Steel Band Concert

NEW PARIS, Ohio — Sick of snow? Then dig out your Hawaiian shirt and flip-flops and get set for a musical trip to the tropics. The “National Trail in Paradise” steel band festival will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 10, 2010, at National Trail High School.
The seventh annual event will feature the mesmerizing island sounds of steel drummers representing not only National Trail High School but also Miami University of Oxford as well as Talawanda, Walnut Hills, Elder and Kekionga high schools. Also featured will be younger musicians from Franklin-Monroe and National Trail playing smaller steel drums called Jumbie Jams.
The night-time music extravaganza at National Trail High School, 6940 Oxford-Gettysburg Road, is the only one of its kind in this part of the country.
Concert admission is $8 for adults and $7 for students and senior citizens.
For more information about the festival or how to become an individual or corporate sponsor of this popular event, contact Marta Wetzel, National Trail Steel Band director, at (937) 437-3333, ext. 1211.