Youth Education in the Arts

Youth Education in the Arts (YEA)
Private
Founded 1990
Headquarters Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S
Divisions Cadets
Cadets2
USBands
Website yea.org

Youth Education in the Arts, stylized as YEA!, is a non-profit organization based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It affords young members the opportunity to participate in pageantry events worldwide. They have programs that include the 10 time World Champion Cadets, Cadets2, the 2014 Open Class World Champion Cadets Winter Percussion, Xcape Dance Studio, the Designated Hitters, and USBands.

Each year members of YEA participate in numerous high-profile ceremonies celebrating sporting events and political inaugurations as well as movie premieres and television commercials. YEA! performers have most recently performed with recording acts such as Shania Twain and Destiny's Child, appeared on MTV, the Late Show with David Letterman and the Today Show, as well as being featured performers in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. YEA! has also provided ensembles for professional sports teams including the New York Jets, New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets.

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