Wakulla High Students Party with a Purpose at Luau on the Bay Benefit

Wakulla High School students showed the community how to throw a luau Saturday, March 24, when they turned out in force to stage the Luau on the Bay Benefit at Woolley Park in Panacea. The Luau event, in its second year, grossed more than $5500. Student bands and soloists entertained the crowd on the open air stage while Relay for Life teams from the high school and local community sold many edible treats ranging from corn on the cob to grilled chicken and snow cones.

Former Tallahassee favorite Greg Farley made the trip from Maryland to open for the evening headliner James “Sunny Jim” White. The evening included a remembrance slide show in honor of David “Grouper Dave” Iacampo, a local fishing enthusiast and tropical music fan, who lost his battle against cancer in December 2006.

The Luau on the Bay was held in memory of “Grouper Dave” Iacampo, and all proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Luau is the largest annual fundraiser for the 16 WHS Relay teams. Flagship sponsors for the event included Doctors Wickstrum, Bolek, and Sharp, North Florida Radiation Oncology Associates, Advantage Marine, Wakulla County Parks & Recreation Department, and Quill Turk, D.D.S., Dentistry by the Sea.

Please click here to view a Wakulla.com Photo Gallery of the event!

And here to view a Photo Gallery submitted by Luau on the Bay organizers!

- Submitted by Dr. Rachel Sutz Pienta

This article originally published on April 2, 2007.

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