by Mystique SassoonThis year's "Memorial Rockin' 24 for Relay" event kicked off Fridayevening at 6pm and proved more than successful raising an incredible505,247 lindens for Relay for Life! The event is the heart-project ofone of Second Life's most notorious DJ's - Bcreative Wilde - who,along with Nevar Lobo, organized this year's fundraiser. WiccanSojourner, of Bewitched Designs, hosted the event. This was the 3rdyear for this specific fundraiser...but this year's was unique in thatit wasn't one single Relay for Life team participating -- instead,Bcreative opened this year's event to numerous teams. And with 11teams participating, each filling scheduled time slots and joiningBcreative, Nevar, and friends raising an incredible amount of money tobenefit the Relay for Life cause.Beating last year's record of 25 hours, Bcreative DJ'd for 26 hoursstraight with no sleep - taking requests and dedicating songs to thosewho have won, remembering those who lost, and those who are stillfighting cancer. She kept the tunes spinning the entire 26 hours. Asthe evening began to wind down, Nevar Lobo agreed to wear a gownshould the donations reach a half a million. In no short order, theamount reached the mark. The entire crowd was filled with emotion andgood cheer as the kiosk shot up to the 500,000 lindens mark. And trueto his word, Nevar donned a lovely gown, donated by the SpacivaIvanova - captain of the Roma Pro Vita team, and danced the remaininghour in the regal gown as donations continued to climb to 505,247lindens.Heartfelt thanks goes out to all who donated and made the event such asuccess. The 11 Relay for Life teams, whose participation anddedication were evident in bringing in the donations, were: SpiritChasers, Charmed Menagerie, Pink Panthurs, Roma Pro Vita, JusticeLeague, Passionate Redheads, Goreans in Relay, Madness Legends,All-Stars, Relay Wizards for Spunky, and Cure Chasers. A specialthanks also went out to Wiccan Sojourner for hosting the event, and toNevar Lobo, Amethyst Starostin, Wiccan Sojourner, Raven Naimarc, NeillMcCullough, and members of the Roma Pro Vita team who took turnsstaying up most of the 26 hours to help keep Bcreative awake.Yes, this year's "Memorial Rockin' 24 for Relay" was a hugesuccess.... AND... it speaks volumes about the hearts of our SecondLife residents - who came together... and gave of their time, money,and heart... for this cause.
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