Sold out Strictly Come Dancing fundraiser to be streamed online
Ten dancing couples prepare for Children’s Charity 10th anniversary show, with live streaming and worldwide voting opening on Saturday
Inishowen’s Children’s Charity is taking its Strictly Come Dancing fundraiser global this Saturday, with its sold-out 10th anniversary show to be streamed live and supporters around the world invited to vote for their favourite dancing couple.
Tickets for Saturday evening’s event at the Inishowen Gateway Hotel in Buncrana sold out in double quick time, prompting the charity to arrange a professional three-camera live stream. Produced by local filmmakers Sean and Hugh Quirke, it will allow supporters at home and abroad to watch all the action.
Live stream access is just €10, with the proceeds going to the charity.
Online voting will open at 9am on Saturday and remain available until approximately 10.30pm Irish time. Anyone, anywhere in the world, can vote for their preferred couple at a cost of €1 per vote, with all proceeds going towards supporting sick children and their families throughout Inishowen.
Voters do not need to attend the event or buy access to the live stream. The couple raising the most through online votes will be named Audience Winners, while the judging panel will select a separate winner.
Ten couples will strut their stuff on the dance floor: Tammi Kerr and Alan Lynam; Seamus McLaughlin and Elaine Coyle; David Morrison and Rachael McGinley; Carla McDaid and Declan McCarron; Katelyn Doherty and Lee McDaid; Emily Doherty and Danny Fildara; Maria Glackin and Ethan Duncan; Wade McGinley and Elaina McGinley; Bridget McGill and Martin McGonigle; and Jason Cameron and Barbara Doherty.
The dancers have spent months preparing under the guidance of choreographer Elizabeth Curran. Television personality Noel Cunningham will host the evening, with a judging panel comprising dance teacher Laura Adams, country music singer Johnny Brady, actor Daniel O’Carroll and Miss Ireland Caoimhe Kenny.
The 10th anniversary event also marks a decade since the charity in Buncrana in 2016, the brainchild of the then 16 year old Adrian McMyler. It has since grown into an organisation supporting sick children and their families across the peninsula.
“I cannot thank our incredible dancers and the wonderful Elizabeth Curran enough,” McMyler, who chairs the charity which was formerly known as Buncrana's Children's Charity, said. “The hours of rehearsals, hard work and commitment that have gone into this show are just extraordinary. Every single one of them deserves enormous credit.
“We are absolutely delighted that people who missed out on tickets, particularly family and friends living abroad, can now join us through our live stream. And with online voting, absolutely anyone, anywhere in the world, can get involved and help their favourite couple raise money for local sick children.”
The dancers will take to the floor at 7.30pm on Saturday night.
The live stream is available on glistrr.com
Online voting links are available through the Inishowen Children’s Charity website. Voting opens at 9am on Saturday, and runs until the end of the show around 10.30pm.
Vote early, and vote often!