The 2008 Art Deco Ball ; The Vicky Cam (Page Three)

An Amazing Yearly Event

Vicky's Camera At Work

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Vicky had her camera which made sure we had proof that Paul and Sue were there and that they danced!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Gives a new meaning to the term "Ding Dong"

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Quick, someone get a hammer!

Did you know? - A ship's bell is usually made of brass, and has the ship's name engraved on it. The ship's cook (or his/her staff) traditionally has the job of shining the ship's bell.

Strikes of a ship's bell are used to indicate the hour aboard a ship and thereby to regulate the sailors' duty watches. Ship's bell on USS Chancellorsville

Unlike civil clock bells, the strikes of the bell do not accord to the number of the hour. Instead, there are eight bells, one for each half-hour of a four-hour watch. Bells would be struck every half-hour, and in a pattern of pairs for easier counting, with any odd bells at the end of the sequence

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Time to have a drinkie poo

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Barney! Margo! Get a room!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Always with a glass in his hand!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Dancing the light fantastic!

Did you know? - Black tie is a dress code for formal evening events, and is worn to many types of social functions. For a man, the major component is a jacket, known as a dinner jacket (in the Commonwealth of Nations) or tuxedo (mainly in the United States), which is usually black but is sometimes seen in other colors. Analogues for women's evening dress range from a conservative cocktail dress to the long evening gown, determined by current fashion, local custom, and the occasion's time.

The term tuxedo is itself variously used in different parts of the world. It always refers to some form of dinner jacket, and sees most use in North America, where the term originated. There, it is commonly taken to mean a modern variation on the traditional black tie, while in Britain, it is sometimes used to refer to the white jacket alternative.

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Can't keep them off the dance floor!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Eat this and you have to dance for two hours to go back to normal!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
The one with a birthday closest to December 9th gets the prize...  It was Paul!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
We did not need the fireplace this evening

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Vance was assisting?!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
The beermeisters enjoyed the evening!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Great music!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
The televisions were round in the 1930's

Did you know? - Royal Mail Ship (sometimes Steam-ship, Steamer), usually seen in its abbreviated form RMS, is the ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that carry mail under contract by Royal Mail. They have the right to fly the pennant of the Royal Mail when sailing.

The designation has been used since 1840. It was used by many shipping lines, but is often associated in particular with the Cunard Line, Royal Mail Lines and Union-Castle Line, which held a number of high-profile mail contracts, and which traditionally prefixed the names of many of their ships with the initials "RMS".

The Canadian Pacific Railway's trans-Pacific Royal Mail contract required the construction of the first three of a fleet of steamships—the RMS Empress of China, the RMS Empress of India, and the RMS Empress of Britain which regularly sailed between Vancouver and Asia beginning in 1891

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
We visited the kitchen

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Bob and Donna were going to town!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Nope, not a oops!  A planned step!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Vicky wanted to take the vase home.. Del said "No, it is not red enough"

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Big smile!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
There was a lot of hustle in that bustle!

Did you know? - A bustle is a type of framework used to expand the fullness or support the drapery of the back of a woman's dress, occurring predominantly in the mid- to late 1800s. Bustles were worn under the skirt in the back, just below the waist, to keep the skirt from dragging. Heavy fabric tended to pull the back of a skirt down and flatten it. Thus, a woman's petticoated or crinolined skirt would lose its shape during everyday wear (from merely sitting down or moving about). The word "bustle" has become synonymous with the fashion to which the bustle was integral.

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
He is glowing.... No, it called perspiration!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
A miracle just occurred, she slowed down for 3 seconds!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
The vocalist was fantastic

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
1930's clothes were great!  Made the man!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Paul, you do NOT open a wine bottle with your mouth!

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Our table was excellent... Close to the dance floor and far enough from the band so
we could talk... Did I say, near the bar?

Vicky's Pix of the Art Deco Festival 2008 at the Queen Mary
Countdown, -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 Launch!  She is off!

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