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Show ----3----.. He ha.d been a membe r of \'/illiruu Pitt I S band in Nauvoo. 1.1ajor ])uzettevWas a. gifted teacher of band music and an able band master. Very early the citYvWas afforded a fife and drum cohort, or band. In 1864, ~rofess~r Charles J. Thomas, leader of the orchestra of the Salt Lake.v1'heatre, Was oalle0. to st. George 'to teaoh music ~d organi:e B; ohoir. He continueCYln the Miss~ Call until If366 when John l,f. IV i8.cfarlane moved here to make his home. John I,~ was a gifted director and teacher. ' 1'huOllgh these teaohers I;l. musical talent was developed for enterto.inlJlOnt both vocal and instrumental. ' liith th?vJ.ocal.talent ,afforde~nd under the d~rection of J oseYh . \larrlngton liloAlli st er such oyeras!¥ the "1.>1.n8.fo re" Hnd ot he were presented. 13.ter Joseph \'i illiam J:.icA ister with his group , of student singers pre sented othe'r musios. operas possibly the""-best of which was Hobin Hood. Soon after t~ play house was finished for use a movable floor Wt.\.s provided so that dances could be hald in the . building. t/ ~Ihus it be carne not only a play house but a. dance hall, a re crea tional , center for all social activities. l.:u.ny j,)olit~al meetings were held in the building v!here noted speakers from all l 'art sof the state and candidates for poli tica.l offices discussed public i8sue~. ior over fifty yei:l.r!% the Social Hall Was the recreational and buoial center for all southern ~Utah until the completion of the st. Ueor~e ::italce ,Academy and the v coI1ling of the movie picture Which afforded a lower cost 1311tertainment but which~' with few exoeptions has never afforded the high typo of entertainment as was1Prepared and presented ~T the local talent in their efforts to portray the oharacters in the plays prevared by the world's greatest play wrights. ~' hus in bri;f, is a story of a pioneer buildin[; and a sroup of the Gardners Club, who in. 1864 b}3J-lt a wine cRllar for 11 central place for a growing induEtry which was soon to be uiscontinued. ~'ho on l.larch 27, 1887 an inventory vias takonVof stoc:c on hand showillt; G,G60 gallons of wine value fifty centn per und 775 ea~ons of vinegar. 11he question was What could be done with the stock on hand • .A "better use was found for the buildinp; and it became the ;:)t. Georp:e Joci8.l Hull. ""Later the pr01JOrty oamEl into ~ossession of the L. D. S. Church, the builders having"iost ownership to tho property. It was sold to the Utah reb.ho 3ugar COml)any and£..:(s now used as a sugar beet see/d cleaningplant. '!'he beautiful 0C"i'IlS' side wings and all of the baauUe s of the old play hous h~ 1)aS3ed und there remains but a memory of by gone 'days of ~d'ftx.~inment andvplel1sure afforded in the st. Goorge ::iooi~l hull~ , l-l/J~ t |
