Special outdoor concert will be Saturday in Boardman

BOARDMAN — Two bands will combine in a tribute to the passengers of a flight that crashed in Somerset County, Pa., Sept. 11, 2001.

The Youngstown Area Community Concert Band and the Somerset County Community Band will perform in a combined concert at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Maag Outdoor Theater in Boardman Park. The event is free although donations will be accepted.

“We’re going to play three or four songs and then they’re going to play three or four songs and then we’ll combine and play together,” said Joy Cable of Salem who plays flute and piccolo in the Youngstown band.

One of the selections the two groups will perform together is “Flight of Valor,” composed by Ohio composer James Swearingen as a tribute to the victims of United Flight 93. The plane crashed in Somerset County, Pa., when passengers fought with terrorist hijackers Sept. 11, 2001. The piece was commissioned by the Somerset County Concert Band.

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