dead can dance & elephants can party

The end of last week was filled with all sorts of pre-Halloween parties. So much so that I've perfected the art of applying the Los Muertos make-up in like 5 minutes flat.

It all started obviously on Wednesday night with the ritual make-up test run. The hardest part to master was the teeth. But I got it right on my second go around so that wasn't too bad. Thursday night was the annual Lindygroove Halloween bash. I took no pictures that night because I was too busy catching up with friends that I haven't seen since August and dancing.

Friday night was the much anticipated Swing Pit Halloween Extravaganza. Seeing as how I missed the festivities last year and am still bummed about that nothing was keeping me away this year. Mike & Tip really know how to throw a party. The night was a complete blast and I even decided to do a comp...they needed follows and I figured it was my good deed for the night. My other good deed was bringing the mega huge bottle of Stoli and Cranberry juice and suplying 10 of my closest friends with beverages. People laughed at the size of the bottle but I couldn't resist the deal at Albersons. Trust me, it was definitely worth it. Pictures of just a few of the great costumes can be found here.

On Saturday night my theatre company had a party. More great costumes and a really entertaining Halloween show for the guests followed by dancing and an amazing palm reader. Pictures can be found here.

Tomorrow night, Halloween proper, is yet another swing dance event at Paladino's in Reseda which is scary in it's own right. Theme: Prom Night of the Living Dead. Guess what my costume will be...

It's odd how both swing dancers and theatre people both have a penchant for creating great costumes. It must be the performer in them that gets the creaitve juices flowing. This has been one of the best Halloween years in a few for me. Very excited to be back as last years costume was a complete disaster. One wonders what I will think of for next year...usually I already have ideas brewing but nothing yet. Hmmmmm.....

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Comments

[Rick]

You have better makeup than most of the people who were at Dia De Los Muertos! Congrats... And do you know Kirsten Roeters who you took a pic of (Strawberry Shortcake) or was she just at the party and you happened to take a pic of her? We go way back (and the world gets smaller and smaller...)

[Lisa]

And your OTHER good deed was gettin' me ready for Swingpit and P's in full make-up :) Can't wait to see how the dead prom pics turned out too. I'm already brainstorming Camp Ho costumes ... great to hang out with twice in one week! woo-hoo!