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Show sequence at the show which will be presented in Preston, Tremonton, Montpelier, and Logan. The show was THE CAST of Up With People, together with the audience, sways to a flemish folk song in the global medley ' performed in 815 communities in the United States and Europe last year. Up With People To Perform In Montpelier, Preston, Tremonton, Logan The musical production is a professional show which combines a contemporary mixture of rock, jazz, ballads, rhythm and blues, soul and country, Bruce said. This year five casts will be touring 13 countries includ- described the musical show staged by two-ho- ur more than 100 cast members of Up With People. The internationally traveled . ing Yugoslavia, Poland and Venezuela, according to J. Blantan Belk, president of the organization. During the past year, the casts were seen by four million people in 815 communities in the United states and Europe. f' show, which has performed with Pres. Fords wife, Betty, in Vail, Colo, performed for Pope Paul VI, traveled in the communist countries, will apear in four performances in Montpelier, Tremonton, Preston and Logan this month. ' ganizations have been quick to sponsor the show. Tickets for the shows will be available in the various communities. Communication and inter- IN ALL.ibere.are459-students traveling1 with Up sponsored in Montpelier by1' 'V'TWIUlsipIe this year. These students were selected from in the 12,000 world-wid- e applicaPreston by the Franklin tions during the course of county Bicentennial com- last years tours. mission, the Preston Citizen Since it's inception in 1965, and the Preston high school 4000 students from 30 counband, and in Tremonton by tries have participated with the times. In Logan it is sponsored by Up With People. Cast members travel for a period of the Logan Jaycees and the eleven months, covering USU students. 23,000 miles and Dates for performances ' include Nov. 24 in the Bear living with 70 hosts families Lake high school gym, Nov., during that time. 26 in the Bear River high Acceptance is based upon a personal . interview conschool gym, and Nov. 27 in ducted by the personnel the Preston high school gym. staffs of the casts traveling All proceeds over expenses on the road or at Up With will go to student organizations in the three schools. People offices in Tucscon, Blanton Belk, president of ' . the musical troup. MM.UWith' THE STUDENTS in the cast represent 17 countries and 48 states and are from 17 to 24 years of age. According to Bruce Erley, who is in Cache Valley this week arranging for shows, "Up With People is an edu- independent non-prof- it, ALTHOUGH there is no set criteria for entrance, the organization seeks out persons who are motivated, outgoing and involved in their school and community life. Because Up With People produces a show, those with special ; high-quali- ty washer. -- ' . : STUDENTS MAY earn up credits through the University of Arizona. The University provides faculty who travel with the cast, said Hipps. High school seniors may also complete their senior year while traveling IN THE SPRING of 1965, J. Blanton Belk and Donald Birdsall, two philantropic-minde- d with Up With People. Within the structure of travel and the musical production, students also find opportunities to experience the fields of music, dance, businessmen, met in Tucson, Ariz., with eight college student body presidents. They discussed the creation of an innovative format to combine experience with education. A staff of 12 was formed out of the meeting. Some, with musical talent, believed the international language of . public relations, business and logistical management, recruiting and interviewing, and the technical aspects of theater; lighting, sound and costuming. DURING THEIR me year tour, each student lives with approximately 70 host fami- music could be a global communicator. explained. Jackson S. Hipps, administrative vice president and director of Educational Pro-- , to 24 could involve themselves in the issues and events that will shape their future. . and informal, grams. work through which they Leader-Garlan- d trum. Beople. activities and diverse cultural experiences, according to Belk. ' . The educational process is ..omfainaUnn at ihe. formal . in 1965, midst a turbulent period of protest, campus unrest and civil riots, said Belk. It was created out of a need to provide youth, on an international level, with a creative educational frame- . Ariz., Brussels, Belgium, or Caracas, Venzuela. ing imaginative academic courses, socially relevant ' r, The show will be presented Nov. 22 in the USU Spec- organization. The key phrase to the Up With People educational concept is experimental learning, said Belk. Five hundred young people currently traveling in our nine, casts are developing initiative, responsibility, flexibility and a global perspective, he added. This leadership and maturity process is developed through a comprehensive study program encompass- . action between people of .varied cultures, national-- . ' ities, ages, religions, and viewpoints is the aim of Up With People, explains J.. . shows are being "" News-Examine- instrumental or vocal abilities are needed, but musical talent is not a requirement for entrance. Based upon the fine family show presented last year and the enthusiastic community acceptance, community or- cational organization which has become known over the past eleven years in 38 countries around the world. Their impact is electric, instanteous. They do not ease into their performance with a gentle warm-up- ; they ingnite. it in a burst of musical combustion." That is how a review Others were educators, who believed living and learning could be synonymous, said Belk. lies. Cast members have lived in a total of 2100 private homes around the world since Up With Peoples In 1968, Up With People incorporated as an independent, nonprofit, educational inception. YOUNG PEOPLE between the ages of 17 in the Up With People shows. and 24 participate o years from 46 states and 17 countries 'rtf ,v 76 cs & fe 8 CLASSIFIEDS FEATURES PAUL HARVEY -- v fafo OQ WEEKS TV GUIDE M THURSDAY. 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