Last weekend's live auction fundraiser benefiting WCTV, the Boys & Girls Club, Earth Lodge, and the Onset Youth Center, brought in between $6,500 and $7,000 to be divided amongst the four nonprofits.

"Everybody who was doing it was having a good time, [and] they're happy they made money on top of it," said Sally Morrison, a WCTV board member who coordinated the event.

Hosted in warehouse space donated by Cape Cod Express and televised live on WCTV and online, the 12-hour, two-day auction featured live entertainment, lots of food, and lots of laughs. Bids could be placed in-person or by phone. It was the first of what will become an annual event.

Singer, comedian, impressionist, and summer resident Scott Record was the emcee for the auction, representatives from the nonprofits and volunteers from across the town helped staff the event, and local bands and personalities provided entertainment.

Donated auction items included everything from gift certificates for local businesses to jewelry, gift baskets, bicycles, and an evening with Scott Record. (He'd drop by your home, make dinner, and provide entertainment.)

Bay Pointe Country Club provided food, Cape Cod Distributors donated dozens upon dozens of donuts, and the West Wareham Dunkin Donuts donated coffee for the volunteers.

It was quite an operation.

"People have a telethon, an auction, and entertainment [separately]," Morrison said, whose name tag identified her as the Auction Diva. "We decided to put it all together and do it live."

The few bumps in the road were taken in stride.

Around $15,000 to $20,000 of new technology was purchased so the event could be broadcast from the makeshift television studio in the warehouse, said WCTV Technical Director Steve Ruiz. Because the electrical system in the warehouse couldn't support all of the equipment, WCTV had to power some of it from a separate warehouse.

Many auctioneers had to announce items without rehearsing beforehand because there was no time. And, of course, there are no do-overs in live television.

"We have five one-night stands," Morrison mistakenly announced Friday evening, the first night of the event. It sounded strange, she admitted to viewers, "and I wrote it!" The item was five one-night stays at the Hilton Gardens, she quickly realized.

Morrison said the event was very successful, which she attributed to the teamwork of all the nonprofits and volunteers. "No one group could do this by themselves," she said. "We're all in this together in some way, shape, or form."

Ruiz echoed this sentiment.

"Overall, it went great, and we owe a lot of the success of it to our trained volunteers, [the] members of the station," Ruiz said. "We might put the technology together, but without the people, it couldn't happen."

Morrison joked: "Nobody died, so it was a success!"