April 15, 2013
A fundraiser with a difference was held in Nanango on Saturday … a garden party, complete with live music, exquisite nibblies, a fashion parade and lots of ladies wearing red hats.
Local chapters of the women’s social group, The Red Hat Society, turned out in force with other local community members to support the NANART event.
NANART, or Nanango Art Festival Inc, holds an annual three-day arts festival every year at the Cultural Centre in Nanango.
This year’s event will run from May 10 (the official opening) to May 12.
NANART was looking for a way to raise some extra money so member Carol Young and her husband Nigel volunteered to use the gardens of their home, ‘Benneyong’.
“It was a good afternoon,” Nigel told southburnett.com.au today.
“We had 53 people through the gate and we raised $795, which included the takings from the raffle.
“This was our first garden party and it was so successful we may hold another at some time.”
Local singers Bobby Ricks and Valerie Mathews entertained the guests, who also enjoyed a fashion parade put on by Nanango business 2Extreemz Fashion.
Nigel said the members of The Red Hat Society also seemed to have a good time.
“They said that if we held another, they’d come along again,” he said.
The annual NANART festival has been held every year since 2000.
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