AKR ORCHESTRA TO VATICAN

A NORTHEAST OHIO ORCHESTRA, SCHEDULED TO PERFORM FOR POPE FRANCIS NEXT WEEK WILL STILL MAKE THE TRIP.
THIS GROUP IS CALLED HEARTS FOR MUSIC AND THEY ARE AN AKRON-BASED GROUP MADE UP OF MUSICIANS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY INVITED BY THE VATICAN TO PERFORM AT THE JUBILEE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN ROME NEXT WEEK. THEY TELL US THEY BRIEFLY THOUGHT OF CANCELLING THE TRIP, BUT THEY BELIEVE POPE FRANCIS WOULD'VE WANTED THEM TO PERSERVERE. IT WILL BE A GROUP OF 44 WHO WILL MAKE THE TRIP INCLUDING STUDENTS, CHAPERONES, PARENTS AND A SMALL MEDICAL TEAM. THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO TRAVEL TO ROME ON SATURDAY.