The Serpentine Masquerade Ball
The Serpentine Masquerade Ball
2ND NOVEMBER 2012: The gallery is proud to present
The Serpentine Masquerade Ball
at The Northern Rivers Hotel's beer-garden,
on Friday from 9pm.
This is a fundraising event for the Serpentine Community Gallery.
Come for a night of performance, guitar sounds, songs, beats and costumes.
Yes it's a fancy dress Masquerade event with a gothic/halloween theme.
The evening starts at 7pm with the opening of
Tattoos, Textures and Textiles,
a group show by local artists at the Serpentine.
Then we all move up the road to the
The Northern Rivers Hotel's beer-garden for the
fundraising event and party featuring a host
of acts and performances, hot food, lucky door prizes
and a hand full of best dressed prizes.
And for those of you who like to stay out late,
there will be an after-party back at
the Serpentine with beats and refreshments.
The Mistress of Ceremonies for the evening is
the seductively witty Miss Murder.
And the line up so far.....
Thunder God of the Multiverse
No Frills Twins
StArFiReFly
Dj Sista Ray.
And special guests.
Entry is $15 or $10 concession.
Then off to the after party at the Serpentine with 'Deep Fryer and the Crates' till late.
Tickets available at the door and presale tickets are available at Serpentine.
Book it in your calendars.
On the night, we will also draw the winning tickets of our
So don't miss the chance of owning one (or maybe even more, if you're VERY lucky)
of the nine original artworks and 4 "Cafe Vouchers" on offer.
For information about and larger images of these works follow the link above.
A little about some of the performers:
MC Miss Murder will tantalize you as she drags you
kicking and screaming through a night of Masquerade.
Thunder God of the Multiverse
Founded in 2009 when brothers Leon and Oliver Blythe
found themselves in need of some serious music therapy...
Genre: Indie, Rock
Region: North Coast, NSW
Members: Leon Blythe - Vocals, Oliver Blythe - Guitar,
Guy Osborne - Bass, Cameron Johns - Drums
Sound Like: system of a down,
They Might Be Giants, Tenacious D
Influences: Frank Zappa, Tool, & Lots more
No Frills Twins
The Twins: Vanessa and Arna
Description: Singers/song writers from Byron Bay NSW
with a unique passion for music, fashion and pancakes.
"Inspired to create by the sound of Blues, Country, Folk,
Rock, Gospel and old classics.......
We lie somewhere in between, without a particular genre.
But it's okay, versatility is IN!"
The Night of the Masquerade Ball
As the Northern Rivers region's masked band of merry men and women arrived at the ball,
they were welcomed into the fragrant, colourfully lit garden by party inspiring music played by DJ Sista Ray,
and the gallery's new banner created at the Serpentine's 2012 CreativExchange @ Lismore Show.
With the No Frills Twins
 setting up, MC Miss Murder took to 'the stage' welcoming the crowd, giving a brief talk
about the Serpentine
and its aims, outlining the reasons for this fundraising event and the night's program as well as thanking everyone for their support of the Serpentine Community Gallery.
Miss Murder then called for a
  volunteer from the audience. Art and fun loving Guy stepped forward (or may have been
pushed!) to find himself down on his knees, and under her control...
Their music now filling the garden,
the No Frills Twins soon had everyone's attention.
 Ready to join the audience and enjoy the night, the No Frills Twins,
Vanessa and Arna (or is it Arna and Vanessa?), smile for the camera.
'Dance Guy,' commands MC Miss Murder, then with a regal motion
Guy is dismissed. MC MM investigates other possible 'volunteers'
Best-dressed prizes were awarded by ball-goers, with the loudest applause being for
'Nurse Ana', a most exuberant first prize winner pictured right with Miss Murder
Best dressed winners:
second above and third right
Some of the revelers, perhaps the Northern Rivers' more experienced
masked ball goers, choose to have face-painted masks
For those with a more traditional mask,
many were worn up!
'Dora' exploring just what
happens at a Serpentine ball
Poet Virginia Barratt
Performing as StArFiReFly, Josephine McKinnon took us all
back to the enchantment of childhood as we ohhed, ahhed
and held our breathes throughout her bedazzling firestick routine.
Bek Webster and Edda
Lampis make an entrance
Sylvia Nagy
Volunteers circulate making sure that Art Raffle ticket sales go on throughout the night:
Bianca and Celestine (left), Adrianne (right)
Discovering just who can perform the whole set masked, and finding out that vocalist Leon is perhaps better off not, Thundergods of the Multiverse pumped
up the sound and soon had the dance floor filled
While some danced, others preferred to watch and listen, including the
nights' performers as they relaxed into the ball and enjoyed the other acts.
celestine fedley
heron lee and andrew
jennifer harnett
rachael windress and anthony eden
ray moller and jackson gooch
bianca bright and corinne batt-rawden
Fully costumed Peter Lehner appears to be a rather shy character.
Unmasked, with Jannelle Buckley, an out-going fun-loving one appears.
....and good night
Acknowledging our sponsors:
Many thanks to the local businesses that kindly agreed to support
The Serpentine Masquerade Ball.
SERPENTINE COMMUNITY GALLERY
17 Bridge St, North Lismore, NSW, 2480.
Contact (02) 6621 6845 or serpentineartsgallery@gmail.com