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SING ALONG: Wimmera entertainer Simon ‘Skuzz’ Skurrie leads a Sing For Something crowd at Horsham’s Exchange Hotel as part of a fight against brain cancer. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
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BY DEAN LAWSON
project designed to provide a platform to help people generate momentum for projects and special causes will go Wimmerawide.
Organisers behind Sing For Something, which had a successful launch in Horsham during the Australia Day weekend, are exploring the potential to run future events in centres from
as far as Ararat to Nhill and Warracknabeal. They are confident the events, apart from raising money and awareness for a variety of causes, have the potential to strengthen a sense of community solidarity across the region. Sing For Something involves creating events where people can show support for a designated project or cause by simply turning up and pro-
viding their voice for a collective song. On Monday, Sing For Something at Horsham’s Exchange Hotel beer garden attracted about 50 people, who gathered in support for a fight against brain cancer. The fund-raising effort generated money for Carries Beanies4Brain Cancer. The crowd, after a few practice runs
with lyrical and musical support, sang as a collective choir the Men at Work song Down Under to fit in with the Australia Day theme. The event then expanded into a fun and festive afternoon of musical entertainment and interactive performances. ACE Radio, through The Weekly Advertiser and radio stations 3WM and MIXX FM, is a primary driving
force behind the concept. Station promotions manager Kaycee Bould said Sing For Something had a predictably tentative start, but the expectation was that the concept would quickly gather momentum. “From an ACE perspective, we were always driven by a need to make this something we could do regionally,” she said. Continued page 3
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