September 16, 2013
You’d better get in quick for the next Kumbia Brain Drain, almost half the tables for 2014 are already booked!
The recent Brain Drain, which had a “Once Upon A Time Theme”, attracted a fairyland full of nursery rhyme characters to the Kumbia Memorial Hall.
Teresa Francis – or “Tinkerbell” – said organisers were extremely pleased with the results of the trivia night, with more than $9000 raised for the Kumbia State School.
“This is the first time ever in the 20 years of the Brain Drain that we have tables booked for the next year,” Teresa said.
“We have 16 tables booked out of the 40.”
No theme has been chosen yet for next year but it’s going to have to be good to outdo the costumes from this year’s fundraiser.
There were witches, dwarfs, the whole crew from the Wizard of Oz… and much, much more.
There was also live entertainment; Gabby Unverzagt sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and Rhonda “Cinderella” Smith had the audience in stitches with her re-telling of the classic tale.
Several prizes were awarded in the evening: Little Bit Lush was the Best Dressed Team; Best Dressed Male was Neil Kath and Best Dressed Female was Cassie Smith.
The Kingaroy Accounting & Tax team, “Fairy Inappropriate”, had the Best Team Name.
Teresa said Tinkerbell was kept busy on the night “fining” people for using their mobile phones (local MP Deb Frecklington was caught twice checking the Federal Election results) or swearing.
The organising committee will meet on Wednesday to finalise the figures from the night and start planning next year’s event.
[Originally published as “Planning Starts For 2014 Brain Drain]
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