Up With People

Travelling with the non-profit organization up with people, our group consisted of 150 students and staff members from 22 different countries. We were performing a show, doing CI and living in host families for 1 year. Read more

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June 17, 1999
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Day 1
Thursday, June 17, 1999
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: 1,620 m
United States Northglenn 39.895167, -104.97845639°53’43” N 104°58’42” W
Staging in Denver
June 17, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Staging: At the beginning of my year with Up With People I spend 6 weeks in Denver,
rehearsing our show. After six weeks of hard training and rehearsing, on August 20, we performed our show the first time in front of an audience. On one
day off, I signed up for a trip to go rafting. I expected a nice cosy boat trip, being a little bit shocked when suddenly hearing the noise of the first
of nine coming up waterfalls. But well, it was an experience. Staging: At the beginning of my year with Up With People I spend 6 weeks in Denver,
rehearsing our show. After six weeks of hard training and rehearsing, on August 20, we performed our show the first time in front of an audience. On one
day off, I signed up for a trip to go rafting. I expected a nice cosy boat trip, being a little bit shocked when suddenly hearing the noise of the first
of nine coming up waterfalls. But well, it was an experience.Read more
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Day 71
Thursday, August 26, 1999
☁️ 26 °C
Altitude: 867 m
United States Salvation Army 37.96677, -100.87529537°58’0” N 100°52’31” W
Gardencity, kansas
August 26, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
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Finally, we're on the road! After 6 weeks of hard rehearsing we startet our tour and arrived in our first city, living with ohur first host family. We did CI for YMCA, working at a camp for them in horrible heat. Our first show was very successful, the audience got crazy! This is me, wearing my show costume. By the way, it took me almost six months to find out that the skirt wasn't blue... ;)))Read more
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Day 74
Sunday, August 29, 1999 at 11:59 PM
🌧 20 °C
Altitude: 457 m
United States City Square Park 42.035551, -97.41380342°2’8” N 97°24’50” W
Norfolk, Nebraska
August 29, 1999 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
We performed two shows in this city, which whe audience loved. a part from that we did CI in a home for elderly people. Finally we had a Host family picknick where they had the best buffet ever! And I had my own bed! Two things, you can't appreciate enough!Read more
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Day 78
Thursday, September 2, 1999
20 °C
Altitude: 365 m
United States Trisko Lake 46, -9646°0’0” N 96°0’0” W
moorhead, Minnesota
September 2, 1999 in the United States ⋅ 20 °C
Having nothing but a couch in the living room to sleep and a host family who was crazy about going out I didn't get more than 4 hours of sleep a night.
But it was cool, anyways.
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Day 82
Monday, September 6, 1999
19 °C
Altitude: 336 m
United States Mathias Mitchell Public Square Main Street Historic District 44.520469, -89.58110844°31’14” N 89°34’52” W
stevens Point, Wisconsin
September 6, 1999 in the United States ⋅ 19 °C
I had one of my best host families. For comunity involvement we went into a home for elderly people and talked to them. Finally we did three shows in this city, one for 600 school kids, who went crazy.Read more
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Day 86
Friday, September 10, 1999
17 °C
Altitude: 239 m
United States Bronson Park 42.289751, -85.58564542°17’23” N 85°35’8” W
kalamazoo, Mi
September 10, 1999 in the United States ⋅ 17 °C
We were hosted by a man with his 14 year old daughter. They were very nice people. One evening we went to a foodball game with an audience of 35000 people.
Although I am definitely not interested in foodball, it was an experience. We did promotion in a mall for our show: My face was painted with "Up With People"
on my forehead and "give" on one cheek and "25 cent" on the other one. We wanted to collect money for handicapped children who wouldn't be able to pay
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Day 88
Sunday, September 12, 1999
⛅ 27 °C
Altitude: 237 m
United States I Am Temple 41.883718, -87.63238241°53’1” N 87°37’57” W
Chicago
September 12, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We visited the Sears tower, the highest skyscraper in the USA. My host family lived in Chicago too. Their daughter was planning to travel with UWP in July,
that's why we had a lot to talk. I wasn't in the show that city, because I was sick. But I did my first interview with an applicant in that city.Read more
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Day 92
Thursday, September 16, 1999
☀️ 16 °C
Altitude: 334 m
United States Dick Run 41.638732, -80.15033541°38’19” N 80°9’1” W
meadville, Pennsylvania
September 16, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
I am hosted by an elderly couple, and I do have my own bed and my own room! You can't appreciate this enough. We had our first school project, teaching
a seventh and a 8th grade. We did promotion for our show in the parade of Meadville, wearing t-shirts with our tour schedule printed on it and with our
faces painted with the date of the show. Our host Mum showed us a little lake where there were so many fish in it, that the ducks could walk on them. All
these fish were fet by the tourists and that's why they were all coming to the surface. On our day off, our host family took us on a ride on their boat.
We crossed the lake Conneaut and went to a wonderful buffet where I ate that much that I was almost sick. Later we went to an amusement park and in the
evening we visited a host family picknick. Show in Meadville was great! The audience was so energetic, that it was pure fun to perform for them.Read more
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Day 96
Monday, September 20, 1999
20 °C
Altitude: 341 m
United States Saint Thomas Episcopal Church 42.335837, -77.31813242°20’9” N 77°19’5” W
Bath, new York
September 20, 1999 in the United States ⋅ 20 °C
On our travel day to Bath, we stopped at the niagara Falls. That was so impressing! In Bath, I had one of my best host families and best room made! Do
you remember having spaghetties, being blind? On the picture, it's Bob and me in Bath, New York. Oh, don't get me wrong! Bob was the karate doll, for my
host dad was a karate trainer. during our show in Almira we suddenly lost power and had to go on unplugged. But we made it!!!Read more
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Day 105
Wednesday, September 29, 1999
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 39 m
United States Saint Peter's Episcopal Church 42.651934, -73.7547742°39’7” N 73°45’17” W
albany, New York
September 29, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We were expecting 2500 people to ur show in Albany, But it was only an audience of 800 people. that was sad.
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Day 109
Sunday, October 3, 1999
⛅ 12 °C
Altitude: 116 m
United States Little Utica 43.216179, -76.40160243°12’58” N 76°24’6” W
little Utica, new York
October 3, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We are hosted by an old lady of 80 years, who's very on-the-ball. I did community service in the central new york developmental service office, where mentally
handicapped patients are treated. Most of them weren't able to speak, but had a little computer, where some phrases were saved on. Pressing a button, the
pc was saying the selected phrase. That was very impressing and I got reminded that you cannot be thankful enough if you're healthy.Read more
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Day 113
Thursday, October 7, 1999
☀️ 8 °C
Altitude: 14 m
United States Eisenhower Park 41.491823, -71.31171941°29’31” N 71°18’42” W
Newport, Rhode Island
October 7, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
My host family was owning a pizza place called the firehouse, so we had pizza, pizza and pizza again for one week. ;)) When we made toast for breakfast
in our host families house, we beat the fire alarm... ;)) We got trained for the boston School Projects and later we all did batik and someone tie-dyed
my jeans and my shoes, too. Oh yeah!Read more
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Day 118
Tuesday, October 12, 1999
☀️ 13 °C
Altitude: 15 m
United States Lynn-Central Square Station 42.46441, -70.95091942°27’52” N 70°57’3” W
Lynn, Massachusetts
October 12, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
first school project in a middle school, wich took a whole day. we were performing a short version of our show and holding lessons for a seventh grade
concerning cultural awareness. That was quite hard but great, too. Doing community service, we painted a wall in the Club America, a club for kids of families
of lower social classes. As my jeans got tye-died in the last city, I wanted to buy a new one. But being in the mall, I was suddenly right in the middle
of two men, fighting with each other. So I decided, that my tie-dyed jeans are very nice and I could wear them still a bit longer.Read more
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Day 123
Sunday, October 17, 1999
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 19 m
United States Dock Square (historical)42.360256, -71.05727942°21’37” N 71°3’26” W
School projects in Boston
October 17, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Boston school projects: For one week we were teaching children in the schools of Boston concerning cultural awareness.
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Day 131
Monday, October 25, 1999
4 °C
Altitude: 137 m
United States Bradford Golf Course 43.997516, -72.12665243°59’51” N 72°7’36” W
Bradford, Vermont
October 25, 1999 in the United States ⋅ 4 °C
Do you remember Jenny? You were blind for one day and because the two blind of us didn't find the way, we missed BJ.s bus and so our host Dad had to take
Bread and the two of us to school... ;))
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Day 134
Thursday, October 28, 1999
☀️ 6 °C
Altitude: 159 m
United States Avery Dam 43.528304, -71.46905343°31’42” N 71°28’9” W
Laconia, Nh
October 28, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
Just at the beginning of every show we had green room, where we got motivated to do a great show. this time in Green Room I got the Showhairaward and it took me 1 minute to do my hair that day. On Halloween, Kate and me went to do trick or tread with our hostRead more
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Day 138
Monday, November 1, 1999
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: 118 m
United States Lancaster Square 40.040394, -76.30405340°2’25” N 76°18’15” W
Lancaster, Pa
November 1, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We went to this Halloween Party, being dressed as a dance group, wearing these very cute skirts... ;))
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Day 141
Thursday, November 4, 1999
9 °C
Altitude: 16 m
United States First Congregational Church 42.937653, -70.83457742°56’16” N 70°50’4” W
hampton, nh
November 4, 1999 in the United States ⋅ 9 °C
We had two very nice host siblings: Daniel and Nathaly, who was blind. She was three years old and I could give her Mum a lot of hope, that Nathaly would
be able to do a whole bunch of things in her later life, although she's blind. And in Hampton is a wonderful beach.Read more
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Day 144
Sunday, November 7, 1999
⛅ 4 °C
Altitude: 166 m
United States Cate Park 43.584486, -71.21025543°35’4” N 71°12’37” W
Wolfeboro, nh
November 7, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
I did community involvement in a home for elderly people again and it was frustrating seeing all these very sick people. And the man i visited began to cry, when I asked him about his family. During our daily rehearsal the whole cast was so frustrated, so that the staff broke up the rehearsal. And during the show half of our microphones stopped to work and two people got hurt during the dances.Read more
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Day 148
Thursday, November 11, 1999
☀️ 5 °C
Altitude: 50 m
United States Enfield 41.976208, -72.59175541°58’34” N 72°35’30” W
Enfield, ct
November 11, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
there is not much to tell about this city because I stayed in bed, being sick.
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Day 151
Sunday, November 14, 1999
☁️ 15 °C
Altitude: 40 m
United States Commons Historic District 40.712982, -74.00720540°42’47” N 74°0’26” W
study group in New York City
November 14, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We had some days off and started to our study group in New York City: We visited the statue of liberty, Ellis Island, the metropolitan museeum, the empire state building, the Brooklyn Bridge and I visited the musical show Miss Saigon at the Broadway.Read more
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Day 159
Monday, November 22, 1999
☁️ 13 °C
Altitude: 44 m
United States Center Square 39.952597, -75.16516939°57’9” N 75°9’55” W
Summerdale/Philadelphia, Pa
November 22, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We were hosted in summerdale, where we also performed the show. But we took part in the famous Philadelphia parade to do promotion for the show. and it was raining dogs and cats... Oh what fun! But at the show day in summerday it was cast appreciation day: So all the staff did a show for us, were cooking for us, serving us and when the show was done, we all could go home and the staff stroke the stage for us.Read more
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Day 167
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
⛅ 2 °C
Altitude: 53 m
United States Hickorytown 40.111855, -75.28514140°6’43” N 75°17’7” W
plymouth meeting
November 30, 1999 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
On our way to Plymouth Meeting we stopped at Inercorse, Amish country and visited a typical house of amish people. I was quite impressed, how these people do without all of our daily things and make their own clothes, their own food and so on. In my new host family I have two host sisters again (13, und 15 years( and two cats. We did a private show in Philadelphia for Mazons, which was quite hard, for we had to carry all of our stuff into the fifth floor of the hotel. But they liked our show. during our show day in Plymouth Tyson_s Dad came to the show, who is deaf mute. Tyson had taught me a little bit of sign language and so I could talk to him a little bit.Read more
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Day 172
Sunday, December 5, 1999
15 °C
Altitude: 174 m
United States Williamsport 41.240219, -77.00623341°14’25” N 77°0’22” W
Villiamsport, Pa
December 5, 1999 in the United States ⋅ 15 °C
For promo-crew 19 people of us from 19 different countries forced themselves in one VW beatle trying to get into the Guinnes book. We made it in 34 seconds!!! During community involvement I talk to an old lady in an old people's home, who had escaped from the communists from Sachsen in 1950. So we could talk German.Read more
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Day 177
Friday, December 10, 1999
🌧 5 °C
Altitude: 228 m
United States Waynesboro 39.754923, -77.5763339°45’18” N 77°34’35” W
Waynesboro, Pa
December 10, 1999 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
Last american city: During our lastshow the staff had distributed light bars to the audience, which look beautiful. On our last evening we had a Banquet, spending the last night together with the whole cast, dancing and partying. Finally I lost the key to my suitcase... Flying home for Christmas... Suddenly all was in German...Read more
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