Tour Jete’! The Jete’ Society Dance Party 2009 - Friday, February 6th - Russian Embassy

It’s baaaaaaaack.  The Washington Ballet’s Jete’ Society’s Dance Party is back en force.  Join Chairs Ashley Taylor and Winston Bao Lord and Honorary Chair and Benefactor Michael J. Saylor for six hours of cocktails, dancing, a dinner buffet, gambling and a fun Silent Auction on Friday, February 6th.  You also get to attend the Official After Party, just in case your feet aren’t hurting from grooving too much, at the City Tavern Club (CTC). 

Guests will enjoy live music from the band Burnt Sienna at the Russian Embassy and the Winn Brothers at the CTC.

Need a ride to the After Party?  This year, 15 busses will be lined up for you and your date to get from First Position to Second Position, basically creating two parties in one. Whew!  Bring your dancing shoes and some slippers I’d say.

February 6: Jeté Dance Party
Location: Embassy of the Russian Federation and City Tavern Club (official after party)
One of DC’s hottest parties, TWB’s Jete Dance Party features great music, high style, a little gambling, and VERY low lights. Proceeds from the event benefit The Ballet’s acclaimed community outreach programs.
Co-chairs: Winston Bao Lord and Ashley Taylor
Honorary Chairman and Benefactor: Michael Saylor
Media Sponsor: Washington Life
Theme: “Don a wig. Grab sunglasses. Wrap a boa. Come as you are. Come as someone completely different. We’ll keep your secret in the morning …”

$150 - VIP Ticket [$100 Tax Deductible]
One (1) VIP ticket to the event with access to the VIP Lounges
Transportation and access to the Official After Party at the City Tavern Club
Listing in Playbill during performance runs of The Washington Ballet for one year
$75 - Jete Society Member Discounted Ticket [$25 Tax Deductible]
One (1) ticket to the event
Transportation and access to the Official After Party at the City Tavern Club
$95 - General Admission (Non-Jete Society Member) Ticket [$45 Tax Deductible]
One (1) ticket to the event
Transportation and access to the Official After Party at the City Tavern Club
$85 - General Admission (Non-Jete Society Member) Ticket [$35 Tax Deductible]
One (1) ticket to the event at the Embassy of the Russian Federation from 9pm - Midnight ONLY
Note: This ticket price does NOT include admission to the Official After Party

CONTACT: SLANGE@WASHINGTONBALLET.ORG

FOR TICKETS: http://www.washingtonballet.org/involved/specialevents.htm 

Thank you for supporting the Community Outreach the Washington Ballet does!

Look before you leap

into buying any Inauguration event tickets or even before you jump onto the Metro.  Don’t forget the National Park Service will have one port-o-john for every several thousand persons the day of the swearing in.  Ouch.

Check out the following sites for all the information you need from weather, to transportation, to safety, to where to party, to where to crash (and I mean to sleep - not party crash!):

http://www.inauguration.dc.gov/

http://www.wmata.com/getting_around/metro_events/inauguration.cfm - The Metro

https://textalert.ema.dc.gov/index.php?CCheck=1 - Emergency alerts to your text message box

www.washington.org/inauguration - Comprehensive all encompassing information

http://weather.weatherbug.com/DC/Washington-weather.html?zcode=z6286&zip=20037 - Downtown weather

www.inaugurationhomes.com - Home away from home

Expedia.com (DC area hotel search - I took the liberty of plugging in 2 adults and zero children for the dates of 1/18/09 through 1/21/09 for fun.)

http://www.pic2009.org/content/home/  - Official Ball Site

http://www.ontaponline.com/article/11332 - On Tap Magazine’s List

If you have more insightful sites, please feel free to comment or send to us at pamela@pamelaspunch.com - thanks and be safe!  Remember, it’s JANUARY IN WASHINGTON, DC!

Register now for "Blue Skyes and Clear Oceans" - Saturday, January 17th at Skye Lounge

The link is up and ready to take your payment for the "Blue Skyes and Clear Oceans" Inauguration event which will benefit EarthEcho International, the environmentally focused foundation which was started by Philippe Cousteau and his sister Alexandra, children of the late Philippe Cousteau, Sr. and grandchildren of the late legendary Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

Tickets are available now for $100 ($115 at the door) with $15 per head going to EarthEcho and includes an open bar, great appetizers, a DJ and door prizes.

The event is from 8pm-11pm, but you can stay long into the night!

http://www.skyedc.com/upcoming_events.html

Skye Lounge, 19th & Eye Streets, NW, www.skyedc.com

For more information on EarthEcho International, please go to www.earthecho.org

Party Like A President (because you can)

A few days ago, I had the pleasure of meeting with D’Oyen and Azalaya Fraser, the husband/wife team who started iBoard Media and who has taken on the major task of ensuring folks from major markets that they can “Party Like A President” in DC during the Inauguration.  If you are from Chicago, LA, Miami, NYC and are coming to our fair city for the festivities and want the A-list treatment … check it out!

www.partylikeapresident.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Local Entrepreneurs Create Unique Inauguration Event

With Multiple Party Venues and Opportunity to Support Charities

“Party Like A President is for the chic, not the meek”

WASHINGTON—D’Oyen and Azalaya Fraser—husband-wife entrepreneurs from Columbia, Maryland—have created a unique Inauguration event that provides an opportunity to support a local charity and offers multiple party venues.

Party Like A President is an exclusive, six-day celebration geared toward upscale clientele of DC’s posh clubs, lounges and eating places. Partygoers will be treated to a sophisticated package of goodies that includes up to 12 exclusive locales, gift bags and countless networking opportunities.

A portion of the earnings will be donated to the Brandon Carrington Lee Foundation, a non-profit that supports cancer research and provides academic scholarships.

Details and tickets are available online at www.PartyLikeAPresident.com.

“It’s an honor to share our success with this great organization,” says Azalaya, 31, President of iBoard Media, a network of customized digital displays housed in upscale locales—from swank nightclubs to trendy restaurants. “We believe in hope and positive action. Building a business and serving the community is a pleasure . . . and a blessing.”

Says D’Oyen, 38, CEO of the company: “This event is for people who want to make a statement, who want to experience VIP treatment as they celebrate this historic event in style. Party Like A President is for the chic, not the meek.”

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Are you in need of a laugh? Comedian Drew Lacapa will deliver

It’s 2009 and we need to chill out and laugh a bit.  You may have to wait until the end of the month, but as we all know, time flies by.  On Friday, January 30th you will get your choice of chuckles at either 6:30pm or 8:30pm with the great comedian Drew Lacapa. 

Mr. Lacapa will be in town as part of the Native Expressions Series, produced by The Smithsonian Associates with the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI.)

For tickets call 202.633.3030 or visit www.residentassociates.org

Member ticket $15.00 and Non-Member $20.00

Comedian Andrew “Drew” Lacapa (Apache, Hopi, Tewa), combines Native folk tales, contemporary humor, and an Indian flair. He believes his humor is not discriminatory in that everyone is worthy of being teased regardless of ethnicity or religion. His act personifies the hardships of Native people in this century. Lacapa’s physical antics, enhanced with costumes, create a unique portrait of contemporary America’s indigenous people.

His act personifies the hardships of Native people in this century. Lacapa’s physical antics, enhanced with costumes, create a unique portrait of contemporary America’s indigenous people.

CODE: 1P0-062
The Mitsitam Café will be open during each concert.
All programs subject to change.
Learn more about Drew Lacapa and his visit to the Smithsonian in 2002
PROGRAM DETAILS
Comedian Drew Lacapa
Fri., Jan. 30, 8:30 p.m.
LOCATION
National Museum of the American Indian
Potomac Atrium
4th St. & Independence Avenue, SW

The Mitsitam Café will be open during each concert.
All programs subject to change.
Learn more about Drew Lacapa and his visit to the Smithsonian in 2002.

This Performance is also available on Fri., Jan. 30, 6:30 p.m.

Washington Social Diary’s Take on the Upcoming Inauguration Situation AND Washington Full Circle: "Operation Inauguration" on DC TV-16

Tick tock. Tick tock. Tick tock. Only a few more hours … wait, I mean only a few more weeks until Inauguration.  Only a few more hours until I jet out for a bit, but no worries, these plans put me back in DC just in time to greet everyone else in the world (or not) coming to Washington. 

Want to learn a lot about the real deal pertaining to the Inauguration (with magnificent photos too)?  Read Carol Joynt’s latest Washington Social Diary entry which is her regular column found within the New York Social Diary.

http://www.nysocialdiary.com/node/166406

Also, Carol and I are interviewed by Ferman Patterson of DC’s Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications on DC TV-16.  If you are a DC resident, you can watch Washington Full Circle: Operation Inauguration on Channel 16 Monday night at 7:30pm or Wednesday at 12:30pm and 7:30pm. 

OR, you can just click on the link below then go to Recent Programming at the top, drop the window and look for Washington Full Circle: Operation Inauguration and click to download.

http://oct.dc.gov/services/on_demand_video/channel_16.asp

Tick tock. Tick tock. Tick tock.

The Change Maker Series: Presidential Inauguration 2009

The week of the Presidential Inauguration isn’t just about the all night parties, the parade, the official Balls, the Hollywood celebrities, and the Oprah (although these all do bring a certain cache’).  Sprinkle in some intelligence in between your partying and help your company and yourself by jockeying for position with the new administration:

Equity International in association with Washington Life magazine Presents

The Change Maker Series:
Presidential Inauguration 2009

Mix with Obama administration officials, members of Congress, diplomats,
and Washington¹s power elite at FOUR EXCLUSIVE events at the prestigious
Willard InterContinental Washington

Tuesday January 20, 2009
VIP INAUGURATION SPEECH and PARADE VIEWING
11:30 AM to 3:30 PM

VIP INAUGURATION BALL
5:30 PM to 10:00 PM

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION CONFERENCE
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Get insight on programs, priorities, and funding for:
Infrastructure Development, Job Creation, Healthcare, Energy Security and
Clean Energy, Climate Change and Sustainability, Foreign Affairs, Defense, Homeland & Global Security, Critical Resources, and Children/Education

PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION GALA RECEPTION
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

To register and receive further details, visit
www.inauguration2009.tv

Honorable (Forgot to) Mention

goes to the Punch Bowl’s MooJoo Ken, the U Street luxury collection and design house, who so kindly dressed me for Sunday’s FOX News Channel appearance.  If you are looking for vibrant colors, sexy materials and distinct jewelry, shoes and handbags … go there.  Thank you to Alex, Heather and John Mark of MooJoo Ken (and of course Aba Kwawu for introducing me to them)!

1512 U Street, NW 202.234.3140

Up next:

Dear Loyal Punch Readers, I have only a few days until I take a bit of a break from posting as I will be in an undisclosed location with little access to the Internet  (Wednesday the 7th - Friday the 16th).  Being as this is an important week prior to the swearing in of our 44th POTUS and there are so many events pre, during and post this historical moment in our country’s history, I will make sure to do a few updates while I am away.  

In the meantime, we will add a few suggestions for Inaugural events, some informative websites, and several updates on some venues’ unique specials for that week.

Also: A Sterling workout, why I still despise text messaging, is “Facebook etiquette” an oxymoron?, and much more!

As usual, thanks for reading!

Birthday Wishes …

… go out to Septime Webre, Ted Leonsis, Osmar Nunez-Vilches, Adrian Bryant, Dan Adler, Anna Croll, Dennis Asaka, Kimball Stroud, David Keuhner, David Chung, Dan Castle, Nicole Siobal, Jim Maas, Matthew Green, and Dr. Robert Do. 

As usual, we surely missed a few acknowledgments here and there, so deepest apologies to those whom we left out.  We wish you all a year filled with great health and wealth!