History of EFY
The program was created by Ronald C. Hills, in 1976 when 172 youth and 15 counselors met for the first session of the summer program. Jeffrey R. Holland, now of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was one of the banquet speakers at the founding session. The next year, attendance had risen to 863 youth. JD Hucks has become the current director following the departure of Gregory Tanner in August of 2012. As of 2005, the total number of participants who have attended EFY over the years is 409,484. John Bytheway wrote his Masters Thesis at BYU on the early years of EFY. in 1999, Michael R. Hicks composed The EFY Medley, which up to 2012 become one of the main songs sung at every session of EFY. Copyright issues now prevent the song from being sung at EFY Sessions.
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