The Heart of Variety Ball is held each year at some of Melbourne's signature venues. Celebrating the history of Variety and presenting the Heart of Show Business Award, the 2010 event saw a stellar line up of performers including Elijah Madden, Darryl Cotton, WendyStapleton and the String Divas.

A feature of the evening was the presentation of four scholarships to secondary students from the Black Saturday Bushfire areas in memory of our former Patron, Brian Naylor and his wife Moiree. The night also saw a number of awards presented to well deserving individuals within the Tent 77 family, including Pam Shepheard as our newest International Presidential Citation recipient and former Chief Barker and International Ambassador Doug Christie as a Life Member of our Tent.

The Heart of Showbusiness Award was presented to Mr Squiggle - a favourite TV character across many generations. 

Our pledge raised $30,000, an inspiring outcome which has enabled Variety to fund the training of a second "Righteous Pup", (similar to a Seeing Eye dog) with special skills to assist children with autism.

It is simply wonderful to see the benefits these animals provide.

Stay tuned for details of our 2011 Heart of Variety Ball.