News release from Help Them See Foundation

Free fundraising concert Friday at The Romance Theater for the new Singing Mormons documentary on the missionary quartet that opened a closed country in 1964

REXBURG – In the mid-1960s, a quartet of Latter-day Saint missionaries from Idaho, Utah, and California became one of the most popular concert acts in Denmark. White shirts. Black ties. Four-part harmony. They arrived in Copenhagen in 1964 with hymnbooks, topped the Danish charts, and opened a country that had been firmly closed to the Church, one performance at a time.

Sixty years later, the surviving members of that original quartet, now in their eighties, will share a Rexburg stage with a newly formed Singing Mormons quartet that has spent months rehearsing the same arrangements. The Friday, May 22 evening at The Romance Theater, 2 E. Main Street, is hosted by Emmy-nominated actor Kirby Heyborne and award-winning film director Garrett Batty (The Saratov Approach, Out of Liberty, Faith of Angels), and presented by the Help Them See Foundation. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free and the public is welcome; attendees will be invited to contribute to a feature documentary on the group, The Singing Mormons, now in production, with release targeted for 2027.

Formed in 1964 by missionaries serving in Denmark, the Singing Mormons performed on Danish national television and radio, drew crowds in cities across Scandinavia, and are widely credited with sparking significant growth in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the region. This summer, the filmmakers traveled to Copenhagen with both quartets to film a reunion concert in the same hall where the original group played in 1964. Friday’s Rexburg evening is the first public performance before the cameras roll.

The Friday concert follows a Thursday, May 21, presentation to the Upper Snake River Plain chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers in Rexburg, where Help Them See Foundation’s Billy Nixon and director Garrett Batty will preview the documentary and the foundation’s slate of work. If you’re interested in attending the Thursday presentation, please contact Billy Nixon directly for venue, time, and credentials.

Video about the project: The Singing Mormons

Event details

Friday, May 22. Public Fundraising Concert. The Romance Theater 2 E. Main Street, Rexburg, ID 83440 Doors 6:30 p.m. Admission free. Contributions to the documentary will be requested during the program.

Thursday, May 21. Sons of Utah Pioneers presentation. Upper Snake River Plain chapter Venue, time, and press access on request. Billy@helpthemseefoundation.org

For more information on the foundation, the documentary, and ways to support the project, visit helpthemseefoundation.org.

About Help Them See Foundation

The Help Them See Foundation champions purpose-driven films built to inspire individuals, unite communities, and help people live with greater meaning. Framed by the tagline “Stories That Open Eyes & Transform Hearts,” the foundation’s work has reached audiences in 151 countries, including the theatrical release Faith of Angels. The Singing Mormons is the foundation’s next feature project, targeted for release in 2027.

About the hosts

Kirby Heyborne is an Emmy-nominated actor, musician, and prolific audiobook narrator with credits across film, television, and stage. Garrett Batty is the award-winning writer and director behind The Saratov Approach, Out of Liberty, and Faith of Angels.