{"id":215391,"date":"2018-08-13T12:09:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T02:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=215391"},"modified":"2020-07-28T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T05:14:50","slug":"aussie-action-raises-10000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/08\/13\/aussie-action-raises-10000\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Action Raises $10,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hello Possums! Julie Robinson, Lynnelle Cross, Nancy Cross, Helen Greenslade, Jodi Northcott and Vicki Rossi … the best dressed team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Damien Martoo posed the biting questions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 12, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organisers of the Kumbia State School P&C’s annual brain drain are smiling after raising another $10,000 for the school at their recent night of fun.<\/p>\n

James Curtain, the chairman of the Brain Drain sub-committee, said it had been a terrific evening.<\/p>\n

“There were 28 tables – the same as last year – although were were a bit worried for a while as early bookings were slow,” he said.<\/p>\n

“But we brought in $10,000 again which is a great result for the school.”<\/p>\n

After considering feedback from previous years, the evening wound up a bit earlier but no one seemed to mind.<\/p>\n

Damien Martoo, from the Martoo Review, reprised his role as quizmaster, this time with a monster shark theme.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was fitting, then, that all the Kumbia P&C volunteers on the night were dressed as lifesavers …<\/p>\n

The theme for the 25th annual Kumbia Brain Drain was “Straya \u2013 1993 to 2018” which was interpreted in many ways by the revellers.<\/p>\n

There were Vegemite jars, cricketers, XXXX cans and quite a few bogans and bushmen.<\/p>\n

There was even a table full of Dame Ednas! In fact, the “Hello Possum” team won the prize for the Best-Dressed Team.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The prize for the best-named team went to the politically incorrect, “There’s No Sticky Near My Dicky” (a bunch of flannelled funsters “sponsored” by Kool Mints and 3M sandpaper …)<\/p>\n

The overall winning team on the night – for getting the most correct answers – was the “Wolf Creek Survivors”, who picked up a narrow victory with 67 points.<\/p>\n

James said the feedback from the night had been very good.<\/p>\n

“We had great support from our sponsor and we had something for almost everyone,” he said.<\/p>\n

James said the committee had already started thinking about next year’s event, although a theme had not been selected yet.<\/p>\n

“We are starting to look at getting a major sponsor so we could put up a strong cash prize,” he said.<\/p>\n

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