Drew Marscheider:
The city of Lenola was a small town crowded with the kind culture of the Italians. We were greeted at first by many stares, but as the night went on, we found that the Italians were very friendly people who seemed to have enjoyed our company. Last night we performed at the Saint Mary Major church in Lenola. We had the chance to experience Mass in the Italian language which was a very interesting experience. The church seemed to have treated us as we were the choir of their church.
We performed multiple songs that the Italians definitely appreciated. At the end of Mass we made our way up to the front of the church and sang countless songs which turned out very nice. Afterwards, we were greeted by the Mayor of Lenola who spoke to us in Italian saying "we enjoyed your company, we hope to see you again and that he would like to bring his choir to our school in the future." He then gave us a plaque with our picture for the church's appreciation. It read "Comune di Lenola al Coro Cape Henry Collegiate Upper School Chorus con stigma a gratitudine per la presenza."
Later that night we met many of the people we saw at the church, at a restaurant named "Ai Piozzi." As people started to arrive we performed even more songs. In some of the songs, the Italians sang with us making our chorus sound even stronger. All of the Lenola community made us feel welcome and a part of their community.
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