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. $$
B
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.
D
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. $$ FEMALE FIGURE RUNWAY- PICK AN IMAGE FROM ANY FASHION MAGAZINE AND RECREATE THE LOOK OF THAT IMAGE. BRING THE MAGAZINE WITH YOU TO SHOW THE JUDGES WHERE YOU WERE INSPIRED.
N
NEW WAY (IN MEMORY OF WILLIE NINJA) - PICTURE THE CLUBS TRACKS AND THE SOUND FACTORY IN NYC VIA 1990'S WHERE HOUSES MET AND TOOK THEIR BATTLES TO THE DANCE FLOOR WHEN ANDRE, STANLEY, HICOPY, DAMIEN, AVIANCE, STIFFY, AND CHLEO WERE TEARING THE FLOOR UP TILL 5 AM TO THE LOVE BREAKS AND BEATS OF DAVID DEPINO. NOW PICTURE ADRIAN, JOSE X, DERRICK X, KEVIN MAGNIFIQUE AND WILLIE NINJA GOING AT IT TILL 12PM FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE AT THE SOUND FACTORY TO THE MESMERIZING BEATS OF JUNIOR VASQUEZ. NOW TAKE US BACK TO THOSE DAYS OF STRETCH, ARMS
CONTROL, SPLITS, 6'OCLOCKS AND COMPLETE BACK-BREAKING PERFORMANCES ISTHE NAME OF NEW WAY! TAKE US BACK…
O
MR. AND MRS OUT OF TOWNER- PICK ANY GENRE OF CATEGORIES AND BRING IT AS A TEAM. 1BQ, BUTCH, OR TRANSMAN, OR 1FQ, WOMEN OR BQ IN DRAGS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ON DISPLAY WHERE YOU'RE FROM.
P
OTA OLD WAY POP DIP AND SPIN- BEFORE THE NEW WAY CAME INTO EXISTENCE IN 1989, THE CATEGORY WAS CALLED PERFORMANCE WHICH CONSISTED OF POPS, DIPS AND SPINS OR EXCALIBUR WHICH REQUIRED A NINJA SUIT. THERE ARE MANY PERFORMANCE LEGENDS AND ICONS SUCH AS RONALD LAMAY, JEROME PENDAVIS, RODNEY EBONY, WILLIE NINJA, JASON OVERNESS, TIM PRINCESS, CHRIS LABEIJA, AND DERRICK EBONY-LABEIJA. ALL THESE ICONS AND LEGENDS PERFORMANCE MADE THE ELKS LODGE BALLROOM ON 129th STREET THEIR BATTLE GROUND. TAKE THE LATEX BALL BACK TO THOSE DAYS WITH YOUR NASTY OLD WAY INTRO. $$
R
BQ REALNESS (3 PER HOUS) - THE WORDS "POINT BLANK" ARE EPITOMIZED BY THE HOUSE OF EBONY WITH FATHER DRAY EBONY HOLDING THE REIGNS TO THESE BOYS IN THE HOUSE WHO WERE THE REALEST BALLROOM BQ'S EVER. POINT BLANK MEANS THERE IS NOTHING SPOOKABLE, CLOCKABLE, OR QUESTIONABLE ABOUT YOUR MASCULINITY. SOME OF THE LEGENDARY LIST INCLUDES K-BORN EBONY, LOUIE BOO-BOO XTRAVAGANZA, JAMEL PRINCESS, ROY EBONY, SHADY LOUIE XTRAVAGANZA, HAKIEM LABEIJA AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS. TONIGHT WE WANT TO SEE…
1. THUGS - BRING IT TO THE FLOOR WITH YOUR POINT BLANK ATTITUDE AND LOOK. YOU DON'T WALK ANYTHING ELSE BUT REALNESS.
2. PRETTY BOYS - THIS CATEGORY IS A COMBINATION OF BQ FACE AND BQ REALNESS. TONIGHT BRING US THAT COMBO OF FACE AND REALNESS WITH A CLEAN CUT LOOK.
3. SCHOOL BOYS – THIS CATEGORY WAS FOR THE BOYS THAT WEREN'T THUGGED OUT OR BANGY. THEY WERE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THEY WERE COLLEGE ENROLLED. THEY WERE THE IVY LEAGUE BOYS AT YALE, HARVARD, OXFORD, CORNELL AND COLUMBIA. THIS CATEGORY WAS HOT THEN AND EVEN HOTTER NOW. TONIGHT GIVE US THAT IVY LEAGUE LOOK.
FQ BANGIE REALNESS- (IN MEMORY OF BANGIE ANGIE INFINITI) THIS CATEGORY WAS WHEN A FQ WHO GREW UP IN THE ROUGHEST NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROJECTS GOT THROUGH THEIR HOOD WITHOUT TOO MANY PROBLEMS. YOU ARE REAL AS RAIN. POINT BLANK.
BUTCH REALNESS & HIS BITCH- THE BUTCHES BACK IN THE DAY ALWAYS HAD A BEAUTIFUL LADY BY THEIR SIDE IN THE BALLROOM. YOU WERE OUT ON THE TOWN RIGHT BEFORE THE LATEX BALL. SHOW US WHO THE ULTIMATE COUPLE REALLY IS.
TRANSMAN REALNESS- NOW THAT YOU'RE COMPLETE, A WIFEBEATER SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. HIT THE LATEX FLOOR SHOWING US THAT NEW MAN.
BQ IN DRAGS REALNESS- FROM 1942 THROUGH 1975, THE JEWEL BOX REVUE WAS THE LONGEST RUNNING FEMALE IMPERSONATOR SHOW, WITH THE PERFORMERS ALWAYS DRESSED BEAUTIFULLY AND SEDUCTIVELY FROM HEAD TO TOE. TONIGHT TAKE US BACK TO THAT ERA IN TIME. COME AS A MESMERIZING SHOWGIRL.
S
TEAM SEX SIREN- (1 FQ, 1 BQ) SEX SIREN WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE 30% FACE, 30% BODY, 30% REALNESS, AND 10% ATTITUDE. TONIGHT BRING IN THE CLASSY LOOK AND TEASE US IN YOUR BATTLES BY SEDUCING THE JUDGES AND CROWD. BEING NAKED IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO BE SEXY.
V
BQ VOGUE FEM- BUTCH QUEEN VOGUING LIKE A FEM QUEEN…CALLING OUT ALL LEGENDS, STATEMENTS, STARS AND VIRGINS. STARS IN ALL RED, STATEMENTS IN BLUE, LEGENDS IN STARS AND STRIPES, AND VIRGINS IN WHITE! THE LAST 4 FROM EACH STATUS GROUP BATTLE FOR THE CASH…$$
FQ VOGUE PERFORMANCE- GIVE US A PERFORMANCE THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS TO COME...BRING IT IN THAT TRADITIONAL OVAH BOOT, CAT SUIT AND THAT LEGENDARY BONE SNATCH. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE LEGENDARY GIRLS STORM THIS CATEGORY…KRISTINA TSUNAMI, ASHLEY ICON, SANIA EBONY, ALLYSSA AND DASHIA LAPERLA, AND LATISHA REVLON. BUT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE ALL THE NEW GIRLS THAT HAVE TAKEN FQ PERFORMANCE TO NEW LEVELS. $$
REALNESS WITH A TWIST (3 PER HOUSE) - WHEN THIS CATEGORY STARTED IN THE 1990'S, IT WAS KIKI TO SEE THE REALNESS BOYS CUT UP OR FAG OUT FOR A TASTE. TONIGHT IT WILL BE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION. EACH 2 REALNESS BOYS WILL FLIP A COIN…HEADS, TO BATTLE FOR REALNESS…TAILS, TO SEE YOU VOGUE AND GO OFF… THEN THE JUDGES WILL DECIDE WHETHER REALNESS OVERULES VOGUING OR VICE VERSA. THE LAST 2 STANDING WILL PERFORM TILL THE LAST TWISTER WINS…$$
DRAGS VOGUE PERFORMANCE- MANY DRAG PERFORMERS HAVE BATTLED COUNTLESS OF TIMES AND PROCLAIMED THE TOP RIVAL OF DRAG PERFORMANCE. NOW THAT THEY HAVE MOVED ON TO FEM QUEEN PERFORMANCE IT'S UP TO YOU TO PICK YOUR RIVAL AND CONTINUE THE TRADITION. SO TONIGHT CALL OUT YOUR RIVAL AND SEAL HER WITH YOUR STUNTS… YOU ARE NEVER PRESSED. $$
WOMANS VOGUE- GIVE US A CLASSIC DANCER'S LOOK AND BRING US THAT OVAH PERFORMANCE.
W
WOMEN'S FACE- YOU ARE MISS LATEX 2008. BRING IT IN A PAGEANT GIRL LOOK. LET'S SEE WHO WILL BE CROWNED MISS LATEX 2008.
WOMAN'S BODY- BRING IT TO US IN A SEXY LINGERIE. MODELS VS. LUCIOUS
X
XTRAVAGANT BAZAAR (IN MEMORY OF AVIS PENDA'VIS)- IN THE 1960'S, BAZAAR ENTERED THE BALLROOM SCENE IN FEATHER'S, BEADS, RINESTONE'S AND APPLICADES, ETC. BRING US A MODERN BAZAAR LOOK
WE HERE AT PLD ARE GAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGING!
FIELD TRIP TIME!!!
