Young Ambassadors

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The Young Ambassadors are a song and dance performing group from Brigham Young University. They were founded by Janie Thompson. Since their first international performance at world exposition 1970 in Osaka, Japan, they have performed throughout the United States and over 56 other nations. Their audiences have included the prime minister of India, the queen of Thailand, and the king and queen of Jordan. Live and televised appearances in major concert halls and impromptu performances in hospitals, orphanages, town squares and government palaces reach millions of people each year.

The Young Ambassadors company consists of 20 performers (10 men and 10 women), a 10 piece show band (keyboard, drums, guitar and bass guitar, etc.) and 9 technical personnel.

Prior to 1970, the group was known as Curtain Time USA. In the 1960s, their world tour stops included Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq.

The Young Ambassadors have been directed by Randy Boothe since 1978.

Past members

Sharlene Wells Hawkes, Miss America
Candese Marchese, Eponine in Broadway cast of Les Misérables
Christeena Michelle Riggs, Eponine in Broadway cast of Les Misérables, Cosette in the 10th Anniversary Production.
Dan Truman, country music group Diamond Rio keyboardist
Emily Tyndall, actress in Napoleon Dynamite

Directors

Randy Boothe, Director
Ron Simpson, Associate Director
Janielle Christensen, Associate Director
John Shurtleff, Technical Director

Tour history

This tour history beings in 1970 and continues up to present day ^[1]

1970 Japan (Osaka World Exposition)
1971-1972 California, Eastern United States, Germany, Netherlands
1972-1973 New Mexico, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, El Salvador
1973-1974 Midwestern United States, Southern California, South Africa
1974-1975 Northern California, Utah, Eastern United States
1975-1976 Alberta, Southern United States, Central United States
1976-1977 Arizona, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland
1977-1978 New Mexico, Midwestern United States, Eastern United States, Montana, Wyoming, Russia, Poland
1978-1979 Arizona, Central Canada, Northern United States, Canada, Poland, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Guam, Hawaii, California
1979-1980 New Mexico, Arizona, Hawaii, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Hong Kong, Southern United States, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
1980-1981 Colorado, Wyoming, Northern California, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Romania (twice), Russia, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Greece
1981-1982 Northwest United States, Arizona, Southern California, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, New York, Tennessee World Exposition, San Diego, California (Holiday Bowl)
1982-1983 Utah, Southern California, Idaho, Washington, California (twice), Nevada, Japan, People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii
1983-1984 Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Southern California, Northeast United States, Southern United States, Louisiana World Exposition
1984-1985 Northern California, Southern California, Nevada, Yugoslavia, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, Jerash
1985-1986 Nevada, Northern California, Montana, Alberta, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Japan, People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
1986-1987 Arizona, Northeast United States, Canada
1987-1988 Northwest U.S., United Kingdom, Ireland

1988-1989 Northern California, Southeast United States, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
1989-1990 Southern California, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway
1990-1991 New Mexico, Russia, Berlin, Germany
1991-1992 Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Berlin, Germany
1992-1993 Northern California, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
1993-1994 Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia
1994-1995 Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota
1995-1996 California, Vietnam, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Malaysia
1996-1997 Arizona, Morocco, Tunisia
1997-1998 Northern California, Nevada, South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana
1998-1999 Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand
1999-2000 Southern California, Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia (U.S. State), Louisiana
2000-2001 Arizona, Far East Russia, Japan
2001-2002 Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alberta, Canada
2002-2003 California, Northern Nevada
2003-2004 Southern Nevada, California, Brazil, Argentina
2004-2005 Colorado, New Mexico, Hong Kong, China, South Korea
2005-2006 Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nauvoo, Illinois
2006-2007 Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, China
2007-2008 Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, California, Australia
2008-2009 New Mexico, Texas, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland

Albums

The Lord is My Light
The New American Songbook

References

↑ Young Ambassadors Tour History

External links

Brigham Young University

Academics

Athletics

Campus

Landmarks	Y Mountain Centennial Carillon Tower

Academics	Harold B. Lee Library Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center Jesse Knight Building Eyring Science Center N. Eldon Tanner Building Maeser Building Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center Joseph Smith Building Heber J. Grant Building Spencer W. Kimball Tower Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center

Museums	Museum of Art Museum of Paleontology Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum Museum of Peoples and Cultures

Athletics	LaVell Edwards Stadium Marriott Center Larry H. Miller Field Smith Fieldhouse

Off-campus	Jerusalem Center BYU Salt Lake Center

Housing	Residence halls

History

People

Student life

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