Marie Pearson Tarbet (BA `86) is doing voice-over work in the LA area. She's done voice overs for NBC, Hallmark, Kinko's, Arco, and L.A. Ride Share, and was the spokesperson for the LDS Church in two national TV ads. Marie has also had three songs published by Irving Music, and wrote and recorded an album for Deseret Book. She's married to Lee Tarbet, and has a daughter, Mary Jessica.

Samuel W. Taylor, grandson of John Taylor and son of Apostle John W. Taylor, was born in Provo, Utah, and studied at Brigham Young University. After serving in World War II, he and his family lived near San Francisco until he passed away in 1997 at the age of ninety. His works include Family Kingdom, Nightfall at Nauvoo, Rocky Mountain Empire, and Uranium Fever (histories); Heaven Knows Why, The Grinning Gismo... (novels); Take My Advice, Mr. President (short stories); Taylor-Made Tales (autobiography); The Absent-Minded Professor and Flubber (screenplays); and episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Bonanza (television).

Audrey Terry, conductor, a native of Utah, moved to Manhattan in 1997 to attend the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, where she studied musical theatre writing as a composer, and earned an MFA from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Terry has been a freelance musician for many years, performing for ballet, theatre, opera, and dance. Her compositions have been commissioned and performed by the Intermountain Chamber Orchestra, the Salt Lake Men's Choir, Contemporary Music Consortium, Utah Flute Association (including a performance at the National Flute Convention in 1998), and various theatre companies. Her film work includes Additional Music for the video Seasons of the Heart, the feature film Mercy Street, and the short Three Thing I've Learned, which played at Sundance in 1994. Since moving to New York, she has composed music for the Second Avenue Dance Company and for the Design and Choreographers concert at the Tisch School of the Arts, and orchestrated for the benefit Nothing Like a Dame 2000 on Broadway, as well as for Seduction, conceived and directed by Chet Walker. She also orchestrated this season for the Barkesdale Theatre and Theatre Virginia, both in Richmond. As a conductor, Terry has worked in choral settings, musical theatre, instrumental concerts, and in the recording studio. Her current writing projects include a musical about Galileo, an opera based on Ethan Frome, and a harp concerto commissioned by the principal harpist of the Albany Symphony.

Natalie Terry began studying the violin at age five. At age nine she was one of ten North American Suzuki students chosen to tour South America. She received the honor of soloing with the Montivideo Symphony in Uraguay. She soloed at the International Suzuki Conference in Berlin, Germany a year later. She won first place in the Utah Youth Guild Music Competition and was chosen to solo with the Utah Symphony.

In addition to playing classically, she toured Europe two summers ago with the Bluegrass Band, Albion, as the solo fiddler and vocalist in the Irish Band, Tir na n'og. She played snare drum with the Salt Lake Scots Bagpipe Band for two years.

Ten BYU graduates will return to campus during Homecoming 2002 to offer lectures and receive alumni awards from their respective colleges. James W. Thatcher, '75, began his professional French horn career at age 16 in Mexico City and continued his studies at BYU. He has performed as principal horn for more than 900 motion pictures, including Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump, and Beauty and the Beast. Such illustrious composers as John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and James Horner request his services.

Leora Thatcher, a noted Broadway actress also starred on radio and TV. In 1923 she was invited to join the Moroni Olsen Players, a repertory touring company that gave theatrical starts to many young actors. Thatcher toured with this company for eight years, appearing in a number of plays. She taught at the McCune School of Music, where she directed children's productions. The lure of Hollywood attracted her to California where she appeared in several movies, including the Andy Clyde Comedy Shorts, Theodora Goes Wild (with Irene Dunn) and Counsel for Crime. She also performed at the Pasadena Playhouse from 1935 to 1937. After appearing in the role of Ada Lester in Tobacco Road she was invited to perform on Broadway in the same role. This was followed by other roles. While in New York she also appeared in daytime radio soap operas. By the late 1940s she was well established in television as well as stage and radio.

Douglas Thayer lives in Provo, Utah, with his wife Donlu, and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. He has published a novel, Summer Fire (Orion Books, 1983), which received the Association for Mormon Letters award for the LDS novel in 1983. He has also published two collections of stories, Under the Cottonwoods and Other Mormon Stories (Frankson Books, 1977; Signature Books, 1984), which received the AML award for fiction in 1978, and Mr. Wahlquist in Yellowstone and Other Stories (Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 1989); and is at work on a collection of personal essays and a novel. His story "The Redtail Hawk," published in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (Summer 1970) and in Under the Cottonwoods, also appeared in Christmas for the World (Aspen Books, 1991). His short story, "Opening Day," won the Dialogue Award in fiction for 1969.

Today families are on the run and I want to help! I understand how daily activities can often become dreaded tasks. That's one of the reasons I got involved in the outdoor/craft industry. Many of my craft ideas transform everyday items into fun solutions and projects

Some people create crafts and projects that look great in the book or on television, but once the instructions are laid out in front of you, the project seems close to impossible. All of my ideas are designed to make your life easier-not more difficult. If you are unable to carry out one of my ideas because it is too hard, then I have failed. My goal is to provide you with fun ways to spice up your life through easy recipes, crafts, camping ideas, and many more creative concepts.

Many people ask me where my ideas come from. I'm sometimes characterized as being a well of creativity that never seems to run dry. My creativity has sprung from the need to problem-solve. For fourteen years, when I was appearing on the NBC Today show and the ABC Home show, the problem was to come up with new ideas for the show every week! This made me stretch my thinking and perspective. Creativity became a habit that is now part of me. I search for new ideas everywhere I go, and I'm always on the lookout for anything simple and clever.

You can tap into your store of creativity as well! Listen and continually expose yourself to new ways of doing things. Watch for ideas that transform ordinary items into something else. Try a new approach to an old task. You'll surprise your family, your friends, and yourself

I was raised in a time before technology became an integral part of our lives. Because of that, and an insatiable appetite for adventure I have been able to develop the creative spirit within myself. People always ask me how I come up with all my ideas. My answer usually is that I've lived my entire life creatively and it has, quite simply, taken over the way I do everything and become my life's work.

I used the knowledge and love of the outdoors I gained during my childhood to write my first book, Roughing It Easy, in 1974. From there my creative lifestyle spiraled me into the public eye, from appearances on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, to regular segments for eight years on NBC's Today Show, and six years on ABC's Home Show. The time I spent on both of those shows also gave me the material to write and publish eight books that encompassed the ideas I was able to bring into people's homes weekly.

Creativity is not just my life-it's my mission. I believe it is the guiding force to happiness. Being creative is fun and I want to do what I can to make sure the world has as much fun as it possibly can. I want to share that creative spirit with you. This web site and my books contain philosophies that I have used to bring fun and creativity to my family and friends for years. I hope my ideas will help you and your family develop a creative atmosphere in your home.

C. Michael "Mike" Trapp has spent over 25 years of tireless dedication to the research and preservation of the history of Nauvoo and its surrounding areas. He is the expert in Nauvoo history having other authors, researchers and historians frequently seek his knowledge and expertise. He is a gifted historian with a driving passion to share his knowledge with others. The moment the rebuilding of the Nauvoo Temple was announced in April 1999, Michael Trapp began documenting the events and steps taken to reconstruct this historic edifice. Mike gathered footage and images unavailable anywhere else, and presents them with inspiring stories and details.

Since 1979 Artisans Art Glass Beveling has specialized in fine hand beveled glass for the stained glass trade. With over twenty years of custom beveling experience we pride ourselves on the ability to offer exceptional quality at reasonable rates. Stained glass windows that include our beveling can be found in homes, businesses, restaurants, Churches and Temples throughout the United States and Canada. Our Services Include: Accurate cutting of glass to your pattern or templates; quality beveling with properly aligned miters and crisp break lines; rebeveling on your stock bevel strips or clusters; zipper notching.

This company is built on quality workmanship and continued customer satisfaction. We appreciate the opportunity to share with you our professional experience on your next project that includes custom beveling.

Dave Trottier has sold several screenplays and developed projects for The Walt Disney Company, Jim Henson Pictures, York Entertainment, On the Bus Productions, Hill Fields (for ABC) and New Century Pictures. Titles include Igor's Revenge (produced), Zorro the Gay Blade (produced, but not credited), The Muppet's Hockey Movie-The Comeback Kids (not completed due to Jim Henson's death), Ratman From Saturn, Kumquat, The New Musketeers, and A Window in Time. He co-wrote and co-produced the cult comedy, Hercules Recycled, now available on video.  Most recently, he wrote A Penny Promise (now produced), for a regional production company (to be released in 2001), and is in pre-production with A Summer with Hemingway's Twin, an inspiring story about the Hemingway women.

As a script consultant, he has helped dozens of his clients sell their work and win or place in contests (including two Nicholl Fellowship winners and a National Play Award winner). His book, The Screenwriter's Bible (now in its third edition), is a top seller. He has written a column for Script since 1989, and has published over a hundred articles in Writer's Digest, Hollywood Scriptwriter, Road & Track, USA TODAY, Vision, Disney Channel Magazine, COINage, Gift & Stationery, Single Parent, Creative Screenwriting, and other national publications. He was recently interviewed by American Writer. His short story collection, Dexter's First Date and Other Titillating Tales, was also published.

With his B.A. in business administration (from Cal-State, Fullerton), Dave has a strong business and management background. He served for five years as the marketing manager and then executive vice president for a distributor of memorabilia and precious metals (about 150 employees). Prior to that, he was in middle management for a large corporation. As a marketing consultant and business writer, his past clients include The Walt Disney Company, Honda Acura, American Premiere, Lucasfilm, Nutrex, Mitsubishi Materials, Ivy Communications, and Citizen America. He edited the quarterly newsletter Precious Metals Today for four years.

Dave has an M.A. from Goddard College and is a graduate of both the Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute and the Hollywood Film Institute.  He teaches occasional classes in marketing and communications at the University of Phoenix and has taught writing and communications courses at over 30 American universities. He served on the board of the Arts & Humanities Department of Cal-State, Long Beach, before moving to his present home in Utah where he married Virginia artist and educator Marsha Sawyer (1999).

My name is Natalie Tucker and I'm originally from Kansas City but going to school at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. I am 18 years old and majoring in Film. My dream is to edit and film movies or tv shows or any type of film I can get my hands on.

Werner Paul "Lucky" Tuerpé, ('71) Simi Valley, California: "Just completed 14 weeks of filming in a feature film, Conspiracy Theory, starring Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts and Patrick Stewart. Last summer I filmed a family short film about a dad and his son fishing for the first time, entitled "Grandpa's Lake." This was just sold to a new cable channel in the tri-state area. I am partners with another actor, Alan Feinstein, in a school for actors, where we both are teaching the craft. During the television season, I am doing voice-over work for such shows as Law and Order, High Incident, Chicago Hope, and ER. I have been married for 16 years to my wonderful wife Terri, and God has blessed us with two beautiful children.

Daughter of Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler and is half-Sister of actress Liv Tyler as they both have different mothers. Mia's mother is Cyrinda Foxe. Mia has 2 other syblings who are again from a different mother but same father. They are Chelsea Anna Tyler and Taj Monroe Tyler. Teresa Barrick is the mother of those 2 children. Like her sister Liv Tyler she started out as a model and got into acting.

Tobijah studied theatre at Utah State University (with and emphasis on play writing) where he appeared in and teched several productions including The Merchant of Venice. Tobijah has developed several original screen plays, "Deemed Animal" and "Severed Colors", and also works in film as an assistant director. He is currently producing and directing Black Box digital films of original work from Salt Lake City filmmakers. Tobijah wasn't going to take this part but Tobin threatened to kill his favorite beanie baby.

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