15-05-2025
Sweet-A-Licious welcomes band from Honduras to Strawberry Festival
BUCKHANNON, (WBOY) — With the West Virginia Strawberry Festival getting into full swing, Sweet-A-Licious Ice Cream Shop welcomed a special group of international performers Wednesday, a band of 30 young musicians who traveled from Honduras to take part in this year's festival.
The band was welcomed to the Mountain State with a dinner on Wednesday night as they became acclimated to the U.S. and West Virginia.
'Honduras is overall a very poor country and I just wanted to show these kids just a little bit of West Virginia,' the owner of Sweet-A-Licious, Michelle Jack, said. 'I thought, you know, it was a great opportunity just to do something nice and to show a little bit of kindness to people who have come a long way and enjoy what they do. They love band and they love to play their instruments, and I love to be kind.'
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After dinner, the band played in the parking lot of the ice cream shop and put on a show for those walking by. Those who came by were able to listen to the tunes and even interact and dance to the music.
'A lot of excitement, we're really excited and happy and we want the audience to enjoy our show,' Conductor of the Honduras Band, Joya Garcià, said.
In an effort to further support the visiting musicians, Sweet-A-Licious has launched a fundraising initiative aimed at helping the children in the band experience one of the festival's highlights, the carnival.
The owners of the ice cream shop said that they reached their fundraising goal and that every contribution they received for the kids to attend the carnival will create lasting memories for those young kids.
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