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The Old Finsbury Town Hall in<br />
Clerkenwell hosted this year’s<br />
most ambitious offering to<br />
date and what a fabulous<br />
place it was, a two-fl oored<br />
rabbit warren of fabulous<br />
rooms all leading off the<br />
stunning Great Hall. It was<br />
clear that the promoters had<br />
put a lot of effort into the<br />
event and each room was<br />
styled differently, with a casino<br />
room and eccentric nostalgia<br />
piano lounge thrown in for<br />
good measure.<br />
Gorgeous girls and boys –<br />
we believe over 900 in all –<br />
poured in through doors, all<br />
dressed up in their fi nest<br />
corsets, feathers, lace outfi ts,<br />
top hats and tails, a true visual<br />
spectacle at this modern day<br />
Moulin Rouge.<br />
The Great Hall was<br />
jumping all night to the<br />
dirtylicious sounds of DJs<br />
Nicole Moudaber and Philly<br />
and included a show at<br />
midnight – introduced by Mel,<br />
Master of Ceremonies, in a<br />
fetching white top hat and tails<br />
– Boogaloo Stu and his troupe<br />
of 50s dancers, Sparklemotion,<br />
primed the crowd, who were<br />
then treated to a dominating<br />
vocal performance from the<br />
sultry Paloma Faith. All this<br />
was followed by the Ophelia<br />
Fancy fashion show with<br />
stunning models in sexy<br />
lingerie chaperoned by boys in<br />
skinny black suits and masks,.<br />
The crowd were whipped<br />
into a frenzy as they strutted<br />
their stuff down the catwalk,<br />
to the sound of cheers and<br />
countless cameras clicking..<br />
Band of the moment,<br />
Voodoo Hussy, belted out a<br />
great set with their lead singer<br />
clambering all over the stage,<br />
followed by eclectic electronica<br />
from the brilliant Dani Siciliano<br />
and Hannah Holland.<br />
The Cabaret Court, hosted<br />
by Chris Holliday from BBC<br />
Manchester, bubbled along<br />
merrily with DJs Mordecai and<br />
Jon Sizzle, plus a line up of<br />
burlesque delight.: Dusty<br />
Limits, Jonny Woo, Holestar –<br />
proving fanny can do tranny –<br />
Chrys Columbine. The hugely<br />
talented 10-piece band<br />
Barefoot gave a softer set<br />
before rising star of the night<br />
Miss Bijou Noir wowed the<br />
crowd as she exploded from<br />
a huge present box<br />
resplendent in custom made<br />
fans and glitter cannon.<br />
Not to be outdone, the<br />
WiSH room absolutely<br />
heaved all night long with DJ<br />
Kath Harding and Kate Nunn<br />
totally rocking the place,<br />
alongside Radio One’s<br />
Mistress De Funk sending<br />
temperatures soaring…<br />
… literally!<br />
Finally at 4am, after a last<br />
few shouts of ‘more’ from a<br />
crowd eager for just one<br />
more dance, the crowds<br />
began to drift home, fl ashing<br />
their stockings, laughing with<br />
their friends, rolling down the<br />
street into the East London<br />
night. It seems The Dirty Red<br />
Ball did create a little magic in<br />
us all that night and we can’t<br />
wait for the next one. It’s<br />
going to be Saturday 11<br />
March 2009 we believe…<br />
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Review<br />
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