Tree Sale Helps Aspiring Musicians

The Saucon Valley Music Connection has begun its annual Christmas tree sale outside  at 69 Main Street in Hellertown.

The sale started Thursday night and will run until Saturday, Dec. 11. It offers trees six to eight-and-a-half feet tall, with prices ranging from $30 to $50. This year, the Music Connection is hoping to sell approximately 200 trees to local residents decorating their homes for the holidays.

All proceeds from the tree sale will help fund the Saucon Valley Music Connection, a volunteer organization made up of local parents who support the 's music programs.

The organization holds several fundraisers a year to help offset the cost of an annual band competition held outside the state. Last spring, the group's fundraising helped send students to a competition in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The tree sale has been held annually since the 1980s, and is operated by students in the music programs, who volunteer their time to help with it.

In addition to the sale, the Saucon Valley music department is holding three holiday concerts in the upcoming weeks, all of which will be performed in the auditorium. The events are free to the public, but donations of non-perishable foods will be accepted for the New Jerusalem Food Bank.

On the high school band and men's and women's choirs will perform a selection of holiday classics at 7:30pm. The middle school band and chorus will present their concert on at 7pm, and the elementary school band will showcase its young talent on at 7pm.

The will continue today, until 9pm; Dec. 5, from 11am to 7pm; Dec. 6, from 5 to 8pm; Dec. 7, from 3 to 9pm; Dec. 8, from 5 to 8pm; Dec. 10, from 3 to 9pm; and Dec. 11, from 9am to 9pm.