she played "Let's Dance the Polka".
The "Dusters" a vocal duet from Caliente, Nevada took top honors at the Cedar City contest.
