The UPMC Vocational Center holds its annual holiday party for their employees with intellectual disabilities, their families and friends on the South Side Friday, Dec. 23, 2016.
Joe Ledrick, a member of the volunteer “Rolling Snowballs” band, jokes with the crowd as they sing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” during the UPMC Vocational Training Center holiday party. Ledrick is a staff member at the vocational training center.Sarah Michael, left, Michael Oberschelt, center, and other employees at the UPMC Vocational Training Center sing Christmas carols and other holiday songs during the holiday party at the center on the South Side Friday, Dec. 23, 2016.Teresa Marocco, left, shares a moment with UPMC Vocational Training Center employees Eric Richards, center, and Terrence Wood as the dance to the volunteer band “The Rolling Snowballs,” during the center’s holiday party on the South Side Friday, Dec. 23, 2016.J.D. Keller gets into the moment as he performs a song with the employee choir at the UPMC Vocational Training Center holiday party on the South Side Friday, Dec. 23, 2016.Therasa Despert, center, reacts as she prepares to perform with the employee choir during UPMC Vocational Training Center’s holiday party on the South Side Friday, Dec. 23, 2016.Gina Fichter, left, and Carla Broerman make reindeer antlers as they follow along to Christmas carols sung by the employee choir during the UPMC Vocational Training Center holiday party on the South Side Friday, Dec. 23, 2016.From left, UPMC Vocational Training Center employees Maura Kegg, J.D. Keller and Kimberly Ebberts dance with guest Emily Smith during the center’s holiday party on the South Side Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. The holiday party is annual tradition for the employees with intellectual disabilities, the staff, families and friends. “For some it’s their only Christmas,” says Ian Bonnet, the program coordinator at the UPMC Vocational Training Center.
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