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Show Si - .. - , Xi - V J . - C "v - v 'A" r b f v. I i, """"" , . - , ,"i - " 1 I ' j "I ' ' SPREAD SUNSHINE Members of ' Brigham Young University's Lamanite Generation are spreading sunshine in the sun belt on a tour of the south and southwest south-west this month, and two Davis County residents are among the group. THEY ARE Lorie Ann James, a 1978 graduate of Davis High School and a foster fos-ter daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arlen J. Scadlock of Kays-ville, Kays-ville, and Daniel Graber, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graber of Layton. The two are helping the Lamanite Generation spread its own brand of friendliness in the land of "y'all." Lori, a Papago Indian from Arizona, is a singer with the group, and Daniel, an Aleut Eskimo, is assistant technical director. direc-tor. - THE LAMANITE Generation Genera-tion consists of 40 American Indians, Mexicans or Mexican-Americans, and Polynesians who perform traditional songs and dances typical of their own cultures, Two Davis County residents are among the BYU's Lamanite Generation, who are currently on tour. Members here are, front 1 to r, Gena Jackson, Karen Shy, Amanda Cooley, Lenora Enoah. Center, Bobby Alley, Beulah Atine, Rae Annette Tso, Irma Spencer, Marlene Smith, Dennes Alley Jr. Back, Michelle Alley, Elsie Wilson, Anna Lee Ashley, Cheryl Cooeyate, Loretta Thomas, Dennis Alley. Not in picture, Marie Washburn and Margie Charley. along with original modern numbers. The LDS Church teaches that the Indians of North and South America, the people of mixed Indian and European ancestry on the two continents, con-tinents, and the Polynesians from the South Seas share a common ancestry. The BYU performing group takes its name from the term describ ing these peoples Lamanites. IN THE past, the Lamanite Generation has toured the United States, Canada, South America and Scandinavia. Their current tour, which began April 26, will take them through Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, the Deep South to Florida, and back through the Carolinas, Georgia, Geor-gia, Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma. DISNEY WORLD near. Orlando, Fla., and the famed Opryland in Nashville, Tenn., are among the sites where the Lamanite Generation will be performing. They will also stage shows on Indian lands in New Mexico, Texas, North Carolina and Oklahoma. |