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Published:
April 3, 2006
Mayor's
Charity Concert raises cash for Burnham hovercraft and RNLI
More
than £320 was raised for Burnham's hovercraft and lifeboats
at the weekend when the town's Mayor and Mayoress held a special
fundraising concert.
Curtain
Call Performing Arts School (pictured above) and the Burnham and
Highbridge Town Band put on a special performance of music, songs
and drama at Highbridge Community Centre.
 Scores
of RNLI and BARB supporters flocked to the popular event, which
was held on Sunday evening.
A
ploughman's supper was laid on for the audience, along with a
raffle.
Curtain
Call performed a line-up of foot-tapping musical numbers which
included There's No Business Like Showbusiness, Spoonful
of Sugar from Mary Poppins, and Thumbelina. The town
band then gave stirring performances ranging from Men Of Harlech
to Hey Jude.
Mayoress
Gilli Kenyon-Gill, who organised the event with her husband, Mayor
Eric Gill, said: "It's been a brilliant evening that clearly
shows local talent is shining. The audience really enjoyed themselves
and helped raise a super amount for these two very worthwhile
charities."
The
Curtain Call cast, overseen by Patricia Ham, were Alex Berridge,
Dean Emery, Jemma Hazell, Ed Kimmins-Tonkin, Jemma Morgan, Alison
Bennett, Gabby Giovanni, Ben Hazell, Lois Sankey, Lydia Williams,
Leigh Adlus, Natalie Babajee, David Clark, Geoff Nash, David Neville,
Jane Quick and Alex Turco.
Mrs
Kenyon-Gill thanked Kyffins Wholefood Store and Material Needs
for providing raffle prizes - and also thanked Tesco, Bishop's
Butchery and Lidl for helping to supply the food.
From l to r: BARB's Steve Perks and Carol-Anne Hatim with the
Mayoress and Mayor, and the RNLI's Tony Winterburn and Martin
Cox
Curtain Call's Patricia Ham introducing performers
Curtain Call's Ben Hazell performing Isn't It A Lovely Day
Curtain Call's Alex Turco and Natalie Babajee performing Suddenly
Seymour
Curtain Call's David Clark singing Mary Lou
Members of Curtain Call singing Thank You For The Music
Burnham and Highbridge Town Band members
RELATED
LINKS:
Burnham-On-Sea
Hovercraft Web site
Burnham-On-Sea
RNLI Web site
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