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Singing through Italy Valley View choir made 11- day trip BY CHRISTOPHER CORNELL ADVANTAGE EDITOR
Everywhere they went, music happened. For 11 days at the end of the last school year, the Valley View High School’s Voices of the Valley choir traveled to Italy to perform. The trip began with “A Gift of Song for Gubbio.” Gubbio is the Italian town where the St. Ubaldo festival began and is the sister city of Jessup. Although the choir missed this year’s festival in Gubbio, there was still a large audience for the choir’s concert in the town’s Basilica di Sant’ Ubaldo. “The Valley View High School Performing Arts Booster Club, made up of parents and choir members, held various fundraisers throughout the year to help defray the cost of the students’ trip,” explained Gina Pascolini, director of Voices of the Valley. “They had tremendous support from families and the Valley View community and beyond.” From Gubbio, the choir traveled to Assisi, where they were the performing choir for a mass in the lower Basilica of Saint Francis; Florence, where they performed at the Church of San Carlo; Orvieto, where they were given permission to sing in the Duomo and Rome, performing at St. Paul’s Within the Walls. They presented informal, short performances in Gubbio, Florence, Pompeii, Isle of Capri, Naples and Rome (visiting notable sites like the Colosseum and the Vatican.They visited and paid their respects to
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The choir performed at St. Paul’s in Rome. to go on a group tour of the Colosseum,
This marks the second time the choir has traveled to perform in Europe. Could there be future trips? afford it, so the anonymous gift was appre“The last two trips happened because of fallen U.S. soldiers in the Salerno War Cem- ciated. The choir even sang a few measures opportunities which presented themselves etery. Throughout the tour, the choir perof Orlando di lasso’s “O La, O Che Bon at that point in time,” Pascolini said. “Who formed a broad range of repertoire, both a Echo” while they were inside. knows what the future will bring?” cappella and accompanied by Marty Ort. “It was a trip designed to celebrate the cultural heritage of our region and the traditions of which our community is so proud,” Pascolini said. An 11-day trip with dozens of students can have its occasional hitch, and Pascolini acknowledged that it did. “As with any trip, or life, there were times when the unexpected happened: New Patients Welcome flight delays, high temperatures and huMost Insurances Accepted midity. Although the delays presented some kinks in the schedule, all worked out in the 119 South Main Street, Archbald PA 18403 end.” The students were surprised with an 570-876-6722 | www.decarlidentistry.com Anthony A.DeCarli lll,D.M.D. anonymous donation that allowed them
Thanks to an anonymous gift, the entire which included Palatine Hill. The tour had choir was able to tour the Colosseum in been optional, and some students couldn’t Rome.
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