Benefit show raises $561 for the Weird Al Star Fund!
WHEE!! What a fun show!! Big-ups to Joe and all the performers on great performances! And the Al cover songs were all awesome. “Dare To Be Stupid” performed by everybody was the perfect way to end the show!
Many thanks to Joe for all his efforts on behalf of the Weird Al Star Fund! He did such a fabulous job talking up our project from the stage, so anyone who hadn’t heard about it before got an excellent description of our mission, why Al is so deserving, and why we want this Walk of Fame Star to come from the fans, which is how we think ALL celebrities should receive their stars!
The amount raised that night was $344 in cover charges, $24 in merch sales, and $193 in straight cash donations to the fund, for a total of $561–not bad for a night’s work, eh?
That makes the total amount in the Weird Al Star Fund $9,713.12. Thanks to everybody for their support!
There are pictures from the big show posted at weirdalstar.com now. We have autographed posters available on a first come basis for $8.00 each, plus $4.00 shipping, no matter how many you order. There’s a limited edition of only 27 — and I’ll tell you, of those, 10 are already reserved or purchased. Once they sell out, that’s it. To reserve your poster, send mail to merchandise@weirdalstar.com.
The posters look like this, except autographed by all the performers (Joe Lavelle, Ray Don, Evan Wecksell, Hard ‘n Phirm, Raymond and Scum, and Throwing Toasters).
Again, thanks to everyone who came out and all the performers, it was tons of fun!