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The weather along with the dryness of the air in
Utah caused a few chapped lips and a rush to purchase
some lip salve.
Most of the billets let their charges sleep in as
there was the inevitable late night after the NZ Returned
Missionary Society performance the previous night.
Sandy and Richard dressed up in their No.1’s and
attended the morning session of the LDS Conference,
which was televised throughout the state and many other
places around the world. Some other members of the
tour group watched the broadcast in their billets’ homes.
A number of the adults undertook some serious
shopping in the city and personal funds took their first
dive of the tour.
We heard from the airlines that Jesse Royal’s
travel papers had been located in Honolulu and would
be back at the Salt Lake City airport on Monday
morning.
That evening the group performed at a Gold &
Green Ball which was organised largely in recognition
of our visit. Although numbers were not high the ball
attenders enjoyed the involvement and performance of
the tourists in the 35-minute show.

Sandy and Richard attended the Saturday morning
session of conference in the Tabernacle and had to
collect their admission passes the previous day.

Casey Mia Hawkins arriving at the venue of the Kiwi
Green and Gold dance.

A child of one of the people attending the dance trying
out one of the groups’ pois.