Sunday, September 23, 2012

Cultural Celebration




General authorities arriving on golf carts.  Elder L. Tom Perry,  Elder Russel M. Nelson( with spouses) and several from the quorum of the seventy.
 This is the sight I saw when I parked.  Each Stake (13) had an area. At this point they were about done feeding 4,000 youth sloppy joes at the Stake Center across the street.
 Each youth had all their belonging in a basket.  There was no privacy for changing from one outfit to another so they  had on spandex and a cap sleeve top as a basic cover.

The link below is a video of the opening number.Aubrey is way in the back and the first few groups of dancers leave to get ready. 
 http://youtu.be/CDks-qaUC80

 First came the Shoshone.
 Then the immigrants.

 Here Malad is representing the Welsh heritage.  Aubrey is not shown.  I only took a video. In the video Aubrey and Griffin start at the far right of the circle.  They are the tallest in the group.  With the bonnets it is hard to tell who is who. 
The link for the video is:  http://youtu.be/WTeMzkeFGJk

 Then of course the latin workers came to help in the fruit orchards of cherries, peaches and apples..
 Successful settlers / prospering / being sent to other areas to settle again.  
 The East meets the West in the building of the rail road.

 Celebrating Peach Days in Brigham.
 Brigham had the first military hospital in Utah.  (dancers dressed like soldiers and nurses, cute dance)
 The swing era. Also super cute dance.
 Patriotic portion.  Very cool.
 Missionaries and flags from  around the world. Very moving.
Youth with scenes of temples.

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