Staging in Denver

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 firstLäs mer
Gardencity, kansas

Travelling with UWP
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 aLäs mer
Norfolk, Nebraska

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 ILäs mer
moorhead, Minnesota

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.
stevens Point, Wisconsin

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 wentLäs mer
kalamazoo, Mi

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 inLäs mer
Chicago

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 inLäs mer
meadville, Pennsylvania

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 forLäs mer
Bath, new York

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? OnLäs mer
albany, New York

We were expecting 2500 people to ur show in Albany, But it was only an audience of 800 people. that was sad.
little Utica, new York

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 ofLäs mer
Newport, Rhode Island

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 fireLäs mer
Lynn, Massachusetts

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 quiteLäs mer
School projects in Boston

Boston school projects: For one week we were teaching children in the schools of Boston concerning cultural awareness.
Bradford, Vermont

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... ;))
Laconia, Nh

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. OnLäs mer
Lancaster, Pa

We went to this Halloween Party, being dressed as a dance group, wearing these very cute skirts... ;))
hampton, nh

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 herLäs mer
Wolfeboro, nh

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. DuringLäs mer
Enfield, ct

there is not much to tell about this city because I stayed in bed, being sick.
study group in New York City

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 ILäs mer
Summerdale/Philadelphia, Pa

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 atLäs mer
plymouth meeting

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 makeLäs mer
Villiamsport, Pa

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 anLäs mer
Waynesboro, Pa

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 theLäs mer