What a great combination! Phillanthropy and entertainment. Hundreds gathered Saturday night for two shows at the Port of Anacortes Event Center. Benefit performances by Geoffrey Castle “bookended” a lighted boat parade. Castle’s high energy performance focused first on children with a 4 p.m. matinee, and then on a largely adult audience at 6:30 p.m. The price of admission for the show was food items, toys or monetary donations to be shared among charities including community food banks, Toys for Tots and Anacortes Youth Arts. Appearing with Castle were the crowd-pleasing Gothard Sisters, a talented trio with performance elements including Irish dance, violins and vocals. Also appearing was Santa, who drew children from the crowd to assist with jingle bells and songs.
