Curtain rises again on a grand old drape

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: May 12, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

OREM -- A curtain has risen from the dust to resume its position on center stage at the SCERA more than 60 years after its debut.

The resurgence of the red velvet drape is so popular among volunteers and employees at SCERA that they often refer to the curtain by its nickname, "The Grand."

Theater patrons have welcomed its return, even sensing something familiar about the old decoration.

"I was thrilled when they announced that that was the curtain," said Cumarah Haldaway, a SCERA donor who has attended the theater since its construction in 1941. "I thought I recognized it, but when they said ...

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