Dave Brown and Ricky Parkinson of Vocal Point greet guests after a performance in Nauvoo, Illinois. The group spent just over a week there and was a favorite among audiences.

Living Legends director Janielle Christensen is encouraged by students as she dances with a local mariachi in Tecalco, Mexico.

Members of the International Folk Dance Ensemble pose with the Folk Music Ensemble in front of the LDS temple in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Ryan and Karen Tamai of the Living Legends make friends with some children at La Ciudad de Los Niños, an orphanage in Hermosillo. Proceeds from the concert in that city were donated to the orphanage.

Jared Morris of the Wind Symphony shows his timpani to some young admirers in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The BYU Singers perform in the beautiful Chestnut Street Methodist Church in Portland, Maine. The concert provided both an aural and a visual treat. One of the hosts in Providence was so taken with the concert that he traveled to hear them again in Portland.

Students from the Okemos High School near Lansing, Michigan, listen as the BYU Singers perform for them. The performance was part of a workshop that also included individual and sectional training by the Singers.

Katie Kern helps bring students of the Holt Children’s Welfare Services Center in Seoul, Korea, to a performance of the Young Ambassadors.

Symphony member Chris Tanzie speaks with an interested member of the audience after the concert in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Balloon animals, songs, lollipops, and stuffed animals are shared with the children of a Phnom Penh orphanage during a special visit by The Dancers’ Company.

Following a concert in Veracruz, Living Legends dancer Cameron Tuitele is interviewed by a reporter for a local television station.

Chinese minister of foreign affairs Li Zhaoxing visits with several of the Young Ambassadors during a reception for them at the Poly Theatre in Beijing.

The Ballroom Dance Company poses at the Australia Parliament Building following a performance for legislators in a special budget session in Canberra, Australia.

Vocal Point entertains the crowd at the local Strawberry Festival in Carthage, Illinois, during their Nauvoo tour.

Taiwanese vice president Lu Hsiu-lien gives a surprise speech before a Dancers’ Company performance in Taipei. In her remarks she spoke of her high regard for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and mentioned learning some English from Church missionaries as a child.

Dr. David Blackinton acknowledges the crowd as the Wind Symphony plays “Stars and Stripes Forever” at Kungsträdgården during a concert for the UN Family Day in Stockholm, Sweden.

Ivan Hoffman of The Dancers’ Company engages in an impromptu exchange with a performer of the Santimen Aboriginal Park in southern Taiwan. During its visit the group was invited to perform for an audience of about 300 people.

BYU’s Ballroom Dance Company performs in the Christchurch Town Square in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Fidel Herrera Beltran, governor of the state of Veracruz, presents a gift to Living Legends after its concert at the Teatro de la Reforma.

Young Ambassador Alan Sackett sits with children at the Aemang-won Orphanage in Daegu, Korea.

The Dancers’ Company gets a tour of the old palace in Bangkok where the original throne of Chulalongkorn is housed. The company’s opportunity to visit this historic building, which is usually closed to the public, was due to the kindness of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.

The Young Ambassadors perform in front of the Drum Tower at the Forbidden City in China.

Members of the Ballroom Dance Company entertain crowds with a public performance in the streets of Papeete, Tahiti.

The BYU Young Ambassadors and friends from Nankai University smile together during a cultural exchange in Tianjin, China.