BELLE FOURCHE—From testing their musical knowledge to hitting all the right notes, guests enjoyed a night of singing, laughter and friendly competition, all for a good cause. The Belle Fourche Area Community Theater’s Cowboy Christmas Karaoke fundraiser was held November 7 at Grap’s Burgers & Brews.
Getting everyone into the Christmas spirit was easy as the room was decorated with a Christmas theme and tiny Christmas trees adorned each table. “So we’re doing our annual fundraiser… We try to do something different every year,” said Michael Meemken, BFACT board member.
DJ Smiling Mike Meemken with Pass the Mike Entertainment donated his services for the gathering. The evening kicked off at 5 p.m. with a few rounds of music trivia. “We’re going to do music trivia from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and we have some prizes we’re giving away, possibly some tickets for some of our shows and whatnot,” shared Meemken.
Rounds of trivia competition gave way to rounds of karaoke fun. With the goal of raising money for the fundraiser, a whole plan was in place for those who maybe didn’t want to sing but got nominated to. “We’re going to do karaoke, where you can pay like a buck and say so-and-so has to sing this song, and then that person, if they don’t want to sing, pays a buck and they don’t have to sing it! You can do whatever amount—if you want to pay five bucks, you can jump the line to sing first,” explained Meemken. “All that money is going towards the Belle Fourche Area Community Theater and that helps pay for our shows, the free kids camp that we do, the free workshops that we do for the public—it all goes into a pool so that we can do events for the community.”
In addition to the party and entertainment, there was food, refreshments and giveaways sfor all who came.
BFACT is an active part of the community and always has a variety of events scheduled throughout the year. Tickets are currently available for their Christmas presentation, A Seussified Christmas Carol, written by Peter Bloedel. There will be four performances beginning December 10 and running through December 13 at the Belle Fourche Rec Center Auditorium. Performances begin at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with a 3 p.m. performance on Sunday.
The production runs approximately 90 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission. You may purchase tickets online at bellefourcheact.com. Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and veterans and $5 for students.
In January, BFACT will be having its annual meeting. The organization will discuss business for the year and elect new board members for two-year terms. “We actually have three board positions up for election—if anybody’s interested—anybody can run for one of our board seats, and that’ll be coming up in January,” said Meemken.
Tentatively scheduled for March of next year is the Annual Volunteer Gala. The event will feature the second-ever Volunteer of the Year award.
If you want to support this amazing organization but didn’t make it to the annual fundraiser, BFACT will happily accept your donation at bellefourcheact.com/donations/.
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