By RICHARD F. BELISLE / Staff Writer, Waynesboro
photo: RIC DUGAN / staff photographer
WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Some members of the African Children's Choir, which performed in Waynesboro Wednesday night, were only 5 years old when the choir began its U.S. tour two years ago.
The choir is made up of 21 youngsters from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Southern Sudan. The tour took them to 38 states, untold numbers of one-night stands in churches and overnight stays in strange but welcoming homes of strangers.
Last night the choir performed at the Fairview Avenue Brethren in Christ Church.
This marks the 15th year for the choir, which had its beginnings in Idi Amin's war-torn Uganda in 1984. Ray Barnett, a missionary, wondered how to help thousands of children orphaned by the war, said Richard Nicholas, tour leader for the choir.