2nd Annual Lip Sync Battle Hits the Stage Thursday

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The 2nd Annual Lip Sync Battle will hit the stage at Southeastern Technical College at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 18, as twelve teams compete for the Golden Hair Brush and to raise money for local charities.

This event is held by the Altama Museum of Art and History, and serves as a fundraiser for the organization. During the event, each group – which features local community members – performs to help raise money for their selected charities. Judges comment and rate each performance, while the audience votes monetarily through donations for their favorite performers. The event crowns both a Lip Sync Battle Champion and a People’s Choice Champion, whose charity takes home 10% of the total donations collected for the night.

Last year, Gardens of Hope Recovery Community Organization (RCO) took home the Golden Hairbrush and the title of Lip Sync Battle Champion, while Responsive Technology Partners and Pineland Telephone Cooperative collaborated as “The Secure Connections,” and were awarded the People’s Choice Champion. Over $16,000 was raised through the event, and $1,600 was given to the Boys & Girls Club of Toombs County, which was The Secure Connection’s selected charity.

This year, twelve teams will perform in hopes of raising money for eight different charities. Those teams are: • e Downtown Barre – raising money for Mercy Ministries • e Lunch Bunch – raising money for The Altama Museum of Art and History • Oxford – raising money for the Boys & Girls Club of Toombs County • e Boys & Girls Club of Toombs County – raising money for the Boys & Girls Club of Toombs County • Ameris Bank – rais ing money for Rachel’s House • Vidalia Federal Sav ings Bank – raising money for The Altama Museum of Art and History • Toombs County Pre vention, Treatment, and Recovery – raising money for Toombs County Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery • Kilgore Animal Hospital – raising money for the Sweet Onion Animal Protection Society (SOAPS) • Leigh-Anne White and Company – raising money for Toombs County Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery • Memorial Health Meadows Hospital – raising money for The Altama Museum of Art and History • Gardens of Hope RCO – raising money for Gardens of Hope RCO • Southern Nuclear/ Plant Hatch – raising money for the United Way of Toombs, Montgomery, and Wheeler Counties These teams will each hit the stage at the event, which begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 18. Tickets and online voting for the People’s Choice Champion are currently available online at The Altama Museum of Art and History website. For more information, call (912) 537-1911.