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Kids raise the roof at schools music festival (with video, audio and slideshow)
Hundreds of foot-stomping youngsters are raising the roof at Preston's premier entertainment venue.
Children from 30 primary schools are putting on show-stopping performances for packed audiences in the city's Guild Hall with the annual Preston Schools Music Festival.
The festival, is the biggest in the primary school calendar and involves hundreds of youngsters high kicking across the stage to the musical accompaniment of hundreds more.
Schools ranging from Clayton-le-Woods to Ribchester are taking part in the colourful spectacular, which runs until Thursday.
>> See our special slideshow on this event
This includes 28 choirs and more than 50 recorder players, which is the highest for many years.
This year's theme is A New Day and each night the children will sing or perform in seven different scenes with nearly 30 songs.
Click on the video icon above right to watch some of the children rehearsing and press the audio button to listen to an interview with festival producer Brian Berry.
Don't miss our special festival picture spread in Thursday's Lancashire Evening Post
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Thursday 09 February 2012
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