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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Murray Theater Adding Live Magic, Hypnotist, Comedy
Deseret News, 5 January 1996, page W7
Article Summary:
Murray Theater
- shows family movies
- Timothy Riggs has been performing a matinee magic act for children since July.
- Riggs will add an evening of illusions for older audiences starting Friday.
- Vandermeide, “Europe's Fastest Hypnotist,” will now appear at the Murray Theater.
Avalon Theater
- Vandermeide's act has been a huge success for the past two years.
