With apologies to our reader “Mess”, I’m going to hijack the story he started last night with these words:
The Jester Ball tonight [Last night now] seemed to me like a smashing success. It was well run and well organised and with close to 400 people in attendance, a whole heap of fun. Some people went all out with awesome costumes and elaborate masks, and others chose the more casual approach wearing little more than jeans, t-shirt and mask.
The music was entertaining, as well as the burlesque show and the Jester himself was an aboslute riot.
As someone who had absolutely nothing to do with the event, except see the ad on the-riotact.com and decide it seemed like a good idea, I would like to congratulate the organisers and say ” I cant wait for the next one”, I was also wondering when the video clip comes out?
Having personally under-written the Jester’s Ball advertising on RiotACT I did have a $100 interest in the event’s success. Therefore I was very pleased to see what looked like a raging triumph from the dance floor. Many in the crowd wondered if perhaps Tom Woodward could put one on every month or so? Interstate visitors dragged along by friends were certainly expressing a revised opinion of Canberra night life.
There were enough fishnets present to extinct a whole variety of tuna, enough feathers to dust a palace, and enough fun and excitement to raise the spirits of anyone. But enough of me telling, here’s a lot of pictures:
[Note: To avoid a repeat of the Melbourne Cup Fiasco please bear in mind that the people in these photos have allowed their good time to be interrupted to provide you with amusement. So if you can’t say anything nice, best to not say anything at all]
The Albert Hall in readiness:
Early on I had my camera accidentally in “sunset” mode. This, combined with the flash and the heat lamps radiating in every corner, actually created some decidedly interesting shots.
Here’s the string quartet which greeted punctual revelers:
And here’s the man of the hour, Mr. Tom Woodward:
Then we took stock of the astonishing costumes:
Could you keep Adam Hadley away from an event like this? Could you stop him getting up on stage? Of course not!
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Once the quartet was done we had a pianist keeping the mood convivial:
The RiotACT team had decided on a butterfly motif without actual coordination. Fortunately Nick had the sense to modify his mask.
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In due course the pianist was joined by a singer:
burlesque dancing
There was no shortage of feathers:
And the crowd had really started to build up:
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With the burlesque out of the way our MC and host for the night, The Jester, made his entrance:
And then we had Tom Woodward, without his mask:
The shadow of the fiddler loomed large:
The crowd in full cry:
Konrad Lenz prepares his set list:
Out to the side of the Albert Hall there was food and coffee and clean air for smokers to pollute and the friends of smokers to get cold in.
Anyone watched Cassnova lately?
Bender!
The Spirits of the Dead kick off:
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Around this point Nick had seized control of the camera. It’s not entirely clear why he took this picture.
I’m reliably informed those are bat wings on her shoulders:
Again, it was Nick on the receiving end of this look.
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With most people masking their eye while leaving their mouths free, Rafe Morris of Dahahoo went the other way:
And then the caravan moved on to the after party at Transit.
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