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Two BYU Presidents Address Church Branch in Beijing

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By Mike Foley
May 21, 2007 03:34 AM
BEIJING, China — BYU-Hawaii President Eric B. Shumway and First Quorum of Seventy member and BYU Provo President Cecil O. Samuelson — who are both in the capital of China with their respective touring performance groups — spoke to over 200 expatriate members at the Beijing Branch of the Church today. Asia Area President Elder Daryl H. Garn, who is a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy, and Elder Chia Ju Yen, Beijing-based Area Authority Seventy, also attended the branch meeting.
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Writer Shares Personal Insights Into Concert Tour

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By Mike Foley
May 19, 2007 05:43 AM
BEIJING, China — I feel fortunate to be part of the University Advancement media crew covering the BYUH Concert Choir tour to China and Mongolia — with performances in Urumqi, Xi'an, Beijing, Tianjin and Ulaanbaatar — from May 7-29. With this submission, I would like to depart a little from my normal coverage of the tour and share a few of my own impressions and feelings:
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BYUH Choir Members Share Aloha, Gifts at China Orphanage

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By Mike Foley
May 16, 2007 04:38 AM
XI'AN, Shaanxi, China — Though members of the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir that is currently touring China gave gifts to the children at an orphanage this morning, it's fair to say the students got more out of the experience than the kids.
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Touring Choir Members Share Spiritual Vignettes

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By Mike Foley
May 15, 2007 04:59 PM
XI'AN, Shaanxi, China — "I've never been on a tour where I've felt so much love," said Napua Baker, BYU-Hawaii Vice President of University Advancement, as she asked several members of the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir touring China and Mongolia from May 7-29, 2007, to briefly share examples of "charity or pure love" they have experienced while on the road during a morning devotional service. One of them is rather amazing:
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Xi'an Alumni Greet BYU-Hawaii Choir Group

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By Mike Foley
May 14, 2007 10:51 PM
XI'AN, Shaanxi, China — Over 20 BYU-Hawaii alumni now living here expressed their aloha and embraced members of the visiting BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir during a special musical social that was held the first evening the group arrived in China's ancient capital.
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Urumqi Officials Praise BYU-Hawaii Choir

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By Mike Foley
May 14, 2007 09:12 PM
URUMQI, Xinjiang, China — Government and Xinjiang University officials praised the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir and new-found friends bid a touching farewell after the group's second and final performance in this far-western city where approximately half of the people are ethnic Uyghurs of Turkic heritage.
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Uyghur Family Honors Visiting BYU-Hawaii Group, Leaders

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By Mike Foley
May 14, 2007 05:35 AM
URUMQI, Xinjiang, China — The family of Nina Abuliz Foster, a 2004 BYU-Hawaii Interdisciplinary Studies graduate and a current dance instructor at the university, hosted the entire visiting Concert Choir group to an evening of outstanding Uyghur food and entertainment. The head of the family also presented the group's leaders with special gifts.
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BYUH Choir Members Tour Ancient Chinese Sites

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By Mike Foley
May 14, 2007 12:32 AM
TURPAN, Xinjiang, China — During their stay in the far-western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, BYU-Hawaii concert Choir members took the time during their three-week tour of China and Mongolia to visit a 2000-year-old engineering feat that ranks with China's Great Wall and Grand Canal, and also to see one of the country's best preserved archeological sites.
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BYUH Choir Presents First Concert in China

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By Mike Foley
May 11, 2007 12:23 PM
URUMQI, Xinjiang, China — Over 5,000 people filled the new multipurpose Xinjiang University Gymnasium on May 10 to hear the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir give its first public performance in this far-western Chinese city.
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