ARVLFC News and Updates from VampireLestatFanClub.com

Greetings denizens,


We bring you now a little update on ticket sales and shipping for ‘Tru Blood and Gold’. Member ticket sales have been very good, with many new members planning their public debut this year! New Blood is the Truest Blood of All. So, when you see a new face at the Ball this year please take a moment to greet and welcome them. We have noticed also that many of our newest members are bringing fledgling friends with them, welcome them as well. The more the merrier! Tickets for the public will be released after August 31st and we recommend that you snatch them up if you plan to bring your costumed entourage to the most anticipated literary event of the Halloween Season! As a reminder, public tickets will be sold for the full face value of $35.oo. Members who have not purchased tickets yet may do so and receive their initial discount until tickets are sold out. Get your tickets soon, we don’t advise waiting.

www.vampirelestatfanclub.com/events.html


The first wave of tickets that are eligible for shipping will be mailing soon so please be looking for your postal carrier at your door. All tickets that were eligible for shipping within the United States will require signature as proof of delivery. Tickets will only be shipped out once a week and no tickets will be mailed after the 15th of October to allow for delivery time. All other tickets must be picked up at the will call line on the night of the Ball.

Our special guests for ‘Tru Blood and Gold’ include Charlaine Harris, creator of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, and Gabrielle Faust, creator of the Eternal Vigilance series. Musical guests include Saints of Ruin, the Kinky Tuscaderos, and Marc Gunn. Join us at Republic New Orleans on October 30th to see them all! Dress to Impress!

While you are online getting your ‘Tru Blood and Gold’ tickets don’t forget to pick up tickets for the Wine Tasting Event to be held on the night before the Ball at Montrel’s Bistro in the French Quarter. This year the selection will include the option of an Absinthe Tasting to add to your evening of fun and frivolity! Tickets can be obtained through the same website as for the Ball and the Wine Tasting is a separate event requiring a separate ticket purchase. This is a more relaxed event with costumes optional/evening attire admired. Come drink the blood of the vine with us.

www.vampirelestatfanclub.com/events.html

Don’t forget to check out our friends at Endless Night XII on Saturday night at the House of Blues for a Halloween Celebration you’ll surely enjoy! It’s a very different party with a lot of fun and familiar friends! DJ’s will spin your favorites for ‘An Evening in Versailles’ and you can dance the night into day. For more information on the Endless Night event we have a link for you: www.endlessnight.com

We look forward to seeing you all there!


Best,
Your Krewe

Dark artist Chad Savage, who has been providing artwork to the vampire subculture since the 1980's, has opened his own Etsy.com shop, where he will be selling original vampiric artwork that he's created over the last 20 years. Many of these one of a kind drawings were used on magazines, book covers and as book illustrations over the last two decades.

If you'd like to own a small piece of undead history, head over to http://ChadSavage.etsy.com. Check back daily, as Savage plans to dig up, scan and post drawings that haven't seen the light of day (appropriately enough) for over 10 years. New artwork will be added every day or so.

The Endless Night Festival's main event "The Vampire Ball of New Orleans: A Night in Versailles" is a private, ticketed event on Saturday, October 31st, 2009 and will be at the House of Blues, 225 Decatur St. New Orleans LA in the Parish and main room... This amazing venue is right in the center of New Orleans and within the legendary French Quarter. The evening's focus is simply to revel in the night, to enjoy free dance space and performances dedicated to dance and all things vampiric and gothic.

Performers:

On the main floor:
DJ Aengel (Vampire Ball of Gotham)
DJ Fangz (Fang Club LA)
In the Parish:
DJ SimpleComplexity

Performances:

Jeniviva's Mystical Hips Belly Dance-
JeniViva has the distinct pleasure of being one of the pioneers of a new genre of dance: Gothic Bellydance. This genre blends the old with the new, adding a dark twist of Gothic elements to classic genres of Bellydance. www.mysticalhips.com

Libertina Dance Company-
A professional modern/contemporary dance troupe with dark gothic overtones and heavy loaded passionate themes..always playing with the loud and estranged forms of movement..yet with classical dance technique. www.libertinadanceco.com

1st ANNUAL ENDLESS NIGHT COSTUME CONTEST with judges Gabrielle Faust, Lady~A, Lord~J, Nancy Freeman and Konstantinos. Get your best costume together and enter! Costumes must be original construction and not store bought. Judges will base winners on costume construction, makeup and how well you sell your character!

CATEGORIES:

Period (SCA, Baroque etc.)
Fetish (Latex, rubber, steampunk, apparatus)
Horror (Wolf, Vampire, Zombie, Gore, Monsters)
Crowd Pleaser ( Clever renditions of movie characters or pop culutre)

Each category winner will get a big prize bag filled with amazing goodies! There will be one BEST IN SHOW winner who will recieve the goody bag and a cash prize TBD.
Winners will be chosen by judges and judges are not allowed to enter.

Greetings, denizens of darkness...as an old friend used to say...

For those who remain restless and concerned over our Brat Prince and the rumours of his portrayal on film we offer you this solace: Lestat is an embodiment of attitude, a spectre of that shadowy something so many of us crave to become in all our darkest desires. He is immortal yet a part of him craves all that humanity has to offer. That said, we thought you might enjoy this article to peruse as we await word of his fate.

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33071/anne-rice-chimes-robert-downey-jr-lestat-debate

Blessings and good evening.

Greetings gang,

We have all heard the rumour flying around about Universal Pictures producing further films of the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. We cannot comment on these statements.

We can give you the link to the website breaking the story:

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17082


Enjoy the story.

Your Krewe

P.S. - We know, we know...his name is misspelled.

While you are buying your tickets for the Tru Blood and Gold Ball, be sure to visit our friends at http://www.endlessnight.com/tickets/ and get your tickets to A Night in Versailles!! Endless Night has been a part of the New Orleans vampire party weekend for quite some time and is known as the place to see and be seen! Don't miss out on a total Halloween costumed experience!!

Hi MEMBERS of the ARVLFC!

Read this ENTIRE ENTRY BEFORE YOU ORDER.

PAID MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING of the ARVLFC may now purchase their tickets to the TRU BLOOD & GOLD BALL thru our website VampireLestatFanClub.com! This is for MEMBERS ONLY and a MEMBERSHIP NUMBER IS REQUIRED. No Membership Number equals NO SALE. You must be 18 or older to purchase.

The members-only purchasing window is until Sunday, August 30th. On Monday, August 31st, the public purchasing window will open and their order form will be activated.

These are the guidelines, please READ THEM CAREFULLY:

When purchasing tickets you MUST add SHIPPING to your order cart BEFORE you FINALIZE, that means UPDATE CART AND CONTINUE SHOPPING and ADD the $6.oo SHIPPING BUTTON if you want them MAILED to you via CERTIFIED MAIL; someone MUST be at the shipping address to SIGN for the PACKAGE at the time of delivery. All shipping is done via CERTIFIED MAIL. No exceptions. If you can't sign for them use WILL-CALL and pick them up at the venue on the night of the party.

EXAMPLE: Enter your membership number, then you enter quantity UP TO FOUR TICKETS PER MEMBER AT DISCOUNT (price $20.oo each). If you need more than four hit the CONTINUE SHOPPING BUTTON and you can get as many as you want at $30.oo each. If you want them SHIPPED you MUST hit the CONTINUE SHOPPING BUTTON AGAIN and it will take you BACK to the ordering page where you MUST scroll down and CLICK THE $6.oo Shipping Button. Once you do that then shipping will be added to everything in your cart. Then you may proceed to checkout. It DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE SHIPPING, YOU MUST CONTINUE SHOPPING and go back and hit the SHIPPING BUTTON. The bottom line is you MUST ADD shipping if you want them shipped. PLEASE CHECK YOUR ORDER THOROUGHLY and VERIFY SHIPPING BEFORE YOU FINALIZE.

If you do not ADD SHIPPING there is no BACK BUTTON and you will be automatically placed on WILL-CALL. You MAY NOT go back and ADD SHIPPING once the sale is COMPLETE; WILL CALL is automatic after that. This is an automated process that cannot be altered. PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW all instructions BEFORE you attempt ordering.

We hope we have made these instructions as short and simple as possible. See you at the Ball!

Warmly,
Your Krewe!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:

Francesca Miller
Reel Energy Entertainment
504-298-VAMP
www.VampireFilmFestival.com

Vampires of the World, Join Us in New Orleans!

Pasadena, Calif. August 6, 2009 - Vampire Fest 2009 will take place in the beautiful city of New Orleans from October 23 - 26, 2009.

Filmmakers have heard our call, and Vampire Fest has already received submissions from the United States and around the world. Vampire Fest has a number of activities planned—feasts for the mind as well as the eyes—including a literary panel hosted by writer Gabrielle Faust and events around the Vieux Carré and the Garden District. The festival will screen an international slate of vampire and gothic features and shorts and include costume parties, fashion shows and performance artists. Vampire Fest is proud to call its home New Orleans with its fabulous nightlife, Gothic architecture, international cuisine, voodoo history, beautiful necropolises, and the birthplace of jazz and Anne Rice.

Submissions Are Still OPEN

Vampire Fest is seeking narrative or experimental films of all lengths that emphasize the grotesque, mysterious or desolate. Since the legends of the werewolf and other supernatural creatures are interconnected with that of the vampire, Vampire Fest also accepts films of the Gothic, zombie, werewolf, witch or ghost genre.

Filmmakers can submit online at www.vampirefilmfestival.com or at www.withoutabox.com until September 16, 2009.

Full schedule of events, details will be announced on our site in the coming weeks and ticket sales will begin by month’s end. Please visit our site at www.vampirefilmfestival.com or contact festival headquarters at (504) 298-VAMP.

Get bitten at Vampire Fest in New Orleans!

Grab a banner for your site here

http://www.vampirefilmfestival.com/vampire_banners

Entertainment Weekly's issue for August 7 has a 10 page spread dedicated to vampires complete with a Q&A with Anne Rice about her favorite new vampire!

Also, interviews with Charlaine Harris, Laurel K. Hamilton,Stephenie Meyer and more about our favorite subject.

Look for it on the news stands!

FUN!

Hello everyone!

You might possibly have seen one of my blog posts this past weekend about the 2009 Scare for a Cure charity haunted house being developed here in Austin, Tx? This year's theme is vampires and thus we are working to raise $25,000 for the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Central Texas this year. Here a couple of links for more information:

http://www.scareforacure.org

http://www.gabriellefaust.com/archives/2750

We are in need of everything from people to volunteer their time to act in the haunted house to corporate sponsors. There's information on the Scare for a Cure site on how people can donate or become a sponsor as well. It is truly going to be an amazing event!

Thank you!

Best Wishes,
Gabrielle

Hey Gang,

Well, wasn't tonight's episode of 'True Blood' awesome! Godric makes an appearance. (no more spoilers for those of you in other time zones) We can't wait for next week!

On the subject of True Blood, we have an announcement for you: ticket prices for the Tru Blood and Gold Ball! The tickets, once back from the printer, will again be $20.oo each for ARVLFC MEMBERS, and then $35.oo each for Non-Members (aka, the general public). ARVLFC members with dues up to date will have first dibs on tickets as always. We will post more information in the coming weeks so check back often.

Suzie Q wants to share with you all that she received a message from our special guest author, Charlaine Harris, telling her how excited she is to be coming to the party and she is even having a special costume made for the occasion! We are very excited to have Charlaine come down and join us for all the fun! Suzie is currently collecting questions from people that they would like to ask Ms. Harris on the night of the Ball. If you submit a question you may be asked to read it to her at the party. Submit all questions via email to suequiroz@gmail.com and she will include them in a list for consideration. Thank you all in advance for your submissions.

Well, there is more work to be done and the night is young!

Warmly,
Your Krewe