2025-12-19 Video of Maine Pops Concert Band Holiday Benefit Concert is now available.

The video of the December 14 Maine Pops Concert Band Holiday Benefit Concert is now available for viewing on the band’s YouTube channel. The concert was held at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center in Westbrook, ME.

Many thanks to John Cranton of Scarborough Community Access Television for recording the concert for the band and for Scarborough’s Spectrum Channel 2. The concert will air in Scarborough on December 21, December 24 and December 27 at 7 p.m.

The band performed 14 holiday selections for the concert:

Overture to a Winter Festival – arranged by James Curnow
Silver Bells – Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (arr. James Swearingen)
Carol of the Bells – arranged by Chip Davis and Robert Longfield
Brazilian Sleigh Ride – Percy Faith (arr. Lloyd Conley)
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Richard Pola and George Wyle (arr. Chris Sharp)
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
Festive Sounds of Hanukah – arranged by Bill Holcombe
We Three Kings – John H. Hopkins, Jr. (arr. John M. Pasternak)
Candlelight Carol – John Rutter (arr. Jay Dawson)
Go Tell it on the Mountain – arranged by Jay Dawson
Greensleeves – arranged by Alfred Reed
A Christmas Portrait – arranged by Jerry Nowak
Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
Hallelujah Chorus – George Frederic Handel (arr. Jack Bullock)

Author: Steve Barrett

Steve Barrett is a retired government public affairs official with 43 years of experience (23 military, 20 with Federal Government). Married since 1987. Twin daughters are high school language teachers. Steve is a retired competitive marching band photographer, having photographed for Arundel High School (2002-2017), USBands (2011-2025) and the New England Scholastic Band Association (2021-2025). Played trumpet/flugelhorn recreationally with the Anne Arundel Community College community jazz band from 2007-2017. Now performs recreationally with the Maine Pops Concert Band and is an elected member of the band's board of directors. Holds a Master of Arts Degree in Communication from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland University College. Barrett is originally from Montour Falls, NY.

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