COM ED OKE’ & The 48 Hour Record Attempt
To raise money for the Royal Children’s Hospital COM ED OKE’ attempted a record for the world’s longest stand-up comedy gig. In the short time that I managed to catch part of the attempt (Unfortunately, I didn’t have a spare 48 hours up my sleeve to see the whole thing.) I saw Wiley J deliver a set of true pub style stand-up and an entertaining auction which nearly had me shelling out $50 for a bottle of red (It’s all for a good cause!).
While Doug Chappel hosted the auction, the jovial vibe in the pub continued on in earnest. His smatterings of stand-up were well-received, along with the cheeky plug for his upstairs show. His ability to draw the audience into an auction, which not many seemed keen to participate in, ended up raising money for a fantastic charity. The audience filled with backpackers from the venue and an audience looking for free festival laughs seemed happy with the tail end of the world record attempt.
The admirable target was apparently reached; although, I wasn’t there to see it. I’m yet to hear a total on how much money the event raised for the Royal Children’s Hospital, but it’s admirable to see that in a festival full of great shows, there is still the opportunity to entertain and help others at the same time.
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We actually raised $8000 for TheGood Friday Appeal 2006
this is rased through Com Ed Oke’ which runs every Monday night from 8.30pm The Exford Hotel donates 10cents from every drink purchased on the Mondays and also run raffles and auctions through out the year to get to the Grand Total.
Last year we raised just on $7500 and hopefully next year will be alot more.
We are hear to support the Talent of Tomorrow and the Stars of Today together to raise funds for The Good Friday Appeal.
Thankyou from Darren and Jamie to ALL the Comedians who have SUPPORTED US and The Good Friday Appeal Donating their time and energy.
It has been a wonderful year and we hope the next is just as BIG!
if you think you have the gift of the gab get in contact with us at exfordgigs@yahoo.com.au and hopefully we can help you on your way to success
if you would like any other information please contact at the Pub 9663 2697 or res2exfordhotel.com.au
So Come On Down You Never Know Who’s Going to be On Cause We Don’t
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