The Cricket and the Seagull

I found a very short review online of the Manti Pageant which has this as part of their title. I chuckled when I saw this. I saw no signs of crickets or seagulls, nor was the seagull story found anywhere in the pageant. I found it typical that this is still the general image portrayed to people outside of Utah.

I am referring, of course, to the Mormon Miracle Pageant presented in Manti, Utah.

Our family attended the pageant this last weekend with our extended family living here in Utah. We all went down to Ephraim, the town with Snow College which is about a 10 minute drive from Manti. We stayed in student apartment housing on the north end of town. Nice accommodations for the 3 days we stayed, although it was apparent that these were designed for the student community.

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