Calling all gingers! This October 5th, the Redhead Hunt4HD is on again, from 10am-4pm Wade Park will be an abundance of Ginger!

Event organiser Rachael Brooking openly invites everyone to come along to for an all-inclusive, family-friendly festival day with delicious food and market stalls, competitions and plenty of entertainment for the kids — you don’t even have to be a redhead to enjoy the fun.

“We will accept all hair colours, but if you do know a ginger please bring them along,” said Rachael.

The MC for the day will be the much loved, Miss Betty B. “Miss Betty B is a great ambassador for acceptance Rachael continued, “This year we staying to true to our town of Orange having our very own and amazing local and talented musicians.”

Wade Park will be filled with delicious food options and 14 market stalls, this year the event will feature a ‘Ginger Alley’, and you guessed it! It’s going to be full of gingery goodness, everything from decorate your gingerbread men, to ginger hair spray, ginger wigs, ginger movie characters, ginger snap booth, and more!

The ever-popular unlimited kids’ area will be there again, for kids 14 years and under they can enjoy unlimited activities for $10, some of these include the 10m rock climbing wall, craft and Lego play. For adults, its only a gold coin donation upon entry.

There will be an interactive dance arena, featuring a great range of multicultural dance tutorials, for all ages, all day, including; Drumming display, Galumaay Aboriginal Dance Troup Workshop, Salsa Dancing Workshop and The Git-Up Challenge.

The major raffle on the day will be two return flights to Melbourne, from Fly Corporate.

Other activities on the day include; tug of war, the popular Beard Competition and A King, Queen, Prince and Princess will be crowned on the day.. there is so much happening!

Whilst the day is all about having a bit of fun, an underlying reason and cause is being represented. Redhead Hut4HD was created as a way to raise funds and awareness of Huntington Disease, an inherited brain disorder that affects hundreds of families across the state.

“Most people know my story about my mum passing away at 50, as well as other family members of mine diagnosed. It is a very complex disease with lots of different facets affecting different families. I really want to get the gravity that these families go through, its often not one or two, its five, six or seven spread out over generations who are all positive. It’s not like any other disease. Its never-ending, there’s no treatment, no cure.

“Mum was a fabulous redhead and that's where the idea came from. It’s my way of remembering my Mum.”

Proceeds from the day will go to HD Awareness Orange, whose mission is to create education and awareness, in Orange and the Central West Region. HD Awareness Orange will be putting together medical packs with information and guides relating the HD, including genetic counselling books and the Huntington’s unit at Westmead hospital. They will be distributing these packs around the Central West.

In the hope of raising a goal of $5,000, Rachael added, “I’m really looking forwards to the relaxed family atmosphere and sharing the love with gingers in our town of Orange.”