BALLENIUM
A PASSAGE THROUGH TIME

at
ROSELAND BALLROOM
239 West 52nd Street
between Broadway and 8th Avenue) NYC
August 23rd 2008
8pm-4am
This event is FREE to the public
HIV Testing will be available to everyone

The Categories are:

A
BQ ALL AMERICAN RUNWAY- (MILITARY MODELS' EFFECT) THIS CATEGORY EMERGED INTO THE BALLROOM SCENE AS A SYMBOL OF PATRIOTISM TO OUR COUNTRY. THE LIKES OF ROBERT DUPREE, MICHAEL PRINCESS, DEVIN ELITE AND A HOST OF OTHER ICONS MADE THIS CATEGORY A STAPLE GRAND PRIZE AT THE "PARIS IS BURNING" BALLS THROUGHOUT THE 80'S. NOW BRING IT DOWN OUR RUNWAY IN A TRADITIONAL MILITARY ENSEMBLE WITH A TASTE OF BIZARRE COMPLIMENTING YOUR LOOK. $$

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BQ BODY- BODY WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST CATEGORIES AT BALLS IN THE 80'S. THERE WERE LEGENDS LIKE MICHAEL CHRISTIAN, COOKIE PENDAVIS, ALLEN EBONY-PRINCESS, and RONNIE MOSCHINO. THEN THE 90'S CAME AND THE BIRTH OF DON MIYAKE-MUGLER AND COPPERTONE EBONY GAVE US MUSCLES ON TOP OF MUSCLES FOR DAYS. TONIGHT YOUR BODY IS A SCULPTURED WORK OF ART WORTHY TO BE ON DISPLAY NEXT TO THE STATUE OF DAVID AT THE MUSEUM.

FQ LUSCIOUS BODY- WHEN WE THINK OF LUSCIOUS BODY, LATISHA REVLON, DESTINY EBONY AND VANITY LEGEND DOMINATED THIS CATEGORY. THE NEVER ENDING BATTLES BETWEEN SAKU AND THE ICON CANDY LABEIJA IN THE 80'S AT THE ELKS LODGE WERE NOTORIOUS. BRING US THAT JUICY, LUSCIOUS, SEXXYY BODY DRAPED IN DIAMONDS AND PEARLS WITH AN ELECTRIFYING G-STRING OR THONG AND PASTIES.

C
CARA IS THE SPANISH WORD FOR FACE. IN BALLROOM, CARA BECAME A SYMBOL OF BEAUTY BEYOND ANYTHING THAT COULDN'T BE EXPLAINED… BQ CARA EVERLASTING- IN THE 1970'S, MODEL MAGAZINE FACE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE BALLROOM BY A NEW WAVE OF BEAUTY AMONG THE BOYS. A MIRROR REFLECTS NATURAL BEAUTY, FLAWLESS SKIN, BONE STRUCTURE, PEARLY WHITES, DEFINING NOSE AND ATTITUDE THAT COMES FROM THE SOUL. THE PIONEERING ICONS FOR THIS CATEGORY ARE MICHAEL DUPREE, MICHAEL PRINCESS AND THE INCOMPARABLE KING, ERSKINE CHRISTIAN. IN HONOR OF THESE LEGENDS AND ICONS FOR THIS CATEGORY, BRING US THAT CLASSIC CLEAN MODEL'S LOOK WITH
LA CARA THAT WILL MAKE A THOUSAND MIRRORS SMILE.


FQ LA CARA- DURING THE HARLEM DRAG BALLS, EVERYTHING WAS ABOUT OLD HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR. WE HAD CRYSTAL LABEIJA, OCTAVIA ST. LAURENT, TRACEY AFRICA AND TENIELLE DUPREE. THE NEXT ERA GAVE US THE NEVERENDING BATTLES OF DANIELLE REVLON, ONJANEAE MILAN, CARMEN XTRAVAGANZA, MOLDAVIA LABEIJA, AND TENAY PENDAVIS. THEY WERE ALL LADIES OF GLAMOUR, GLITZ AND PRESENTATION. LET'S TAKE IT TO THE SHOWSTOPPING DAYS OF AN ERA LONG GONE. BRING US A HOLLYWOOD GLAMOROUS ATTITUDE, LOOKING TOTALLY DONE AND FEELING COMPLETELY BEAUTIFUL.

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MINI GRAND #1 DESIGNERS DELIGHT- AT THE BEAUX ARTS BALL HELD IN NYC IN 1931, THE BALL WAS CALLED "FETE MODERNE." DOZENS OF ARCHITECTS CAME TO THE FUNCTION DRESSED AS THE BUILDINGS THEY HAD DESIGNED. BUT GRAND PRIZE WENT TO WILLIAM VAN ALEN WHO CAME AS HIS OWN ARCHITECTUAL CREATION, THE ICONIC CHRYSLER BUILDING. BRING YOUR OWN CREATION FROM A WORLWIDE MONUMENT OR STRUCTURE, AND UNVEIL IT ON THE LATEX FLOOR. THIS CATEGORY IS IN HONOR OF HAYWOOD DUPREE, KENNY CHANEL, FLOYD OVERNESS, COREY REVLON, ERIC BAZARR, ANGEL VISCAYA, AND AVIS PENDAVIS. $$

E
EVERLASTING LEGEND- THERE IS A REASON WHY YOU ARE LEGENDARY FOR YOUR CATEGORY. YOU HAVE PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHY YOU'RE ONE OF THE GREATS. YOU HAVE BEEN TURNING IT AND WOWING PEOPLE FOR OVER 10 PLUS
YEARS. BRING US WHAT YOU'RE KNOWN FOR AND LET THE NEW ERA LEARN THE TASTE OF CONSISTENCY AND COMMITMENT. THE JUDGES WILL PICK THE LEGEND WHO BEST REPRESENTS THEIR LEGENDARY STATUS. $$

F
BQ IN DRAGS FLAWLESS FACES- DURING THE JEWEL BOX REVUE, FEMALE IMPERSONATORS WERE VERY AWARE OF THEIR MALE BODIES. BUT WHEN THEY STARTED TO BEAT THEIR FACES AND SLIDE INTO THE FANTASTIC GOWNS, EVERYTHING MASCULINE BECAME A THING OF THE PAST. TONIGHT WE CELEBRATE THE ART OF BEATING THAT LA CARA. PART 1: BRING IT AS A BUTCH QUEEN IN A WIFE BEATER, SHORTS, AND SNEAKERS. PART 2: COME BACK IN A GLAMOROUS LOOK PAINTED FOR THE GODS, CREATING A LOOK OF A HOLLYWOOD STARLET.

G
GRAND PRIZE (AS A HOUSE) - WE'VE PAID HOMAGE TO THE PAST. NOW WHAT WILL YOUR HOUSE DO TO ABOLISH THE AIDS CRISIS IN THE FUTURE? BRING FORTH THE ULTIMATE AS A HOUSE PRODUCTION USING THE CATEGORY YOUR HOUSE IS KNOWN FOR PUNISHING. YOUR PRODUCTION MUST INCLUDE A MESSAGE ON HOW YOUR HOUSE WILL TAKE THE LEAD IN ANNIHILATING THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS IN THE BALLROOM SCENE FOR THE FUTURE. $1000

H
MINI GRAND #2 HOUSE COLLABORATION/TRIPLE THREAT 1 FACE- 1 RUNWAY AND 1 PERFORMANCE. THIS CATEGORY WAS POPULAR DURING THE MARC BALLROOM ERA IN THE 1990'S. THIS CONSISTED OF 3 DIFFERENT GENRES OF CATEGORIES THAT
COLLABORATED AND DESTROYED THE FLOOR IN UNISON. WE ARE LOOKING FOR HOUSES TO COLLABORATE. BRING US 1 FACE, 1 PERFORMANCE AND 1 RUNWAY AS A TEAM FROM DIFFERENT HOUSES. ALL 3 SHOULD INCORPORATE LOOKS THAT COMPLIMENT ONE ANOTHER, REPRESENTING ANY ERA IN HISTORY. $$

L
OTA LABELS, LABELS AND MORE LABELS- THE RETURN OF THE LABEL VILLAIN. THIS CATEGORY WAS THE SHOWSTOPPER AT THE BALLS TO SEE WHICH LABEL VILLAINS HAD ACQUIRED THE MOST COUTURE PIECES SINCE THE LAST BALL. THE 2 MOST HISTORIC LABEL BATTLES WERE T.C. PENDAVIS VS. CHRISSY MONTANA AT TRACKS NYC, AND PATRICK EBONY VS. CHRISSY MONTANA AT LINCOLN CENTER. WE DON'T LIST ANY NAMES FOR THIS CATEGORY. YOU KNOW WHO YOUR ARE. NOW BRING IT TO THE LATEX FLOOR.

M
MODELS EFFECT RUNWAY WAS ABOUT THE LOOK, THE WALK AND THE ATTITUDE. SIMPLICITY AT IT'S BEST... BQ RUNWAY- SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS CATEGORY, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN LINKED TO FASHION AND THAT SICKENING WALK. BRING US A LOOK INSPIRED FROM YOUR FAVORITE DESIGNER. $$ FEMALE FIGURE RUNWAY- PICK AN IMAGE FROM ANY FASHION MAGAZINE AND RECREATE THE LOOK OF THAT IMAGE. BRING THE MAGAZINE WITH YOU TO SHOW THE JUDGES WHERE YOU WERE INSPIRED.

N
NEW WAY (IN MEMORY OF WILLIE NINJA) - PICTURE THE CLUBS TRACKS AND THE SOUND FACTORY IN NYC VIA 1990'S WHERE HOUSES MET AND TOOK THEIR BATTLES TO THE DANCE FLOOR WHEN ANDRE, STANLEY, HICOPY, DAMIEN, AVIANCE, STIFFY, AND CHLEO WERE TEARING THE FLOOR UP TILL 5 AM TO THE LOVE BREAKS AND BEATS OF DAVID DEPINO. NOW PICTURE ADRIAN, JOSE X, DERRICK X, KEVIN MAGNIFIQUE AND WILLIE NINJA GOING AT IT TILL 12PM FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE AT THE SOUND FACTORY TO THE MESMERIZING BEATS OF JUNIOR VASQUEZ. NOW TAKE US BACK TO THOSE DAYS OF STRETCH, ARMS
CONTROL, SPLITS, 6'OCLOCKS AND COMPLETE BACK-BREAKING PERFORMANCES ISTHE NAME OF NEW WAY! TAKE US BACK…

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MR. AND MRS OUT OF TOWNER- PICK ANY GENRE OF CATEGORIES AND BRING IT AS A TEAM. 1BQ, BUTCH, OR TRANSMAN, OR 1FQ, WOMEN OR BQ IN DRAGS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ON DISPLAY WHERE YOU'RE FROM.

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OTA OLD WAY POP DIP AND SPIN- BEFORE THE NEW WAY CAME INTO EXISTENCE IN 1989, THE CATEGORY WAS CALLED PERFORMANCE WHICH CONSISTED OF POPS, DIPS AND SPINS OR EXCALIBUR WHICH REQUIRED A NINJA SUIT. THERE ARE M