Guerrilla Masquerade Party! - Because Halloween Isn't Often Enough

This Month, two of our favorite Costume Event Coordinators have organized exciting events we want to share with you. These aren't organized by GMP, but we endorse them wholeheartedly, as we know they're gonna be fun.



MAD MAX, BEYOND THE MILITARY ZONE Saturday March 8th, 2008, Doors at 8:00pm 21+, $12 advanced / $15 at door SAFOMA Cabana, 2407 - 175th Ave NE, Redmond , WA 98052 The next PartyPaloozaNW Costume Party will be held on Saturday, March 8th, 2008! And the theme is... Mad Max, Beyond the Military Zone! The movie we are loosely basing our theme on is the third and final in the Mad Max series starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner, released in 1985. We thought it would make a great theme, ripe with costume possibilities! Here are a few ideas to get you started: Post-apocalyptic / Futuristic / Post-retro /Cyberpunk / Steampunk / Post-nuclear / Military / Camouflage / GI Joe / Survivalist / Tina Turner / Mel Gibson We will be hosting the party at the SAFOMA Cabana in Redmond, WA. The Cabana has room for 80 people and we recommend you purchase your tickets online as soon possible as we anticipate selling out. To purchase your tickets online, to go: Brown Paper Tickets at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/28499 or call their live 24/7 Hotline 1-800-838-3006 and ask for tickets to the Mad Max event on March 8th. We will have a limited amount of tickets available at the door as well, first come, first served. Ticket prices are: $12.00 online and $15.00 at the door. The ticket price includes 1 drink ticket and 3 raffle tickets. Guests must be 21 and older, please bring your photo ID. We will have Snacks, Sodas and a No Host Bar. A DJ will be spinning the tunes and there might even be an after-party. As usual, prizes will be awarded to the best costumes! We'll have some great raffle prizes and silent auction items. To see the list of prizes go to: http://partypaloozanw.com/sponsors.html. If you or your company has something you would be willing to donate, please let us know! Please RSVP by sending an email to Suz Fabulous or on our new Meetup group at (http://costume.meetup.com/1/) so that we can get an idea of how many people will be attending. This party is a fundraiser for ROOTS (Rising Out Of The Shadows) which is a homeless shelter for teens and young adults. Their website is located at: http://www.rootsinfo.org and ALL FUNDS raised from the ticket and raffle sales at the party will be donated directly to ROOTS on behalf of Kumar, a dear friend of ours who passed away last year. We are also sponsoring a clothing drive and would also like to encourage people to bring coats, gloves, hats, and socks which is greatly needed by ROOTS this time of year. It’s going to be another fabulous evening. We hope you can join us! Suz, PartyPaloozaNW http://www.partypaloozanw.com/next.html http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/28499 http://costume.meetup.com/1/				BRIDES OF MARCH 2008: PURITY PARTY Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 7pm 12th Ave Laundry, 1807 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122 Girls, let's talk. I don't know about you, but after seven years of shotgun weddings and wrenching separations from betrotheds including the Hammering Man, the Space Needle, the monorail, (and let us not forget Satan), and on and on, we're feeling a little... how shall I say this delicately... unfresh. Let's be honest. The blush is off the rose, isn't it? We're just a spoiled peach. What once seemed so, so GLAmorous now just seems... taaawdry. Doesn't it darlings? We're old. Used. Diiirty. Why, we've shredded two dresses to filthy rags just dragging them along the grimy streets of the big city. That's why it's time to refresh! Rejuvenate! And wash away those sinful stains, at the Brides of March 2008: Purity Party, which will conveniently kick off at Capitol Hill's 12th Avenue Laundry. Never content with a mere metaPHOoric washup, we're going to LITrally WASH. THOSE. STAINS. All you need do is bring One Soiled Unmentionable. We'll toss them all together in one big washload and watch 'em spin while we sssip champagne. (And we do need a couple of dandy gents to pour for us, so boys, please check your closet for that tux!) While we're waiting, we'll discuss "the importance of saving ones virginity and practicing abstinence until marriage." Once our drawers and souls are sparkly clean, we'll go marry that big butt plug in Cal Anderson Park, make a few stops at The Crypt and the Castle Superstore, and then find a nice gay bar to dance the night away! Saturday, March 15, 7pm 12th Ave Laundry, 1807 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122 Be prompt: the wash-load goes in at 7:30 (But shhh... it's a secret from the laundromat!) Want to catch up later in the evening? Keep tabs by text message! Just befriend Ivan C. at dodgeball.com! Brides web page? http://www.cockrumville.com/brides/ Purity Parties? http://www.thewakeupcall.org/purityparty.htm Bride Ivan