WELCOME TO THE PARTY!
The Orpheum Theatre on State Street will host a dance party unlike any other..Our DJ will be laying down her slick 70’s diva and Euro-pop beats so you can sweat your cares away on the blazin’ dance floor or chill out in the fab lounge.
Entrance is only $6*, and part of the proceeds go to AIDS Network. Show them some love and buy your tix now. Advanced ticket buyers receive a free Swedish vodka drink (or non-alcoholic mixer of choice)!
Doors at 9PM, DJ at 10PM, contest at 11PM, debauchery all evening long. Advance tickets also available at the Orpheum Theatre box office.
Who will be crowned Queen 2008? Enter at the party to show off your most amazing Dancing Queen attire or skills..our Q-list celebrity judges will decide!
Stay tuned for announcements about our DJ/emcee and celebrity judges!
*Free entrance to any person legally named Bjorn.
Need Outfit Ideas?
Why not let ABBA help out?
- For the Flamboyantly Youthful Queen
- Swedish? This look may be right for you!
- Feeling Patriotic? No problem!
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Queens of all Sorts..
ABBA- Dancing Queen
Queen with Freddie Mercury- We Are the Champions
Priscilla Queen of the Desert- Mamma Mia!
Queen Elizabeth II- A Retrospective
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History Lesson: In 1975 ABBA released their major hit Dancing Queen, what else was going on? 1975- School style, get out your #2..
•Appropriately The year 1975 was declared International Women’s Year by the United Nations.
•Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” hits number one on the charts
•John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up
•Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC
•The Rocky Horror Show opens on Broadway in New York City
•Bill Gates founds Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico
•Vietnam War- The Fall of Saigon: The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take Saigon. South Vietnam surrenders unconditionally.
•The Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa goes missing in Detroit Michigan
•Altair 8800 is released- it sparks the era of the microcomputer
•The Helsinki Accords, which recognize Europe’s national borders and respect for human rights, are signed
•Color television transmissions begin in Australia
•Pink Floyd releases the ninth studio album- Wish You Were Here
•NBC airs the first episode of Saturday Night Live with host George Carlin and musical guests Billy Preston and Janis Ian
•Ronald Reagan enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Gerald Ford
•Angelina Jolie, American actress born
•The film version of The Who’s Tommy premieres in London
Got it? Pop Quiz on Sept 12
