Lo-fi to take centre stage at next edition of Health Foundation masquerade

Taylor Clark

The Des Collines community got wild at the Centre Wakefield La Pêche and was able to surpass its goal for the fifth edition of the “Get into Bed with the Des Collines Health Foundation” masquerade.

While committee members for the masquerade work away at a final tally, Chrissy Shannon said roughly $35,000 to $40,000 was raised, exceeding the $25,000 goal to assist in covering the cost of a $45,000 CellaVision DMI machine.

Judges were entrusted with the difficult task of picking one winning team and “The Wild Boys” were ultimately awarded the golden toilet plunger.

Teams will be able to have another go at the top prize next year while tackling the new theme of lo-fi.

Shannon said performers will have to figure out how to come up with creative, low-technology acts but also have the opportunity to play around low-fidelity sounds.

Photo captions: (1): (person dressed as tiger) Performers hit the stage in the fifth edition of “Get into Bed with the Des Collines Health Foundation” masquerade on February 10.   (2): (performer over hospital bed) Theatre Wakefield gets Shakespearean with their performance of “Wakespeare” at the Centre Wakefield La Pêche.

Photo credit: Taylor Clark