Singer Liza Minnelli hosted and performed at the White Rose Charity ball on September 25, fundraising for the Holocaust Centre.
The White Rose Charity ball took place on Sunday September 25 at Park Plaza in London, and Liza Minnelli was among many performers providing the evening’s entertainment.
The ball was created in order to raise money for the upkeep of the Holocaust centre based in Laxton, England.
Founded by former Marketing Director Linda Larder, the White Rose ball includes an evening of entertainment by celebrity performers, a three-course meal cooked by award-winning chefs and an auction, selling items such as dance lessons and the chance to make a cameo role in a West End London musical.
Ms Lauder decided to create the fundraiser after hearing that the Holocaust centre may close due to a lack of money, and stated she insisted on doing something as she centre was “filled with passion, hope and peace.”
The Centre needs £400,000 each year, and the White Rose Charity ball does all it can to keep it open, and the remembrance still alive.
Ms Minelli visited the Holocaust centre in Laxton last week and told reporters at the BBC that she was attending and would “try and do the best job I can” while performing at the event, and even recalled her memories immediately after the war.
“I was born in 1946. I remember it so vividly, the horror everybody still felt at what had been done,” Ms Minnelli said during her visit. She described the Holocaust as a memory that should never be forgotten.
Alongside Ms Minnelli, entertainment was given from the musical ‘Jersey Boys’. Singer Damien Floyd performed and flutist Lisa Friend was praised for playing “beautiful music”.
The Holocaust centre is the only one in the UK dedicated to the remembrance and the survivors, with over 200,000 visitors each year.
Many celebrities, activists and admirers from across the world have paid tribute to the centre. African activist Desmond Tutu described the centre as an “important institution in helping the world to take steps to prevent human tragedy”.
The annual White Rose ball raises money to keep the centre open in order to “ensure its future, for the sake of all our futures”.
By Bethan Hâf Marsh
[Image courtesy of Daves Portfolio]
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