Teams in the 2019 Stars of Orange Dance for Cancer event have raised a record amount of more than $250,000 for cancer research and facilities.
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Organisers said they were delighted with the result which has been described as the most at a Dance for Cancer event in western NSW and the second highest for the whole state.
Cancer Council NSW Community Engagement manager for the Western Region Ricky Puata said Steph's Sass Squad won both the people's choice and highest fundraiser contests.
The team raised about $33,000.
He said the judge's choice award went to television news journalist Mel Wightman while the judge's highest score award was given to both Johneen Keen and David Chapman plus the One Strength team.
It was an awesome achievement from the Orange community.
- Johneen Keen, Stars of Orange dancer
A sell-out crowd of 840 people attended the gala night at the Orange Function Centre on Saturday.
"It's incredible. We're proud of the results, it is the second biggest fundraising event in NSW," Mr Puata said.
"It's just ticked over $250,000. It's an absolute high for Orange."
He said $600,000 had now been raised in the five years the Stars of Orange contest had been running.
Mr Puata said the money would go to supporting existing cancer facilities and new programs in Orange plus cancer research.
Equal-highest points scorer Johneen Keen said they were delighted to have received 28 out of 30 points from the judges.
"It was awesome. We didn't have any expectations," she said.
She said they raised $18,500, mainly from family and friends.
"Basically on the night all the money came from Orange. It was an awesome achievement from the Orange community," she said.
She said she was one of only two people in their 11-member squad who had danced on stage before.
They adopted a The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert theme to deliver four songs from the movie and musical on the night.
This year's contestants covered a wide range of industries with dancers from TV stations, hairdressers, the Orange Health Service and Dudley Private Hospital, the Orange Hawks football team and West Orange Motors.
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