ARVLFC News and Updates from VampireLestatFanClub.com

On October 31, 2008 at 9 p.m., Anne Rice's Vampire Lestat Fan Club and Les Temps des Vampires invite you to come home to Uptown New Orleans and gather at Rosy's Jazz Hall for an intimate evening at The Queen of the Damned Ball.

This year we return to the neighborhood that Lestat and the other vampires roamed in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. The haunted streets and the spirits of our beloved vampire anti-heroes remain in the neighborhoods surrounding Rosy's. The historic homes and the smell of the river beckon. All the elements of old New Orleans will surround you and that will make this a Halloween Celebration to remember! In the interest of making this as special an All Hallows Eve as possible there will be no more than 600 tickets available to fans lucky enough to get them.

Fan club members as always will have first dibs on the highly sought after tickets.

Tickets are not yet on sale.

Musical acts will be announced once finalized.

We hope to see you there!

Lestat's party doesn't often fall on Halloween so ask for VACATION TIME now!

Let's get this forum going people!!

What are you wearing?
Who can't you wait to see?
Where are you dying to return to?

If you want to enjoy the Group Rate mentioned here and in the forum, you need to book 45 days prior to check in. You can cancel 72 hours prior to check in.

THE GROUP RATE DAYS ARE:
Thursday, October 30th
Friday, October 31st
Saturday, November 1st

CHECKOUT being SUNDAY! Most people work on Monday and have to be back Sunday, so there is your reason.

Check-in is 3pm Thursday and check-out is 11am Sunday. Just so there is no confusion. Standard hotel rates may apply all other days if you extend your stay before or after these dates.

Greetings little Cherubs and Ghouls,

This is Lestat wishing a good evening to you and yours. It’s that time of year again when I must acquiesce to the demands of my immortal nature and send forth the word for new blood to support the Coven and get those memberships rolling in. (Renewals for you non-fledglings…) It has been a good first year of the fan club’s resurrection and we have many things that we want to move forward on and we need your support to keep things going. I can’t do all of this by myself, despite my nature to want you to believe that to be so. It worked with Louis and Claudia...well, it "kind of" worked with Claudia...but I digress.

The ARVLFC requires two things to keep going and those are the countless hours of hard work throughout the year put in by our staff of minions...I mean volunteers, and the financial support of our Coven members. Memberships help to provide for the Vampire Balls in New Orleans every Halloween and are a crucial element to making those events grow and evolve. Members take pride in knowing that they help to make these celebrations come to be! They also get steep discounts on tickets. To sweeten things up a bit for this year’s new memberships and renewals I am going to hold a drawing for an unsigned Stan Rice print. This drawing will be available to those members completing a new membership or a renewal by the end of May. The drawing will be held after that deadline and the winner announced on the website and the MySpace sister pages.

So, please do warm my reckless, careless heart and show me the love I crave as your eternal "Brat Prince" by submitting to strengthening the blood as a member of our little Coven. To renew or join as a new member just go to MEMBERSHIPS and follow the directions to sign up. We are adding some new buttons/pins to the selection so you may get one of the new series in your packet, especially if you are renewing!

Well, I have done my bit for now and I haven’t fed enough. Lower Decatur beckons and the hour grows late. Armand is passing through New Orleans with Marius and Daniel and I would like to watch them for awhile before the sun returns to put us all back in our graves.



With Love of the Light,

Lestat

Your fabulous Lady~A has been working hard planning for the Halloween Event Season we all love and look forward to all year long!

As some of you remember, last year we started cross-promoting the ARVLFC event with the Endless Night Event where EN offered discounted tickets to the ARVLFC. Tickets to ENXI are discounted again this year and on sale now! Link: http://www.endlessnight.com/tickets.html

Endless Night has done one even better this year!

Our friends at Endless Night have aquired a room block at the St. Christopher Best Western Hotel for a group rate of $119USD+taxes and have GRACIOUSLY extended this offer to the ARVLFC's Queen Of The Damned Ball 2008!!

Here is all the info on Endless Night's website about the hotel, location and contact number!

http://www.endlessnight.com/hotel.html

ALL you have to do is call the number provided and ask for the ENDLESS NIGHT HALLOWEEN WEEKEND group rate and you get it!

IF YOU ARE A COUPLE...REQUEST A KING so the doubles can be freed up for friends traveling together. There is no extra fee for more than 2 to a room!

How is that for AWESOME?

So book your room ASAP as space is limited.

That's where all the cool kids are staying!