Manti Mormon Miracle Pageant

Only once in my life, during the 70s, did I take advantage of the fantastic experience in Manti they call the Mormon Miracle Pageant. Finally this weekend I did it again. It was great! It runs 5 days per week Tues-Sat for two weeks in June and has been ongoing since the 60s. They put up 13750 chairs for it and it pretty much fills up plus people on the outskirts who prefer their own camp chairs.
Any night of the pageant you can also buy dinner at the Stake Center - barbecued turkey (Manti grows lots of Norbest turkeys), mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, salad, roll, and cake - $7 for adults; $4 for kids. This was my kind of camping - I didn't need to cook anything.
Breakfast was served at the park. For $4 a plate you got Fried ham, eggs, hotcakes, juice and milk. What a deal! The sign says $3 because someone took down the 4 that was covering the 3 - apparently the price went up at some poing but they kept the old sign.
I have lots more pictures - not of the pageant (too dark and too far away) but we got behind the set on the Temple hill. Very cool! It's amazing to see the little town come to life. The town also allows tent camping in the city park - it was a sea of tents. There were some loud all-night teenage gatherings - just talking really; nothing crazy but still loud. Even though it was apparent there were hundreds of people sleeping all around them in tents, they seemed oblivious. But, they were having a great time. Next time ear plugs.


The city pool is right across from the temple so if you made a little vacation out of it, you can cool off there - besides, they probably have showers which the city park did not. I headed to the city cemetery, also across from the temple, and found some pioneer ancestors. There's also a DUP museum. I saw the farm implements outside (and the outhouse and log cabin) but the actual house with relics didn't open until 2 and I wanted to hit some more cemeteries. We did hit pay dirt!