Goth Prom 2010 feat. Covenant & Hellblinki May 23, 2010

DC's 13th Annual GOTH PROM ~ "SUPERSTITIOUS"

There's nothing unlucky about it...
So join us as we throw caution to the wind in our 13th year...
featuring live perfomances by Covenant and Hellblinki Sextet

18+ with proper ID
$20 presale / $25 at the door

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COVENANT
http://www.covenant.se/

With their beginnings in the mid eighties, Covenant hail from the south of Sweden in a town called Helsingborg. Their music originally was described as big band electronics, but since the early nineties when their membership was pared down to the current trio, their sound has been an accessible blend of electro-pop and industrialism, infinitely danceable, filled with an uplifting and upbeat energy.
Igniting the E.B.M. scene with unstoppable dance floor hits, Covenant remain the mark to reach for many new emerging bands. With the perfect combination of Eskil's haunting, dark, majestic vocals, pulsating techno beats, creative noise samples, and amazing synth work, the band has created a strong North American following as well as an enormous European base.
Their sound has been compared to an assemblage of styles ranging from Prodigy, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Apoptygma Berzerk, VNV Nation, and Kraftwerk; but the final result is like nothing anybody else has been putting out. Covenant has redefined the way Electronic Body Music is perceived.

HELLBLINKI SEXTET
http://www.hellblinki.com/

Birthed full grown from the forehead of Andrew Benjamin (a.k.a. A-Hellblinki), The Hellblinki Sextet is a Shape-Shifting conglomerate of Augusta GAs most original and eclectic musicians serving Andrews sweaty musical visions: Broken tooth blues in a Tux, Choral fantasies for agnostic angels, and peg-leg waltzes on the rim of Mt. Vesuvius. In the studio or on the stage Hellblinki is prone to suprises, sexual tension, and dramatic release; its material is refreshingly unusual, while remaining accessible to mortal ears.
The band has been known to perform as a true sextet, composed of male and female vocalists; acoustic electric and bass guitars, brass and woodwinds, multiple percussionists, violin, keyboards, samples, radio, and various toys and empty wine bottles. In its present incarnation, Hellblinki is Andrew the one-man band on guitar, vocals, drums and the occasional cornet, often joined by additional percussion, strings and voices provided by previous members of the larger group.

DJ's: 2501, Dirty B, JavieR, Miko LeStrange, MissGuided, RAS DNA, Shade & Vlad

Vending by Bunny Made - http://www.bunnymade.com
Handmade jewlery and Goth Prom corsages

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PROM KING & QUEEN:
If you’d like to enter the contest for this years King & Queen,
please sign up at the front entrance when you arrive and get your number!

Throughout the evening our secret panel of judges will be enjoying
the festivities and observing all couples as they look for the making
of Goth Prom royalty.

Our judges will be looking for and rating the following criteria:
1. Punctuality. We’d hate for our King & Queen miss a second of the Prom!
2. Attire. True Goth Prom royalty should present themselves in the finest
attire possible. Bought or handmade, we want to know you put effort into
your special Prom look!
3. Social Butterflies. Couples who work the room in friendly conversation are
far more interesting than wall flowers.
4. The Art of Dance. Couples who spend considerable time of the dancefloor
together are certainly favorable.
5. How well do you represent Goth Prom?

Judges will be rating each couple based on the contest critera.
Later in the evening the totals will be tallied and our
Goth Prom 13 King & Queen will be announced.

*Prize package for our winning couple is pretty sweet!
Stay Tuned for details!

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TICKETS:
Available through GrooveTickets
http://fla.vor.us/169383-Goth-Prom-2010-ft-Covenant-tickets/Goth-Prom-2010-ft-Covenant-Washington-Town-Danceboutique-May-23-2010.html

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Located just around the corner of the 930 club.
It's within easy walking distance of the U St/Cardozo metro station and is close to secured paid parking lots and garages.
If you park at the lot next to TOWN, make sure to tell them that you're there for Goth Prom so that you get the discounted rate.

Town is a cash only venue, so please come prepared.
There is an ATM on site