Clowns In The Sky Charity Ball

Right…I have a bit of a back log of diary writing to do!!! This December has been a crazy month full of shows for me and I will get round to doing them one by one! First off, I just wanted to write about a fantastic charity do I performed at on behalf of Clowns In The Sky Charity to help raise money for such a fantastic cause.

Once a year, I always choose a charity to offer my services to for free to help towards raising money for a charity I feel strongly towards. Well, this year I didn’t find one, Clowns In The Sky found me! And asked me if I would be happy to perform at their first ever charity ball and I obviously said yes! The charity has been set up to help raise money for childrens units in hospitals to help provide toys and games for sick children, the one thing they rely on when they are stuck in their hospital bed and unable to go outside. The creators of the charity are extremely passionate people as they lost their daughter in battle to a brain tumour and are working hard for the rest of their lives to support the work in hospitals and to help make childrens lives happier. They are such inspiring people…I could go on and on and on but I think if you are passionate about lending your time or some money to a great cause then please do check out the charity website http://www.clownsinthesky.org/

I performed 30 minutes of slow songs whilst guests entered the ball and seated ready for dinner. One song I performed was ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ the Eva Cassidy version, which is a song used throughout the charity and obviously a song very close to the owners of the charity’s hearts. I did get choked up learning the song knowing the meaning behind it and how much it meant to them, but I just kept singing it and singing it and had to charge through it on the night and perform it for every one to hear. Definitely one of the most nerve racking experiences for me!! And I genuinely hope they were pleased with my performance, I just wanted them to be happy with it.

After dinner was eaten (and how lovely it was!) and after the raffle and hilarious auction, the compere was fantastic! The patron of the charity is ex footballer Tony Cottee, who the compere took kindly to having a few jokes on him! Tony happily took on the banter and had a good giggle as well, he was so funny I wish I filmed a clip for you to see, maybe next year! I then performed a few upbeat party songs to get everybody in the mood for a good dance.

There was a photographer there on the night who kindly took some shots of me performing my slow set, I will be adding these photos in my photo gallery soon but have attached some in here for you to see too. The photographer I must thank here as he kindly gave me these photographs for free 🙂 http://www.stevehobartphotography.co.uk/

I almost forgot to mention there was a magician and also a very unique up and coming boyband who performed called Class A, I would have posted a link to their website but I can’t seem to find one. They were fantastic! A mix of operatic vocals with wrap!! Search for them on utube to find clips of them performing because their harmonies and vocals in general were so tight and whoever wrote the songs are very talented!

Thank you for reading and any charities in the future that are looking for help to support them in some way, please do get in touch with me 🙂

Jenna x

p.s.
The lady in the last photo, her name is Donna Byrne. She runs the admin side of the charity solely and puts 100% effort into making the charity work. She is always out raising money for the charity so if you bump into her, say hello and tell her she is amazing at what she does and it couldn’t be done without her help x