Upper Moreland HS Jazz Band To Perform In Jazz Festival Friday

Area high school and middle school jazz bands will converge on Lower Merion High School Friday evening for the 2017 Lower Merion Jazz Festival.

Performances are set to begin at 5 p.m. Friday, March 1o and will include high school jazz bands from Marple Newtown, Radnor, Harriton, Upper Merion, LaSalle College High School, Upper Moreland, North Penn, Columbia, Interboro, and Camden Creative Arts.

In between these stellar bands will be performances from the Bala Cynwyd and Welsh Valley Middle School jazz bands, as well as Lower Merion's a cappella jazz group.

The evening will end with the award-winning Lower Merion High School Jazz Band at 9:30 p.m.

This adjudicated event is part of the larger Cavalcade of Bands annual jazz festival series.

Tickets are available at the door, priced at just $7 for students, $10 for adults, and $25 per family.

There will also be a variety of concessions, from pizza to baked goods.

Ticket and concession sales support the festival and also the Lower Merion High School Jazz Band.

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With reporting from Patch correspondent Max Bennett