BYU Spectacular
BYU brought the Young Ambassadors to China 40 years ago in 1979. It was quite a miraculous feat. Well, this year they not only brought the Young Ambassadors for a 40-year reunion but they brought 8 other performing arts groups with them. They performed in Beijing, Shanghai, and yes, Xi’an. We’ve known about it for months. When the tickets went on sale in April, Kim and I talked and decided to buy a whole row of tickets and give a ticket to one student in each of our classes. A row is 17 tickets. We have 11 classes between the 2 of us. I’ve had contact with several of my students from last year so Kim suggested I give the remainder 6 to some of my former students. At first ,I didn’t know which 6 to give them to. A couple were obvious to me. But once I started offering tickets, it came down to just 6 that were able to attend that night. Next, we had to decide which student in each of our class woul...