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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Caine College of the Arts Music Program All Music Department Programs Archives 10-18-2017 Chase Fine Arts Center 50th Anniversary Gala: Newel and Jean Daines Concert Hall Opening USU Symphony Orchestra Aggie Marching Band Thomas Rohrer Utah State University Sergio Bernal Utah State University USU Chamber Singers SeeFollow next this page and for additional additional works authors at: https:/ /digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation USU Symphony Orchestra; Aggie Marching Band; Rohrer, Thomas; Bernal, Sergio; USU Chamber Singers; USU Chorale; USU Women's Chorus; Evans, Cory; The Fry Street Quartet; The Caine Undergraduate Research Quartet; USU Combined Choirs; American Festival Chorus; O'Hara, Kelli; American Festival Orchestra; Bestor, Kurt; Cache Children's Choir; and Jessop, Craig, "Chase Fine Arts Center 50th Anniversary Gala: Newel and Jean Daines Concert Hall Opening" (2017). 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Author USU Symphony Orchestra, Aggie Marching Band, Thomas Rohrer, Sergio Bernal, USU Chamber Singers, USU Chorale, USU Women's Chorus, Cory Evans, The Fry Street Quartet, The Caine Undergraduate Research Quartet, USU Combined Choirs, American Festival Chorus, Kelli O'Hara, American Festival Orchestra, Kurt Bestor, Cache Children's Choir, and Craig Jessop This usu symphony is available at DigitalCommons@USU: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/128 CHASE FINE ARTS CENTER NEWEL AND JEAN DAINES CONCERT HALL OPENING ~ 1r, ~ir\1rib1Jf trhtrl Ifiii; ~II ~a f t 1H1(0 it I • ~trfordhmm J~trtilS, fifty years ago, on October 18, 1967, the arts in Cache Valley entered a new era with the Jecllication of the Daryl Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State University (USU); J'~trtilS,October 18, 2017 marks the beginning of a new chapter of this history, as we celebrate the renovation ancll enhancement of the Chase Fine Arts Center anJ introduce Cache Valley to the newly transformed Newel ancll Jean Daines Concert Hall during the 50tl1Anniversary Grand Gala celebration; ,~trtilS, the Caine College of the Arts at USU was founJeJ in 2010 ancll named for the Caine F am.ily in recognition of their support for the arts; J~trtilS, the Caine College of the Arts is to he recognizes for both the valuable contributions it makes to the artistic life of the community ancll the professional preparation it provides to its students; ancll, ,~trtas, USU has declarecll 2017-2018 their "Year of the Arts," ancll will spotlight the 1.migue power of the arts to illmninate, transform, ancll inspire the hum.an spirit through a year-long schedule of University anJ com.nrnnity events - the theme of the year being "Arts Elevate"; ~•• tlztrrfort,[, Gary R. Herbert, Governor of the great State of Utah, on this Jay, October 18, 2017, do hereby recognize and applaud the contributions anJ successes of the Caine Family, Dean Craig Jessop, Donors, Faculty, Students, and others at the Gary JR.Herbert Governor October 18, 2017 Dear Students, Colleagues, and Friends of Utah State University, Welcome to this evening 's grand gala performance in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Daryl Chase Fine Arts Center! Thank you all for joining us this evening. This anniversary and grand reopening celebration is one of the primary reasons that we have declared this Year "A Year of the Arts:' USU and the Cache Valley community have been leaders in the arts for the state of Utah, and I am proud as president of Utah State University to reaffirm our commitment to continue to make the arts a vital component of our land-grant mission at USU. I wish to express my appreciation to each of you who has made this historic event possible: donors, faculty, staff, students, alumni, community members, and my colleagues in leadership positions at USU and in the state. You have contributed in so many ways - thank you! Congratulations to my colleagues in the Caine College of the Arts for this outstanding milestone in their history as a college. We are proud to inaugurate these new venues to serve the state of Utah and our students for another 50 years and beyond! Sincerely, Noelle E. Cockett President October 18, 2017 Dear Friends, It is an honor to welcome you today for a special event in the history of Utah State University and the Caine College of the Arts: the grand reopening and 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Chase Fine Arts Center and the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Newel and Jean Daines Concert Hall. The venues in the Fine Arts Center have been central to the community of Northern Utah for five decades, and we are excited to see them renewed and ready to serve for many years yet to come! I am grateful to each of you who has played a role in this project: our colleagues at USU Facilities; Utah's Division of Facilities and Construction Management; two Utah State University presidents, Stan L. Albrecht and Noelle E. Cockett; Sparano + Mooney architects; Gramoll Construction; and our loyal donors such as the Daines family, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and many others who have contributed to this project, scholarships, and programs in the college. None of this could have happened without you! Finally, to our students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Utah State University: you are the reasons that these facilities, the Caine College of the Arts, and, indeed the university itself, exist. These are your venues, and we urge you to use and care for them as you would your home. They are your home , both now and as alumni! Thank you all for being here this evening to share this special event with us! All my best, Craig Jessop, Dean Caine College of the Arts NEWEL AND JEAN DAINES CONCERT HALL Ribbon Cutting Ceremony October 18, 2017 5:00 p.m. Utah State University WELCOME & RECOGNITIONS Craig Jessop, Dean REMARKS Noelle E. Cockett, President USU REMARKS Sierra Wise, CCA USUSA Senator Introduced by H. Craig Petersen, Professor Emeritus USU /Mayor of Logan REMARKS Elder Gary E. Stevenson, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints MUS ICAL SELECTION Beethoven Trio, Op. 11, Adagio Faculty Trio Professor Emeritus Warren Burton, Cello Professor Nicholas Morrison, Clarinet Professor Dennis Hirst, Piano REMARKS Pamela Daines Johnson, Daines Family REMARKS Ann Meier Baker, Director of Music & Opera National Endowment for the Arts Ribbon Cutting Newel G. Daines, born in 1924, met Newel at a college dance in the was the second of eleven siblings, all fall of 1942. Because of an accelerated of whom graduated from Utah State. program during World War II, he He grew up in Logan, concluding very was admitted to George Washington early ( after summers spent farming Medical School at age 19. After a with his younger brothers) that he lonely first semester, Newel returned wanted to be a physician and began home to marry Annie Jean in early taking pre-med classes at Utah State 1944 and they honeymooned on their during his senior year at Logan High. train ride back to Washington, D.C. Annie Jean Carlson, also born Together, they worked their way in 1924, grew up in Hyrum and through medical school, with Newel graduated at the top of her class from spending nights and weekends as a cab South Cache High School. She moved driver, a meat cutter, and an elevator to Logan to attend Utah State and operator in the Capitol Building while Jean (who shed ''.Annie" from her name and Thatcher-Young Mansion . Jean on the train ride east) passed her civil contributed countless hours to these service exam with high marks and was projects as well, serving as Newel's employed at the Federal Home Loan writing editor, traveling companion, Bank during the week and at a stylish and aesthetic adviser on many trips women's clothing store on Saturdays . to pick out building and decorating Newel's official Aggie graduation materials. Devotion to Logan's historic occurred after he completed medical buildings didn't end with Newel's term school in 1948 and the necessary in office: their final 'hands on' project credits were transferred back to the was supervising the reconstruction of USAC. the Cache County Courthouse where, Newel began practicing general as a child, Newel watched his father medicine in Preston, Idaho, served as practice law. Jean selected the fabrics an army doctor at Trippler Hospital and chairs for the community room in Hawaii during the Korean War, where the Cache County Council then completed a residency in continues to meet. anesthesiology in 1957 and returned Newel passed away on September to Logan where he practiced medicine 30, 2016 at 92. If he could have added for 44 years. In dynamic partnership, five years of vigor to his life, his Newel and Jean raised their five children are confident he would have children, all true blue Aggies, teaching been involved in the renovation of the them to water and snow ski, helping Concert Hall on a daily basis, showing them hone debating skills during up each morning in his hardhat and spirited discussions at the dinner well-worn work clothes, checking table, and encouraging (via threats wood samples, walking catwalks, and and dinners at Maddox for straight learning the names of other workers X.s) educational excellence.