Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1986 Page: 3 of 48
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Modern Indian dance group to perform
at Sundown Theatre July 4 weekend
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INDIAN VILLAGE - Music and
dance will bring to life the Alabama-
Coushatta’s Sundown Theater when
DAYSTAR: The Theatre of Oral
Traditions, takes the stage during
the Fourth of July weekend.
The two-person Indian modern
dance company will be making its
first appearance in the southern
United States with its trip to Polk
County.
Founded by Rosalie M. Jones on
the Blackfeet Reservation in Mon-
tana, DAYSTAR includes traditions
from many ethnic backgrounds of
several North American tribes in-
cluding Flathead, Iroquois, Cree and
Blackfeet.
Jones and her partner Tony
Shearer will perform “DAYSTAR in
Concert" Friday July 4. This work
features myths and folktales
translated into modern dance by
Jones. Saturday’s show, “The
Mythmaker,” features Shearer’s
flute music.
DAYSTAR is unique because the
performers have used their educa-
tional background and talent to in-
terweave the culture and tradition of
several Indian tribes with modern
dance and music, said Carol Battise,
Alabama-Cousnatta tribal rolls
secretary.
“The Alabama-Coushatta, in
earlier years, had an abundance of
myths and folktales. I would hope
that all tribal people encourage
DAYSTAR to include at least one of
our stones in the future," Battise
said.
Jones' education includes an
undergraduate degree in music and
art, a master’s degree in dance from
the University of Utah and post-
graduate work at the Julliard School
in New York City. Over the years,
Jones has studied piano with Dr.
Bela Nagy of Boston University and
dance with Jose Limon, Hanya Holm
and Barry Lynn. She was a one year
mime apprentice with Reid Gilbert
at the Wisconsin Mime Company.
Shearer, a nationally known in-
dependent artist in several
mediums, has authored several
books, including “The Playing
Flute” and “Lord of the Dawn.” He
has been a professional television
producer, director of the Ute Indian
Theatre “Atumi” and in 1976, was
the Bicentennial Exchange Gift to
the European theater from the
United States.
His most enduring gift to people,
however, is the presentation of the
Lakota Flute, which was a gift to
him from his grandfather, Flying
Horse.
DAYSTAR performs Friday July 4
and Saturday July 5 at the Sundown
Theater at the Alabama-Coushatta
Indian Reservation. Tickets are $6
per show or $10 for both shows.
The reservation’s tourist complex
will be open until 8 p.m. both nights,
Battise said.
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ROSALIE JONES
dancer
TONY SHEARER
flute player
Soil erosion not problem in East Texas
LIVINGSTON - Soil Erosion - the
washing and blowing away of the top
layer of fertile soil - has been well
publicized. But Just how serious is
the problem’’ Where is the erosion
taking place at’’ What can be done to
slow down the soil loss?
According to Carl Amonett of the
USDA - Soil Conservation Service, a
detailed inventory of the nation's
soil and water resources was done in
1982 “The National Resources In-
ventory shows that soil erosion does
not occur everywhere ”, Amonett
said. “Soil erosion is generally not a
problem along the coastal areas
from New England to Flonda and
along the Gulf Coast. Also, much of
Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas,
and I/juisiana have little erosion."
Th same is true for much of the
coi belt and the farming areas of
California and eastern Oregon.
In contrast, the areas with signifi-
cant erosion are the Great Plains
and the Southeastern U S. above the
Coastal states. A few other areas
with problems are found scattered in
the Western U.S.
In Texas, the senous erosion pro-
blems are found in the farming
areas of the High Plains and in the
rolling blacklands that stretch from
San Antonio to the Red River nor-
theast of Dallas. Amonett said. Most
of the rest of the state has minimal
erosion. In general. East Texas, the
Coast, and the rangelands of South
and Central Texas have stable soils.
“The future of our soil and water
resources look promising. For ex-
ample, in Texas significant erosion
was found on only 1 percent of the
forestland and 2 percent of the range
and pastureland," Amonett said.
However, heavy soil losses occur
on 55 percent of the cropland. It is
the cultivated row-crop farmland
that is in need of conservation treat-
ment. As farmers adopt new techni-
ques and till the soil less the erosion
rates should decline."
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1986, newspaper, June 26, 1986; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth782049/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.