The Williams Lake Secondary Tour Band is joining forces with the Cariboo Gold Dance Band to host its annual Dessert and Dance Night this month.
The event takes place at the Elks Hall on Saturday, Feb. 25 from 7 to 10 p.m.
Proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auction help to defray travel costs and entrance fees for festivals the high school tour band attends.
The fundraiser helps alleviate some of this cost, and helps us to buy any equipment and music charts we need,” says band teacher Brianne Deverteuil.
The Tour Band is an extra-curricular activity.
Students rehearse after school on their own time, and do not receive school funding for the club.
She says the concert this month will be fun for the whole family. Children under age five get in free.
A $10 admission charge gets participants a night of music and dancing thanks to the Cariboo Gold Dance Band, dessert and tea/coffee/hot chocolate, and a chance to bid on silent auction items.
The event starts at 7 p.m. opening with the tour band. Cariboo Gold will take over for the majority of the evening, and will be joined by the WLSS Jazz Band at the end of the night.
Tickets can be purchased at Williams Lake Secondary School, or by phoning 250-392-0020 or e-mailing brianne.deverteuil@sd27.bc.ca.