News Release (September 23, 1965)

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NEW COLLEGE NEWS RELEASE NEW COLLEGE, SARASOTA, FLORIDA FURMAN C. ARTHUR INFORMATION Sept. 23, 1965 FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE A group of Kor eon children uh o will give a folk dance concert in Sarasota November 7 have begun Americon tour with a superb beginning, according to a Sarasotan who witnessed their concert. L. W. Horning, vtce president of The Korean Cultural and Freedom Foundation, sponsors of the touring gronp of 26 I'orean youngsters, returned today from Washington where he saw the first American performance of the group. Horning, who also is president of The Friends of New College, sponsors of The Little Angels' appearance here, said, "It was one of those beautiful experi-ences of a lifetime." Horning revealed that when The Little Angels appear here for their November performance, two special guestB will be here too. Dr. You Chan Yang, Ambassndor-at-large for the Republic of Korea, will come to Sarasota for the occasion. This be the first of t'tvo trips for Dr. Yang, who will come again in March to speak at a special meeting being sponsored by the Woman's Library Association of New College. Here also as an honored guest \v:;.ll be Hyun Chul. Kim, Ambassador of the Re-public of Korea Kim will accept from President John Elmendorf a scholarship to be awarded to a Korean student for studies at New College. -more-

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,. Page 2 -THE LITTLE ANGELS Horning said that at the gala national premiere, an invited audience at the Washington Hilton witnessed one of the most unusual evenings of entertainment in the capitol's history. The Little Angels have been training since 1962. All members, selected nation-wide for their brilliance in dancing, recreate the folk dances of Korea, which are much more brilliant and active than other Asian national dances. All the dancers are between the ages of seven and thirteen. They are ac-companied by trained musicians, members of the faculty of the Korean National Court Music Academy .. Tickets for the November 7 performance are now available either by mail or telephone from the Allied Arts Council office in Sarasota's Civic Center or at New College. Serving with Horning on the Foundation are such luminaries as Admiral Arleigh Burke, USN (Ret) president, and honorary officers, former presidents of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman. Horning told the story of the arrival of the Korean troupe at Dulles Airport and of a subsequent trip into the Capitol. Two of the youngest dancers, ages 7 and 8, after seeing the huge new Washing-ton Hilton in which they were to stay and also to perform, asked, "Is this the king's house?11 Admiral Arleigh Burke explained that it was their house for the duration of their stay in Washington. Later after a tour of the White House, one of the young ladies asked in a disappointed voice why the President of the United States would have a house smaller than the one in which she was staying. Admiral Burke told her, "You are a guest of the President and he wanted you to have the big house." The young Korean looked again at the House, reflected on this reply, and then said, "tve love President Johnson." -30-