Show BYU Sounds To j Audiences in major cities throughout South Africa are due to receive an entertainment treat from Young University when the lour that June WHILE BYU program bureau groups have toured all over the this will be the first tour of South According to the BYU office of university an invitation to have the BYU troupe tour South Africa was recently given the group by Reg prominent South African Mormon former star rugby and organizer of a variety program that drew people to a single outdoor performance in Southern Africa in THE SPECIALLY produced BYU variety show includes four student dancers and twelve who will combine talents with a twenty-five piece South African band in such popular numbers as to Morning and a Carpenters The show will also include song and dance numbers that draw nostalgically on the past such as Hand and Bugle and a girls trio number that is a take-off on the once-popular Andrew A SPOOF rock medley of the reminds the audience of an era of bygone-days when bobby swooned before matinee A square dance number brings the west to Southern the big band will revive some of sounds that made Count Basie Novelty numbers include an original song a crowd pleaser that wilt also delight THE SHOW is under the direction of Harry S. a talented BYU program bureau music arranger and who directed a similar tour show in South America last The show brought raves from audiences in ten different countries and over television viewers saw the troupe in nine South American Schultz's show was rated at the top of the television entertainment the week in Buenos WORKING closely with Schultz on the show musical back-up will be head of a South African The orchestra will be complemented by eight BYU student Choreography for the show has been created by Lori Regas herself a BYU student who has choreographed professionally for the national U.S. television network TOUR director-business manager of the troup is John G. director of the BYU office of university an office that and manages twelve and contemporary groups at the Utah-based Mormon He was born in and moved to Utah in The BYU Sounds of Freedom have the Orient in 1970 and the Caribbean in 1971 under the auspices of the U.S. of They have also toured throughout the U.S. and Canada on over sixteen short ten-day mid-semester THEY have performed at in in at on the Ed Sullivan television show in New and on television Cross |