I am sad to announce that Yvette lost her battle with cancer and passed away in 2007. I am keeping this page up and open on my website as my tribute to her.
Charity is an important thing to me because it gives me the opportunity to do something good for other people. I am a great believer in what goes around comes around, and so I'm paying it forward.
In 2015 my friend and colleague Anne Kingston and I organized an event which brought Yvette Cowles to the North West with her wonderful one woman show Sequins On My Balcony all about her experiences with life, cancer and belly dance. The hope was that we would raise funds for a charity close to our hearts Just Because, a charity originally created to help a dance friend in need but which developed into helping the women in Egypt who suffer from breast cancer. The evening combined local dance talent with this fantastic show. We also held a raffle that night which consisted of over 40 (yes 40!!!) different prizes all of which had been donated by local businesses. Despite months of working, trudging the streets trying to get raffle prizes, stressing over ticket sales, worrying about not covering costs, taking raffle tickets everywhere we went in the hopes of selling some (the list goes on), I can say without a shadow of doubt that the event was a HUGE success. We managed to raise an incredible £550 for Just Because through ticket sales, raffle ticket sales and donations. The show was a massive success too, and I later discovered that this was one of the last outings that the show had. Sadly Yvette is hanging up Dick Rogers for new pastures. However, knowing Yvette she will have something just as fabulous on the way.
So, what next? Well, at present I am not sure, but if anyone has any suggestions, why not contact me and share?
I do still hold raffles at my haflas which occur twice a year, and I have even introduced a new charity to my list: Welcome St Georges
Enjoy the slideshow below of our Sequins On My Balcony event.
Charity is an important thing to me because it gives me the opportunity to do something good for other people. I am a great believer in what goes around comes around, and so I'm paying it forward.
In 2015 my friend and colleague Anne Kingston and I organized an event which brought Yvette Cowles to the North West with her wonderful one woman show Sequins On My Balcony all about her experiences with life, cancer and belly dance. The hope was that we would raise funds for a charity close to our hearts Just Because, a charity originally created to help a dance friend in need but which developed into helping the women in Egypt who suffer from breast cancer. The evening combined local dance talent with this fantastic show. We also held a raffle that night which consisted of over 40 (yes 40!!!) different prizes all of which had been donated by local businesses. Despite months of working, trudging the streets trying to get raffle prizes, stressing over ticket sales, worrying about not covering costs, taking raffle tickets everywhere we went in the hopes of selling some (the list goes on), I can say without a shadow of doubt that the event was a HUGE success. We managed to raise an incredible £550 for Just Because through ticket sales, raffle ticket sales and donations. The show was a massive success too, and I later discovered that this was one of the last outings that the show had. Sadly Yvette is hanging up Dick Rogers for new pastures. However, knowing Yvette she will have something just as fabulous on the way.
So, what next? Well, at present I am not sure, but if anyone has any suggestions, why not contact me and share?
I do still hold raffles at my haflas which occur twice a year, and I have even introduced a new charity to my list: Welcome St Georges
Enjoy the slideshow below of our Sequins On My Balcony event.