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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An Elvis-Like Personage Will Appear Each Night After 'Tender' Showings
Deseret News, 23 July 1993, page W3
Article Summary:
An Elvis Presley impersonator is performing live on the stage of the Avalon Theater, after showings of Presley's first movie, the 1956 Western “Love Me Tender.”
On Saturday, world-famous hypnotist Vandermeide will perform his hypnotism and comedy show - in its 21st week at the Avalon.
