Registration Chair and Webmaster. Andrea is currently serving as NCC, and has previously served as Secretary of the Executive Council. She enjoys sleeping, playing on her computer, drumming, jazz, Alfred Hitchcock, and movies, among other things. She is a Design student with an emphasis in Computer Animation.

Director of Program in Media Studies, Assistant Professor of Media Studies and English
Ph.D., University of Chicago (1996)

Publications include: "Franco and the Filmmakers: Critical Myths, Transparent Realities," Film-Historia (1995); "La Politca en voz pasiva: Los noticiarios Hearst Metrotone de la Guerra Civil Espanola," Catalogo general del cine de la guerra civil (1996).

Film production experience includes: Producer/Director, Apocrypha (work in progress); Director of Research, A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America (PBS, 1998).

Honors and Awards include: Emmy (National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences), Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research, A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America (1998).

Research interests: Media studies (film and video production, film and history, documentary film, Hispanic film); cultural studies; Modern American literature; history and theory of literary criticism.

In June 2003 Australian comedian Sue-Ann Post was invited to be a keynote speaker at the annual Affirmation conference in Salt Lake City.

Affirmation is a group of gay and lesbian Mormons, a group that is reviled by the mainstream church body. As a lesbian [disaffected] Mormon she simply had to go.

Visiting the epicentre of the church that had shaped her difficult early life was bound to be a major head-spin. 'The Confession...' is Sue-Ann's intensely personal account of her time in Salt Lake City and her inner grapplings with notions of faith, redemption, honesty and sexuality.

As befits a stand-up comedian, it is frequently funny, unflinching and acerbic. It is a heartfelt interrogation of the capacity of religion to both enrich and distort our moral understanding.

Hundreds of people are paying homage to the late singing legend Dalvanius Prime. The 54-year-old entertainer died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer. His body is currently lying in an open casket at the Pari Roa Marae north of Patea. Mourners have spent the day filing past his body, with many expressing their grief in song. Tomorrow he'll be taken from the marae to the Mormon chapel in Hawera for a funeral service.

The leading Maori entertainer Dalvanius Prime has died, aged 54. He was best known for his involvement with the Patea Maori Club, and the hit song "Poi E!" Dalvanius was born in the Taranaki town of Patea and grew up in a musical family - forming Dalvanius and the Fascinations with family members in the '70s, before touring Australia and Asia for many years. In 1979, he returned to New Zealand and rediscovered his Maori culture - eventually enlisting the help of the local Patea Maori Club to sing "Poi E!" which became a number one hit. In recent years, Dalvanius has worked for the return of Maori heads from Museums around the world. The Associate Minister of Maori Affairs Tariana Turia says his death leaves a huge void in the landscape of indigenous music and entertainment.

The larger than life singer and entertainer Dalvanius Prime has died. He'd been suffering from cancer for some time. Attorney-General Margaret Wilson broke the news in Parliament earlier this afternoon. Dalvanius Prime was a record producer, entertainer, and writer, as well as a political activist. He first came to the attention of most New Zealanders in the early 1980s when his Patea Maori Club hit the charts with the songs E Poi E and Hei Konei Ra. The Patea Maori Club was formed after locals were made redundant following the closure of the local freezing works. The group enjoyed several years of popularity. In latter years, he headed up the Mokomokai Education Trust which fought for the return of the preserved tattooed Maori heads, known as toi moko, which were held by overseas museums for a number of years. He became involved in a bitter disagreement with the national museum, Te Papa, over the rightful long-term home for the heads.

TRIBUTES
Musician Ray Columbus was among the first to make a personal tribute, describing Dalvanius Prime as a catalyst, who brought Maori music to the forefront. He says taking the single Poi E to number one really made that happen. Fellow entertainer Sir Howard Morrison says Dalvanius was not only big here but he was huge in Europe and Asia. He says he only gained prominence in New Zealand much later in his life, so like Billy T James we never got enough of him. Sir Howard says Dalvanius was involved in the national music scene right up until his death. He says there aren't the words in the English language to describe how he feels about losing a great friend.

MPs HAVE THEIR SAY
Tributes have also been flowing in Parliament. New Green MP Metiria Turei says her most enduring memory of Dalvanius was his hit song Poi-e. She says the singer played an important part in her own development. She says the impression his music created made her feel that her culture and expression were okay. Ms Turei says it is an impression which will last with her generation forever. ACT leader Richard Prebble has also paid tribute.

W. Dan Proctor, of Pleasant Grove, Utah, has been serving as President of Silver Bell Mining Company, Pleasant Grove, Utah, since 1992. From 1994 to 1998 he was Chief Geologist for Clifton Mining Company, Alpine, Utah, working in western Utah. From 1986 to 1994 he worked as a field and senior geologist for Centurion Mines Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, working in the Tintic Mining District and Central and western Utah. He has worked as a mining and geological consultant, a professional prospector for several companies both in the US and Canada and has worked with Chaussoul Gold, Costa Rica, C.A. in the 80's, Euro-Nevada, Toronto, Ontario, in late 80's and early 90's. From 1980 to 1984, he worked for Bullion Monarch Elko, Nevada on various projects in Utah and Nevada. In 1993, he consulted on a PBS documentary entitled "Treasure House: The Utah Mining Story". From 1978 to 1984 he owned and operated Proctor Mining and Exploration. Mr. Proctor has also worked as an underground miner for Park City Ventures, Anaconda Copper, and Cedarstrom Calcite. Educated at the University of Utah, Brigham Young University and Utah Technical College, 1971 thru 1975, he is presently working as a geological consultant.

After receiving her education from University of Utah and Harvard, Maurine Jensen Proctor, the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Meridian Magazine, began her writing career with McGraw Hill Magazines and the Chicago Sun-Times. She has created award-winning television documentaries, has written a radio show for more than six years that played on 300 radio stations, and was a long-time writer of "The Spoken Word" for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

She, and her husband, Scot, have written several books together, including Witness of the Light, Source of the Light, Light from the Dust and The Gathering. They also edited a new version of Lucy Mack Smith's biography of her son called The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother and The Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt. They were formerly the editors of This People magazine.

Maurine has been a part-time Institute teacher for the past 13 years and is the mother of eleven children and grandmother of one.

Born and raised in southern New Jersey, actor/director Jeff Profitt decided that he wanted to become an actor after taking an acting class in 11th grade. Growing up the oldest of three boys, Jeff played sports throughout his childhood. Jeff had no desire to be in front of or behind a camera, however, after his first performance in front of his acting class he decided that acting is something he wanted to pursue. The next year in 12th grade he decided to audition for the school play and won a leading role. After graduating high school in 1997 Jeff started auditioning for commercials, television shows and films. Then in the spring of 1998 he was cast in his first on camera role in a small independent film. In the fall of 1998 he wrote, direct and stared in his first short film. Over the next few years he gained experience as an actor by being cast in commercials and independent films. Jeff studied filmmaking techniques from the directors while on the sets of these productions. Jeff built his directing and producing resume with short films, music videos, commercials and television shows. Then, after deciding he wanted to focus on acting in, directing and producing movies, he formed Liahona Films, a motion picture and television production company. In September of 2002 Jeff began writing the screenplay "Blue Collar Actor," a film loosely based on his own life. In early 2003 Jeff stared in, directed and produced his first feature film "Blue Collar Actor."

Joseph L. Puente is the President & Founder of the Utah Filmmakers Association and is also the Owner of Puente Media. He has had a lifelong interest in cinema.

As foley artist and sound editor, Ryan has over 19 years of experience. His work includes episodic television, radio and TV commercials, feature films as well as a variety of large format (IMAX) productions. Ryan's foley work has been acclaimed by leading sound designers at Skywalker Ranch and Saul Zaentz Film Center in Berkley.

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