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WWVA String Orchestra Reaches Out

By Rick Haverinen, May 01, 2014

Benjamin Gish conducts the string orchestra from Walla Walla Valley Academy while Pedro Bautista-Peraza prepares communion on April 6 at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Walla Walla, Wash. The school orchestra has made the annual trip across town for several years to support the church’s celebration of mass prior to Easter.

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