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Vernon Students Wow Audience At 'All-City' Band Concert

Student musicians showed off their skills Tuesday at Vernon's "All-City" Band concert.

Student musicians showed off their skills Tuesday at Vernon's "All City" Band concert.
Student musicians showed off their skills Tuesday at Vernon's "All City" Band concert. (Chris Dehnel/Patch )

VERNON, CT — Student musicians showed off their skills Tuesday at the Vernon Public Schools All-City Band concert.

The event was staged at Rockville High School's stadium and featured band members from the fifth through senior in high school.

One treat was middle schoolers performing a sampling of patriotic songs they missed out on playing when inclement weather bumped them from the Memorial Day parade.

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The finale featured 270 students performing together — including 109 fifth graders — and a raucous response from the packed stands.

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