{"id":98166,"date":"2020-02-05T10:47:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T15:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=98166"},"modified":"2020-02-05T10:47:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T15:47:23","slug":"17-high-schools-to-compete-in-ninth-annual-jazz-band-showcase-at-steelstacks-in-february-and-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=98166","title":{"rendered":"17 High Schools to Compete in Ninth Annual Jazz Band Showcase at SteelStacks in February and March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured Image: SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase &#8211; by Dani Nightlinger<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\"><strong>BETHLEHEM, PA<\/strong>\u2014High school bands from Pennsylvania and New Jersey return to the ArtsQuest Center\u2019s Musikfest Caf\u00e9 Feb. 23 and March 8 for the ninth annual SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase presented by King, Spry, Herman, Freund &amp; Faul, LLC. Tickets for the event\u2019s preliminary rounds are $7 per session and on sale now at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.steelstacks.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1581002619349000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH-bBQuHakawVpPGhjs39fMAjreWQ\">www.steelstacks.org<\/a> and 610-332-3378.<u><\/u><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">The 17 jazz bands this year will perform in front of a live audience and a judging panel. Top bands from the preliminary rounds will then advance to the finals on March 29, 4 p.m. The showcase is made possible in 2020 in part by a $20,00<a name=\"m_-6808274473905559091_x__Hlk26195060\"><\/a>0 National Endowment for the Arts Art Works grant supporting ArtsQuest\u2019s jazz programming for the region. <u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">The complete list of SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase participants is:<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\"><b>Feb. 23, 12 p.m.<\/b><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">North Penn High School Navy Jazz Band<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Warren Hills High School \u2013 New Jersey<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Phillipsburg High School \u2013 New Jersey<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Brandywine Heights High School <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">North Penn High School Columbia Jazz Band <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\"><b>Feb. 23, 4 p.m.<\/b><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Wilson High School <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Easton High School <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Saucon Valley High School <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Bernards High School \u2013 New Jersey<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">The Hill School <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Kutztown High School <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\"><b>March 8, 2 p.m.<\/b><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Delaware Valley High School \u2013 New Jersey<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Freedom High School <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Dieruff High School <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Central Bucks High School South <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">Quakertown Community High School <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6808274473905559091xmsonormal\">The SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase is a music-in-education program of ArtsQuest and the Moravian College Music Department\u2019s Jazz Studies Program and is made possible thanks to King, Spry, Herman, Freund &amp; Faul, LLC. For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.steelstacks.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1581002619349000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH-bBQuHakawVpPGhjs39fMAjreWQ\">www.steelstacks.org<\/a> or call 610-332-3378.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Featured Image: SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase &#8211; by Dani Nightlinger BETHLEHEM, PA\u2014High school bands from Pennsylvania and New Jersey return to the ArtsQuest Center\u2019s Musikfest Caf\u00e9 Feb. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=98166\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">17 High Schools to Compete in Ninth Annual Jazz Band Showcase at SteelStacks in February and March<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/band-showcase.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}