The second iteration of Carols @ Carrical occurred on Sunday evening. It was one more triumphant evening for Servants. To see the resos of Carrical, Sing Australia, Hawthorn Community Chest, Rotary Club of North Balwyn, neighbors, friends and supporters all coming together on a beautiful evening against the equally beautiful backdrop of the Carrical mansion – well, it was quite something. A true community event. I estimate we had a turn out of about 200 people – a few less than last year. On Sunday night every man and his dog was holding an inferior carols event elsewhere – so numbers wise we probably did ok. Although money has not been counted at least 450 bucks was generated for Hawthorn Community Chest – this is not to be underestimated as this makes many of our Carrical resos feel really good about themselves/Servants. Local member for Hawthorn, John Pesutto, spoke brilliantly on the night and he and Big Ted B joined the choir for the second set. Resos are already planning a still bigger and better event for 2016.