Adventures of an Urban Jungleboy

Hard to believe, but it's been a year since I stepped down as Emperor 34 of the Imperial Royal Lion Monarchy.

This weekend is Coronation, where we bid farewell to Regent Empress and Emperor 35 Athena and Emmanuel... and I happen to be the assistant Ball Coordinator

Emmanuel, by the way, is running for the office of Emperor 36

The theme this year is
South of the Border Down Mexico Way: An Evening on the Mexican Rio Grande
Tonight at 7 is the Out of Town show, where visiting Monarchs perform, followed by an apres-show show at Renegades
Tomorrow is the Coronation Ball itself, and Victory Brunch and Show are on Sunday.

The full schedule of events is available at http://www.irlm.org

See you there!

Kevin

PS I may have to leave work early to deliver our little Fender Passport PA system to the venue. Our sound guy may be trapped on the wrong side of Highway 17 with a van full of gear.

Saturday night we were supposed to have a little show at Dar's Hideaway. Dar, aka Darlene, was Empress XV of the IRLM, which makes this her "double decade" year. The IRLM is planning to do a show to honor her and the other anniversary monarchs this year; thanks to the holidays this particular event got scaled down to something more intimate.

bovil and I got there about 8, set up the sound system, cued up a mix of holiday, swing and lounge tunes. and waited for the audience and entertainers to arrive.

By 10PM we had 3 of Dar's regular patrons, 3 of the I Love It! girls (who looked great), and that was it.

We opted for playing good music, I sang a few songs and we packed up at midnight.

Fun and friendly it was. A fundraiser it was not.

Up and coming on the IRLM calendar: Crown Ball January 7 (I'm one of the emcees).
Second week in January (most likely) I'll be hosting another Wine & Cheese for Charity social at Vin Santo.



ETAWe did find out what happened to some of the missing folks. Jo-An (of the I Love It! Girls and Costumes had her car vandalized and had to deal with that. Regent Empress Athena had major ride problems. So we'll try this again I'm sure, with better results.

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While in Sacramento for CGNIE Coronation, bovil and I went ring shopping at the Downtown Plaza and then in Old Sacramento.

There we found Skalet Family Jewelers who actually carry the Michael Daniels line of mokume-gane rings.

We got to touch them and try them on and everything. Right now, I think our favorite is one of the Ebb and Flow designs.

A couple of local shops carry the MD line, so we have to find a chance to get into one and (I hope) place an order before we leave for Costume-Con 23.

Eep!

Kevin