Saskatchewan did it for another year.
This year’s Telemiracle raised $5.2 million to help those in need across the province.
Humboldt and area was well represented at this years show.
The Humboldt and District Kinettes took the trip to Regina to help man the phones, as well as took their donations from their Humboldt and area fundraisers totaling $7,605.40.
Bellydancing group, the Prairie Pearls, who have dancers from all across the region, including Humboldt, bellydanced their way onto the stage for the fourth year in a row and brought their fundraising efforts of approximately $4,000.
Pearl member, Tasha Poncelet from Humboldt, says this year had something special to it.
“The atmosphere and the happiness and friendliness of everyone involved is so amazing and we all left with huge smiles on our faces and warmth in our hearts.”
For the second time in her short life, 9-year-old Lacey Holowaty performed for the Saskatchewan crowd.
She likes to perform because it is very relaxing for her, but not for her mom, she laughs.
Last years performance was more exciting for Holowaty because she knows what to expect this year, she says.
With two Telemiracle fundraisers almost sold out, Holowaty raised $7,000 to go to Telemiracle.
Part of this total is from St. Dominic School’s talent show, which was like a mini-Telemiracle, says Holowaty.
Holowaty’s mom, Lorelle says that many of her friends and family have been helped by Telemiracle and this is a great way for them to give back.
Ray Whitton preformed at the 3:40 am mark, along with his band, which included Trevor Ross.
There was many people who wished them luck, says Ross, but many of them said they would unfortunately not be up to watch the performance.
Whitton’s set included 6 or 7 songs and, like many Telemiracles, there was still a lot of energy at nearly 4 am because of the people in the audience.
“They’re always awake and pumping you up. It’s tough not to be excited or energized when you see people standing up in their seats and cheering us on,” says Whitton.
For Whitton, Telemiracle was exhausting and beautiful.
Events like Telemiracle always restores Whitton’s faith in humanity, he says.
“It something good for your spirit to watch a community and a province come together like that.”
Ross was very excited to be a part of Whitton’s set. He has played with Whitton for the past couple of years and was very grateful for the opportunity to perform with him at Telemiracle.
Ross says it was a pretty amazing show.
“You have to be ready to go on and you don’t have any time to do a sound check or anything like that. You just plug in and go.”
Whitton also presented Telemiracle with his donation of $985.25.
Another group that performed at Telemiracle was the Watson Dance Club. Instructor Tori Daschuk got the group of dancers aged 10-16 years old together for auditions in November.
Along with other groups that fundraised in Watson, including the groups like the Knights and Columbus and Watson Legion, says Daschuk, the dance club presented $3,550.14 on the Telemiracle stage when they performed at 11:30 am on Sunday.
