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December Highlights

December was a record breaking month!
We had way too many events to try to feature here… so here are a little sampling of some favorites from the 40 parties we provided Entertainment for!

Dec. 2nd we got to help animate a STEAMPUNK THEMED HOLIDAY PARTY at The Barlow in Sebastapol.

Our Airbrush Artists decorated both Hats & People, our walkabout character delighted people with antics from his puppetry hat and his suitcase of wonders, and our champagne skirt & stilt walkers added excitement and great photo opps.
More pics HERE

December 3rd VIANSA WINERY IN SONOMA

Our Golden Rose Champagne Skirt hostess greeted wine club member guests with Viansa’s sparkly pinot chardonnay.

Dec. 6th – COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES @ TWITTER HQ
For the 3rd year in a row Twitter hired us to bring some interactive entertainment to a family holiday celebration for Compass Family Services who provides various services to underserved populations in San Francisco.
Our face painters & balloon twisters, ballerina & princesses brought the party to life with fantasy & delight.

Dec. 7th- We brought this dazzling Gatsby Showgirl Champagne Skirt at the historic Scottish Rite Center in Oakland thanks to Checkers Catering.
More 20’s Entertainment here

Dec. 8th- we brought a customized ‘GROOVY DECORATION STATION’ to The CLIF BAR SUMMER OF LOVE THEMED HOLIDAY PARTY in SF thanks to Spot on Events – and had a line all night of people wanting to get some glitter & flowers & fun embellishments.

Dec. 9th- We brought 2 glittering Stilt Walkers & 2 Beauty techs/Glitz Station to a GLITTER BALL themed Holiday Party.

December 9th- We provided 4 entertainers for a LET IT SNOW Themed Holiday Party for Snowflake at Julia Morgan Ballroom.
Guests were greeted in the lobby by this beautiful hostess with rosé and bubbly & chardonnay… and then a stilt walker & ballerina & our Deluxe Stilt Drinks Dress surprised them throughout the night with visible & drinkable delights.

Dec. 13th- CORPORATE WINTER CELEBRATION @ LEVI’S STADIUM
Guests were greeted before entering the building by this character creating Bubbles of all sizes…The bubble theme continued in the Lobby where our Giant bubble had a contortionist and ballerina alternating inside it while a violinist serenaded them.

Upstairs our Deluxe Stilt Champagne Skirt gave them a welcome drink and our strolling tarot reader & our Fortune booth Tarot reader provided readings to guests.

Dec. 14th- We were hired by Mimi the Party Queen to provide Futuristic Space Hostesses & Out of this World Airbrush for a Tech Holiday Party.
The space waitresses greeted guests with bubbly and then later handed out blinky rings. Guests loved the airbrush because it helped them to get into the theme! Check our FUTURISTIC GALLERY Here

Dec. 15th we were hired by Entire Productions to bring a male & female Champagne Skirt & 2 body painted Living Statue contortionists to a Masquerade themed Holiday Party at the Exploratorium.

& for NEW YEARS EVE Catalyst Arts will provide Specialty Entertainers for 3 of the major parties in San Francisco…
A List SF Wonderland, SF Nightlife’s NYE at the W Hotel, & Imagine NYE at the Palace of Fine Arts! There will probably need to be a whole blog post just for these…

HAPPY NEW YEAR & HOPING YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC 2018!

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November Event Highlights

November 2nd our own Audette Sophia did some Face paint magic for Day of the Dead at Asiento in SF… including 4 promo models from Cazadores Tequila!

Nov. 8th we got to go to the dark sexy side with our beaker skirt… serving signature cocktails out of beakers at a big Dreamforce after party.. booked by Entire Productions.

On November 11th we got to send a large group of costumed characters and talent to a magical wedding anniversary celebration at the Old Mint in SF– masterfully designed by Nicole Sillapere this party was such a treat… with themed zones around every bend.
We can share more images later… but for now a teaser…

Nov. 16th Embassy Suites Monterey Bay in Seaside, CA held a grand reopening event to celebrate the completion of their multi-million dollar coastal inspired renovation… and our Champagne Skirt hostess added excitement to the celebration.

Nov. 18th we had the pleasure of sending Goddesses & Go Go’s to a very special 50th Birthday party at the Fairmont in SF… starting at the penthouse suite…

Then 6 dancers helped hype up the Gold Disco themed party in the Ballroom.

On November 30th we once again helped bring some razzle dazzle to the annual Holidazzle Party in San Francisco… this year at the Fairmont Hotel. Also this year we added a golden Champagne Skirt Hostess to the VIP.
(P.S. the same producers throw A List SF NYE Party and this will be Catalyst Arts 8th year in a row sending stilt walkers to it!)

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October Event Highlights

As usual October is an Action-Packed month of exciting Events!

On October 5th Innovative Entertainment brought us in for a design firms soiree at the historical Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park to help animate their Summer of Love theme.
We had a couple of LED Hooping Hippies and a couple gorgeous Flower Child Go Go Dancers… with 60’s music playing and a backdrop of amazing Projections (by Obscura Digital) onto the building.

On October 13th we brought a Mermaid & a Merman & a Glow Hoop Stage Duet to a fundraising event at the Ritz Carleton San Francisco.

On October 14th we sent 2 of our Drinks Dresses to an elegant Wedding at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in SF- one serving guests bubbly and one serving red & white wine for the Reception.

We also sent 6 LED Stilt Walkers to a Light the Night Fundraiser Walk for Leukemia Lymphoma Society in San Jose.
Our client said “We absolutely LOVED having you all out at Light The Night again this year. I’m so glad we were able to have 6 of you all decked out in glowing red, white, and gold. It was truly special. Thank you so much for the care and detail that I know went into building the outfits.”
So many great pics we put up a gallery in Recent Events

On Oct. 21st one of our favorite charity clients Hack Cancer had us bring 2 golden Stilt Walkers plus a Champagne Skirt hostess for the VIP. One of the highlights of the night was our stilt walkers turning the dance floor into a game of Limbo!

On October 26th we were asked by the Legion of Honor to bring a special custom Living Statue to the Donor Reception for the Gods in Color Exhibition Opening… and so our white stone statue was also given some color.

October 27th we brought a heap of talent to a Monster Mash themed party for a Tech giant in Silicon Valley… thanks to Entire Productions. We had a Candy Skirt, 2 Stilt Walkers, a handful of support staff, & 5 black cat Face Painters.

& on Oct. 27th we also got to debut our exciting custom built freestanding Lyra at an event in San Jose booked by Innovative Entertainment. It was a Dr. Seuss event and we created customized costumes for our aerialists to be ‘Red fish Blue fish’ inside the lollipop lyra.

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September Event Highlights

Another very diverse month… Catalyst Arts sent out mermaids, scientists, knights, airbrush artists, contortionists, go go’s, stilt walkers, champagne skirts and more.

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Sept. 16th we had 2 interesting events.

We sent a couple of charming nerdy scientist jugglers to warm up the crowd as guests entered the ballroom at the American Cancer Societies Discovery Gala at the Fairmont Hotel in SF.

& for their After party in the Penthouse our Beaker Skirt was repurposed as a Wine Skirt to greet guests and help keep the party going…

Also on September 16th we rallied together a troupe of Mythical characters & Medieval leaning entertainment for a Game of Thrones Inspired ‘Damsels & Dragons’ themed private party in Menlo Park.
Our talent for the night included a Stilt Dragon, a Brienne of Tarth Knight, a couple fire dancing grape wielding Harem girls, an Oracle, & a Swimming Mermaid!

**********************************************************************************************Sept. 24th we were invited to add our sparkle to an intimate Birthday Party celebration at an adorable bar called Copyright SF… and we got to debut an epic new silver peacock showgirl backpack (made in Thailand by some costume queens) & our somewhat new & uniquely shaped Constellation Champagne Skirt (made in Oakland by our very own fabricator genius Alex Nolan) -‘so our elegant silver goddess gave guests a welcome Mimosa to guests while Stephanie did some acrobatics & contortion on the bar tops!
Oh ya know… just another Sunday afternoon! 🙂

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Sept. 28th

We got to debut our new LED Dresses on stilts for a Corporate party booked by
@Entire Productions & They lit up the party!

This is version 1.0… they will keep evolving!
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September 30th we were invoked for 5 Parties!!!

2 of our Airbrush Artists (our ladyboss Audette Sophia & Air Béne) were hired by Launch SF to provide Free Airbrush Tattoos & Face Art at the Launch SF Street fair. (Thanks to ABCey Events!)
Photos above taken by the talented Chloe Jackman
Thanks to Entire Productions we sent this Champagne Skirt hostess to a birthday celebration at a Napa Winery

& also sent 5 of our Ultra fun & fab 60’s Go Go Dancers kept an SF party go go going…

Thanks to OTR Events, 2 of our Futuristic Entertainers lit up the scene at a Fundraiser party for SparkSF at the W Hotel

Lastly 2 of our elegant Stilt Walkers lit up a Hack Cancer fundraiser Party with a Cloud 9 theme @ the Clift Hotel in San Francisco.

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August Highlights

The hot Summer month saw a diverse range of themes for our eventertainment company… Check out some of our event highlights below.

On August 5th we sent 2 lovely Stilt Walkers to Noche en China Moon, a Fundraiser in Sonoma, CA for the organization La Luz. (we do their fundraisers every year and always a new theme… the organizer in the photo is Marcelo… who we love)

And we also sent a Champagne Skirt Hostess and Dancer to a poolside soiree in Santa Clara thanks to Entire Productions.

On August 12th we once again sent a giant Rosie the Riviter to Richmond, CA for a city planned Rosie Ralley.

On August 17th, 2 of our lovely masquerade Champagne Skirt hostesses were sent out to an elegant party at SF City Hall- booked by Innovative Entertainment.

We had the chance to be part of a Make-A-Wish Event for Izzy at the Twitter HQ. It was an elemental themed Fashion show featuring Izzy in her own designs… and our elemental performers took the stage to keep guests amused between her walks while she changed. We had an Opera Singer for Earth, a Ballerina for Water, and a Samba dancer for Fire!

On August 26th we sent 3 UV Black Light Face Painters to an exciting Bar Mitzvah in San Francisco… and made the kids positively glow!

& while were on the topic of UV BlackLight… check out our new VIDEO featuring some of the UV Dance Acts available with Catalyst Arts Eventertainment!

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July Highlights

Wow- another Action Packed month for Catalyst Arts Entertainment!

Our July was full of Mardi Gras!! We sent 6 dancers and 16 stilt walkers to Mardi Gras themed events! And Party Animals and Gold Contortionists & Champagne Dresses etc…

Here is our Eventertainment Highlights:

On July 4th we sent this Red, White, Blue & Fabulous Stilt Walker to the Corte Madera 4th of July Parade for the local rotary club. She took that parade to the next level!

On July 11th we created a delightful custom eventertainment package for a VIP tech soiree at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco.
We created 8 ‘bellhop’ type costumed characters to engage guests during their elevator ride and give them a chip for the speakeasy after party.
We also created 4 lovely flapper leaning Absinthe Fairies with charming carts who served a bubbly fairy concoction with champagne & absinthe.
See the Whole Gallery Here

July 18th we sent 2 of our infamous Party Animals to the Africa themed reception portion of the Wanderlust themed fundraising Gala of ILEA NCC (International Live Events Association) and in addition to prowling around adding savannah like ambiance… they also starred in some fabulous photo studio pics.
A pic of our fearless founder/lady boss and these #partyanimals #wildlifeoftheparty

July 20th we were hired by Gary Farrel Winery in Healdsburg to add some excitement to an annual VIP Luncheon event they host. They hired a local marching band and we provided 5 festive Mardi Gras costumed dancing ladies to parade and fan and delight the guests.

July 22nd we sent 8 entertainers to 3 events!

We sent 2 Stilt Walkers to the annual Hack Cancer White Party- this year at the lovely Clift Hotel in San Francisco

We also brought a greeting Stilt Walker & customized Champagne Skirt Hostess to a lovely latin/butterfly themed Wedding at Gloria Ferrer Winery in Sonoma, CA

July 24th we were hired by Entire Productions to book & body paint 2 lovely lux Contortionists for an event at SF City Hall.
They glittered as they did their acrobatics to the live electric violinist Shaina also from E.P. and made for quite the talking point/photo opp as guests settled in for the reception.

Lastly– we were asked back this year to California’s Great America for their annual ‘Taste of Orleans’ activation– and this year we are doing 4 stilt walkers for 4 dates… a stilt walker residency of sorts. 7/22 & 23 as well as 7/29 & 30th

HAPPY SUMMER TO YOU!

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JUNE EVENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Its the start of summer and well, things are getting hotter and hotter at Catalyst Arts!
We bring you the highlights of this month!

Starting with June 3 at the Day at the Races for CM2… their Eventertainment Package included:

• A Glam Unicorn (glamacorn)

• Strolling Magician

• 2 Tarot Readers (one stationary one roving with tray)

• Showgirl Stilt Walker

We have lot’s of great pics- check the Full Gallery of Images HERE

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On June 12th, Catalyst Arts got the chance to be a part of the Mock Wedding Event at the beautiful historical University Club of San Francisco.

The theme was ‘We left our Heart in San Francisco’ so we setup our Become the Art Cart with our DIY Heart Photo Opp at the entrance/lobby.
We also provided a gorgeous Champagne Skirt hostess who made quite the first impression as guests got off the elevator- to immediately be greeted by her and extended a glass of bubbly. photo by Sonya Yruel

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We all know June is also Graduation season! On the June 16th, we got to be a part of an Alice In Wonderland themed Graduation Party and it was wonderful!
Wonderland Elements we provided:

Tarot Card Reader (dressed as white rabbit)
Caricature Artist
Queen of the Heart’s Stilt Walker
Henna Tattoos

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For June 22nd, Entire Productions booked us to bring some Flower Children & a Temp Tattoo station to a big tech companies Summer of Love/Pride Event.

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And on June 24th we sent this gorgeous classically trained costumed Opera singer to a Masquerade Ball at the SF Mint.

$Costumed Opera Singer by Catalyst Arts entertainment in san fracisco$

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MAY EVENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS

What a Month!!

May 2nd & 4th we did 2 fabulous festive SUMMER OF LOVE Themed Events and there is a BLOG Post dedicated to those.

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On May 13th we created these gorgeous luxurious Golden Living Statue Dancer characters for a Gold Party at Clift Hotel organized by Donovan Friedman for Gold Rush Rally.
Our own body painting Ladyboss, Audette Sophia painted and styled this golden God & Goddess to add a Midas touch to the event!

Then her and Nastassia spent hours slinging gold paint and glitter in a human decor station customized for the theme- Become Golden… making the guests feel special and sparkly.

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On May 18th we had 2 big Events… we brought the Catalyst Airship (our awesome 25 ft vintage Airstream Photo Studio) to a big fundraiser event for The Sierra Club at the Innovation Hangar in SF Thanks to Do Good Events.

Pics from the Sierra Club Airship Photo Studio can be found HERE.

And we also produced a customized Butterfly themed Eventertainment package for Dignity Health for the Humankindess Gala at San Francisco City Hall that featured many lovely winged greeters, dancers (including this lovely ballerina in a bubble), and stilt walkers.

Image gallery from HumanKindness Gala is HERE

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On May 20th we sent entertainers to 4 events in 3 cities!

* A couple of our Party Animals were at a corporate event at the San Francisco Zoo thanks to Circosphere & Whim Agency.
* A cirque themed contact juggler was at a prom in SF thanks to SF Proms.
* We debuted our new Rainforest themed costumed character at an annual fundraiser event for Quarry Hill Botanical Garden in Napa/Wine Country.
*And thanks to Bash Creative we got to help provide glow and fire dancers and 3 UV/Glow/Black Light Face Painters for a top secret awesome corporate event in Seattle!

Here are a few pics

Click on her or here to go to our Nature Theme Photo Gallery

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& on May 28th we sent 2 Golden Winged Fairy Stilt Walkers to a Prom in SF booked by SF Proms.

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March Highlights

Some of the Highlights from a very interesting eclectic March.

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Early in the month we sent this elegant Champagne Skirt lady to a Wine Country Wedding on March 4th.

****************************************************************************************Then on March 9th we were hired by Mktg event planners to bring some excitement to a very global after party for a conference. Our Living vine 4 legged Stilt Creature and Golden Champagne Skirt were both great hits!

****************************************************************************************On March 21st we added some of our offerings to an amazing Spring showcase put on by our favorite agency client- Entire Productions. The theme was 60’s Palm Springs… and we debuted our brand new Grand Serving Tower as a greeting element… with a vintage air hostess type costume- our model served champagne & sparkling water off 3 tiers of the 8+ ft tall tower.

Later in the night our Mod Squad Fun Squad came out to liven up the dancefloor… featuring our silly tropical stilt walker and 2 psychedelic 60’s dancers… they had beach balls and bubbles and palm fans to fan guests with. Such fun!

****************************************************************************************Then on March 25th we were once again tagged to be part of the very grand affair that CSI throws at City Hall in San Francisco for their staff & friends.
For this years ‘Back to the Future’ theme we created 4 futuristic bodysuits for dancers & our 2 contortionists to wear in the show… we also did fantasy makeup on some performers and 2 complete Body Paintings for some Alien ladies who greeted and posed with guests.
(Body Painters Audette Sophia & Maria Luna. Headdresses/many costumes- Lori Lee, director- Jeff Nuss)

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2016 Highlights

WOW WHAT A YEAR WE HAD!

We were blessed to have clients bring to us their fun and interesting event themes and allow us to bring them to life with our fantastical eventertainment packages.
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Before we go galloping into 2017 we wanted to pull a handful of those packages into the spotlight.

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January got off to a slow start with only 3 events… so let’s start with…
FEBRUARY where we debuted our customized Beaker champagne skirt at a Mad Science themed event booked by Entire Productions, as well as a Gatsby event, The Marin Valentines Ball Fundraiser, and our spotlight event- a Chinese New Year Celebration at Pantheon SF.

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MARCH was a little wild with 007 Bond themed Champagne skirt (at an elementary school fundraiser of all things) and 2 body painted tray ladies for a St. Patrick’s day pub promotion… and our spotlight was a geisha themed entertainment package for a large tech company- at the best sushi place in San Francisco… Ozumo SF.

************************************************************************************************In APRIL we provided some Gatsby hospitality entertainers and a grand Steampunk themed package for a school fundraiser including living statues, champagne skirt, and stilt walkers… but what stands out is an outrageous corporate event at SF City Hall where our Body painted cat characters created quite a stir…

Cats at City Hall!

The VIDEO Can be found on our Human Décor Page

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In MAY in addition to a humanitarian gala, blue moon wedding, and mardi gras event,
we introduced our brand new PARTY ANIMALS on 4 legged stilts for a Netflix Event and they have gone on to delight people at the SF & Oakland Zoos, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass,
3 Jack’s Night Markets in Oakland, & 2 Rainforest Action Network Events. And the Wild-Life of the Party are just getting started!
* A percentage of proceeds from any party animal booking is donated to 2 of our favorite animal rights causes- Mercy for Animals & World Wildlife Fund.

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In JUNE we did a Gatsby and LGBT/Rainbow champagne skirt and 2 futuristic stilt walkers for Trevor Project fundraiser at Twitter and other things… but what takes the cake was…

We had the great pleasure of producing a whole Body Art & Beauty Lounge area in the VIP area for the 20th anniversary of Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Las Vegas!
Featuring a team of 7 professional face/body artists lead by Audette Sophia & our 25 ft airstream trailer known as the Catalyst Airship.

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In JULY our executive director spent a week studying and networking at the World Bodypainting Festival in Austria, and we brought special interactive elements to a 50th b-day party in Northern California and to one in Southern California, as well as providing 3 Mardi Gras themed Entertainers for 4 dates at California’s Great America ‘Taste of Orleans’.

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In AUGUST in addition to flappers, mermaids, and a very fun UV bodypaint & glow go dance package for a fundraiser… we produced one of the most Luscious unique entertainment packages ever. Thanks to our best client Entire Productions– we were invited to the penthouse at the Fairmont in San Francisco for an exclusive birthday soiree where our fanciful steampunk character greeted, our champagne skirt lady gave out bubbly, and our 2 body painted bird ballerinas sat upon a giant gold cage and treated guests to a gorgeous dance performance on point.

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In SEPTEMBER we had nautical champagne skirt, swimming mermaids, stone living statue, wine country wedding, and a fun Circus themed package with a handful of stilt walkers. But what stands out was what we did for the American Cancer Society’s Discovery Gala… where our two aerialists dangled amongst the chandeliers over the guests heads and our Living dessert table delivered treats to guests on the dancefloor in the penthouse after dinner.

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In OCTOBER we sent mad scientists to the Exploratorium and Bigge Crane 100 year anniversary party had interactive character models from the 20’s, 40’s, 60’s & 80’s… and we did body paint and giant stilt walking flowers for a wild party at the SF Battery (where Jefferson Starship headlined!) We were hired by Do Good Events to bring 4 Stilt Walkers to the fundraising Gala for the Rainforest Action Network.

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In NOVEMBER, in addition to sending stilt walkers and champagne skirts to swanky soirees and fundraisers… we had the absolute privilege of providing entertainment (or animation as they like to call it) for the US Premier of Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA, as well as for their VIP area and a business networking event… and we will be doing their San Jose Premier on February 9th! The rest of the Amazing Pics can be found in Recent Events.

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In DECEMBER we did 18 events… which to spotlight?
We had a lot of fun bringing a Circus themed Holiday party to life with temp tattoo artists, champagne skirts, stilt walking juggler and two tarot readers… one strolling around in a serving skirt and the other inside our custom built Oracle booth.

And of the 3 NYE Events we did– we must also spotlight the grand Fantasy production Imagine NYE.
For the 2nd year in a row we provided the specialty variety entertainers for this classy event at the Payne Mansion in SF- produced by Donovan & Theme Dream Productions.

This year we did fantasy makeup on all characters plus provided a mermaid, aristocrat french fromage cheese skirt, wizard magician, crystal fairy ballerina, and 3 Stilt Walkers!

GALLERY of Amazing pics can be found Here.

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