From: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (aml-list-digest) To: aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: aml-list-digest V1 #39 Reply-To: aml-list Sender: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk aml-list-digest Monday, May 15 2000 Volume 01 : Number 039 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 20:46:37 EDT From: Larry Jackson Subject: [AML] MN BYU student films receive Christopher prizes: BYU Press Release From: BYU Press Release To: Mormon News Subject: MN BYU student films receive Christopher prizes: BYU Press Release 11May00 D2 Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 08:20:00 -0400 [from Mormon-News] [MOD: Does anyone have further details about the films that won these awards--or about the students themselves?] BYU student films receive Christopher prizes BYU Press Release 11May00 D2 PROVO, UTAH -- Two Brigham Young University theatre and media arts students have been awarded first prize and an honorable mention at the Twelfth Annual Christopher Video Contest for College Students. Brian Brough, a film major from Roswell, Ga., received first prize for his film In Time of Need. Christopher Watt, a film major from Fernandina, Fla., was awarded honorable mention for his film The Christmas Kite. The Christophers, a non-profit organization founded in 1945 by the late Father James Keller and based in New York City, uses print and electronic media to spread a message of hope and understanding to people of all faiths and of no particular faith. The organization's motto is: "It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." Rev. Thomas J. McSweeney, director of the Christophers, said the awards are proof that creativity and idealism create interesting and wonderful results. "The Christophers have always drawn their inspiration from individuals who had personal experiences of hope because each life is a parable. Each life illuminates the pages of our individual search for truth and lasting values," McSweeney said. The Christophers Organization produced a special episode of Christopher Closeup, its syndicated television series, to share the works that received awards through commercial and cable outlets in the United States. The episode containing the films of Brough and Watt aired the week of April 24. - ### - >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ Send join and remove commands to: majordomo@MormonsToday.com Put appropriate commands in body of the message: To join: subscribe mormon-news To leave: unsubscribe mormon-news To join digest: subscribe mormon-news-digest - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 20:46:37 EDT From: Larry Jackson Subject: [AML] MN Major Reviews of "Latter Days" Generally Positive: Kent Larsen From: Kent Larsen To: Mormon News Subject: MN Major Reviews of "Latter Days" Generally Positive: Kent Larsen 12May00 A4 Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 16:20:00 -0400 (EST) [from Mormon-News] Major Reviews of "Latter Days" Generally Positive Kent Larsen 12May00 A4 NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Major reviews of Coke Newell's book describing LDS Church history and beliefs, "Latter Days" have been generally positive, in contrast to a review in the industry publication Publisher's Weekly. Reviews in Booklist, Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews, also widely looked at in the book industry as guides to purchasing, generally praised the book as an insider's look at Mormonism explained in a way that is accessible to outsiders. Booklist calls "Latter Days" a "short but lively summary of a puzzling faith." The magazine says that many readers will come to libraries and search in bookstores for exactly what Newell has provided. "As one of those converts, Newell understands how to explain this distinctively American form of Christianity to the curious outsider," the Booklist review reads. Library Journal agrees, saying that the book is a "complement to last year's more journalistic Mormon America." While noting that Newell, who manages media research for the LDS Church, wrote a "polemical piece that takes the truth claims of the religion at face value," it says that view should be expected. But Library Journal does say that "controversial topics are often briskly dismissed," and thinks Newell's viewpoint is a bit idiosyncratic, "Clearly, there are more ways to be Mormon than his." Kirkus Reviews is even more positive than the others, calling the book a "Mormon primer that believers and nonbelievers alike will profit from." Noting that Newell has delivered "not just Mormon history, but Mormon cosmology, as well," Kirkus is particularly complementary of his attention to the leadership of Brigham Young, which it credits for the survival of Mormonism following the death of Joseph Smith, instead of fading away like so many other religions. Kirkus' only criticism is a desire that Newell include more information about contemporary Mormon life, and perhaps a less "sanctimonious and smug tone." See also: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312241089/mormonnews More about "Latter Days: A Guided Tour Through 6 Billion Years of Mormonism" at Amazon.com and http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060663715/mormonnews More about "Mormon America: The Power and the Promise" at Amazon.com >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ Send join and remove commands to: majordomo@MormonsToday.com Put appropriate commands in body of the message: To join: subscribe mormon-news To leave: unsubscribe mormon-news To join digest: subscribe mormon-news-digest - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 20:46:37 EDT From: Larry Jackson Subject: [AML] MN _Standing_ sales are outstanding: Deseret News From: Kent Larsen To: Mormon News Subject: MN 'Standing' sales are outstanding: Deseret News 11May00 A1 Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 22:20:00 -0400 Message-ID: <200005120512.AAA14177@mail1.propagation.net> [from Mormon-News] 'Standing' sales are outstanding Deseret News 11May00 A1 http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,165011554,00.html By Dennis Lythgoe: Deseret News staff writer Pres. Hinckley's best seller is in its 10th printing SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- The strong sales of President Gordon B. Hinckley's book "Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Your Hearts and Homes," are coming principally from LDS Church members, sales seem to indicate. Random House, which published the book under its Times Books imprint, says it has now printed more than 470,000 copies, more than three times what it initially printed, a clear indication of the unexpected success the title has enjoyed. "The demand has been strong and steady - a very big number - much more than we anticipated. It has been a very positive experience," said Times Books' Will Weisser, the publicist for the book. And according to industry sources in Utah, contacted by the Deseret News, the strong sales seem to be coming mostly from LDS Church members, and the book is strongest in regions with a significant LDS population. According to Deseret Book's Gary Swapp, sales at discount retailer Walmart have been very strong. "Huge numbers have been sold through Wal-Mart, most of them through the 10 local stores. . . . 'Standing for Something' has become the No. 1 book for the Western region of Wal-Mart. After two weeks, it knocked John Grisham's book, 'The Brethren,' off the top of the list." Swapp also says that unlike other popular LDS titles, LDS families are purchasing multiple copies so that each family member can have their own. Deseret Book's Sheri Dew, a vice president who is also second counselor in the LDS Church's General Relief Society Presidency, believes that the book is important for the image of the LDS Church. " "It establishes President Hinckley as a legitimate world religious leader, and while sales are being driven largely by members of the church, it is also placing the book in the hands of people who are not members. President Hinckley has always said, 'The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better.' It looks like this book will contribute to that aim." But, given the book's strong sales among LDS Church members, it may also be demonstrating the potential of the LDS market. Given that most national publishers consider books that sell just 25,000 copies a success, a book that sells half a million copies is bound to attract attention. See also: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812933176/mormonnews More about "Standing for Something: Ten Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes" at Amazon.com >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ Send join and remove commands to: majordomo@MormonsToday.com Put appropriate commands in body of the message: To join: subscribe mormon-news To leave: unsubscribe mormon-news To join digest: subscribe mormon-news-digest - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 20:46:37 EDT From: Larry Jackson Subject: [AML] MN "Two-Headed" Opens For Three-Week Run In New York City: Kent Larsen From: Kent Larsen To: Mormon News Subject: MN "Two-Headed" Opens For Three-Week Run In New York City: Kent Larsen 12May00 A4 Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 16:10:00 -0400 (EST) [from Mormon-News (Kent Larsen is the MN list owner)] "Two-Headed" Opens For Three-Week Run In New York City Kent Larsen 12May00 A4 NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Horrific things happen in the lives of many people, and the struggle to live with horrific events is a frequent topic in the theater. Many plays present their characters with real-life horrors; murders, war, lunacy and similar events, and then watch how the characters deal with those tragedies. In "Two-Headed," her first play about Mormons, playwright Julie Jensen takes on horrors within the community in Southern Utah, where her two characters grow up in the wake of the Mountain Meadows Massacre and amid the practice and persecution of polygamy. The play opened yesterday off-Broadway in New York City at the Women's Project Theatre. Jensen says that she called the play "Two-Headed" because her characters, along with their community, are two-headed about their recent history and their society. They have private knowledge of the horror of Mountain Meadows Massacre, but in public, they never mention it, choosing to pretend it never happened. The play delivers what its title suggests, giving a two-headed view, both the public face and the private thoughts, of the Mountain Meadows Massacre and of polygamy. The play has just the two characters, Lavina and Hattie, who are 10-year-olds when the play opens, just days following the 1857 massacre. By the end of the first scene, Lavina has told the little she knows about the massacre to her friend, Hettie, and shares with Hettie some of the spoils. As the play progresses, we meet the two girls at 10 year intervals, and in each meeting we see them discuss both the massacre and, as they marry into polygamous relationships, the difficulties of less than perfect polygamous marriages. The core of the play is these conversations between the two women as they struggle with their knowledge. During these discussions, the two women take on the two roles implied by the title; Hettie, the quite, self-controlled and more reserved of the two, fills the role of the public face, while Lavina, who is impulsive and intense to a nearly lunatic degree, displays the private thoughts and feelings that the community of the time might have had. But in spite of these roles, it is clear that both women are still "two-headed" about the issues, unable to say publically everything they feel, and still showing a clear public face. Following a preview of the play on Tuesday, May 9th, Jensen discussed the play with a predominantly non-LDS audience. Although she grew up an LDS Church member, Jensen no longer considers herself a member of the LDS Church. She says the idea for the play came to her when she thought about what might have happened to all the things that the victims of Mountain Meadows had with them as they journeyed toward California. And the play does reflect on this aspect, as the spoils of the massacre become a prop, reminding the two women repeatedly of the massacre and their conversations about it. However, at the discussion about the play, Jensen found herself giving more of a history lesson than discussing the play. Questions from the audience centered on Mormon history and why the massacre happened. The audience also asked about polygamy and how women accepted it. In general, Jensen's answers were honest and fairly accurate. And like the play, the answers portrayed the complexity of these troubling issues, giving a two-headed view of Mountain Meadows Massacre and of polygamy. >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ Send join and remove commands to: majordomo@MormonsToday.com Put appropriate commands in body of the message: To join: subscribe mormon-news To leave: unsubscribe mormon-news To join digest: subscribe mormon-news-digest - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 20:46:37 EDT From: Larry Jackson Subject: [AML] MN 2000 PEARL Awards ... : Faith Centered Music Association From: FCMA Press Release To: Mormon News Subject: MN 2000 PEARL Awards To Be Presented at Grand Theatre June 8, 2000: Faith Centered Music Association 10May00 A4 Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 23:00:00 -0400 [from Mormon-News] [MOD (AML-LIST): The press release doesn't mention the words "LDS" or "Mormon," but the names seem predominantly, if not entirely, LDS. Can someone give additional background on these awards and their relationship to the Mormon community?] 2000 PEARL Awards To Be Presented at Grand Theatre June 8, 2000 Faith Centered Music Association 10May00 A4 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- On June 8, the stage of Salt Lake City's Grand Theater will host some of the nation's finest musicians, performers and songwriters, as the Faith Centered Music Association (FCMA) presents the 2000 PEARL Awards. The PEARL Awards honor excellence in faith-centered music and are presented annually by the FCMA. The third annual PEARL Awards will feature local celebrities, media guests and members of the entertainment community presenting the awards. In addition to the presentation of awards, the evening will feature performances from some of the best and most entertaining musicians around, including Michael McLean and Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband. Recording Artist awards will be given to the best Female Vocalist, Male Vocalist, Group and Instrumentalist. Awards will also be given for Songwriter, Producer, New Artist of the Year and Performing Artist of the Year, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award. Voting members of the FCMA narrowed the field to finalists in 24 categories during April, and will cast their ballots for the final winners before May 26, 2000. Ballots for all rounds are tabulated by the accounting firm of Wisan, Smith, Racker, & Prescott, which will deliver the sealed award envelopes to the Grand Theater on June 8. Created in 1997, the FCMA is a non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors. The organization unites musicians, industry leaders and others interested in raising the quality and expanding the reach of faith-centered music, primarily through the formal recognition of the PEARL Awards and educational outreach programs. Additional details about the 2000 PEARL Awards are forthcoming. Following is the complete list of 2000 PEARL Awards nominees. 2000 PEARL Awards Nominees _____ Sacred Recording Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Beautiful Savior Dave Barrus Jesus Once Was a Little Child Songs My Mother Taught Me Jenny Oaks Baker Messiah Medley Let Us Adore Him Gibbons Family My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord Life of Christ-Gloria Lex de Azevedo _____ Inspirational Recording Lead Me Home Lead Me Home Hilary Weeks Mercy's Arms Many Different Roads Gladys Knight Perfect Love A Season for Courage Felicia Sorensen Safe Harbors Safe Harbors Katie Thompson _____ Contemporary Recording All the While Faith In Your Heart Thurl Bailey Angel's Gonna Find You A Case of Pop Brett Raymond Her Garden The Color of Hope Tammy Simister Robinson Village of the King Without Disguise Felicia Sorensen Wings Dive Deep Julie de Azevedo _____ Instrumental Recording Brahm's Cradle Song Songs My Mother Taught Me Jenny Oaks Baker Concerto on a German Hymn (All Creatures of Our God and King) Variations on a Sacred Theme I Lex de Azevedo Fantasy on a Scottish Tune Variations on a Sacred Theme II Lex de Azevedo Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel Happy Hymns Festival Brass & Winds _____ Sacred Album A Prayer Unto Thee Kenneth Cope All Creature of Our God and Kings BYU Concert Choir Beautiful Savior David Barrus Come Unto Christ Merrill Jenson _____ Inspirational Album A Season for Courage Various Artists Lead Me Home Hilary Weeks Safe Harbors Michael McLean The Color of Hope Tammy Simister Robinson _____ Contemporary Album A Case of Pop Brett Raymond Deep Summer Peter Breinholt Dive Deep Julie de Azevedo Without Disguise Felicia Sorensen _____ Instrumental Album Happy Hymns Festival Brass & Winds Songs My Mother Taught Me Jenny Oaks Baker Variations on a Sacred Theme I Lex de Azevedo Variations on a Sacred Theme II Lex de Azevedo _____ Themed or Concept Album A Lullaby to Keep Bonnie Harris Caroling, Caroling Lex de Azevedo/Millennium Choir Celebrating Gershwin Jeffrey Shumway;Del Parkinson Let Us Adore Him Gibbons Family _____ Musical Presentation or Soundtrack American Prophet Merrill Jenson & Sam Cardon Saturday's Warrior 25th Anniversary Doug Stewart & Lex de Azevedo The Ark Michael McLean & Kevin Kelly The Dance Kurt Bestor _____ Male Vocalist Thurl Bailey Dave Barrus Peter Breinholt Kenneth Cope _____ Female Vocalist Julie de Azevedo Cherie Call Tammy Simister Robinson Hilary Weeks _____ Instrumentalist Lex de Azevedo Jenny Oaks Baker Merrill Jenson Jay Richards _____ Group 259 Colors Gibbons Family Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband _____ New Artist of the Year 259 Thurl Bailey Cherie Call Crocker Sisters _____ Producer of the Year Lex & Peggy de Azevedo Sam Cardon John Hancock Dean Kaelin _____ Songwriter of the Year Julie de Azevedo Michael McLean Brett Raymond Hilary Weeks _____ Performing Artist of the Year 259 Peter Breinholt Michael McLean Brett Raymond _____ Orchestrator/Arranger of the Year Tyler Castleton Greg Hansen Dean Kaelin Mack Wilberg _____ Studio Musician of the Year Daron Bradford Meredith Campbell Rich Dixon Michael Dowdle _____ Studio Vocalist of the Year George Dyer Jenny Jordan Frogley John McVey Katie Thompson _____ Engineer of the Year Barry Gibbons Dean Kaelin Glen Neibaur Guy Randle Michael Roskelley _____ Best Album Design A Prayer Unto Thee (Scott Eggers) Dive Deep (Gillett + Co.) Safe Harbors (Shauna Gibby) Witness (Spencer Williams) _____ Radio Show of the Year John Hair (KOSY) Cody Loveland (Weber State's 88) Michael Webb (B-98.7 SLC) Doug Wright (KSL) _____ See also: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JC9U/mormonnews More about Gladys Knight's "Many Different Roads" at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000206H3/mormonnews More about Tammy Simister Robinson's "The Color of Hope" at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004S9P1/mormonnews More about Sam Cardon's "Digability" at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00001O2W0/mormonnews More about Kurt Bestor's "The Dance" at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000031KI3/mormonnews More about Ryan Shupe & Rubberbands's "Simplify" at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000457J2/mormonnews More about Ryan Shupe & Rubberbands's "If I Were a Bird" at Amazon.com >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ Send join and remove commands to: majordomo@MormonsToday.com Put appropriate commands in body of the message: To join: subscribe mormon-news To leave: unsubscribe mormon-news To join digest: subscribe mormon-news-digest - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 18:57:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Kathleen Meredith Subject: RE: [AML] Reading the Scriptures Is it,(speaking of the book _The Lost Plates of Laman: An Account Written by the Hand of Laman upon Plates of Tin Made by His Own Self - With a Little Help from His Brother Lemuel_) as it sounds to be, somewhat humorous? A returned missionary read something that sounded like it could have come from a book with a title along those lines as part of his homecoming talk in our ward... It wasn't quite Sacrament meeting material. I think what would really be interesting to me would be more of a positive conjecture as to how the women, aside from Sarah, reacted to what they were being taught first-hand by those ancient prophets. Surely they provided more than plenty of milk for their babes- in-arms in the wilderness. It would, possibly be more of an exercise of placing oneself in there sandals rather than looking for a specific moral. An exploration into charted territory through the eyes of a Nephite (or Lamanite) woman. I will, however, look into the book you mentioned. - -Kathleen Meredith - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 02:52:37 GMT From: "Dallas Robbins" Subject: Re: [AML] AML Readings IMHO as a believer in independant booksellers, I would suggest having readings at King's English, Sam Weller's, Ken Sander's, Benchmark Books, Scallywag's, or the like. I would presume they would be more open to such an idea, considering they have deeper ties to the community and region; with a more experienced interest in LDS books. Go in to any Barnes and Noble or Borders, and their knowledge and stock of LDS books simply lacks commitment. Dallas Robbins editor@harvestmagazine.com - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 20:29:46 -0400 From: Shawn Ambrose Subject: RE: [AML] Reading the Scriptures > If you asked a pioneer woman why there were fewer women mentioned in the > scriptures, she'd likely retort, "And when would I have time to read them > if there were more? I have food to prepare and children to teach, and a > husband to love and care for. I'm too busy!" You really don't think they ever longed to know more about their scriptural sisters? I guess I think of pioneer women as often like Golde, Tevye's wife in _Fiddler on the Roof_. She's much too practical to spend time worrying over what she knows she cannot change. Instead she worries about preparing her daughters for living in a world where their best hope is to marry a man who will love and protect them. She sees that knowing the scriptures by heart hasn't made her rabbi any more decisive than he would have been otherwise, just more listened to. It's all well and good to want to know more, but you won't get anywhere just reading. You must also work, take action, Live! [Melinda Ambrose] - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 20:30:01 -0400 From: Shawn Ambrose Subject: RE: [AML] Favorite Characters in LDS Fiction Ardis, first off, your taste in books sounds similar to mine (I don't read many mysteries, but lots of genre fiction). It's great to have a secret life as a spy or a secret agent or an asteroid miner or swashbuckler. You notice most genre fiction has male heroes, too? It's not just a scriptural phenomenon. What's swashbuckling about a pirate who says to her second in command, "Step into this duel here, would you? I've got a baby to nurse"? Secondly, I've noticed that grand sweeps of history only become grand sweeps on the tide of individuals. We _are_ history. The reason Irish came to America in droves was because their lives in Ireland were worse than the lives of slaves here. That would make you willing to put up with a lot in order to see some improvement. The reason we have no government-sanctioned slavery now is because individuals fought against it. I am part of a "grand sweep" because I homeschool my children. A grand sweep, in fact, to sweep away the previous public school sweep! Melinda Ambrose - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ End of aml-list-digest V1 #39 *****************************