Mary Black of CFNI and Penny Holloway with the winners of the Thomas Devlin Bursaries 2008 in the Europa Hotel. Winners were presented with their awards at a fundraising Gala Dinner attended by over 250 guests in the Grand Ballroom of the Europa Hotel. Gerard McCarthy,a young Belfast born actor presented the awards to the young performing artists and in his speech Gerard commented that this type of support was very important to young aspiring performers. Dan Gordon was an excellent MC and Sean Crummy provided the guests with his political overview based on the Folks on the Hill. Auction items included a Trevor Brown painting, a Tulip Bouquet Annual Basket donated by Belleek Pottery, and tickets for the Cliff Richard concert! Music was provided by The Silver Fish who had everyone up dancing.