The Sound of Music

Twenty Westport students participated over the weekend in the 31st Fairfield County String Festival at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. Eileen Shannon, an orchestra teacher at Coleytown Middle School, served as chair of the Sixth and Seventh Grade Orchestra. The festival is comprised of three orchestras the Sixth and Seventh Grade Orchestra, Eighth and Ninth Grade Orchestra and the Honors Orchestra. Participating Westport students included: (Sixth and Seventh Grade Orchestra): Beatrice Clark, Naveen Murali, Casey Richardson, Adele Shenoy, Adam Solsburg, Alexandra Wismer, Kelsey Damassa, Josh Tucker, Matthew Brill, and Caroline Yost; (Eighth and Ninth Grade Orchestra): Rose Gradoux-Matt, Ashley Hefnawy, Yunke Liu, Kevin Nowaskey, Vasanth Ramesh, Anna Parmelee, and Ellie DiBerardino; (Honors Orchestra): Jeffrey Cheng, Carlyn Kessler, and Alexa Aron. (CLICK TO ENLARGE ) Contributed Photo