The Christmas Dessert Concert at Saint George’s Anglican Church in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue was held on Saturday November 29, 2025. It featured the Lakeshore Concert Band with its 38 musicians under the direction of conductor Trevor Dix, playing an array of traditional Christmas songs to help us prepare for the festive season of Christmas. The program also included several sing- along songs where everyone was encouraged to sing aloud with the music from the band.
After the concert, free desserts, tea and coffee were provided to all who attended in our lower hall. Most of desserts were prepared by the women of our congregation. We even sold frozen apple pies that had been made by our bake team.
The concert was a huge success and very well attended. It was great so see a full church again!!!
208 tickets were sold excluding the free tickets given to children under 12. In total we estimate that there were over 250 people in attendance, including the paid guests, the children and the band members. The concert generated $4,170 in revenue including some upfront costs which were generously paid for by donations from members of our congregation!
I personally would like to thank all of the volunteers who sold tickets, handed out programs, prepared desserts, set up and cleaned up, decorated the church and made themselves available to make this concert a very fun and memorable fund-raising event. We certainly plan to do it again in 2026!
