Show th thousands hsands of young WS IDS prepare fo for huge MIA conference june 9 12 three thousand young performers youth leader leaden and spectators will participate tiel pate in the 6 01 1 st t annual con ference ot of the world worldwide wide mo mormon mon youth program in sy salt t lake city utah 12 general sessions workshops and two giant drama and music festivals are included in the tour four day meeting of the young mens and young mutual improvement associations or M I 1 A of the church of jesus christ of lot lat ter day saints participants are expected from f rom virtually all of the SO 50 states stales canada mexico and other countries malor major conference sessions will fill 1111 the salt lake tabernacle nacle and assembly hall on temple square while an extra 20 charch buildings schools a ballroom and a theatre will be packed lor for department meetings speakers will include henry D moyle of the first presidency of the church elders mark E peterson and howard W hunter of the council of twelve apostles and elder john congden Xong den an assistant to the council of twelve joseph T bentley and der be r thas reader who head the young mens and young organizations will direct the conference department meetings will be held thursday and saturday with friday and sunday devoted to general conf conference sessions highlighting the conference will be a drama festival of 33 one act plays and road shows at the terrace ballroom matinee and evening performances on thursday friday and Sa saturday turay will utilize three separate stages simultaneously each showing four prodie eions plus entre acts five hundred actors will participate presenting the best of 2000 competing one act plays including many mormon originals in which an estimated young thes plans performed this year A youth chorus of 2000 voices will be heard in the musio musie festival this is my fathers world to be staged tour four times friday and saturday evenings in the sort salt lake tabernacle the singers ages 10 16 25 are the best from original areas which have presented the program for home audiences songs from 18 countries augmented by costumed folk dancers and instrumental ac compani ment are featured A special award from boy scouts of america will be presented to honor mormon lead enship in scouting by elmar baaken director of relation ships during the opening gen eral session friday the first annual explorer specialty fair will include ex hibits of electronics rescue work and other skills skill 11 and techniques at university of utah fieldhouse saturday of at hernoon the mormon youth pro gram had its beginning in plo neer days when brigham young instituted a program of cultural and recreational aati cities among members of his family and other young people wide participation through out the world by church mern mem bers have made the M I 1 As A s drama festival and softball sott ball and basketball tournaments the largest in the world |