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NEW PEOPLE AT MY EVENTSTHE LEGENDARY MIDWEST MOTHER OF THE YEAR SOLOMON INFINITI AND ZEPHYR 007 OF THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO PRESENT:The Masterpiece Ball Sunday, May 4, 2008 2pm – 11pmThe Ballroom COMMENTATORS:THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO EAST COAST: LEGENDARY JACK MIZRAHI 112 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVE MIDWEST: LEGENDARY NEIMAN MARCUS ESCADA CHICAGO, IL 60603 DISC JOCKEY:DJ JAZ ADMISSION: $20 PRESALE $30 AT DOOR TABLES: $75 PRESALE $100 AT DOOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION AT WWW.MASTERPIECEBALL.COM$1,000 GRAND PRIZE: LABELS OF AN INSTRUMENT $1,000 YOU ARE A WALKING MASTERPIECE OF FASHION KNOWLEDGE. STORM THE BALLROOM IN A ROCK SHOCKING EFFECT THAT IS MADE BY THE LEADING DESIGNERS OF THE WORLD TO COMPLIMENT YOUR CHOICE OF INSTRUMENT. ALL CURRENT LABELS.$500 MINI GRAND: LEGENDARY FACE DECODED $500 YOU ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE BALL SCENE EMBODYING OF NOTHING BUT GRACE, GLAMOUR AND CLASS. IN A COMPLETE VINTAGE EFFECT FLASH TO THE RUNWAY TO REVEAL THE DAVINCI CODE.$500 MINI GRAND: THE FASHION BAZAAR $500 YOU ARE THE HIGHEST TREND TO BE CONCIEVED IN THE UNIVERSE. DREAM FAR BEYOND BELIEF AND PRESENT TO THE JUDGES A LOOK OF CREATIVE ABILITY USING ALL NATURAL MATERIALS TO UNVEIL ALEXENDER MCQUEEN’S NEXT INSPIRATION.SECRET CA$$H CATEGORIES TBA.EXECUTIVE REALNESS: THIS IS YOUR PRESS RELEASE PARTY REPRESENTING THE NEW GALLERY THAT YOU JUST OPENED IN THE HEART OF THE ART DISTRICT. BRING YOUR MOST TREASURED FRAMED WORK TO THE FLOOR TO BE PURCHASED BY THE HIGHEST BIDDER.SCHOOLBOY REALNESS: POOR LITTLE RICH BOY HAS TO PAINT ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT TO STAY IN SCHOOL. LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR SUMMER VACATION, COMPLETE YOUR FINAL ART PROJECT AS A GIFT FOR YOUR FAVORITE JUDGE. CHOOSE WISELY!PRETTYBOY REALNESS: YOU ARE THIS YEAR’S MVP AND HAVE HURDLED OVER BARRIERS, TACKLED CHALLENGES, AND DRIBBLED AROUND YOUR COMPETITION WHILE STILL STAYING POPULAR WITH YOUR TEAMMATES AND FANS. COME DRESSED IN UNIFORM WITH SOMETHING AUTOGRAPHED BY YOUR TEAMMATES… THEN SIGN YOUR AUTOGRAPH FOR FANS.THUG REALNESS: THE URBAN SOCIALITE WITH HIS OWN NEW REALITY SERIES TO BE DEBUTED ON BRAVO ALL ABOUT LIFE IN THE HOOD. SHARE YOUR STRUGGLE WITH A PROP THAT EXPLAINS HOW YOU SURVIVED AND THAT JUSTIFIES THE TITLE OF THE SHOW.REALNESS WITH A TWIST: ONCE WAS A STORY OF A MAD ART PROFESSOR IN THE STYLE OF LITERATURE’S JEKYLL AND HYDE. GET YOUR TENS AS A ELDERLY MASCULINE SANE TEACHER AND THEN BRING IT BACK AS A YOUNG FEMININE CRAZED SCHOLAR.DRAGS REALNESS: IN 2004 GRAYSON PERRY WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE TURNER PRIZE AND MADE INTERNATIONAL ART NEWS BY ACCEPTING HIS AWARD IN DRAG AS HIS ALTER EGO, CLAIRE VULNERABILITY. EXEMPLIFY THE ART OF LOOKING LIKE A WOMAN USING EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK, WITH YOUR OVAH AWARD IN HAND TO BE PUT UP FOR THE TAKING.FQ REALNESS: EXCEEDING THE ARTISTIC STEREOTYPE OF BEING A CROSS DRESSER CAME TOO EASY FOR YOU, SINCE YOU WERE ALREADY FISHY AS IT IS. HELP THE JUDGES TRULY UNDERSTAND THE PROFOUND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN BY BRINGING YOUR BOY PICTURE WITH YOU. FQ SEX SIREN: THE VIVA GLAM DIVA. YOU’VE ALREADY MADE A TRANSITION INTO FEMALEHOOD BY HAVING YOUR BODY SCULPTED FROM NIPPLE TO KNEE. NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MAKE IT TO YOUR AWARD WINNING MAKE UP ARTIST APPOINTMENT TO SEAL THE DEAL WEARING NOTHING BUT BODY ART.BQ BODY: THE STATUE OF MICHELANGELO S DAVID HAS BEEN KNOWN ACROSS THE LAND THROUGH THE AGES. BECOME A TRUE WALK OF ART, BORN TO MODEL. YOUR AGENT WILL BRING US PICTURES OF YOU COMPLETELY NAKED WHILE BACKSTAGE YOU ARE READY TO BE SCULPTED CONCEALED IN NOTHING BUT CLAY. JUNIOR CATBOY MODELS BUILT TUCKED VS SENIOR MUSCULAR BUILT UNTUCKED.UP IN PUMPS: KEEP IT SIMPLE BUT ACCESSORIZED TO DEATH WITH ANDY WARHOL AS YOUR INSPIRATION, USING SILK SCREEN PRINT DESIGNS SUCH AS MARILYN MONROE AND ELVIS PRESELY. ALL WE ASK IS THAT WHICHEVER YOU CHOOSE YOU BRING IT IN FULL CHARACTER.FEMALE FIGURE RUNWAY: IT S THE 2008 CASTING CALL FOR COCO CHANEL, VIVAN WESTWOOD, AND ISSEY MIYAKI. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT MUSE, SUPREME BEING, THE SIXTH ELEMENT RULER OF THE FIFTH IN A WICKED EFFECT READY TO RULE THE RUNWAY.BQ EUROPEAN RUNWAY: STRAIGHT OFF THE RUNWAYS OF LONDON AND PARIS, YOU TOUR AMERICA TO SET NEW STANDARDS IN A CONCEALED LOOK CARRYING A STOLEN PAINTING. WILL THE JUDGES BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO HAS THE REAL VAN GOGH?AMERICAN RUNWAY: THE PRESSURE IS ON AND THE COMPETITION IS TOUGH WITH SO MANY STANDARDS TO FOLLOW. TROUBLED BY WORRIES AND DRIVEN TO DRINK HIT THE RUNWAY IN A DRUNKEN CRAZE WEARING A COLORFUL SUIT IN THE NAME OF JACKSON POLLACK, AN ARTIST THAT NEVER MADE IT TO ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS.FEMALE FIGURE FACE: KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS WOMEN OF HER COUNTRY AT THE TIME, IN THEORY STANDING TALLER THAN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AND MORE MYSTERIOUS THAN THE MONA LISA, IS THE UNFORGETTABLE FALLEN QUEEN OF FRANCE MARIE ANTOINETTE. KEEP YOUR HEAD IN FULL ROYAL ATTIRE WEARING A POWDERED WIG.BQ FACE: FROM DECADES OF ART HISTORY AND MANY MORE IN MEMORY STANDS OUT THE UNDENIABLE SAGA OF PABLO PICASSO WHERE EVERY WORK OF ART WAS PRICELESS. BRING IT TO THE THRESHOLD WITH A CLEAN PALLET HOLDING NOTHING BUT A PAINT BRUSH AND EASEL.HAIR AFFAIR: BEGIN WITH A TREND USING YOUR SIGNATURE IN THE END AND HOIST YOUR BODY AS A PEDESTAL TO SHOW OFF THE ART WORK. PRESENT TO THE JUDGES AS A AMAZINGLY SCULPTED HAIR STYLE THAT VIDAL SASSOON HIMSELF COULD ADMIRE.HAND PERFORMANCE: ALL THE PRACTICE IN THE WORLD WON’T DO NOTHING FOR YOU WITH THE COMPETITION GOING ON TONIGHT. EITHER YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES OR YOU CEASE TO EXIST. THINK OF IT AS FINGER PAINTING SMEARED IN THE COLORS OF YOUR CHOICE.BQ VOGUE FEMME: THE GREAT SALVADOR DALI WAS KNOWN FOR HIS DRAMATIC SURREALISM AND PERFECT PAINTING TECHNIQUES. WEARING ALL WHITE SHOW US WHAT TYPE OF MOOD YOU RE IN USING SUBTLE WATER PAINT COLORS FOR THE DELICATE SOFT AND CUNT VS BOLD OPAQUE PAINT COLORS FOR THE WILD AND DRAMATIC.FEMALE FIGURE PERFORMANCE: AS THE CLASSICAL BALLERINA SETS THE HEART OF OPERA LOVERS ABLAZE PRACTICE THE ART OF BALLET WHILE MERGING THE SOUL OF HOUSE MUSIC VOGUING DOWN. THINK OF IT AS DEGAS S DANCERS MEETS FARLEY… SOMETHING MOST WON T UNDERSTAND WHICH IS WHY YOU MUST SET THE EXAMPLE.BEST DRESS SPECTATOR: FROM ANY CURRENT OR DATED ERA, FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE REVOLUTION. NO RULES WHETHER ITS MODERN OR CONTEMPORARY. SHOW YOUR FELLOW BALLROOM PATRIOTS HOW TO GET DONE FOR A FUNCTION.ALL CASH CATEGORIES AWARDED TWO TROPHIES, ALL OTHERS AWARDED ONE.CASH CATEGORIES MUST GET 10’S FROM 3 DIFFERENT HOUSES. INFO SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR MORE INFO CALL: SOLOMON 773 354 4068 or ZEPHYR 773 896 7523www.masterpieceball.com
JILL SCOTT, BJORK, MUDDY WATERS, KELIS, 2PAC, Kanye WEST
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