On Friday 8th May 2020, over 50 volunteers including Potters Resort entertainers and special guests took to the internet from their own homes, to entertain the nation on VE Day. The ‘Over The Rainbow Festival’; a non-stop, 12 hour feast of live music, comedy, games and interviews, paid tribute to the heroes of world war 2 and the heroes of today battling todays common enemy Covid 19.
In particular we tried to raise awareness and funds to support the NHS, and NARS Charity (Norfolk Accident Rescue Service).
A challenging target of £10,000 was set, and our amazing guests and facebook community did not let us down raising a total of £11,324 as the final few minutes ticked by. With the Potters Friends Foundation matching the first £10,000 raised, a grand total of £21,324 will be shared between our amazing NHS and the wonderful team of volunteers at NARS, for whom John Potter is patron.
An original song written by Nigel Pattle and performed by Roxy Yarnold, both members of Potters Team, became the anthem of the day and an incredible and moving video paying tribute to the NHS accompanied the song and played throughout the 12 hour marathon which touched the hearts of thousands encouraging them to dig deep and raise over £20,000.
The link to the video and song here in a hope that you too find it just as moving and worth sharing as it really does create a strong emotion of togetherness in this time of need and why we so value our incredible NHS.
Shane Balls
NHS “I’ll be there for you” written by Nigel Pattle and performed by Roxy Yarnold