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Show Tour Russia-Poland Steve Knell with BYU Young Ambassadors attitude is so good." The troupe was met by mayors, governors in every major city they visited. The Americans found little difficulty communicating with the Poles and Russians Before leaving the United States, their narrations used in the performances were put to memory in Russian and Polish. At Kiev, the troupe spent three days and performed once without the use of their electronic equipment. The instruments and microphones were still on their way from Moscow. The show turned out to be one of their best for the entire tour. I ' pl' r,'"'i Steve Knell of Cedar City recently returned from the Soviet Union and Poland after a five-week performance per-formance tour with Brigham Young University's Young Ambassadors musical variety group. Mr. Knell, son of Douglas and Janet Knell, said it was the first time a BYU performing per-forming group has appeared in the Soviet Union. He performed as a percussionist per-cussionist with the troupe's oand. He graduated from Cedar City High School in 1975. The group, under artistic director Randy Boothe, was originally scheduled for 17 performances but was so popular that 30 shows were presented. The group also participated par-ticipated in two television productions and various radio interviews. This made a combined potential audience of more than 150 million people behind the Iron Curtain. The students were pleased to find that Russians and Poles wanted to make friends on a people-to-people basis, according to Dr. Gary L. Browning, the group's tour manager. "The crowds were never less than enthusiastic," he said. "The people were especially impressed with the energy and excitement that the group radiated." Bruce L. Olsen, director of the University Relations at BYU, said the 31-member group taped a l'z-hour television show in Moscow. The station claims more than 130 million viewers. The Young Ambassadors also taped a one-half hour television show to be broadcast over Central Television in Warsaw, Poland, where it will be seen by an estimated 25 million people. "Because the concerts were so enthusiastically received, we were able to put on many more shows than we had originally anticipated," an-ticipated," Mr. Boothe said. "In Poland we had at least one concert every day." IN RUSSIA. Steve Knell of Cedar City is shown in Russia where he toured with the Brigham Young University Young Ambassadors musical variety group. The Young Ambassadors performed several impromptu im-promptu concerts in such places as bus stops, market places, and even in a salt mine. On the first night of their live performances in Warsaw, the troupe ran into some difficulties. Since the Young Ambassadors perform per-form on a non-profit basis and therefore could not pay for theatre bookings, they relied on the kindness of the theatre or "culture place" managements. On the fourth week of the tour, the Young Ambassadors Am-bassadors left Poland for a two-week visit to the Soviet Union. While in Poland and the USSR, the group impressed many people with their attitude. One important local Soviet businessman commented, "If I saw you on the street, I would think you were Soviet youth. Your |