Community
5 April, 2024
Record broken at music by the lake
BOOTS scooted and a record was broken at this year’s annual Music by the Lake Good Friday Appeal fundraiser.
The fundraiser managed to raise $8550 for Camperdown’s Good Friday Appeal, which broke 2023’s record of $6500.
This brings the total raised by Music by the Lake close to $56,000.
Organiser and artist Ian ‘Bidge’ Boyd said it was a “beautiful” day on Good Friday, with attendees enjoying time in the sun and being generous with their donations.
“Kinta was a new artist we had from Geelong, and there’s a lot of good reports about Kinta,” he said.
“We had the dance floor again this year, and a lot of people appreciated watching the dancing. It went pretty well.”
Mr Boyd said items at the concert auction raised significant amounts for the cause.
“The main one was the Purrumbete Pelicans painting that was donated by Shirley Sutherland in Geelong, and that raised $650. That was the top selling single item,” he said.
“We had two truck loads of firewood, and they made over $500 the two of them.
“There were two fishing rods donated by the holiday park, and they made $240 for the two.
“The Whitecross family with their cakes and slices, that was good money; about $340.”
Mr Boyd said there was also another key contribution to the concert proceeds.
“Part of the total funds was raised by the Morning Melodies,” he said.
“The last Morning Melodies that we had, we gave the raffle takings as well as the donations.
“There was over $700 there, but it was included in the concert tally.
“Thanks to the Morning Melodies patrons.”
Proud of this year’s tally, Mr Boyd said many things combined to allow them to raise such a significant amount.
“There was a whole lot of contributions, and it all just added up,” he said.
“People would win a prize in a raffle, and donate the prize money back, so all those sorts of things helped.
“A lot of the support we had from the local shopkeepers, Fonterra Foods, the Colac Co-op, there’s quite a few hampers, and Woolworths supermarket donated two hampers. A lot of people donated a lot of stuff.
“We must thank Western District Newspapers for their contribution as well.”
With plenty of first-time attendees this year, Mr Boyd said he sees a lot of potential for an even bigger crowd at next year’s event.
“Crowd-wise, there was a lot of people there for the first time that really enjoyed their day, and they said they’ll be back again next year, and they’ll bring friends,” he said.
“A lot of people were just checking it out this year and seeing what it was like.
“The weather was ideal, and everything went well.
“It’s just a good result for the town.”
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