Chapter 2. Sun Myung Moon Christian Crusade Presents

The Daily Texan
Student Newspaper at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, Tuesday, June 4, 1974
Thursday, Friday
Korean Ballet,
Singers Here
When the Celebration of Life
tour rolls into town there will
be more than 60 international
students besides a generous
dose of costume and culture.
The tour, under the direction
of the Sun Myung Moon
Christian Crusade, offers the
Korean Folk Ballet and the
New Hope Singers
International, an offering of 18
dancersand 43 singers.
The Unification Church will
sponsor the performances,
which will be 8 p.m. Thursday
and Friday in the Texas State
School for the Deaf
Auditorium Each
performance will be different
and will include a variety of
dances, songs and comedy
routines.
After four months of "very
strict discipline and
work,"
as
one dancer puts it, the ballet
is embarking on its first U.S.
tour. Members were gathered
from the area around Seole,
Korea, and belong to the
Unification Church.
The dance troupe is
comprised of members from
seven different nations.
The Unification Church was
inaugurated in 1954 and is now
found in 40 different nations.
The U.S. congregations host 10
regional missionaries, the
International O n e -W o r I d
Crusade. The crusades are
made up of 70 members who
travel one of 10, five-state
regions in the U.S., holding
rallies and speaking.
The church will sponsor a
workshop-retreat at St
Edward's University Saturday
through Sunday to explain the
church principles.
Free tickets for the
Celebration of Life
performances may be obtained
at 711 W. 21st SL
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