Several members of Mars Area High School and Mars Area Middle School orchestras attended the Strings North Honors Orchestra Festival, held Feb. 15 at Shaler Area Middle School.

Students are juniors Ella Drutarosky (violin 1), Hannah Novak (violin 2), Delaney Reddinger (viola), Peyton Varrenti (cello) and Abigail Wittman (violin 1); freshmen Naeema Dheen (viola), Caroline Martin (violin 1), Avery Varrenti (violin 2), Kai Whirlow (viola) and Hannah Wood (cello); and, eighth-graders Chester Harsch (cello), Conner Liu (violin 2), Alayna Renton (viola), Lila Schrecengost (violin 2) and Ashlyn Varner (violin 2).

The annual Strings North Honors Orchestra Festival brings together students from Pittsburgh’s northern area school districts, including Deer Lakes, Hampton, Knoch, Mars, North Hills, Quaker Valley, Riverview and Shaler.

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