The sixth annual All School Music Festival is 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Backus Community Center.
More than 230 band students from the Borderland area will perform as one entity for this event. Young musicians from International Falls schools, St. Thomas School, Littlefork-Big Falls School and Indus School are participating.
Band instructors are John Faith, Michelle Boelk, Aron Bohnert and Stacey Ottemann.
The bands have been rehearsing individual numbers at their respective schools and the instructors will direct massed band selections. After rehearsals on festival day, the entire band ensemble will present a concert at 1:30 p.m. in Backus Auditorium.
Faith has been the organizer of this festival since its beginning in 2009. This festival gives students the opportunity to participate with their peers from other schools and perform under the direction of additional music instructors.
The public is welcome to attend the concert, funded by a grant from The Otto Bremer Foundation sponsored by Citizens for Backus/AB. There is no admission charge but a free-will offering will be taken.
