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=== 1970s - 1990s === UWP traveled and performed their musical show across several countries. Notable events were performances at the [[Indianapolis 500]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Retro Indy: Indy 500 National Anthem performers|url=https://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/news/history/retroindy/2014/05/08/retro-indy-indy-500-national-anthem-performers/8844203/|access-date=2021-03-23|website=www.indystar.com|language=en}}</ref> the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]], the [[White House]], [[Super Bowl X]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/super-bowl-halftime-show-performers-2018-2|title=The Super Bowl halftime show performance the year you were born|last=Salaky|first=Kristin|date=2019-02-02|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref> and the [[China|People's Republic of China]].<ref name=":1" /> In the 1980s UWP continued their musical tour, performing at Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XIV|XIV]] and [[Super Bowl XVI|XVI]]. They performed at the [[1982 World's Fair]], [[Super Bowl XX|XX]],<ref name=":2" /> the [[Jerash Festival]], the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], U.S. President [[George H.W. Bush]]’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., and Berlin to celebrate the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]]. UWP toured throughout the 1990s, performing at events at the [[Washington Monument]], the Freedom Festival in Philadelphia, the [[Earth Summit|United Nations Conference on Environment and Development's Earth Summit]], and the first Celebration of Peace event with [[Colin Powell]] in Denver, Colorado.<ref name=":1" /> Companies like Exxon, Halliburton, Coca-Cola, Pfizer, General Electric, Coors, Toyota, Enron and Searle donated tens of millions of dollars to the organization. When that support started to fade, it began to charge tuition to members—up to $5,300 in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2018-03-06 |title=The Hidden Story Of The Up With People Singers |url=https://city-countyobserver.com/the-hidden-story-of-the-up-with-people-singers/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=City-County Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> By the 1990s, the organization found itself struggling to recruit youth capable of paying tuition rates that exceeded the cost of most private universities, a problem compounded by the mostly indifferent response to the group's public performance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2018-03-06 |title=The Hidden Story Of The Up With People Singers |url=https://city-countyobserver.com/the-hidden-story-of-the-up-with-people-singers/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=City-County Observer |language=en-US}}</ref>
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