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1994 – Performing for National and International Events

New Year Eve’s 1994 in Hong Kong sponsored by the Urban Council and Hong Kong Telecom

Up with People has been invited to participate in many national and international events and celebrations around the world, including:

  • National Scout Jamboree for 34,000 Boy Scouts in 1969
  • National 4-H Congress in Chicago in 1967
  • Performances in in 771 cities in 48 states for 3.9 million people during the Bicentennial tour of the United States in 1975-76
  • Belgian National Orchestra at the Palais de Beaux-Arts in Brussels in 1980 to celebrate Belgium’s 150th anniversary.
  • During the week of July 4th, 1991 casts perform in front of the Washington Monument, Washington, DC; in front of the USS Constitution in Boston, MA; at the Freedom Festival in Philadelphia, PA at Folsom Stadium in Boulder, CO and at Texas Stadium, Dallas
  • During Taiwan’s National Day for the President of Taiwan in a televised celebrations in Taipei in 2012
  • United Nations’ Rio+20 Earth Summit in 2012

Additionally, Up with People participated in international sporting events including:

  • Munich Olympics (1972)
  • Halftime Performance at Canadian Football League Western Conference Final in Edmonton on Nov. 19, 1978
  • Annual White House Annual Easter Egg Hunt (1983)
  • Performance for the National Sports Festival in Colorado Springs, CO, sponsored by the U.S. Olympic Committee (1982)
  • Performed as part of the opening ceremonies at the International Special Olympics Games at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. (1983)
  • Performance at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the International Summer Special Olympics World Games, South Bend, IN (1987)
  • Atlanta Olympics – Coca Cola Pavilion (1996)