Titanic, A Night to Remember--And That it Was!

(Isabelle Mavendorf, Karin, Emma Portilo and myself)

Emery,events manager for The Grove, and Umberto Giano organized a special event "A Night To Remember" aboard the Titanic. This event coincided with the anniversary of the RL Titanic. Umberto's Flickr has all the details worth a read, because it really was a super impressive build and event. Check it out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/umbertogiano/7078047425/in/photostream or direct link here: UmbertoHereTitanic.

(Umberto Host, organizer and Captain)

(Emery, Host, organizer and museum creator)
Emery Milneaux put together a very cool Titanic museum where guests landed and could browse and learn a bit about the Titanic before taking a random boarding pass that provided each guest a individual boarding pass replica of a real life individual that was aboard the RL ship. The pass provided the individuals' name, age, class and later we learned our individuals fate that night. The party was not specifically role play but guests were asked to dress for the era and night. And everyone complied and then some. Guests dressed in period for the event that just added even more to the ambiance. The amazing ship was donated for the event and will be on marketplace soon.

(Me, Kara, on the grand staircase trying to make a grand entrance)

(Samm Qendra-with a beautiful voice)

(Me and Emma Portilo)

(Belinda Barnes & Sonicity Fitzroy)
Once the party started many guests took seats on top deck to listen to some life music entertainment by Samm Qendra with a beautiful voice and songs to match the event, followed by dj Clark Bowenform, and dancing. About an hour into the event many or maybe even all of us "crashed" hard. I had a few friends on skype at the time and they had crashed and another friend I went with also crashed. I did tp back and many people were there dancing. My friend Emma also went back and we took a few more photos as there was less lag then. Later we went to another Titanic event and both ended up under the water at the same time.. so we figured that was our second sinking or crash of the night and just called it a night and went our separate ways. Ironically both our boarding pass identities did not survive the Titanic. But it sure was a fun and interesting evening. Check out the party pics and you can tell how great it was. Unfortunately the museum and Titanic are no longer in place, so it will have to be on of those ... nights to remember.

(Dar and Toni)








(Emma and I went down with the ship... but we looked good. I'm wearing a pink Donna Flora dress and jewelry in case anyone cares)
I checked out this web site for 1912 Titanic fashion to see the style and I think the clothes are pretty cool so have a look if interested : http://madameguillotine.org.uk/2011/03/18/titanic-fashion-1912/ or direct link here: 1912TitanicFashionsHere. Emma actually found a dress inworld designed just like Rose's dress from the Titanic movie)

THEREDPARTY

(pictured, club owner, Umberto Giano, Tres Beau donor, Kimmera Madison, the Go-Gos and others)

I was seeing red... almost ALL red. Last night Club Nine (previously blogged here:ClubIXHere.) hosted THEREDPARTY in support of Costa Rica Sims Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS Fundraiser, one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. DJ Bren Betts provided the tunes while a consistent crowd of over 50 attendees danced the night away. The club colors were changed to red and almost all the attendees wore mostly red. The Club Nine Go-Gos took over the bar as usual. Throughout the evening donations could be made directly through the Red Ribbon kiosk or one could bid on silent auction items including: A pre-release exclusive from Tres Beau and one-of-a-kind recolorings from AddiCt, LELUTKA and NSD. 100% of the highest bids will be donated to Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. I was there quite a while but had to leave a bit before the end, so missed the winners. It was great to see so much red, one of my favorite colors and all for a good cause. Visit Club Nine here: slurl.com/secondlife/Club%20Road/132/180/25 or direct here: ClubIXHere.

Club IX

Monday night April 25th was the one year anniversary party celebration of Club Nine's opening April 26th a year ago. Owner, Umberto Giano, celebrated along with a huge crowd. There were many high quality name brand free gifts and amazing drawing prizes throughout the night. Dj's Bren Betts and Azu Catteneo kept the tunes and crowd pumping. The gogo dancers lined the bar for some eye candy and the crowd was having a blast. Umberto is my Best of Second Life boss and I've known him ever since he and I were in a video by machinimist Lowe Runo (over a year ago) that was a huge success as a spin off from The Guild's "Do You Want to Date My Avatar" -previously blogged here: http://karasecondlife.blogspot.com/2010/08/guilds-new-videolowe-runo-machinima.html direct link here: LoweHere. Monday & Thursday nights are the big nights for this club so since it's Thursday today I figured I'd put up these pics I took at the celebration. Visit my Flickr (See sidebar link) if you want to see more of the crowd and party. The crowd/dancers are geared toward the gay community, but everyone is very welcomed and there is always a huge mix in the crowd that has a lot of fun. Also to read more and see some great pics my friend Soni blogged the party as well here: http://sonicityradio.blogspot.com/ or direct link here: SoniHere.


(Myself and Alla enjoying the party.)