ILI9325D_8 itead studio 2.4" TouchShield with Arduino UNO

Using Arduino Displays
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So I am trying to combine the screen I have with readings I am taking on an IMU. Seperately I can make both devices work well. I am using the UTFT library with the screen and can load pictures without issues. I believe I am using SPI to interface with the shield but if someone has a better idea about this sheild it would be a good help.
With the IMU I am using I2C interface and can successfully measure the acceleration in all 3 axis.

The issue comes when I combine the two sketches. Evertime I call the imu.begin() function the screen goes dim and any screen related functions after this imu.begin() no longer work with the screen.

Can anyone help me with a key theory I may be missing or improving the code that will fix my issue

#include <UTFT.h>
#include <avr/pgmspace.h>
// Declare which fonts we will be using
extern uint8_t BigFont[];
UTFT myGLCD(ILI9325D_8, A5,A4,A3,A2,A1);
extern unsigned int Paper_Mario[4096];
extern unsigned int Yoshi[4096];
#include "SPI.h"
#include <Wire.h>
#include <SparkFunLSM9DS1.h>

const int chipSelect  = A3;

#define LSM9DS1_M  0x1E // Would be 0x1C if SDO_M is LOW
#define LSM9DS1_AG  0x6B // Would be 0x6A if SDO_AG is LOW
LSM9DS1 imu;

const int alpha = 0.5;
float threshold =1.2;
  float  px = 0;
  float py = 0;
  float pz = 0;
  float x = 0;
  float y = 0;
  float z = 0;
  double totalaccel = 0;
  const int axoffset = 0.02;
  const int ayoffset  =0.03;
  const int azoffset = 0;

void setup()
{ 
  randomSeed(analogRead(0));
  myGLCD.InitLCD(LANDSCAPE);
  myGLCD.setFont(BigFont);
  myGLCD.clrScr();
  myGLCD.fillScr(0, 255, 0);
  
 // drawpic();
  delay(1000);
  imu.begin();
  Serial.begin(38400);
  imu.settings.device.commInterface = IMU_MODE_I2C;
  imu.settings.device.mAddress = LSM9DS1_M;
  imu.settings.device.agAddress = LSM9DS1_AG;
  imu.settings.accel.scale = 8;
}

void drawpic(){
  // Clear the screen and draw the frame
  
  myGLCD.clrScr();
  myGLCD.fillScr(0, 0, 0);
  myGLCD.setColor(255, 255, 255);
  myGLCD.print("Welcome to the", CENTER, 200);
  myGLCD.print("lift game", CENTER, 220);
  myGLCD.drawBitmap (86, 10, 64, 64, Paper_Mario,2);
}


void loop()
{
  drawpic();
  while (1) {
  imu.readAccel();
  x = ((imu.calcAccel(imu.ax) + axoffset) * alpha) + (px * (1 - alpha));
  y = ((imu.calcAccel(imu.ay) + ayoffset) * alpha) + (py * (1 - alpha));
  z = ((imu.calcAccel(imu.az) + azoffset) * alpha) + (pz * (1 - alpha));
  totalaccel = sqrt( pow(x,2) + pow(y,2) + pow(z,2));
  Serial.print("Total accel: "); Serial.print(totalaccel);
  Serial.print(", Time(s): ");Serial.println((float(millis())/1000));
      px = imu.calcAccel(imu.ax);
      py = imu.calcAccel(imu.ay);
      pz = imu.calcAccel(imu.az);
      if(totalaccel < threshold){
           myGLCD.clrScr();
           myGLCD.fillScr(255, 0, 255);
      }
    delay(100);
  }
}
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Just a shot in the dark here since noone else has responded, if you just load the LCD routines and it works, what happens when you add the Serial stuff, not the imu, just the Serial. Do the Serial.begin() and write something to it. Does the screen act the same way?