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Area bands strut their stuff at 77th annual Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival

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1 Min Read • Sept. 17, 2024 | 1 year Ago
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The Kiski Area High School Marching Band drum line performs during the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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Burrell drum major Danika Kracji leads the Burrell High School Marching Band during the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Valley Vikings Marching Band hosted the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in New Kensington.
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A Burrell High School band member plays during the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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Apollo-Ridge’s Allison Feighley twirls flaming batons during the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Freeport High School band’s drum line performs during the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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Members of the Deer Lakes Lancers Marching Band perform at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Kiski Area marching band’s drill team performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Highlands High School Marching Band performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Springdale High School Marching Band performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Springdale High School Marching Band performs during the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Highlands High School Marching Band performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Highlands High School drill team performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Freeport Area High School drill team performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Freeport Area High School band performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Leechburg High School band performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Apollo-Ridge High School drill team performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Kiski Area High School Marching Band performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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A Burrell High School Marching Band soloist plays at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Highlands High School Marching Band performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Deer Lakes Lancers Marching Band drum line performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Apollo-Ridge High School drum major performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Leechburg High School drill team performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Plum High School drum line performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Highlands High School drill team performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Burrell High School Marching Band performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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The Leechburg High School Marching Band performs at the Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
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Angela Tribley (foreground) and Carlyn Wilson (right), members of the Penn Hills High School Marching Band, twirl their flags to the music Sept. 17 during the 77th annual Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival.
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Lukas Lightcap (from left), Hayden Brewer, Jakob Lightcap and Aleigha Hutchinson keep the beat going for Penn Hills during the 77th annual Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Sept. 17.
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Penn Hills drum major Zach Burkovich (foreground) plays the sousaphone — alongside (from right to left) Aubrey Hendershot and Maurice Allen on trumpet, Sonny Walters and Tionna Robshaw-Burrell on alto saxophone, Athena Huffman on mellophone and Isabella Honsperger on flute — during the 77th annual Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival on Sept. 17.

Eleven high school marching bands performed Tuesday night at the 77th annual Alle-Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival.

The band fest — the longest running in Western Pennsylvania — took place at Valley High School in New Kensington.

Nearly 900 musicians from Valley High, Freeport Area, Highlands, Leechburg, Springdale, Apollo-Ridge, Deer Lakes, Burrell, Plum, Kiski Area and Penn Hills high schools participated.

The bands played and marched to selections from their halftime show performances.

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