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The Pittston Area Jazz Band performs at Center Court in the Wyoming Valley Mall on Monday night as part of Music in Our Schools Month.

Senior Patrick Cadden plays the piano with the Pittston Area Jazz Band inside the Wyoming Valley Mall.

Junior Alan Thomas plays the drums in the Wyoming Valley Mall with the Pittston Area Jazz Band on Monday night.

Director Adam Burdett leads the Pittston Area Jazz Band.

Junior Shaun Shearer plays the keyboard with the Pittston Area Jazz Band at Center Court in the Wyoming Valley Mall on Monday night.

WILKES-BARRE — Members of the Pittston Area Jazz Band provided a toe-tapping soundtrack for shoppers at the Wyoming Valley Mall as part of Music in Our Schools Month on Monday, March 2. The program, aimed to showcase the importance of music in schools, featured singers and musicians from several school districts in the Wyoming Valley performing at Center Court in the mall.