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Stelly’s grads strut on runway for fundraiser

Money raised benefits alcohol-free graduation festivities
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Lindsay Mattear and Brett Matthews peel back winter in favour of some of the summer wear at Cottons and Blues. The Sidney shop

Stelly’s students are ready to peel back winter and reveal spring and summer in their annual fundraiser fashion show. Grade 12 students will sashay on stage, bringing fun and probably a bit of laughter, said model Lindsay Mattear.

The performance will include students grooving onstage to songs from “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “Footloose,” to couples in costume.

“It’ll be a bit of a surprise for us as well I think. You can expect some interesting things to go on at the end,” Mattear said with a grin. “Everyone gets so into it. It’s all of us coming together so it really is just a fun environment.”

The grad class’ biggest fundraiser of the year will help them enjoy a parent sponsored after-grad event where the kids will spend their final hours as a class hanging out together at the University of Victoria Student Union Building.

The kids have been preparing for a couple of weeks for the event, said model Brett Matthews, while the moms have invested significantly more.

“They’re going out of their own time, which they don’t have to do,” he said.

The moms have scored more than 100 donated items for the silent auction.

“It’s a huge silent auction that people don’t need a ticket to come to,” said Brett’s mom Margaret Matthews. “We have tons of donations from all of the community. We’re fortunate to live in such a generous community.”

The silent auction runs from 6 p.m. to the end of the fashion show intermission (roughly 7:45 p.m.) at the Mary Winspear Centre.

The silent auction opens March 8 at 6 p.m. Admission is free. The fashion show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets to the fashion show are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors, available at the Stelly’s school office or Genesis Hair and Esthetics, 2142 Keating X Rd. or by emailing stellysaftergrad@sd63.bc.ca.