LeagueNews - Cerebral Palsy League

League staffvolunteer too!MANY League staff volunteer insome capacity during the year.Some help out with events,such as the Bridge to BrisbaneFun Run or Boardroom Blitz.Others offer their time tosupport League clients withcommunity access or whenextra assistance is needed withholiday plans.One such volunteer is theLeague’s Event andSponsorship Coordinator,Rebecca Zepackic.Rebecca volunteered herservices two years ago andremains in touch with a Leagueclient on Brisbane’s north side,as the occasional assistancewith community access hasdeveloped into a mutualfriendship.For further information onvolunteering, contact:The Volunteer CoordinatorPh: 07 3358 8008jpanter@cplqld.org.auLeading by example: RebeccaZepackic works for the League as theEvent and Sponsorship Coordinator, andalso volunteers her time to help peoplewith cerebral palsy access the community.Wilde boogie nightsWILBUR Wilde of “Hey Hey It’sSaturday” fame swapped his trustysaxophone for 70s-style platformshoes and flares to host this year’scharity rock event of the year -Conrad Treasury Boardroom Blitz,aptly themed “Studio 54 Revisited”.Queensland corporates weretempted to temporarily trade intheir ‘day jobs’ for a chance at 70srock ‘n’ roll stardom on October 15at the Brisbane EntertainmentCentre, taking centre stage tocompete in the corporate talentevent.“It’s the opportunity of a lifetime forthe ‘average Joe’ to live thecelebrity rock dream, red carpetand all,” Mr Wilde said.Ten corporate bands includingthose from Conrad Treasury,Brumby’s Bakeries, Roche Mining(MT), Allens Arthur Robinson, jointband Bickerton Masters and DFKHirn Newey, Super Cheap Auto,Ergon Energy, AustralianRecruiting, BreakFree Resorts andNorwest Productions, entertainedalmost 1000 guests from more than80 Queensland companies.‘Groove Train’ riders were treatedto the entire Blitz experience,including entertainment at theRoma Street platform with band FatChance and the Red CarpetExtravaganza with comedic roleplayingby Izit actors in retrocharacters.Mustangs taxied everycelebrity, judge and bandmember in style to theiradoring fans, whowere treated to thesmooth Motownsounds ofStylus - theband whichbrought us‘SummerBreeze’ and‘World of MakeBelieve’.In true Blitz fashion, it was everyband for themselves, with the lineupeach trying to out-do each other,encouraging the crowd to get downand boogie to the disco (and punkrock) numbers they performed.The judging panel deliberated on thecategory winners and announcedConrad Treasury’s “Perfect Pairsand the Caribbean Studs” as the‘Judge’s Pick’.Hot on their heels in second placewas Ergon Energy’s “Disco Lights”and Brumby’s Bakeries “BreadZeppelin” rounded off the top three.‘Best Rock Moves’ was awarded toRoche Mining MT’s “Flash Machine”while ‘Best Stage Presence’ and‘Crowd Pick’ via SMS voting wentto Super Cheap Auto’s “SuperGroove”.Congratulations to Blitzers - thecompanies that performed on thenight - as well as the dozens ofsponsors who have supported thisevent over the past three years.Blitzers (left to right): (Back) Kees Payens ofRoche Mining MT’s band “Flash Machine”;host of Boardroom Blitz 2005, Wilbur Wilde.(Front) Shirley Lothian and Kimberley Purcell,dancers with “Flash Machine”; RebeccaMaitland and Ellen Coventry of BreakFreeResorts’ band “Buddy Holiday and the CheckinChicks”.11