Friday, November 6, 2009

Wedding song 49

HOW LONG MUST I CRY (K-Ci & Jojo)

Baby listen
I never meant to be so hard on you
but my pride had me thinking that it was the right thing
but girl i really love you
and its driving me crazy
that your not here to hold me anymore

How long must i cry
how long do i have to try to make happiness my friend
and how long will it be
until you've come back to me
and let me feel your love again

I said i really loved u and girl im thinking of you
theres no one in this world could take place of you because you are my baby
and you drive me crazy
theres nothing else i would say or do
I dont have you back in my life
I'm willing to live and die for you baby dont u know that my words are true i
really love you still thinkin of you cant imagine living without you
I really miss you no need to dis you cant live another day without you and
everything i say to you baby its true


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Wedding song 48

HELLO DARLIN (K-Ci & Jojo)

I wish I could have you in my space
I wish that i could kiss and caress ur face
how is it that i luv u and i dun even know u
did u plan to see inside me
when u say hello
Hello darlin, hello sweetheart
She said im lost tonite, and know my way around
she said
hello darlin, hello sweetheart
she said please show me which way to go
she said please show me which way to go

If i change my look, will i have a chance
coz its seems ur'e used to only one nite stand
and my ideal romance is nothin more than a kiss and a wink
never could i understand anythin about luv
till she said

Hello darlin, hello sweetheart
she said im lost tonite, and know my way around
she said...
hello darlin, hello sweetheart
she said please show me which way to go
she said please show me which way to go

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Wedding song 47

(I don't know why, what I'm doing what I'm doing)
See, baby I, apologize
For all the things that I've done that I've done
See I've known that I've been a fool for far too long
And baby you have it, I go around to wait, just come back to papa
Please baby, baby won't you stay
If you really love me then why are you leavin me

I can't think, think about this crazy day
I lose sleep just to daydream about you babyyyyyyyy
I'm going crazy, crazy, crazy, just to thinkin about you lately (crazy baby)
I'm going crazy, crazy, crazy, just to thinkin about you baby (I don't know what to do)
I'm going crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, thinkin about you lately (crazy, crazy, crazy)
I'm going crazy, crazy, (crazy, crazy) when I can touch you
Crazy, crazy (I'm going crazy) when I can hold you
Crazy, crazy, (I'm going crazy) when I can see you again
(Said I'm going crazy)

(Said I'm going crazy)
I've finally realized, that you are my true love
And I had a lot of time to think, and you're all seem to keep thinking,
To keep thinkin of, yeahhh
And now I know I need you each and every day
I can't live without you, so don't run away
Baby you say that you love me, so why'd u leave me, why (why, why, why, why)

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Wedding song 46

Promise Me You'll Try - Jennifer Lopez

I know it's on your heart
That a love like ours shall never fall apart
You're so afraid of the rain
So I will take your hand
And I'll love you in the best way that I can
And I only expect the same

[CHORUS:]
Don't promise me forever
Don't promise me the sun and sky
Don't pretend to know you'll never make me cry
Just hold me now
And promise me you'll try

Though I'm sure of what I feel
Never thought a love so true felt so unreal
And I'm a little afraid myself
But if you love me day by day
With an honest heart and just a little faith
Baby time will tell the tale

[CHORUS [2x]]

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Wedding song 45

HE POWER OF LOVE (Celine Dion)

The whispers in the morning
Of lovers sleeping tight
Are rolling like thunder now
As I look in your eyes

I hold on to your body
And feel each move you make
Your voice is warm and tender
A love that I could not forsake

(First chorus)
'Cause I am your lady
And you are my man
Whenever you reach for me
I'll do all that I can

Lost is how I'm feeling lying in your arms
When the world outside's too
Much to take
That all ends when I'm with you

Even though there may be times
It seems I'm far away
Never wonder where I am
'Cause I am always by your side

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Wedding song 44

PLEASE DON'T STOP LOVING ME (Elvis Presley)

Please don't stop loving me
You were born just to be in my arms
In my arms
Please don't stop loving me
Your lips were made just to be kissed by me
Kissed by me

When I'm with you
I don't know day from night, wrong from right
You are my world, that's all I know
I love you so, I won't let go

Please don't stop loving me
Darling you'll always be mine alone
Mine alone

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Wedding song 43

PERHAPS LOVE (John Denver)

Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble when you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home

Perhaps love is like a window, perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer, it wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself and don't know what to do
The memory of love will see you through

Love to some is like a cloud, to some as strong as steel
For some a way of living, for some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on and some say letting go
And some say love is everything, and some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean, full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it's cold outside, thunder when it rains
If I should live forever, and all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

Some say love is holding on and some say letting go
Some say ove is everything and some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the mountains, full og conflict, full of change
Like a fire when it's cold outside, thunder when it rains
If I should live forever, and all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

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Wedding song 42

Perfect Day - Clay Aiken

I was fretting last night
Lost out in the cold
Couldn't see the light
Then she opened up the door
I came in from the dark
Fell into her arms
Just in time
Now I know that I've
Left the past behind
I let it go

(Chorus:)
You could tell me tonight
That maybe the world would end
That the sun wouldn't rise
And it was gonna rain again
Just as long as she's in my arms
It's gonna be a perfect day

There's a look in her eyes
That makes me feel all right
Lights the perfect sky
That I couldn't see before
That she helped me to find
Now that I've seen her shine
I know I'll never be alone
'Cause now I know that I
Have love I can't deny
Won't let it go


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Wedding song 41

PERFECT (Alanis Morissette)

Sometimes is never quite enough
If you're flawless, then you'll win my love
Don't forget to win first place
Don't forget to keep that smile on your face

Be a good boy
Try a little harder
You've got to measure up
And make me prouder

How long before you screw it up
How many times do
I have to tell you to hurry up
With everything I do for you
The least you can do is keep quiet

Be a good girl
You've gotta try a little harder
That simply wasn't good enough
To make us proud

I'll live through you
I'll make you what I never was
If you're the best, then maybe so am I
Compared to him, compared to her
I'm doing this for your own damn good
You'll make up for what I blew
What's the problem...why are you crying

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Wedding song 40

FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE (Stevie Wonder)

For once in my life
I have someone who needs me
Someone I needed so long
For once unafraid
I can go where life leads me
And somehow I know I�ll be strong

For once I can touch
What my heart used to dream of
Long before I knew
Ooh, ooh, ooh, someone like you
Would ever dream of makin� my dreams come true

For once in my life
I won�t let sorrow hurt me
Not like it�s hurt me before, oh
For once I have something I know won't desert me
�Cause I�m not alone anymore

For once I can say
This is mine, you can�t take it
Long as I know I�ve got love I can make it
For once in my life
I�ve got that someone who needs me
Mmm...hmm...hmm...

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Wedding song 39

FOREVER (Mariah Carey)

Those days of love are gone
Our time is through
Still I burn on and on
All of my life
Only for you

From now
Until forever
And ever, my darling
Forever
You will always be the only one...
You will always be the only one...

As long as I shall live
I�ll hold you dear
And I will reminisce
Of our love all through the years

From now
Until forever
And ever, my darling
Forever
You will always be the only one... yes
You will always be the only one...

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Wedding song 38

FLY WITH ME (98 Degrees)

(Chorus 1:)
So won't you fly with me
I wanna make you feel all right
All right with me
Let me mend your broken wings
And set you free, girl
It's all right
Girl, can't you see

Let me take you to a place
That you've never seen
Never been on a dream
Where I can take away all of your pain
Girl, I promise that you'll never hurt again (yeah, yeah)
And I can make you feel the world belongs to you
You're the one, all I need
And you know that it's true (yeah)

(Repeat chorus 1)

Let me turn your night to day
Let me be the one to bring in the sun
I know it must be hard for you to see things clear
But, baby, you've got nothing to fear (oh, no)
Together, we can touch the moon and kiss the sky
Make you feel how I feel when I look in your eyes (oh, yeah)


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Wedding song 37

FINE (Whitney Houston)

It's Fine
Fine, fine, fine, fine
It's alright

I had a dream last night
That the world stopped turning
But your madness, it kept on
Guess I wasn't too bright
And I really wasn't learning
Should have seen it all along

All those sweet (sweet), sweet kisses (yeah)
And those sweet (sweet) red roses (yeah)
They convinced me it was you
I made you (you) exclusive (yeah)
Now it's so (now it's conclusive that) conclusive
That you wasn't doin' it too

If ya told me from the start that you played around, I woulda been fine
Then I woulda played too and I guess I woulda had a good time
If ya told me from the start that you played around, I woulda been fine
Then I woulda played too and I guess I woulda had a good time

Something didn't feel right
And I wish I knew it
I just could not see your games
I got respect for you
And you put me through it
Why would you bring me so much pain

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Wedding song 36

FANTASY (Mariah Carey)

When you walk by every night
Talking sweet and looking fine
I get kind of hectic inside
Baby, I�m so into you
Darling, if you only knew
All the things that flow through my mind
But it�s just a

Sweet, sweet fantasy baby
When I close my eyes
You come and you take me
On and on and on
It�s so deep in my daydreams
But it�s just a sweet, sweet fantasy baby

Images of rapture
Creep into me slowly
As you�re going to my head
And my heart beats faster
When you take me over

Time and time and time again
But it�s just a

Sweet, sweet fantasy baby
When I close my eyes
You come and you take me
On and on and on
It�s so deep in my daydreams
But it�s just a sweet, sweet fantasy baby


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Wedding song 35

Faith (Celine Dion)

Don't be afraid to feel this way
Gonna make you understand
It's not about you, cause I am the fool
Building castles in the sand

If I am crazy, just don't care
It doesn't mean I don't want you near,
This is the story about me and you
And it's called...

Faith!
Right beside you is where I'll stay
Oh Faith !
Just take me as I am... so please... have faith!

So many times and so many ways
I didn't know just where to go,
You gave me a sign and opened my eyes
That's the reason why I know

That you are different, you're still here
I guess you figured me out right then
Now I believe that we can make it through
And that's called...

Faith!
Right beside you is where I'll stay
Oh Faith!
Just take me as I am... so please... have faith ! have faith !

So don't be afraid... to feel this way...

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Wedding song 34

ADING LIKE A FLOWER (Roxette)

In a time
Where the sun descends alone
I ran a long, long way from home
To find a heart, that's made of stone
I will try, I just need a little time
To get your face right out of my mind
To see the world through different eyes

(Chorus)
Every time I see you
Oh I try to hide away
But when we meet it seems I can't let go
Every time you leave the room
I feel I'm fading like a flower

Tell me why?
When I scream there's no reply
When I reach out there's nothing to find
When I sleep, I break down and cry

(Repeat Chorus)

Fading like a rose, fading like a rose
Beaten by the storm
Talking to myself, getting washed by the rain
It's such a cold, cold town
Oh, it's such a cold town

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Wedding song 33

WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE (Bryan Adams)

When you love someone you'll do anything
You'll do all the crazy things that you can't explain
You'll shoot the moon - put out the sun
When you love someone
You'll deny the truth - believe a lie
There'll be times that you'll believe
You can really fly
But your lonely nights have just begun
When you love someone
When you love someone you'll feel it deep inside
And nothin' else can ever change your mind
When you want someone - when you need someone
When you love someone
When you love someone - you'll sacrifice
You'd give it everything you got and
you won't think twice
You'd risk it all - no matter what may come
When you love someone
You'll shoot the moon - put out the sun
When you love someone

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Wedding song 32

STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART (Bryan Adams)

I could start dreamin' but it'd never end
As long as you're gone we may as well pretend
I've been dreamin'
Straight from the heart

You said it's easy but who's to say
That we'd be able to keep it this way
But it's easier
Comin' straight from the heart

Oh, give it to me straight from the heart
Tell me we can make another start
You know I'll never go - as long as I know
It's comin' straight from the heart

I'll see you on the street some other time
And all our words would just fall out of line
While we're dreamin'
Straight from the heart

Oh, give it to me straight from the heart
Tell me we can make one more start
You know I'll never go - as long as I know
It's comin' straight from the heart

Straight from the heart
Tell me we can make one more start
You know I'll never go - as long as I know
Give it to me now


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Wedding song 31

PLEASE FORGIVE ME (Bryan Adams)

Still feels like
Our first night together
Feels like the first kiss
It�s getting better baby
No-one can better this
Still holding on
You�re still the one
First time our eyes met
Same feeling I get
Only feels much stronger
I wanna love you longer
You still turn the fire on

(Chorus)
So if you�re feeling lonely, don�t
You�re the only love I ever want
I only wanna make it good
So if I love you a little more than I should
Please forgive me
I know not what I do
Please forgive me
I can�t stop loving you
Don�t deny me
This pain I�m going through
Please forgive me
If I need you like I do
Please believe it every word I say is true
Please forgive me
I can�t stop loving you

Still feels like our best times are together
Feels like the first touch
Still getting closer baby
Can�t get close enough
Still holding on
Still number one
I remember the smell of your skin
I remember everything
I remember all your moods
I remember you, yeah !
I remember the nights you know I still do

(Repeat Chorus)

One thing I�m sure of
Is the way we make love
One thing I depend on
Is for us to stay strong
In every word and every breath I�m praying
That�s why I�m saying

Please forgive me
I know not what I do
Please forgive me
I can�t stop loving you
Don�t deny me
This pain I�m going through
Please forgive me
If I need you like I do
Please believe it every word I say is true
Please forgive me
I can�t stop loving you


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Wedding song 30

I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE (Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams)

I finally found someone, that knocks me off my feet
I finally found the one, that makes me feel complete
We started over coffee, we started out as friends
It's funny how from simple things, the best things begin

This time it's different, dah dah dah dah
It's all because of you, dah dah dah dah
It's better than it's ever been
'Cause we can talk it through
Oohh, my favorite line was "Can I call you sometime?"
It's all you had to say to take my breath away

(Chorus)
This is it, oh, I finally found someone
Someone to share my life
I finally found the one, to be with every night
'Cause whatever I do, it's just got to be you
My life has just begun
I finally found someone, ooh, someone
I finally found someone, oooh

Did I keep you waiting, I didn't mind
I apologize, baby, that's fine
I would wait forever just to know you were mine
And I love your hair, sure it looks fine
I love what you wear, isn't it the time?
You're exceptional, I can't wait for the rest of my life

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Wedding song 29

HAVE YOU EVER REALLY LOVED A WOMAN ? (Bryan Adams)

To really love a woman
To understand her
You gotta know her deep inside
Hear every thought
See every dream
And give her wings when she wants to fly

And when you find yourself
Lying helpless in her arms
You know you really love a woman

When you love a woman
You tell her that she�s really wanted
When you love a woman
You tell her that she�s the one
She needs somebody
To tell her that it�s gonna last forever
So tell me have you ever really
Really really ever loved a woman

To really love a woman
Let her hold you
Do you know how she needs to be touched ?
You gotta breath her
Really taste her
To you can feel her in your blood
Then when you can see your unborn children in her eyes
You know you really love a woman

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Wedding song 28

EVERYTHING I DO, I DO IT FOR YOU (Bryan Adams)

Look into my eyes - you will see
What you mean to me
Search your heart - search your soul
And when you find me there you'll search no more

Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for
You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for
You know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you

Look into my heart - you will find
There's nothin' there to hide
Take me as I am - take my life
I would give it all - I would sacrifice

Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more
Ya know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you

There's no love - like your love
And no other - could give more love
There's nowhere - unless you're there
All the time - all the way

Oh - you can't tell me it's not worth tryin' for
I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more
I would fight for you - I'd lie for you
Walk the wire for you - ya I'd die for you


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Wedding song 27

DO I HAVE TO SAY THE WORDS ? (Bryan Adams)

Rescue me from the mire, whisper words of desire
Rescue me - darling rescue me
With your arms open wide, want you here by my side
Come to me - darling rescue me
When this world's closing in
There's no need to pretend
Set me free - darling rescue me

(Chorus 1)
I don't wanna let you go
So I'm standing in your way
I never needed anyone
Like I'm needin' you today

(Chorus 2)
Do I have to say the words?
Do I have to tell the truth?
Do I have to shout it out?
Do I have to say a prayer?
Must I prove to you how good we are together?
Do I have to say the words?

Rescue me from despair, tell me you'll be there
Help me please - darlin' rescue me

Every dream that we share,
every cross that we bear
Can't you see? - darlin' rescue me, yeah

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Wedding song 26

ALL FOR LOVE (Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting)

When it's love you give
(I'll be a man of good faith.)
then in love you live.
(I'll make a stand. I won't break.)
I'll be the rock you can build on,
be there when you're old,
to have and to hold.

When there's love inside
(I swear I'll always be strong.)
then there's a reason why.
(I'll prove to you we belong.)
I'll be the one that protects you
from the wind and the rain,
from the hurt and pain.
Let's make it all for one and all for love.
Let the one you hold be the one you want,
the one you need,
'cause when it's all for one it's one for all.
When there's someone that should know
then just let your feelings show
and make it all for one and all for love.

When it's love you make
(I'll be the fire in your night.)
then it's love you take.
(I will defend, I will fight.)
I'll be there when you need me.
When honor's at stake,
this vow I will make:
that it's all for one and all for love.
Let the one you hold be the one you want,
the one you need,

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Wedding song 25

WHEN I FALL IN LOVE (Celine Dion)

When I fall in love
It will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love

In a restless world
Like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many
Moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart
I give it completely
Or I'll never give my heart

And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you

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Wedding song 24

Nothing Compares to You


By: Sinead O'Connor

It's been seven hours and fifteen days
Since you took your love away
I go out every night and sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothing...
I said nothing can take away these blues
'Cause nothing compares...
Nothing compares to you.

It's been so lonely without you here
Like a bird without a song
Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Tell me baby where did I go wrong?
I could put my arms around every boy I see
But they'd only remind me of you
I went to the doctor and guess what he told me
Guess what he told me
He said, 'girl you better try to have fun
No matter what you do'
But he's a fool...
'Cause nothing compares...
Nothing compares to you.

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Wedding song 23

I Will Be Here(Steven Curtis Chapman)

Tomorrow morning if you wake up
and the sun does not appear
I will be here
If in the dark, we lose sight of love
Hold my hand, and have no fear
'Cause I will be here

I will be here
When you feel like being quiet
When you need to speak your mind
I will listen
And I will be here
When the laughter turns to cryin'
Through the winning, losing and trying
We'll be together
I will be here

Tomorrow morning, if you wake up
And the future is unclear
I will be here
Just as sure as seasons were made for change
Our lifetimes were made for these years
So I will be here

I will be here
And you can cry on my shoulder
When the mirror tells us we're older
I will hold you
And I will be here
To watch you grow in beauty
And tell you all the things you are to me
I will be here

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Wedding song 22

I Wanna Grow Old With You - Adam Sandler

I wanna make you smile,
Whenever you're sad.
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad.
All I wanna do,
Is grow old with you

I'll get you medicine,
When your tummy aches.
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks.
It would be so nice,
Growin' old with you

I'll miss you, kiss you
Give you my coat when you are cold.
Need you, feed you.
I'll even let you hold the remote control
So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink
Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink
Oh I could be the man,
Who grows old with you

I wanna grow old with you.

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Wedding song 21

I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING (Aerosmith)

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing,
Watch you smile while you are sleeping,
While you are far away and dreaming,
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender,
I could stay lost in this moment forever,
Where a moment spent with you is a moment I treasure,

I don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep,
Cause I miss you baby, And I don't want to miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do,
I still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating,
And I wondering what you are dreaming,
Wondering if it's me you are seeing,
Then I kiss your eyes and thank god we're together,
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever and forever forever

And I don't want to miss one smile,
I don't want to miss one kiss,
I just want to be with you right here with you,
Just like this, I just want to hold you close,
I feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment,
For all of the rest of time


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Wedding song 20

I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING (Aerosmith)

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing,
Watch you smile while you are sleeping,
While you are far away and dreaming,
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender,
I could stay lost in this moment forever,
Where a moment spent with you is a moment I treasure,

I don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep,
Cause I miss you baby, And I don't want to miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do,
I still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating,
And I wondering what you are dreaming,
Wondering if it's me you are seeing,
Then I kiss your eyes and thank god we're together,
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever and forever forever

And I don't want to miss one smile,
I don't want to miss one kiss,
I just want to be with you right here with you,
Just like this, I just want to hold you close,
I feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment,
For all of the rest of time

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Wedding song 19

I Could Not Ask for More - Edwin McCain

Lying here with you,
Listening to the rain,
Smiling just to see,
The smile upon your face,
These are the moments,
I thank God that I'm alive,
These are the moments,
I'll remember all my life,
I found all I've waited for,
And I could not ask for more.
Looking in your eyes,
Seeing all I need,
Everything you are,
Is everything to me,
These are the moments,
I know heaven must exist,
These are the moments,
I know all I need is this,
I have all I've waited for,
And I could not ask for more.

Chorus:
I could not ask for more than this time together,
I could not ask for more than this time with you,
Every prayer has been answered,
Every dream I have's come true,
Yeah right here in this moment,
Is right where I'm meant to be,

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Wedding song 18

By: Maxi Priest

She was a Jezebel
This burstin' queen
Livin' her life
Like a bad sweet dream
Tellin' me lies
When the truth was clear
I think she knew
What I wanted to hear
Spinnin' around
Like a wheel on fire
Walkin' the tightrope
On love's highwire
A fatal attraction
Is where I'm at
There's no escapin' me.

I just wanna be close to you
And do all the things you want me to
I just wanna be close to you
And show you the way I feel
I feel love
When I'm lyin' in the midnight hour
Somethin' deep inside of me

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Wedding song 17

ALL MY LIFE (America)

All my life, without a doubt I give you
All my life, now and forever till the
Day I die, you and I will share

All the things this changing world can offer
So I sing, I'd be happy just to
Stay this way, spend each day, with you

There was a time, that I just thought
That I would lose my mind
You came along and then the sun did shine
We started on our way
I do recall that every moment spent
Was wasted time but then I chose to lay it on the line

I put the past away
I put the past away
I put the past away

All my life, I will carry you through
All my life, between each hour of the passing days
I will stay with you

There was a time, that I just thought
That I would lose my mind
You came along and then the sun did shine
We started on our way
I do recall that every moment spent
Was wasted time then I chose to lay it on the line

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Wedding song 16

A MOMENT LIKE THIS (Kelly Clarkson)

If I told you it was all meant to be,
Would you believe me
Would you agree
It's almost that feeling that we met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell you love has come here and now

A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this.

Everything changes but beauty remains
Something so tender
I can't explain
Well I may be dreaming but till I awake
Can we make this dream last forever
And I'll cherish all the love we share


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Wedding song 15

Wedding Song Lyrics : how deep is your love

How Deep Is Your Love

By: Bee Gees

I know your eyes in the morning sun.
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain.
And the moment that you wander far from me,
I wanna feel you in my arms again.

And you come to me on a summer breeze,
Keep me warm in your love, then you softly leave.
And it's me you need to show: How deep is your love?
How deep is your love? How deep is your love?
I really need to learn 'cause we're living in a world of fools
Breakin’ us down, when they all should let us be.
We belong to you and me.

I believe in you. You know the door to my very soul.
You're the light in my deepest, darkest hour.
You're my savior when I fall.
And you may not think I care for you,
When you know down inside that I really do.
And it's me you need to show: How deep is your love?
How deep is your love? How deep is your love?
I really need to learn 'cause we're living in a world of fools
Breakin’ us down, when they all should let us be.
We belong to you and me.

(Bridge)

And you come to me on a summer breeze,
Keep me warm in your love, then you softly leave.
And it's me you need to show: How deep is your love?
How deep is your love? How deep is your love?
I really need to learn 'cause we're living in a world of fools
Breakin’ us down, when they all should let us be.
We belong to you and me.

How deep is your love? How deep is your love?
I really need to learn 'cause we're living in a world of fools
Breakin’ us down, when they all should let us be.
We belong to you and me.

How deep is your love? How deep is your love?
I really need to learn 'cause we're living in a world of fools
Breakin’ us down, when they all should le


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Wedding song 14

Wedding Song Lyrics : your made me love you

You Made Me Love You

By: Al Jolson

You made me love you
I didn't wanna do it
I didn't wanna do it
You made me want you
And all the time you knew it
I guess you always knew it

You made me happy sometimes
You made me glad
But there were times
You made me feel so bad

You made me cry for
I didn't wanna tell you
I didn't wanna tell you
I want some love that's true
Yes, I do, 'deed I do
You know I do

Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie, gimmie what I cry for
You know you've got the brand of kisses
That I'd die for
You know you made me love you



You made me cry for
I didn't wanna tell you
I didn't wanna tell you
I want some love that's true
Yes, I do, 'deed I do
You know I do

Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie, gimmie what I cry for
You know you've got the brand of kisses
That I'd die for
You know you made me love you

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Wedding song 13

Wedding Song Lyrics : from this moment on

From This Moment On

By: Shania Twain

(I do swear that I'll aways be there.
I'd give anything and everything and I will always care.
Through weakness and strength, happiness and sorrow,
for better or worse, I will love you with
every beat of my heart.)
From this moment life has begun
From this moment you are the one
Right beside you is where I belong
From this moment on

From this moment I have been blessed
I live only for your happiness
And for your love I'd give my last breath
From this moment on

I give my hand to you with all my heart
Can't wait to live my life with you, can't wait to start
You and I will never be apart
My dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I live
I will love you, I promise you this
There is nothing I wouldn't give
From this moment on

You're the reason I believe in love
And you're the answer to my prayers from up above
All we need is just the two of us
My dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I live
I will love you, I promise you this
From this moment
I will love you as long as I live
From this moment on

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Wedding song 12

Wedding Song Lyrics : when you say nothing at all

When You Say Nothing At All

By: Ronan Keating

It’s amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word, you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don’t say a thing

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There’s a truth in your eyes saying you’ll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me when ever I fall
You say it best..when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd (the crowd)
Try as they may they can never define
What’s been said between your heart and mine

Chorus x 2

(you say it best when you say nothing at all
You say it best when you say nothing at all..)

The smile on your face
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Let’s me know that you need me..

Chorus

(you say it best when you say nothing at all
You say it best when you say nothing at all..)

The smile on your face
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Let’s me know that you need me..

(you say it best when you say nothing at all
You say it best when you say nothing at all..)

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Wedding song 11

Wedding Song Lyrics : just the way you are

Just the Way You Are

By: Billy Joel

Don't go changing to try and please me,
You never let me down before.
And don't imagine you're too familiar,
And I don't see you anymore.

I would not leave you in times of trouble,
We never could have come this far.
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times,
I take you just the way you are.

Don't go tryin', some new fashion,
Don't change the color of your hair, mmmmm
You always have my unspoken passion,
Although I might not seem to care,

I don't want clever conversation,
Never want to work that hard,
I just want someone that I can talk to,
I want you just the way you are

I need to know that you will always be,
The same old someone that I knew.
Ah, what will it take till you believe in me,
The way that I believe in you?

I said I love you and that's forever,
And this I promise from the heart.
I could not love you any better,
I love you just the way you are.

Break

I don't want clever conversation,
I never want to work that hard.
I just want someone that I can talk to,
I want you just the way you are.


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Wedding song 10

Wedding Song Lyrics : i cant help falling in love

I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You

By: Elvis Presley

Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can’t help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
If I can’t help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can’t help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can’t help falling in love with you
For I can’t help falling in love with you


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Wedding song 9

Wedding song Lyrics
Wedding Song Lyrics : power of love

Power of Love

By: Jennifer Rush

The whispers in the morning of lovers sleeping tight
Are rolling by like thunder now
as I look in your eyes.
I hold on to your body and feel each move you make.
Your voice is warm and tender

a love that I could not forsake.
'Cause I am your lady and you are my man.
Whenever you reach for me I'll do all that I can.
Lost is how I'm feeling lying in your arms

When the world outside's too much to take -
That all ends when I'm with you.
Even though there may be times
it seems I'm far away
But never wonder where I am 'cause I am always by your side.
'Cause I am your lady and you are my man.
Whenever you reach for me I'll do all that I can.
We're heading for something
somewhere I've never been

Sometimes I am frightened
but I'm ready to learn 'bout the power of love !
The sound of your heart beating
made it clear suddenly.
The feeling that I can't go on is light-years away.
'Cause I am your lady and you are my man. . . .
We're heading for something
somewhere I've never been

Sometimes I am frightened
but I'm ready to learn 'bout the power of love!
Ooh
the power of love
the power of love.
Sometimes I am frightened
but I'm ready to learn 'bout the power of love !

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Songs Music

Wedding song 9

Wedding song Lyrics
Wedding Song Lyrics : power of love

Power of Love

By: Jennifer Rush

The whispers in the morning of lovers sleeping tight
Are rolling by like thunder now
as I look in your eyes.
I hold on to your body and feel each move you make.
Your voice is warm and tender

a love that I could not forsake.
'Cause I am your lady and you are my man.
Whenever you reach for me I'll do all that I can.
Lost is how I'm feeling lying in your arms

When the world outside's too much to take -
That all ends when I'm with you.
Even though there may be times
it seems I'm far away
But never wonder where I am 'cause I am always by your side.
'Cause I am your lady and you are my man.
Whenever you reach for me I'll do all that I can.
We're heading for something
somewhere I've never been

Sometimes I am frightened
but I'm ready to learn 'bout the power of love !
The sound of your heart beating
made it clear suddenly.
The feeling that I can't go on is light-years away.
'Cause I am your lady and you are my man. . . .
We're heading for something
somewhere I've never been

Sometimes I am frightened
but I'm ready to learn 'bout the power of love!
Ooh
the power of love
the power of love.
Sometimes I am frightened
but I'm ready to learn 'bout the power of love !

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Wedding song 8

Close To You

By: Maxi Priest

She was a Jezebel
This burstin' queen
Livin' her life
Like a bad sweet dream
Tellin' me lies
When the truth was clear
I think she knew
What I wanted to hear
Spinnin' around
Like a wheel on fire
Walkin' the tightrope
On love's highwire
A fatal attraction
Is where I'm at
There's no escapin' me
chorus:
I just wanna be close to you
And do all the things you want me to
I just wanna be close to you
And show you the way I feel
I feel love
When I'm lyin' in the midnight hour
Somethin' deep inside of me
Wants to love you endlessly
When we touch
Girl, you don't know
How it makes me feel
I just can't believe it's real
I can't believe it's real!
chorus
I feel love
Everytime your body's close to mine
Lovin' you's just like a dream
Love is never what it seems
When we touch
And you're holdin' me the way you feel
I just can't believe it's real
I can't believe it's real


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Wedding song 7

By: Sinead O'Connor

It's been seven hours and fifteen days
Since you took your love away
I go out every night and sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothing...
I said nothing can take away these blues
'Cause nothing compares...
Nothing compares to you


It's been so lonely without you here
Like a bird without a song
Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Tell me baby where did I go wrong?
I could put my arms around every boy I see
But they'd only remind me of you
I went to the doctor and guess what he told me
Guess what he told me
He said, 'girl you better try to have fun
No matter what you do'
But he's a fool...
'Cause nothing compares...
Nothing compares to you

All the flowers that you planted, mama
In the back yard
All died when you went away
I know that living with you baby was sometimes hard
But I'm willing to give it another try
Nothing compares...
Nothing compares to you
Nothing compares...
Nothing compares to you
Nothing compares...
Nothing compares to you

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Wedding song 6

I know that every morning you go thumbin'
Through the personal want ads
You grab the latest copy, a cup of coffee
And settle in for a good laugh
I've been trying to catch your eye but I'm so shy
I'm hopin' and prayin' that
Today's edition is gonna catch your attention
'Cause there's a

Single white female
Looking for that special lover
To put it in a nutshell
A one women man who doesn't want no other
Oh, you never can tell
She just might be your dream come true
A single white female
Is looking for a man like you

Yeah I'm a little nervous I'm not sure if
I shoulda put it in writing
It might have been a little reckless, a little desperate
But I think I did the right thing
I couldn't go on living keep it hidden
So I'm telling you everything
It's my confession I hope you get the message
There's a

Single white female
Looking for that special lover
To put it in a nutshell
A one women man who doesn't want no other
Oh, you never can tell
She just might be your dream come true
A single white female
Is looking for a man like you

It's my confession I hope you get the message
That there's a

Single white female
Looking for that special lover
To put it in a nutshell
A one women man who doesn't want no other
Oh, you never can tell
She just might be your dream come true
A single white female
Is looking for a man like you
Looking for a man like you
Looking for a man like you

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Wedding song 5

The French were bred to die for love
They delight in fighting duels
But I prefer a man who lives
And gives expensive jewels
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental
But diamonds are a girl's best friend
A kiss may be grand but it won't pay the rental
On your humble flat, or help you at the automat
Men grow cold as girls grow old
And we all lose our charms in the end
But square cut or pear shaped
These rocks don't lose their shape
Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Tiffany's, Cartier
Talk to me, Harry, Winston, tell me all about it
There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer
But diamonds are a girl's best friend

There may come a time when a hard boiled employer
Thinks your awful nice
But get that ice or else no dice
He's your guy when stocks are high
But beware when the start to descend


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Wedding song 4

Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
I'm exposed
And it's no big surprise
Don't you think I know
Exactly where I stand
This world is forcing me
To hold your hand
'Cause I'm just a girl little ol' me
Don't let me out of your sight
I'm just a girl all pretty and petite
So don't let me have any rights
Oh...I've had it up to here!The moment that I step outside
So many reasons
For me to run and hide
I can't do the little things
I hold so dear
'Cause it's all those little things
That I fear'Cause I'm just a girl.
I'd rather not be
'Cause they won't let me drive
Late at night
I'm just a girl,
Guess I'm some kind of freak
'Cause they all sit and stare

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Wedding song 3

Hi (hi), we're your weather girls (uh-huh)
And have we got news for you (you better listen)
Get ready all you lonely girls
And leave those umbrellas at home (all right)

Humidity is rising (uh rising)
Barometer's getting low (how low girl, uh-oh)
According to all sources (what sources now)
The street's the place to go (we better hurry up)
'Cause tonight for the first time (first time)
Just about half past 10 (half past 10)
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men (start raining men)

It's raining men, Hallelujah
It's raining men, Amen
I'm gonna go out, I'm gonna let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet
It's raining men, Hallelujah
It's raining men, every specimen
Tall, blond, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean

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Wedding song 2

I come home in the morning light
My mother says when you gonna live your life right
Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
And girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun

The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells what you gonna do with your life
Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one
But girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have -

That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls - they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun

Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I want to be the one to walk in the sun
Oh girls they want to have fun

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Wedding song 1

Workin' all week 9 to 5 for my money
So when the weekend comes I go get live with the honey
Rollin' down the street I saw this girl and she was pumpin'
I winked my eye she got into the ride went to a club was jumpin'
Introduce myself as Loc she said "You're a liar"
I said "I got it goin' on baby doll and I'm on fire"
Took her to the hotel she said "You're the king"
I said "Be my queen if you know what I mean and let us do the wild thing

Wild thing (x2)

Shoppin' at the mall looking for some gear to buy
I saw this girl she cool rocked my world and I had to adjust my fly
She looked at me and smiled and said "You have plans for the night"
I said "Hopefully if things go well I'll be with you tonight"
So we journeyed to her house one thing led to an other
I keyed the door we cold hit the floor looked up and it was her mother
I didn't know what to say I was hanging by a string
She said "Hey you two I was once like you and I liked to do the wild thing"


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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Hilary Weeks

While Christian singer Hilary Weeks is more likely to appear in Deseret News than City Weekly, that’s not to say Weeks doesn’t deserve our attention. The slender, much-traveled Utah-based singer has penned her own spiritual inspirations for the past 15 years. Her smoky timbre and soulful delivery makes even the most obvious Christian paean that much more palatable. You can’t help but wonder what she would do with a contemporary ballad that wasn’t soaked in Christian good graces, a Billie Holiday standard, for example. She’s certainly a pleasure to listen to, with a natural, disarming manner before the mic that quickly earns your admiration.
HilaryWeeks.com

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Allen Roberts

As The Leonardo struggled in August 2008 to find a way forward, a new management regime led by consultant Peter Giles and local architect Allen Roberts fought valiantly to save the would-be arts and science museum from a final implosion. At that time, Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker appeared disinclined to give the science museum further funding. At a city council meeting, architect and Leonardo board member Allen Roberts pinned its problems to the wall with a description of the previous management style as pithy as it was accurate: “the pathologically optimistic failure mode that got us nowhere.” Roberts and Giles finally managed to save The Leonardo from itself by winning Becker’s backing.
TheLeonardo.org

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Michael Dunn, BYU food scientist

Improve upon a tortilla? An ancient time-tested, nutritious food staple that has outlasted entire civilizations? Impossible, you say? Well, BYU food scientist Michael Dunn took up the challenge and not only learned how to make a better tortilla, but created a recipe that small Mexican tortilla mills can re-create cheaply and efficiently. Dunn took the already nutritious staple and examined it for its deficiencies: folic acid and B vitamins. Working closely with owners and workers of Mexican tortilla mills, Dunn and his research team developed a method that can fortify the tortillas with these missing ingredients and without changing the color, texture or taste of the tortilla. The new and improved tortilla is the culmination of four year’s research and development by Dunn and his team who are now seeing to the distribution of the recipe to rural tortilla mills all across Mexico. Felicidades


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Kevin Templin et al, Red Rock Brewing Co.

Utah is perversely blessed with a high concentration of skilled beer makers and Beehive State drinkers have lots of high-quality suds to chose from. But those who appreciate handcrafted brew lovingly tended by the batch turn to Redrock, which consistently pumps out award-winning versions of classic and complex beer styles. This fall, Templin—Great American Beer Festival’s national “brewer of the year” in 2007—was among a handful in the country to get his hands on a shipment of expensive Amarillo Hops, dumping pound after pound into a floral, easy-drinking harvest ale. Any given year, Redrock brewers create 30 different styles of beer ranging from smoky schwarzbier to organic pilsner, to Dunkel, to Belgin white ale. Redrock also puts out very special, special editions. For Christmas ‘08 it was a Belgin trippel aged in oak casks and clocking in at 10.2 percent. Part of this year’s batch will be poured over Utah cherries and re-fermented for one year before the final product hits liquor stores.
254 S. 200 West, Salt Lake City, 801-521-7446; 1640 W. Redstone Center Dr., Park City, 435-575-0295, RedRockBrewing.com

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Trib’s Glen Warchol vs. Rep. Steve Urquhart

Snarky coverage of the Mark Walker bribery debacle by Tribune columnist Rebecca Walsh and blogger Glen Warchol set off Rep. Steve Urquhart, R-St. George, who criticized the Trib writers on his blog: “I reviewed the, um, reporting of Glen Warchol and Rebecca Walsh, until I felt I had lost 40 IQ points,” wrote Urquhart, adding, “They lobby hard for their tax-exempt status, because they act (cue “God Bless America”) in the public good.” Warchol fired off his own retort in a July 9, 2008, entry entitled “Hallelujah, I’m Biased!” writing: “First, I am biased. I make that clear every day. Second, I am passionate. Finally, I am a blogger. Yes, I work for korporate media, but I am a creature of the blogosphere just like you.” Warchol ended his rant: “If it seems like I spend more time picking on Republicans, it’s because they are The Power in this state,” and with that cued a video to Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power!” Political blog-brawls don’t get much better, yeeaaah boy!
Blogs.sltrib.com/slcrawler SteveU.com/blog

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Seriously, So Blessed!

Finally a blog that captures the satirized soul of the young, Mormon, wanna-be housewife. Seriously So Blessed! chronicles the parodied (right?) trials and tribulations of young Mormon housewife TAMN (Tiffany/Amber/Megan/Nicole) wife and hubby JJWT (Jordan/Jason/Wes/Taylor). TAMN, with a penchant for acronyms and EXCITED capitalization, shares with the blogosphere her adventures in staying peppy and convincing her DTD (Down-There-Doc) that she’s actually “preggers.” “When I called for an appt, I had to spell it out for the poor receptionist who bless her heart was NOT very sharp. I had to keep saying things like “I’m preggers!” and “Preggo my eggo!” and “My oven has a bun in it!” and “I’m nourishing JJWT’s righteous seed in my fertile gardenbed!” The hilarity of her wishful pregnancy and other calamities like having her hair-stylist BFF fix a bad haircut: “We basically made hair-miracle lemonade out of hair heartbreak lemons, so don’t worry, now I’m hot again. SO greatful for product, and prayer,” have made us at the City Weekly truly heart this blog and we’d be so greatful if this BOU made us BFF’s.
SeriouslySoBlessed.blogspot.com


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Ted McDonough, City Weekly

Ted McDonough joined City Weekly in 2004, after a decade at Idaho’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. His weekly news features and Hits & Misses set the editorial tone for this paper as do his cover features which invariably light a fire under our readers. Competing against reporters at the Trib and Deseret News, McDonough was chosen 2007’s Best Reporter at the Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists competition. Whether it’s reporting on the demise of Sugar House or an upheaval at KRCL community radio, McDonough’s knack is finding stories that others may not consider significant and then writing the hell out of the stories.
CityWeekly.net

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Anti-gay columns by Orson Scott Card

Long gone are the days when newspapers could afford to allot space to serial fiction—and more’s the pity; it’s how luminaries such as Mark Twain and Armistead Maupin got their starts. But when Mormon Times needed a writer to produce agitprop justifying the LDS Church’s involvement in a last-ditch California ballot measure to prevent gays and lesbians from marrying, it turned to sci-fi writer Orson Scott Card. It was money well spent—who but Card could have come up with such imaginative arguments against equal marriage as the idea that it would mark “the end of democracy in America”? To give his prose something of a steampunk flavor, Card resurrected long-outdated, quasi-scientific theories to explain that the very existence of gays and lesbians is due to “tragic genetic mixups” and “sex-role dysfunctions.” The only thing that detracted from his sweeping, dystopic vision was that the ballot measure failed—which, unfortunately, meant that Card’s paid rants were limp, sellout failures that will haunt him the rest of his life. His fan base was not impressed

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Let’s Go to Utah, Dave Chisholm

Dave Chisholm is a modern day Renaissance man. A classically trained multi-instrumentalist and grad school scholar, he recently revealed another one of his talents with Let’s Go To Utah, a comic book featuring the rather ghoulish adventures of characters based on real-life figures from Chisholm’s world. Besides offering Salt Lake City readers the novelty of seeing familiar people and places in vibrant 2-D, Utah is one hell of an entertaining five-part series. The plot unfolds like a gripping TV series—or, as Chisholm prefers, an epic song. He sets the tone. He controls the pace. Are you ready for the ride?
LetsGoToUtah.com

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John Weston Osburn

City Weekly regularly receives letters from folks in the pokey—generally extremely earnest, sometimes well-written, but invariably far too long for publication. Few incarcerated letter writers, however, display wit and way with words of one John “Weston” Osburn, who wrote in to tell not of “some egregious abuse of power, some travesty of institutional racism or heinous incident of police brutality,” but to complain of a toothache (“My poor old folks paid good money once to straighten out the choppers, and now some sadistic apron-wearing maniac right out of Little Shop of Horrors is going to leave me looking like a meth-ravaged fiend.”). Those of us who can barely function with a loose filling could only marvel at Osburn’s ability to maintain a sense of humor about the whole thing. We hope his teeth found relief.

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Jeff Robinson, KCPW 88.3

After all the upheaval and departures at KCPW, the arrival in August of Morning Edition host and news director Jeff Robinson signaled a new voice on the airwaves. A former TV anchor and reporter from Pocatello, Idaho, Robinson’s youthful features clash with his odd mixture of gravelly yet nasal tones. At the edges of his accent, you can hear so many worlds trying to burst out. A one-time resident of Virginia and California, there’s a definite good ol’ country boy swing to some of his vowels that makes tuning into KCPW sound at times more like an Appalachian hoedown than a news broadcast in the Beehive State.
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The Blanding Values Committee

Since 1989, a sculpture by artist Joe Pachak representing a Hopi fertility god graced the entrance to Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum—that is, until a plucky group of local busybodies got fed up with the sight of it. The reason? Like every self-respecting fertility god, it has a penis. To be precise, what the abstract carving really has is a knobby protrusion, but the mere suggestion of male genitalia was enough for the Blanding Values Committee, and they demanded the sculpture’s removal. Park management complied by moving the sculpture to a remote location in the park, going to show that Blanding is not just a place—it’s also a process.

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Leland Freeborn

Just before you pass the small, sagebrush town of Parowan on Interstate15, an extraordinary vision of a blossoming radioactive cloud rises before you. Dominating half of a billboard like a flashback to a 1950s Cold War nightmare, it promotes survival plans for the post-atomic bomb era. Those plans are apparently penned by local Leland Freeborn, aka the Parowan Prophet. While others in the prophet business keep to themselves and scorn publicity like the plague, it’s nice to see some folk taking their, shall we say, colorful views on the road—literally. ParowanProphet.com

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BEST ONLINE ART COLLABORATION

In the age of MySpace, local artist Jake Trimble had an idea for something revolutionary, something that was online and collaborative, but that was a little more like “ourspace.” The creation was the Website Its1am.com, a site where people share poems, sketches, photos, even thoughts— mostly random thoughts. Trimble drew the name of the site from a submission he received that read simply: “In a car with two girls, its 1 a.m. And I kinda feel like shit. This is nice; this is summer.” Like all submissions, it is posted without the name of the contributor—a purposeful decision by Trimble, which not only lends the art anonymity but also something universal. Many submissions are photos of scrawls from diaries or notebooks, light sketches or single line poems. The site proves that anonymous Internet commentary can actually be something beautiful, and owned and enjoyed by everybody.
Its1Am.com

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David James, KUTV 2

It seems like James has had a stranglehold on this category for ages, but it wasn’t that long ago that he usurped regular winner Mike Runge. And all he does to keep his edge is to keep working: as a broadcaster for KUTV 2, as host of Jazz flagship radio station KFNZ’s morning show, as host of Jazz pre- and post-game television programs. His quick wit gives him a distinctive flavor in an over-saturated sports-radio market, while his casual charm makes him a natural for TV. Somehow, in a world where sports fandom can often seem obnoxious, he makes it seem OK to be a smart, reasonable lover of the games.

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Fox 13

Many posture that local TV news affiliates are a joke, but while Fox 13’s fun-loving crew often makes us laugh, their antics accentuate rather than detract from the quality of their broadcast. From Big Budah’s jolly approach to monster truck rallies and home gardening expos on Good Day Utah to evening anchors who seem downright approachable, Fox 13 proves that reporters can do serious work without taking themselves too seriously.
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John Hollenhorst, KSL 5

After nearly three decades in the business, you might wonder when KSL 5’s John Hollenhorst might start getting cranky. Or burned out. Neither appears to be the case. Hollenhorst is a true journeyman of the news trade—thorough, balanced, with a keen sense of where he’s going with a story, instead of seeming to make it up as the video rolls. His coverage of last year’s tedious raid on the FLDS compound in Texas was the best on local TV; he remained cool, knew his topic and grabbed a couple of scoops in the process. Hollenhorst can even make a water conservation story sound compelling. Now that’s some skill.

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UtahStories.com

Lord help us ever since our reality was taken over by hostile beings from a strange world called the blogosphere. A strange dimension, which, while providing its share of fun, creative and witty bloggers also opened up a world of “citizen journalists” covering the political beat from their mother’s basement study, dumping their editorial rage and uncorked quiet desperation out into the interweb for all to see and marvel at, and be disgusted by. Thankfully, one site is chucking away with the weblog and running a site aiming for real everyman/woman journalism. Richard Markosian started UtahStories.com after leaving the corporate world to start a documentary filmmaking career. Since creating UtahStories.com, his site’s emphasis has been on local stories by local people. With contributors ranging from pole-dance instructors to Salt Lake City Councilman Soren Simonsen, the site not only embraces citizen journalism, but community journalism. The site editorializes and throws its own opinion around, but the agenda is clearly spelled out. And the format is a nice blend of text and video. Like from another world, this is how citizen journalism was meant to be.
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Hope Woodside, Fox 13

Next year, Hope Woodside will have to give points to the other anchors. This marks her 12th successive win. More than a TV anchor, Woodside has become a phenomenon with her own fanbase that carefully tracks her wardrobe night in and out. Those who watch News at Nine with the sound off, however, are missing some good journalism authoritatively delivered. As other TV news stations continue turning the anchor merry-go-round, the friendly Woodside is likely only to cement her position as the trusted face of Utah TV news.
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The Provo Daily Herald

The California Supreme Court’s decision to strike down an anti-marriage law that discriminated against gays and lesbians sent ripples throughout the homophobic community—particularly in Utah. Within hours of the court’s announcement, Utah’s daily newspapers’ message boards filled up with the usual anti-gay/pro-gay babble. (Interestingly, the most horrifying, send-the-queers-to-the-gas-chambers bigoted statements appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune’s site, with the Deseret News’ site apparently frequented only by the somewhat unhinged.) The Herald’s message board, however, included the highest proportion of gay-supportive message of the three dailies. Lest anybody get the idea that an outbreak of sanity had descended on Happy Valley, a Jan. 2 Herald editorial and Web poll showed broad support for Facebook’s decision to remove a photo of Provo mom Heather Farley breast-feeding her child in a flower garden. Pro-equality, but not pro-breast—who says consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds?
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Mark Koelbel, KUTV

More than just another pretty face, KUTV 2 anchorman Mark Koelbel is not afraid to step out from behind the desk and get his hands dirty—as he did while covering the 2007 Crandall Canyon Mine rescue operation near Huntington. Koelbel has a knack for marshalling the technical aspects of difficult stories that often elude lesser minds, yet brings a human touch to the often robotic world of TV journalism. Plus, he looks very happy to be playing the drums in that YouTube video. Rock on, Mark!
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Gavin Sheehan, KUTV.com

TV news stations are often out to lunch on the local scene, which is why folks are surprised KUTV 2’s Gavin Sheehan stays up to date on the latest in Salt Lake City arts and entertainment—if they discover him at all. Not sure if his co-workers are jealous much, but the station’s Website doesn’t include Sheehan on its main blog roll, instead burying him in the games section (good luck finding it). Such neglect is a shame, considering the subjects that populate Sheehan’s writing. He ventures off the beaten path to score interviews with, say, the local designer behind “SL,UT,” or a couple of bands whose gear got stolen while they were sleeping. He attends every downtown gallery stroll and tries to feature new artists each month. Bottom line: Sheehan cares. And, unfortunately, these days that’s pretty rare.
KUTV.com

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Radio From Hell, X96

Radio From Hell is a radio-land miracle. Where else can one find so many disparate features like infrequent interviews with hosts Bill and Kerry’s bastard child Kyle or daily boners? Or how about Punk’s Movies, where Punk treats listeners to a sampling of the creme-de-la-dregs of cinema, like the little known indie gem, Ninja Cheerleaders? And, yet what is most miraculous is that such an ecelectic array of RFH features are strung together with all the humor you expect and none of the typical ass-hat, disc jockey sound effects and shenanigans. Credit here is due to the incredible triumvirate of Kerry, Bill and Gina. Whether it’s Kerry explaining how conversations with check-out clerks must go because no one cares that you gave up on carbonated beverages six months ago, or Bill interjecting in a session between a caller and love-psychic Margaret Ruth to bolster the caller’s confidence by getting her to repeat that her ex is a “douche-nozzle,” or Gina’s never ending crusade against being labeled a cougar, the cement that holds the bricks of X96’s Radio From Hell together are the combined forces of KBG.
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The Sugar Bowl

The U’s defeat of Alabama in the Sugar Bowl could not have gone unnoticed by BYU fans. As sweet as the Utes’ victory was, however, it could easily taste bitter in a Cougar’s mouth. A surprising number of Cougs, however, had the class to cheer on their familiar nemesis Jan. 2 rather than succumbing under the Crimson Tide. While such folks—whom KSL 5 reporter Paul Nelson dubbed “BYUtes”—often justified their support as a calculated response to the arcane vagaries of BCS politics regarding the Mountain West Conference, we prefer to see it as good sportsmanship mixed with regional pride—and perhaps even reason to hope for a more congenial future.

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Black Gold Cattle Company Testicle Festival

There are festivals to celebrate every peculiar culinary taste known to man, so why not a celebration of noshing on what once swung proudly beneath a bull? Rocky Mountain Oysters are on the menu every spring in Woodruff, where visitors have a chance to sample deep-fried bull gonads—call it a “sack lunch.” These may not be everyone’s cup of tea(bag), but proceeds go to charity and the event provides countless opportunities for sophomoric punning. What, you thought we’d be above such nonsense? Nuts to that.

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Hill Aerospace Museum

Yearning for the good old days when the commies were the bad guys and we had them in check with nuclear missiles and B-52s? Return to those Cold War days at the Hill Air Force Base Aerospace Museum where you can get up close and personal with a thermonuclear bomb and an ICBM or two, then stroke the bellies of yesterday’s war planes. Load the kids into the car and take Interstate 15 to Roy. The museum is open seven days a week, every day of the year, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s—and it’s free. Afterward, conclude your nostalgia trip with Dr. Strangelove on DVD with a brace of Twinkies and a cream soda.
Hill Air Force Base, Interstate 15, Exit 338, Roy, 801-777-6868, Hill.af.mil/library/museum

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Springville Art Museum

Who knew that nestling in the sleepy heart of Springville is one of the largest collections of Russian art in the good old U.S. of A? Springville Art Museum, run by longtime director and Russian and Utah art specialist Vern Swanson, boasts enormous, sprawling canvases that celebrate social-issue narrative painting at its best. Swanson believes Utah’s artists, who tend to have a more relaxed dedication to landscapes, can only benefit from the Russian masters. While it’s hard to see any cross-fertilization between communist agit-prop and a splendid Timpanogos landscape, it’s fun to imagine.
126 E. 400 South, Springville, 801-489-2727, SMA.nebo.edu



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The Little Red Riding Hood Century Ride

Whether you or the woman in your life are a seasoned cyclist or just beginning to get your feel for two wheels, this all-female “Little Red” is the perfect place to begin. It begins in Cache County’s Wellsville and wends its way through lovely rolling hills and long flats through the verdant Cache Valley. Sponsored by the Bonneville Cycling Club every year on the first Saturday in June, the ride’s ultimate length is a tad more than a true century—104 miles. But there are several distances in between for women of all skill levels, including 35-, 45-, 62- and 80-mile legs. Last year’s ride was cold and wet, but the event is always a blast, and there weren’t many serious complaints. Register on the BBTC Website

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Sorensen Unity Center seed exchange

The more you think local, the more the idea of vegetable gardening makes sense. Those who have embraced this idea are part of a “growing” community. At the end of January, an event sponsored by the People’s Market allows enthusiasts to share their favorite heirloom seeds with other gardeners, and to pick up unique specialty items that aren’t likely to show up in a garden shop or on a supermarket shelf. Not only can you eat locally, you can eat things you’ve never even heard of before.
SLCPeoplesMarket.org

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Salt Lake Art Center & Salt Lake County Jail’s A.C.E Exhibit

From prison walls to gallery walls, inmates at the Salt Lake County Metro Jail are finding an artistic opportunity in, of all places, the lockup. Inmates’ good behavior is rewarded by being able to take part in a special six-week-long art program, thanks to a partnership with the Salt Lake Art Center. The program, started in 2007 by curator Jay Heuman and co-taught by Annie Kennedy and Rick Nast, has given inmates a chance not only to learn the art basics but to receive a background in art history, styles and theories, all culminating in a final project done on a simple theme. The resulting works provide sometimes jarring, yet poignantly simple and beautiful, displays of the artists’ understanding of their own challenging lives.
20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-328-4201, SLArtCenter.org


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Pilar Pobil

Every June, Spanish artist Pilar Pobil opens her gorgeous Avenues mansion for a three-day soiree of catered food and guest painters. Although you have to pay $15 to get in—it goes to charity—there’s far more than sipping wine and munching on snacks while you jostle for standing room in her garden. It’s not just the artwork hanging in every conceivable nook and cranny of the garden and outside walls that’s something to behold. It’s the extraordinary way artwork mixes with sprays of flowers and resplendent bushes in the fading summer light to form the perfect balance of art and nature. An art gallery never smelled so sweet.
PilarPobil.com

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Shahravar

In the competitive world of Salt Lake City belly dancing, it’s difficult—and perhaps dangerous—to pick a favorite. Shahravar, however, stands apart. Far from a staunch traditionalist, she never fails to surprise with her selection of unusual songs, props and costuming. It’s this kind of innovation that is turning the dance orientale into a uniquely American art form—and hers is a belly that audiences are always happy to see.

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Alta

Celebrating its 70th season, Alta has modernized with fast lifts and more comfortable lodges. Still, Alta feels like a place people come to ski rather than to model the latest mink-trimmed Bogner. Lift tickets remain inexpensive (relatively speaking) and there are free beginner-skiing afternoons. Alta averages 500 inches each year of dry powder manufactured nowhere else in the world but the Wasatch. (Last year, it totaled 700 inches.) In-bounds experiences include everything from blue groomers to a run called Eddie’s High Nowhere that requires entering an “experts only” gate and traversing an outcropping while clutching a rope before hiking to the top of a steep crevice. Snowboarders, alas will have to take their skiing friends’ word for it. Alta remains skiing only—snowboarders couldn’t handle the chutes.
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Physics Building Observatory, U of U

Boldly go where few have gone before. On Wednesday nights, when the sky is clear, University of Utah physics students open the observatory on the roof of the South Physics Building for stargazing parties. They set up two telescopes so you can view stars and even distant galaxies. Hosts Paul Ricketts and Cierra Blair cheerfully fill the gaps in your astronomical knowledge. Dress for weather conditions. Bring a thermos of coffee on a cold night. The Physics Building is adjacent to Kingsbury Hall on the lower campus, just off 100 South. Take the stairs to the roof.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 801-587-7223, Utah.edu/astro

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Delta Snow Goose Festival

In the community of Delta, the locals say goodbye to winter by welcoming back thousands of elegant snow geese during the annual Snow Goose Festival. Take a gander at gaggle upon gaggle of these impressive birds as they make their noisy, honking landing in Delta every year near the end of February. The locals plan a variety of events around the homecoming that are worth checking out while you’re in town, but the main attraction is the birds. So, if you’re new to town and not sure of your bearings, don’t worry—it would be pretty hard to miss the thousands of regal (if obnoxious sounding) birds blotting the sky and splashing in Gunnison Bend reservoir and its surrounding lakes, ponds and wetlands.
DeltaGooseFestival.info

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Sil Lum Gung Fu Club

If you celebrate the Chinese New Year, you’ll definitely want to start it off right: with a good lion-head dance to scare off all the bad demons that were holding you back the previous year. Lucky for you, the West Valley Sil Lum Gung Fu (“Kung Fu” to Westerners) Club puts on as many as 60 Lion Head dances, mostly in February. The club takes the rigorous traditional dance to venues throughout the Salt Lake Valley, where the ornamental lion heads dance to a frantic drum-and-gong beat. Check the Website for details—and, if you ever dreamed of being a dancing lion head yourself, you might want to check out joining the Gung Fu Club. That way, you can get your kicks through a time-honored martial art and folk dance.
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Steiner Aquatic Center

Man, do we have it easy or what? Even residents of big-name cities like New York City and Portland have a hard time finding a clean, affordable place to swim. Most folks have to settle with the crowded YMCA or shell out serious dough for a fancy gym membership. Not us, though. We have Steiner, an easily accessible public facility equipped with not one but two pristine pools—a 25-yard indoor and 50-yard outdoor water paradise. Everyone’s welcome, from masters sharks to weekend warriors and seniors who say their water-aerobics classes are a great way to feel young again.
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Outdated City Maps

The “You Are Here”-type signboards went up everywhere before the 2002 Olympics and, no doubt, helped many an out-of-towner find his or her way around. They’ve remained there ever since and now pose a trap for unwary travelers who, following the signs’ suggested “walking tour,” are likely as not to end up wandering around among construction zones and empty lots in search of pleasures and attractions that no longer exist. It’s time either to update the maps or take them down entirely before some tourist falls in a hole.

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Desert Rocks Festival

Moab was made for a jam-band festival; it must be the very spot God was talking about when He looked down from the heavens and said, “Let there be rock!” Oh, sure, the downtown types, with their three-minute songs and permanently harshed mellows might scoff at 12-minute guitar solos—but where else can you camp out in the desert for four days, get growler refills for $6, and trip out on the Mother Hips, ALO and Hot Buttered Rum?
Moab, DesertRocks.org

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Falcon’s Ledge, Altamont

It isn’t easy to become an Orvis-endorsed fly-fishing lodge, but Falcon’s Ledge was named Orvis’ Fly Fishing Lodge of the Year in 2001. That’s why fly-fishing aficionados flock from around the world to Altamont during fly-fishing season: to let the river run through them. From first-time rookies to top-notch pros, the angling instructors at Altamont can teach everyone a thing or two about the intricacies of fly fishing at the private trophy stillwaters of Falcon’s Ledge. Oh, and in season, bird shooting prevails.
SR-87, Altamont, 435-454-3737, FalconsLedge.com

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Flaming Gorge Reservoir

Nothing beats the Mack—that infamous silvery beast skulking in the waters of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir straddling Utah and Wyoming. The Mackinaw, or lake trout, is the fiercest challenge a Utah angler stands to match bait and hook against, and for sheer size, there are no better waters for these incredible sport fish than at Flaming Gorge. At 91 miles long, the reservoir offers a vast habitat full of nutrients for a variety of trophy fish to survive and thrive. The lake trout are the major monsters in these waters, with anglers regularly pulling in 30-pound-plus Macks every year (the Utah record is held by a 50-plus pounder out of Flaming Gorge). Big fish like the Mackinaw and German browns reach such enormous sizes by feasting off the Gorge’s buffet of “smaller” fish, including Kokanee salmon (which still come in at 5 or 6 pounds). Even in winter months, anglers reported pulling out Macks up to 2 feet long. If you’re ready to match rod, reel and willpower against these beasts, then plan your next aquatic safari at the Gorge.
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Little Cottonwood Canyon

Everyone calls it granite, but most of it is actually quartz monzonite—the same stuff they used to build the LDS Salt Lake Temple. But, in Little Cottonwood Canyon, it’s still raw. And it’s those rugged outcroppings that climbers cannot wait to get their hands on. Here, they’ll find dozens of buttresses and gullies to be climbed, mostly on the sunnier north side of the canyon, including favorites such as The Fin, Gate Buttress and the Schoolroom. With its multi-pitch traditional routes, shorter sport routes, bouldering and even ice-climbing routes, LCC offers a lifetime of killer climbs ... and it’s right here, as they say, in our own backyard.
2. The Front
3. Momentum

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Body Worlds 3

The bodies, all 200 of them, were dead ... and yet these skinless, naked plastinated specimens seemed eerily alive, illuminated in intimate black-box galleries, about to lunge at you at any moment, eyes bulging, organs protruding, one with a bow and arrow, another about to throw a javelin, while the sound of a heartbeat rhythm pulsed in the background. Even a chicken, a lamb and a camel come at you in various dissected states. What better Halloween setting could there be? Little wonder that, by the end of October 2008, The Leonardo marked its 100,000th visitor during the run of Dr. Gunther von Hagens’ traveling science extravaganza, which continued through January 2009. Beats the hell of a cold, muddy corn maze.
The Leonardo at Library Square, 209 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City, TheLeonardo.org

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Howl-a-Ween

It’s hard to imagine a more fitting Halloween parade for Park City than Howl-a-Ween. Dedicated to the local dog-loving population, the sight of owners and their dressed-up mutts strutting their stuff down a cordoned-off Main Street will bring a smile to the most hardened of cynics. Along with the more obvious witches and princesses, there were mummies, astronauts and some poor dog even had to sport a tutu. The only question is where all the children come from who go trick or treating in the stores on Main Street before the parade. Given the local inhabitants’ obvious overweening passion for our four-footed friends, it’s hard to imagine anyone up there has time or interest for kids in the first place.
Main Street, Park City

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Snowbird

This global warming ain’t all bad. Sure, climate trends eventually mean that the only skiing in Utah will be by helicopter—and the Salt Lake Valley will turn into a dust bowl—but, for now, messed-up weather patterns mean the greatest snow on earth starts before Thanskgiving and keeps going well into summer. It was snowing in the mountains last June, with the tops of Big and Little Cottonwood canyons getting 2 feet in a day. Snowbird was open on Father’s Day. The resort’s late-season skiing is made possible by the tram, which carries skiers directly to the top at nearly 11,000 feet. Skiers were able to take runs all day on the Little Cloud lifts, then ride the tram back down to the bottom. The only problem was that the resort’s traditional summer activities, such as its zip line, had to delay opening because of the snowpack.
Highway 210, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Snowbird, 801-933-2222, Snowbird.com


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Brighton

Alta might be for skiers, but Brighton is for snowboarders. Brighton doesn’t release its snowboarder-vs.-skier numbers, but a glance around the lift line confirms snowboarders outnumber skiers. So, if camaraderie is your thing, this is the place to feel at home. Brighton also has four well-maintained and -designed terrain parks, plus a half pipe. Park director Jared Winkler creates some of the best lines and utilizes diverse features such as wall rides, jumps, boxes and even lift-tower jibs. With the parks open until 9 p.m., Brighton provides the opportunity to hone your skills while others are already getting their apres-ski on.
12601 E. Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, Brighton, 801-532-4731, BrightonResort.com
2. Snowbird
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