In Memoriam
Remembering Our Friends
As we pay tribute to our folk dance friends who are no longer dancing among us, it is fitting to remember those sentiments that each of us have sung so many times, to so many people, in so many places, throughout the world.
God be with you till we meet again.
Knowing that this list may be incomplete, please inform us of others that we should include. (alumni@byufolkdancealumni.com)
YEARS WITH THE FOLK DANCERS
1969-1984 Allen, Don (leadership, director, dancer)
1967-1969 Andelin, Michael (dancer)
1978-1981 Babcock, Ron (dancer)
1979 Barnes, Angus (dancer)
1970-1973 Benschneider, Don (dancer)
2009-2011 Bills , Emily Smith (dancer)
1969-1972 Bingham, Dave (dancer)
1980, 1989 Bramhall, Dorothy (tour leadership)
1967 Brown, Richard (musician, dancer)
1970-1971 Bunting, Steve (dancer)
1985-1989 Busquets, Joaquin (dancer)
1976 Cameron, Elliott (tour leadership)
1970-1975 Carter, Jeff (dancer)
1966 -1968 Christensen, Lars Odell (dancer)
1959-1960 Clark, Robert (dancer)
1997 Conlee, Marianne (tour leadership)
1967-1970 Dedrickson, Marianne (dancer)
1956-1959 Durfee, Lyman (dancer)
1969-1974 Farr, Lorna Kerby (dancer)
1971-1973 Firmage Ellis, Becky (dancer)
1974-1978 Gandy, Kim (dancer)
1970-1974 Graf, Kathy Swensen (dancer)
1964 Goodwin, Julie Corbett (dancer)
1967-1969 Hall, Brent (dancer)
1970-1984 Hill, Dennis (dancer, teacher)
1981-1984 Hansen, Leanne Haigh (dancer)
1964-1966 Hopkinson, Gary (dancer, technician, tour leadership)
1970-1974 Holt, Cary (dancer)
1985-1995 Horman, Scott (technical director)
1971-1974 Hutchings, Jeanie (dancer)
1980-1995 Jacobsen, Phyllis (tour leadership)
1956-1985 Jensen, Don (tour leadership)
1956-1985 Jensen, Mary Bee (founder, director, mentor)
1972 1975 Johnson, Claire Marie Andrews (dancer)
1980-1984 King, Kim (musician)
1966-1968 Larsen, Ken (indian dancer)
1980-1984 Leavy, Jeff (dancer)
1976-1977 Leppanen, Ike (dancer)
1969-1972 Logozzo, Iris Lysy (dancer, choreographer)
1969-1970 McPhie, Mike (dancer)
1971 Mott, Beverly Hurst (dancer)
1982 Naylor, Ruth (dancer)
1980-1982 Nelson, Darleis McBride (dancer)
1975-1977 Newman, Sara Foutz (dancer)
1967-1969 Nielson, M. Kim (dancer)
1964-1970 Olson, Craig (dancer)
1965-1966 Pack, Dallan (dancer)
1989-1992 Painter, Tammy (dancer)
1966-1968 Parks, Cristen (dancer)
1974-2014 Peay, Delynne Butcher (dancer, teacher, director)
1964-65, 1967-1971, 1974-1975 Peay, Garth (dancer)
1994 Phillips, LaRue (tour leadership)
1974-1978 Porter, Allen (dancer)
1963-1965 Reynolds, Connie (dancer)
1987 Richards, Nancy (tour leadership)
1969-1971 Rohm, Tapie (dancer)
1977, 1987 Shaw, Don (tour leadership)
1997-2000 Sneddon, Rachel Brems (dancer)
1972-1977 Steiner, Ron (dancer)
1970-72, 1974-76 Spencer, Jack (dancer)
1965-1968 Tucker, Terry (dancer)
1957-1959 Welton, Robert (dancer)
1971-1974 Wesson, Karl (dancer, teacher, leadership)
1996-1997 Wilcox, Julene (musician)
1971-1973 Woolf, Barbara Przybyszewski (dancer)
1981 Wynder, Dru (dancer)
Mary Bee Jensen, In Loving Memory
The passing of a dear friend, leader, teacher, and mentor.
As part of the BYU family, we regret to inform you of the passing of Mary Bee Jensen, April 13, 2018. Mary lived to be a young 100-year-old.
If you wish to donate to the Mary Bee Jensen Endowment, you may do so here.
Warmly,
BYU Folk Dance Alumni
Leave thoughts and heartfelt stories on Mary Bee Jensen's Facebook.
Additional links that tell Mary Bee Jensen's folk dance story.
* BYU History
* BYU Magazine
* BYU Collage of Fine Arts
