Photos: 50 years of Up with People concerts
Up with People's 25 greatest performances. The musical group with a positive message started in 1965 and was located in Tucson for many years. The 50th anniversary concerts will be March 6-7 at the Fox Theatre in Tucson. For tickets, go to upwithpeople.org/tucson
Up with People 50th anniversary
Cast 73B performing in front of Royal Albert Hall, London, England on October 10, 1973
Up with People 50th anniversary
Cast 77B and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra in a combined concert, Jan. 29, 1978. This event began a tradition of Up with People performing with a professional orchestra
Up with People 50th anniversary
Up with People's Summer Cast performed for three months at the World's Fair, Knoxville, TN, 1982
Up with People 50th anniversary
Olympian Jesse Owens arranged for two special performances for athletes at the Olympic Village Theatre, Munich, Sept.1972 after the tragic massacre of Israeli athletes
Up with People 50th anniversary
"1812 Overture" finale of Cast 78A's performance with the Dallas Symphony at the Cotton Bowl for a crowd of 20,000 on Labor Day September 3, 1978
Up with People 50th anniversary
Carnegie Hall performance in New York City, April, 1972
Up with People 50th anniversary
Under the sponsorship of Coca-Cola Up with People performed for more than 25,000 people in the Monumental Plaza de Toros México, 1988
Up with People 50th anniversary
Up with People marquee over the entrance of L'Olympia Music Hall in Paris, France, January 1971
Up with People 50th anniversary
During Up with People's first tour of the USSR the cast presented their widely acclaimed show at the Olympic Arena in Moscow, June 1988
Up with People 50th anniversary
View of the field during the Up with People performance for the Super Bowl XVI Halftime show at the Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan on January 24, 1982
Up with People 50th anniversary
At the invitation of Their Majesties King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan an Up with People cast participated in the Jerash Festival, August 1984
Up with People 50th anniversary
An outdoor performance in Belfast's Corn Market Square during Up with People's second visit to Northern Ireland in September 1981
Up with People 50th anniversary
During Up with People's second tour of China, Cast 85A performed at the Beizhan Theater Beijing, December, 1985
Up with People 50th anniversary
Cast 82E of Up with People performing with the Boston Pops at the famed Hatch Shell on Labor Day 1982
Up with People 50th anniversary
Up with People performs with the Belgian National Orchestra at the Palais de Beaux-Arts in Brussels. The two groups gave five joint concerts from November 12-23, 1980 to celebrate Belgium's 150th anniversary
Up with People 50th anniversary
The Colwell Brothers and cast on stage during the NBC TV Special co-sponsored by Reader's Digest and Coca Cola, August, 1968
Up with People 50th anniversary
Up with People's Cast 72A performing on the nationally broadcast CBS TV Special, April 14, 1973
Up with People 50th anniversary
Up with People performs in the Opening Ceremony for the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA, New Year's Day, 2008
Up with People 50th anniversary
In June 2014 Up with People made history by performing in Ramat Gan, Israel for an enthusiastic audience of 1,500
Up with People 50th anniversary
At the invitation of the Ministerio de Cultura de la República de Cuba Up with People made history again by performing in Havana for the first time on Oct. 24, 2014
Up with People 50th anniversary
Up with People made their second appearance in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, Nov. 2007
Up with People 50th anniversary
During World Youth Day 1993 at Denver's Mile High Stadium Up with People performed before Pope John Paul II and 85,000 young people from around the world
Up with People 50th anniversary
An estimated audience of over 100,000 filled The National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the July 4, 1978 celebration featuring Up with People's Summer Cast and the U.S. Army Band
Up with People 50th anniversary
Up with People's Cast 72A performing on the nationally broadcast CBS TV Special, April 14, 1973
Up with People 50th anniversary
Cast 72B performing in the Plaza de Monumental de Barcelona before 25,000 people, October 1972
Up with People 50th anniversary
During a visit to Rome sponsored by Il Tempo newspaper Cast 83C performed for 40, 000 pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, April 1984
Moments in the 50 year history of Up with People.