The seven debutants and their partners at the September event.
Months of planning, fundraising and dance lessons for seven young women and their partners culminated in a night when they impressed and delighted their invited guests.
The seven debutants and their partners were Melissa Read and Elijah Reid, Jaide Robinson and Michael Casey, Brianna Horner-Skinner and Ethan Graham, Nerida-lee Hayne and CJ Herron, Haylee Sullivan and Aiden Miller, Jess Tudgey and Ethan Smith and Tiarna Clothier and Conor Howarth.
They were presented to Peita Coote, Forbes High School Year 11 advisor and head teacher. The nervous duos performed their feature dance to “Parallel Lines” by Keith Urban, choreographed by Eliza Woods.
Their tireless efforts cooking barbeques, selling raffle tickets and more resulted in $1,800 being raised for the benefit of Forbes CanAssist to help local cancer patients and their families with travel, accommodation, medicines, treatment as well as household expenses due to loss of regular income.
The raffle winners were: Abbey Bryant – $300 gift voucher donated by Outback Soils; Keith Clarke – garden parcel donated by Bunnings Warehouse; Leisel White – Flint Street Butchery meat tray; Ron Stace – Forbes Central Butchery gift voucher; Lauren Brown – SupaCheap Auto gift card.