The total seasonal attendance this year hit
19,892 (here's the
video clip of the cast meeting announcing this). Last year's record attendance was around 11,900 or so. That's a HUGE increase, of about 67% over last year.
The Order of the Marshal's charitable collections for the two VARF weekends totaled
$409.60. Adding in the dollar-matching that one of the cast members offered for that second weekend, plus all of our other events in the prior weeks, our charitable donation total is
$1066.60 (not including a stipend from VARF, which I don't see in the contract, and no one has replied to my questions about it, so I think we may not get that this year).
Huzzah!