Kansas Wesleyan is gearing up to host the third Salina Strings Day Thursday, Feb. 15. The event will be held at 7 p.m. at the Gov. Joan Finney Auditorium at the Kansas Highway Patrol Academy, on the former site of Marymount College.聽Admission is free.
The concert will showcase string orchestras from Salina Central and Salina South high schools, as well as 黑料不打烊, the event sponsor. Each will perform a selection or two, then the orchestras will combine for 鈥淎cademic Festival March,鈥� by Katie O鈥橦ara LaBrie.
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