How do the country delegations work?
Over the years, we have developed and nurtured relationships with individuals, schools, and organizations in many different countries throughout the world – in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and other places. Typically, we invite 6-10 country delegations each summer. The delegations consist of a boy and girl aged 10-13, who travel with an adult companion. The children prepare songs, and sometimes dances, from their diverse countries and cultures for inclusion in the concert. We decide which countries to invite based on our artistic and program goals for the new project. However, we always choose delegations from a range of countries worldwide in order to assure that the SOH participants have diverse experiences with children from many different countries, cultures, economic situations, and social settings. The participation of international delegations is partly sponsored by grants and contributions from many generous supporters.
