MormonTimes.com: BYU ties to China started with arts

President Oaks had idea to send group in 1979

Published: Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 12:10 a.m. MDT
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Brigham Young University's first foray into the People's Republic of China came through performing-arts tours dating back nearly three decades.

In the 29 years since, various BYU groups — with their specialties ranging from show tunes to ethnic numbers, from ballroom to folk dance and from orchestral arrangements to improvised jazz riffs — have sung, danced and performed their way across China on stages, in performance halls and on television broadcasts.

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BYU Young Ambassadors perform at Drum Tower Square in Beijing during a 2005 tour to China and Korea. (Mark A.Philbrick/BYU)
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BYU Young Ambassadors perform at Drum Tower Square in Beijing during a 2005 tour to China and Korea.