Well, dang!!! I said that with our generous patrons and performers, that I thought we could maybe make L$50,000 for the event. And I was more right than I knew! We had donations from very small to very large - and they all added up! We hit L$50,000 just before the end of Lance's show, then went on to add even more.
Wow! As of the end of Dilah's show (our last performer) the total in the kiosks at the event was L$62,250! Did you know that even with the conversion rate that Relay For Life in SL has taken in more than US$156,000 this year? And, this event just put about US$250 additional on that.
Do you know that with a dozen performers - a lot of whom sing some similar styles - we had so few repeats of songs that I could count them on both hands? People came and went (I think we had 30 in house at once, 136 total) - though some managed to stay for several hours (especially our co-captains: Sean Qendra and Veronica Ogleby - thank you, you two). The music changed and shifted - some rock, some jazz, some blues, some show tunes, even an SL version of The Streak. But, the L$s kept piling up in the kiosks.
Not only did we meet and exceed our goal, we had a challenge from our own Sean Qendra. Any of you that know him, know that this is a man who does NOT do shoes! Not sure who prompted it, but he challenged us to hit 60,000 before Dilah's show ended. If we did, he would wear high heels - until the Relay in July!!! Sean, NytEyes and Veronica are going to take you shopping for a nice pair of heels. ;)
I want to mention one other thing. Last week we had our one year anniversary of being the club's owners. We didn't mention it because we didn't want to detract from this event. But, to be honest, we saw this event as a great way to celebrate that anniversary. And, I have to say it was! To achieve what we (that's you and us) did today, shows what Ilsa and I have always said: we have the best performers and the best patrons in SL!
Thank you to all who participated, to all who performed, to all who donated, and to all who prayed or sent their best wishes our way. You folks are fantastic.
We relay so, perhaps, next year we won't have to.
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I updated the total to reflect the last donation made - evidently while I was still adding things up. Thank you all, again.
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