A KARAOKE king is hoping to touch the heart and soul of Ipswich with a musical event to raise money for the parents of Scott Towler and Dean Bloomfield.
A KARAOKE king is hoping to touch the heart and soul of Ipswich with a musical event to raise money for the parents of Scott Towler and Dean Bloomfield.
Five well-known local singers will join the Smokey Karaoke team to present a day of Soul music in Arras Square, outside the town's Buttermarket shopping centre, on Saturday .
Organiser Bill Thornhill, from Ipswich, said: "We are hoping to raise more than £3,000 to give to Scott and Dean's parents which they may spend on their son's headstones.
"I have never organised anything like this before but I wanted to do something to help the families, especially after seeing the tributes on Bishop's Hill. I thought I'd organise a raffle and it turned into this."
Beverley Tyrell, Simon Marks, Heidi Dolen, El-Soul-vis – an Elvis impersonator who sings soul music – and Irie-J will take to the stage to perform 30 minute sets and people are welcome to sing karaoke in between.
Raffle tickets will be sold for prizes including £100 cash, a DVD player and a CD system donated from local businesses. Ex-town player Kevin Beattie and Evening Star cartoonist Jock will draw the winners an August 30 at the Loco Club on Station Street.
On the same night the team will host a charity auction where one of the prize lots will be a place on a hot-air balloon to broadcast live with Radio Suffolk presenter and Star columnist Bob Shelley.
Other attractions include face painters, a balloon race and the day promises to be a lot of fun for all the family.
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