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Last fall the Orchestra of Southern Utah in Cedar City honored June Thorley, who had not only played in the orchestra’s violin section for three-quarters of a century—from 1940 until her final concert in February 2016—but had helped to incorporate the group as a nonprofit in 1989 and then served as its vice president for the next 27 years. Thorley was presented with the first annual Thorley Legacy Award at the orchestra’s opening gala on September 27. Over the years, playing violin in the OSU has become a family tradition. In addition to Thorley, there are two other former members of the orchestra’s string section in her family: her daughter Colleen Dowse and Dowse’s daughter, Sage Jardine.
