A spectacular evening of music featuring two of Australia’s rising stars will be held at Pearl Beach on Sunday, May 7, to raise funds for Lifeline Central Coast.
Song for Life will be set in the garden of the private residence of Mark Burton and Dawn Maclean, Drifters, which backs onto the Pearl Beach Arboretum, and will feature Loren Ryan and Aodhan (Aidan Whitehall).
Ryan is a First Nations Australian from the Gamilaraay people native to northwest NSW.
The Tamworth local is renowned for combining her love of music and language and recently won the 2023 Toyota Star Making competition at the Tamworth Country Music festival.
Aodhan is a singer from Wollongong whose early single releases caught the attention of Communion Publishing UK, where he signed a deal, joining such artists as Bears Den and Catfish and The Bottlemen.
His 2019 single Butterflies had close to five million streams.
Mark Burton and Dawn Maclean said they were thrilled to be hosting the event.
As a retired doctor who has had his own journey with depression and a retired business owner respectively, they feel that Lifeline Central Coast is a vital resource for people to have access to.
The event is being supported by Meladharma, a counselling service operating out of Pearl Beach.
Spokesperson Raymond Scott said in 2021 he was strongly attracted to the mission and values of Lifeline and recognised a critical need for more volunteers to provide mental health support services to those in need.
“With a desire to obtain my counsellor’s diploma, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to receive supervision from Lifeline’s highly-regarded organisation,” he said.
“As someone with 35 years of production experience, I am now in a unique position to offer my expertise to the organisation, and I believe that this is the perfect opportunity for me to contribute more to Lifeline’s efforts in helping others.”
Lifeline Central Coast Corporate and Community Manager Patrick Calabria said many people don’t realise that local Lifeline centres rely on community donations and fundraising to keep services running.
“It costs us $3,500 to train and support each crisis supporter,” he said.
“Each call to Lifeline costs around $39.
“We don’t want people to suffer in silence; we’re here to listen without judgement and to offer hope to every person who needs us.
“Lifeline Central Coast is very appreciative of the Song for Life event and the passion of all those involved to be in community, for community and with community, working together to support our communities mental health.”
Song for Life will be held from 4.30-8pm on Sunday, May 7, at Drifters, 63 Crystal Ave, Pearl Beach.
Patrons can also book in a supper pack for the night so they won’t go hungry.
Refreshments will be available throughout the night courtesy of Upstairs Wines.
With 100 per cent of profits going to Lifeline Central Coast, the team hopes to raise up to $10,000.
Tickets are available through Humanitix – just search Song for Life.
Lifeline crisis support services are available 24/7 on 13 11 14 24.
Lifeline Text is also available 24/7 on 0477 13 11 14 as is Online Chat.
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Meladharma