EVENT. The 4th Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Again to Faculty Pageant skilled an unprecedented participation success from August twenty fourth to twenty seventh, successful that can drive the organizing committee to consider what occurs subsequent.
“We have now by no means had so many individuals at our actions. Our exhibits on Thursday and Saturday bought out to 800 folks and Friday to round 600 folks. On Saturday morning the rain affected site visitors, solely it was busy within the afternoon and night,” summarizes Marie-Anne Courchesne, president of the pageant.
The pageant began on Thursday with virtually 200 folks over 5 a 7 beers and sausages and Phil Lauzon’s Luke Combs tribute present was offered to a bought out crowd. On Friday night, rock was on this system, with singer Mathieu Roy and homages to Journey and Weapons N’ Roses. On Saturday the marquee was packed for dinner earlier than the spotlight of the night was Annie Villeneuve who obtained the 800 spectators in attendance singing and dancing earlier than the duo Les 2 de Piques introduced the night to an in depth.
“The presence of Phil Lauzon on Thursday and Annie Villeneuve on Saturday helped us loads, besides that even at our 5 p.m. on Thursday we had a minimum of 200 folks. The truth that our pageant is rising encourages folks to come back out. »
On Sunday there was a western truthful adopted by bingo, which was attended by a number of hundred members. Within the afternoon, a cornhole event introduced collectively practically 60 groups. This event will undoubtedly change into a must-attend occasion for the pageant within the coming years. Households had been additionally capable of make the most of quite a few free actions on weekends.
A seven-person committee was capable of rely on the help of round fifty volunteers to make sure that the occasion ran easily. The fifth version is already deliberate for the weekend of August twenty second to twenty fifth, 2024. The committee has already begun its deliberations.
Nonetheless, the leisure middle’s capability will change into a problem that the pageant should handle sooner or later, agrees Ms Couchesne. “Subsequent 12 months will likely be our fifth, so we wish to go even greater. Nonetheless, we will likely be in discussions with the neighborhood to see whether it is doable to extend the dimensions of the location as it’s beginning to get tight. Because of this we needed to cease promoting tickets on Thursdays. »