On Saturday night about 70 residents of NCV enjoyed a wonderful night of concert entertainment in the Main Common Room - and we were the entertainment. The night had been organised by NCV resident Yuchan Chew who was personally challenged to raise funds for the Sydney Children's Hospital as part of its annual Gold Week fundraising activities. Each year the hospital's foundation has a major week of fundraising that involves the whole community.
Yuxuan with the support of her Senior Resident on the 7th floor (Kanya Ittinitiwut) decided to organise a concert and encourage all NCV residents to get behind behind it. As part of her fundraising Yuxuan and a group of other volunteers:- sold tickets to the concert
- sold merchandise to residents in the building and on campus
- sought cash coin donations on campus
- encouraged people to make larger donations
There were about 20 items that included:
- a variety of vocal items (groups, duets, solos with and without instruments)
- a musical comedy item from the Master (me) and Carmen (my wife)
- a card throwing act
- some rap dancing
- guitar items
- digital computer generated music
- piano recitals
- Chinese whistle blowing
- a presentation on the Sydney Children's Hospital by Yuxuan
The night had some wonderful moments including members of the audience joining soloists when they struggled to remember the words. Another enjoyable part of the evening was some group drawing that involved the audience being invited on arrival to choose a blank cut-out of a child and to add the details of someone who you'd like to see as a child.This was a great night that raised almost $1,000 and did a lot for community building. People are still talking about some of the memorable items.
Residents shouldn't miss the next one!
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