GREAT FUN AND WONDERFUL OUTCOME AT CHRISTMAS CONCERT

This week Andrew Currie will be able to present the Salvation Army Food Bank, in Gravenhurst, with a cheque for $800, plus a significant volume of donated food items, gathered from admissions at their annual “Night Before Christmas,” variety show at the Opera House, Saturday evening.

Expenses were approximately $530 for the Opera House rental which was entirely covered by local business sponsorships, which we greatly appreciate.

As you can imagine, the take-down and settling after one of our fundraising shows, is a slow and somewhat painful physical and organizational process. It always takes several days to get our gear re-located and the site cleared up for the next user-group. But I can tell you, this one was a show we won’t soon forget. Andrew and Robert arrived home last night, absolutely ecstatic about the success of the event......and as its harshest critics, let’s just say they slept well and peacefully. A concert that doesn’t work, and has more than just a few problems, festers within for weeks afterwards. We haven’t had many of those but a few that we still think back on and wish we had done better or could do them over.

Most of all, they like the idea of showing up at that Food Bank with donations in tow......and this year was full of generosity, and we must heartily thank our many supporters who helped the boys achieve their objective. Over breakfast today, they talked about some options for their next project at the Opera House....., which means that they are only partly exhausted but perpetually inspired.

We will be adding some more notes about the event in the coming days. We want to provide an updated list of event sponsors, who helped us secure the best venue in town, for an event we insisted must be high profile.......because the current escalating needs of the Food Bank have to be high profile, in order to get attention for the 12 month a year crisis they face despite the Christmas generosity.