Charity ball raises £45,000
THE organisers behind a popular annual charity ball are celebrating another bumper year following an evening of entertainment featuring music legends.
Soul men The Drifters headlined the event at Magna on Saturday, which brought in thousands of pounds for Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity.
Ventriloquist Paul Zerdin provided the laughs, while singer Chris Edwards and party band The Bootleggers had guests up dancing.
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Hide AdIt was the eighth time Rotherham couple Darren and Gail Baker have put on the glitzy autumn fund-raiser to help pay for vital research and purchasing equipment.
This was a year for landmark totals as a record 800 guests helped to bring in an impressive £45,000, bringing the total over the years to more than £285,000.