Andrew Gee (Calare, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Recently, Orange was transformed into a boogie wonderland thanks to the 2024 Stars of Orange fundraiser. The event pairs local business and community leaders with a local dance school. Over 10 weeks participants raise money for Cancer Council New South Wales before raising the roof at a gala evening as they jive like Ginger Rogers or nae nae like Napoleon Dynamite. This year more than 630 people gathered to watch this year's stars shimmy, shake and cha-cha slide their way towards a record $315,000. Congratulations to this year's movers and shakers and the talented dance studios that help the stars shine. There were Will Miller and Maggie Morris with United Dance; Peita and Rob Mages with Colour City Dance; Dannielle Ford with Dance HQ; Johanna Scott with United Dance; Jack Churchill with EmDance; and Dr Andrew Parry and a team of teachers from Kinross Wolaroi School, taught by students, including Tilly Quigley, Niamh Webster, Emily Clunas and Georgia Williams. There were also Kylie Duncan with Revolution Aerial; Jessica Hickman with New Generation Dance; Sally Darling, Julia Homard and Parlour O hairdressers with Dance HQ; and Danica Bunch with Millthorpe Balle and Performance Studio. Great work, Danica.

A big thank you to Cancer Council fundraising coordinator Cassandra Sullivan and volunteers Sharon Ryan, Erin Quarmby, Tasha Pedrson, and Janice and Sandro Tranfaglia, who all made the night possible. Well done and thank you to all of the Stars of Orange.

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