The drama department of Wake Forest-Rolesville High School is holding a silent auction tonight at 7 p.m. at the Wake Forest Community House, Admission is $3.

T-shirts include signatures from 2003 American Idol runner up Clay Aiken, race car driver Rusty Wallace and actors Tom Hanks, Henry Winkler aka "The Fonz", Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Chad Michael Murray, Johnny Depp and Robin Williams. Other items in the silent auction include a four-day Bahamas cruise and more than $1,000 in services from a day spa.

The silent auction is part of the drama department's effort to raise money for students to perform in August at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. The American High School Theatre Festival selected the school as one of 50 schools to perform.

Call 556-5242 for more information. Online bids can be made prior to the auction at www.wrapwf.org

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Durant Road Elementary School gets a gold star for its work in raising funds for tsunami relief.

Durant students have raised more than $5,000 from a CD with patriotic songs they recorded -- and teachers were only hoping to raise about $1,000. The students also designed the CD's cover.

More than 50 Durant student soloists participated in the project, entitled 'Children Helping Children.'

All the proceeds go to the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) CDs are still available for $10. Call the school at 870-4220 for more info.

Also, Durant will be hosting an open house for first through fifth grade students who will be on tracks two and three at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Open house starts at 7 p.m. for English as a second language families.