Spaghetti welcome dinner for choir and the newly arrived parents and friends of the choir

The 14 members of the Shadow Tour arrived only little late it Catania on June 27. After a short bus ride to the hotel, the parents and friends of the singers joined the group for a spaghetti welcome dinner.

Day 3 of the SCS Touring Choir Journey: Next stop Catania

The singers under the direction of Mrs. Arlene Jacobs enjoyed a good night of sleep after a hearty welcome dinner with typical Sicilian pasta "alla norma" in a hearty tomato sauce with roasted eggplant and grated ricotta cheese, followed by cordon blue with roasted potatoes and ice-cream. Next stop will be Catania, the second largest city in Sicily where the group stops for lunch and to see the market. They then continue to thei next hotel near the Etna volcano (not that near that you have to fear anything) where they will be joined by the shadow tour members for a spaghetti feast. Arriverderci from Modica --Sandra

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Dear Family and Friends of the SCS Touring Choir members. This blog is designed as an open communication tool between the travelers and you at home. So feel free to post comments as our Incantato On Tour Team Stefania, Ember and Sandra will gladly pass them on to the group. We hope you enjoy the updates and also encourage you to visit SCS Choir Manager William Cook's photo gallery.

SCS Touring Choir sings for the first time onn foreign soil

Soon after landing in Malta, the youth choir from Akron, Ohio sang - just for fun - in the hotel lobby of the Phoenician in Malta: Enjoy and feel free to visit our youtube channel as the quality of the videos there is much better: youtube.com/incantatours

First Impressions from the 2009 Incantato Performance Tour for the Summit Touring Choir

Finally here we are, said Dr. Frank Jacobs as the group of 52 from Akron, Ohio got off the bus in Malta's capital city Valetta. And a pleasant surprise awaited the SCS Touring Choir at the Phoenicia Hotel. Icecold water and fresh Maltese pastizzi awaited the travelers in the lush gardenf of the 5 star Grand Hotel that kindly had offered to host them for the few hours on the island prior to catching the ferry boat to Sicily - and the group very much appreciated the warm welcome. If it only hadn't been so hot this day. After being offered a cooler place in the lobby bar, the choir thanked the staff with two Italian songs.

What's Malta's favorite savory pastry?

Summit Touring Choir lands safe and sound in Malta

Welcome to the islands dear singers under the direction of Mrs. Arlene Jacobs

SCS arrived safe and only a little late in Frankfurt - On the plane to Malta now

The SCS Touring Choir 2009 Sicily & Malta Incantato Performance Tour is off to a good start. The group arrived almost 90 minutes late in Frankfurt, but their carrier Lufthansa was kind enough to hold the connecting flight to Malta and so the 52 travelers from Akron, Ohio are now on their way to the beautiful island. Upon arrival, Tour Manager Stefania will pick them up and bring them to the Phoenicia Hotel where a suprise Pastizzi Tasting awaits them in the beautiful lush garden area. At 6 pm, the singers, their director and chaperones will board the ferry to Sicily.
More updates will follow as the tour continues.