The Pink Ladies stepped out of Grease in support of the Cooktown State School P&C Association’s music bingo night on 30 May. Photo: Supplied.
There are not many chances to see the Pink Ladies from Grease, DC’s Harley Quinn and Pulp Fiction’s Mia Wallace in the same room, but characters from across film universes came together in the name of Cooktown education on Friday night.
The Cooktown State School P&C Association hosted its second music bingo night on 30 May, with the sold out event raising $5,792 to be put towards resources for the local school.
“We had a great turnout of guests who attended last year, and we welcomed new faces, so it was good to see that we were able to reach even more demographics in our town,” secretary and treasurer Jodi Johnson said.
“The amount of people that came in costume was definitely up, and that also added to the atmosphere on the night.”
Last year’s inaugural music bingo night raised about $6,000, allowing the P&C Association to support Peninsula sport costs, year 6 and 12 graduation costs, and several camp and excursion costs.
Ms Johnson said they would love to replicate the support provided through last year’s fundraiser, but added it would depend on available funding and the 2026 committee.
“The P&C is currently working with the school to introduce a formal uniform, and there may be a facility improvement in the primary school, which will require community gambling grant funding; generally, a co-contribution by the P&C supports the application success,” she said.
She said music bingo as the P&C’s major fundraising event stretched the committee thin, but hoped it could become a regular event in support of Cooktown State School.
“With 80 per cent of the work done by three people and the other 20 per cent done by roughly another six, our committee is stretched,” Ms Johnson said.
“We do, however, hope to work with a local club in town to host music bingo one night during the week later in the year, which will be less of a workload for our volunteers.”
