Category:Young Ambassadors

Overview

The Young Ambassadors are a song and dance performing group from Brigham Young University. 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 26 performers (13 men and 13 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 was founded by Janie Thompson in 1970. “They have changed for the better — and better,” said Thompson. “The caliber of the students, their talent, hard work and training, have made them very successful.”

The group has been directed by Randall Boothe since 1978.

In 2012 the group released their ninth album, Harmony: The Music of Life and includes energetic tunes like Sing, Sing, Sing and Haven't Met You Yet. Additionally, that year the group was featured in the BYU Homecoming Spectacular. Additionally, the group performs annually at the BYU Winterfest held in February at the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Tour history

This tour history beings in 1970 and continues up to present day.

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

Young Ambassadors sing for Mother Theresa

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
2012 Sparrows Nest AIDS Village, South Africa