School fundraising and not forgetting the 'FUN'!

If you have been following me on Twitter you will have seen some cryptic messages about 'Joan Jett' and 'I love Rock n Roll'. Well, my singing lessons finally came to a climax last week at our school fundraising night. The Idol, is something that has been running for the past three or four years at my daughters school and it's a great fundraising initiative that I have to spread the word about!

If you are looking for fundraising ideas or thinking of organising something similar let me give you the basic rundown:

The night was organised by parents from school who are musicians and were willing to practice a couple of times with each group wanting to put themselves out there for ridicule. The basic format was Intro, Trivia, 3 X Idol contestants; then interlude, then two more sets of the same (three in total with 9 budding idol groups).

The fundraising element came from selling tickets for tables of people, enticed by the trivia as well as the Idols. Also, at the back of the room were 9 tins, all representing an act and donations were encouraged to be placed in them. This then raised money and the highest amount won the Idol trophy (which was a gold sprayed microphone).

There was a trophy for the trivia winners and a disco for those that wanted to hang around afterwards for an hour!

So, the basic format is quite simple, but it does involve some very enthusiastic organisers and supporters. If you are interested in more details, comment on the blog and I'll respond with answers :)

Love

Fat Mumma

PS - We didn't win... but loved, loved, loved it and can't wait to get back up to do it again next year!!!!