Last night's fund-raising party for the Sichuan earthquake victims at Room 101 was a great success. I guess 200 or so people showed up in all (not bad for such a comparatively small bar - there was quite an overflow on to the street out front for a while), and they all gave - and drank - generously. There was a succession of good bands, and things looked set to carry on all night (I had to crawl off home at about 2.30am because I was working this morning - boo-hoo).
I've just been told that the total donation to Red Cross China will be something over 18,000 RMB. 13,000 RMB of that came from door donations and t-shirt sales; and the owners are chipping in 50% of the evening's bar takings of around 10,000 RMB.
Congratulations to head barman, Jackson Bai, for organizing the event. And many thanks to all the great musicians who entertained us for free.
Thanks, too, to all who came and gave money. Getting completely wasted has never been so worthwhile.
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