Their work ethic is top-shelf, while their musical attributes are of high caliber.

That impressive one-two punch has garnered six Northern Lehigh High School students berths in the 57th annual Lehigh County Honors Band Concert.This year's festival will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Lower Macungie Middle School Auditorium. The snow date is 2 p.m. Sunday.The festival is hosted by Emmaus High School. The host director this year is Ryan Harrington, band director of Emmaus High School.The Lehigh County Honors Band is comprised of students from the 11 high schools in Lehigh County: Northern Lehigh, Southern Lehigh, Whitehall, Northwestern Lehigh, Catasauqua, Salisbury, Allentown Central Catholic, Emmaus, Parkland, Dieruff and William Allen High School.The band is made up of more than 100 of the best student musicians in the county.Students are selected to represent their schools by the Lehigh County Band Directors Association in early December.Northern Lehigh students who have been selected to perform at this year's festival are senior Cheyenne Troxell; juniors Noah Freudenberger, Cassie Zaleski, Kasey Wayda, and Zach Rex; and freshman Kyle Detweiler.The festival concert requires 20 hours of rehearsal by the students and band directors.David Carroll, band director, said he is proud that the students will represent the district at the event. Northern Lehigh hosted the event in 2013, as well as in 2003, he said."I am pleased at the level of preparation all of the students have done to prepare for this year's concert," Carroll said."The purpose of this festival is to promote music education in our schools, showcase the great musical talent that exists in Lehigh County, and to give our band students a unique and enriching instrumental experience which extends beyond the typical concert band settings that exist in most public schools."The selections for this year's concert are: "The Star Spangled Banner," "El Choclo," an Argentine Tango, "The Dark Knight Rises," "Sky Dance," "Critical Mass," "Metrodance," "Brighton Beach March," "Abide With Me," "Three Miniatures for Winds and Percussion," "Atlantis: The Lost Continent," "Finlandia" and "Fanfare for the Common Man."