Beaux Arts on a Boat!


Beaux Arts Ball (BAB) is a traditional architecture ball held annually. At PennDesign this ball gets relocated each year and a new theme choosen to liven up an already lively, much anticipated event.

Last year BAB was held in the Mutter Museum. This year The Spirit of Philadelphia, a quite large boat, larger than it looks, was the choosen location. While the food was poor and slim in choice, the open bar, lively dance floor, and variety of indoor-outdoor arrangments with constantly changing views made up for it.

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The Larpers ate and then danced the night away, only pausing to nerd out by the fact that we were passing our studio site via water and take a class photo. I suspect our May calendar will look quite lively.

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Now, iPhone photos on a boat late at night are not the most amazing but it certainly gives a new perspective. The site looks quite beautiful at night. Funnily enough the videos I took, which unfortunately will not upload, were extremely lively with the lights bouncing to each beat of the music being played inside, focusing and unfocusing the site. This was a result of the glass on the boat which I had my phone pressed to for clear shots vibrating with the music. The B4BD0415-58BE-410A-913A-6D9D7A2321A6unanticipated effect was absolutely lovely! Hopefully it will be useful in producing short clips of a dancing landscape, if not for class, for myself.

When the boat docked the party by no means stopped but migrated in a thousand different directions. Thankfully I found myself in the party headed for IHOP and then to dance. I certainly hope next year’s BAB will be as fun as this past one!

 

 

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