For those with a yearning to dress up in a tux or other upscale garb and feign disdainful snobbery for a political purpose, check out the Billionaires for Bush Ball tonight. It looks like it's going to be a big event, and a lot of fun if you're in the right spirit.
Normally I'm not a fan of mockery as a political technique (it usually puts off the very people you need to convince), but the Billionaires do it with a joie de vivre that makes it work.
Oh, and it's a costume ball, but you can get cheap accessories (like a chintzy top hat) at the door.
Here's the scoop:
EVENT DETAILS
Three full floors of the City Stage space in Chelsea. DJ's, comic performance, live music, great eats & drinks, including :
X-HMB, Open Thought, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Akim Funk Buddha, Ori Kaplan and the Balkan Beat Box, DJShakey, Phat Mandee,
LuminescentOrchestrii, DJ Evan and DJsugarkane
(as well as our very own Billionaire Follies -- featuring songs from our new album, "The Billionaires Are In The House")
The ball will take place Saturday, May 22, at City Stage, 435 West 19th Street, NYC, 8pm to 4am.
This is our major Spring fundraiser. We're up to 50 chapters and we're rolling on several exciting new initiatives, including a "Get on the Limo" tour through the Midwest swing states, and a Billionaires rapid repsonse network to birddog Bush & Cheney wherever they go. And for this we need money.
IN CASE OF ANY CONFUSION :
Tickets are from $1000 to $20.
All tickets, including limited $15 tickets for those with financial
difficulties (your hedge fund had a bad quarter), CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE DOOR.
Purchasers of $100+ tickets will receive goody bags filled with billionaire merchandise, including the new CD.
NOTE: If you purchase(d) tickets online, your name will be on our guest
list. You must bring a printout of your email confirmation, and your
party must arrive together.
NOTE: This is a costume ball, but we're making it easy for you by providing inexpensive accessories (top hats, bling, pearls, etc) at the door.
Click here for last-minute fashion tips :
http://www.billionairesforbush.com/diy_v1_ch1.php
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For more information contact ball@billionairesforbush.com.