Junior band to headline Night at the Coaches V
By TAYLOR BROWN
tbrown@yourmvi.com
The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts is getting ready for a milestone event this weekend when it debuts “A Night At The Coaches V.”
The dinner-dance style show ends the MVAA’s season on a high note each year. This year the pandemic has made the nonprofit change its course, but leaders knew the show must go on.
Each year, the Night At The Coaches attempts to bring Valley residents and musicians back to the era of the former Twin Coaches supper club in Rostraver Township.
Three years ago, under the Twin Coaches Orchestra Project, Smith selected 17 young musicians to form the Twin Coaches Junior Stage Band.
The young orchestra made its debut three years ago and now will be the headliner of the group’s signature event.
“This is a landmark year for us, even with everything going on in the world,” Smith said. “This is five years of us keeping music alive in the Mon Valley.
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