Dance will aid African Drought Appeal

Dancing will be from 9.30pm-12.30am, (doors open 8.30pm) to music by Johnny MacRory, Dickie Carton and Sean Close.

The dance is being organised by Ballymena man Johnny MacRory who has raised money for several charities and emergency disasters such as Bosnia, Romania, Tsunami Thailand, African missions and many other charities over the years. The latest one was for the Haiti earthquake Feb 2010 which raised £4,000.

Johnny has been living in Ballymena all his life and is a well known local artist. He is an ex showband drummer and vocalist and had his own local group ‘Fleetwood’ from which he has now retired but still entertains at different functions for charity etc.

Johnny is very concerned about different disasters in the world and always tries to help a little.

He says that ‘If he only could save one family and help the little children who are suffering from extreme poverty, hunger and acute malnutrition that would mean a lot to him’.

Johnny says that it is very difficult to sit back and watch suffering and death caused by starvation and finds it very emotional.

He says wants to help in some small way and hopes that others will support his efforts by going along to the forthcoming dance.