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Highland Area Rotary Club gets into holiday spirit by hosting 35th Annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival

Shane Dunlap
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Freeport High School choir director Thomas Koharchik conducts a performance with Freeport Area High School choir during the Highlands Rotary Club’s 35th annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at Highlands High School auditorium.
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Members of the Highlands High School choir perform during the 35th annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at Highlands High School auditorium. The show featured vocal performances by the Highlands, Burrell, Springdale, and Freeport Area choirs.
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Members of Springdale High School choir perform at the Highlands Rotary Club’s 35th annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at Highlands High School auditorium.
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Members of the Burrell High School choir perform on stage for the audience during the 35th annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at Highlands High School auditorium. The show is produced by the Highlands Area Rotary Club.
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Members of the Burrell High School choir perform during the 35th annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at Highlands High School auditorium.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Members of the Highlands High School choir perform during the 35th annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at the Highlands High School auditorium. The show featured vocal performances by the Highlands, Burrell, Springdale, and Freeport Area choirs.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Members of Springdale High School choir perform at the Highlands Rotary Club’s 35th annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at the Highlands High School auditorium.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Members of the Burrell High School choir perform during the 35th annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at the Highlands High School auditorium.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Members of the Highlands High School choir perform during the 35th annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at the Highlands High School auditorium. The show featured vocal performances by the Highlands, Burrell, Springdale, and Freeport Area choirs.
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Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Members of the Freeport High School choir perform during the 35th annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at the Highlands High School auditorium.
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Springdale High School Choir director Elizabeth Minda leads her choir in a performance during the 35th annual Alle-Kiski Choral Festival on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at the Highlands High School auditorium.

The Highland Area Rotary Club kicked off the Christmas season Wednesday as it hosted the 35th Annual Alle-­Kiski Choral Festival at Highlands High School in Harrison.

Choruses from Highlands, Burrell, Springdale and Freeport Area high schools sang Christmas and seasonal songs, both solemn and festive.

For the finale, as is the annual tradition, all four choirs took the stage to sing, “Holy Night, Silent Night.”

Guest conductor for the finale was Noah Woodward, choir director at Chartiers Valley High School who once sang in Kiski Area’s choir.

Shane Dunlap is a TribLive photographer covering Westmoreland and Allegheny counties. He grew up in the Ohio Valley near Pittsburgh and has worked for newspapers as far away as Fayetteville, N.C., where he covered the U.S. Army at Fort Liberty. He can be reached at sdunlap@triblive.com.

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