Ghouls Night Out at Grave Gala

What makes 700 well-mannered Calgarians want to squeeze into wigs, makeup, capes and pantyhose and dance around in a cage? It could only be Grave Gala, the city’s premier Halloween costume dance party, which was hosted by Calgary Opera at Hotel Arts on October 25. Here’s a party that just seems to get better, and a little bit wilder, every year. Inside the ballroom, music by DJ Thunder got the Seven Deadly Sins-themed fête on its feet early as the “Muses of Sin” were on hand to occupy the dance-floor cages. The key to a great party is variety, and at Grave Gala partygoers could linger in the ballroom, head over to the Raw Bar and even get a bit of fresh air poolside. Calgary Opera and the event’s planner, Todd Hawkwood, did a spectacular job of turning the hotel into an eerily amusing setting for mischievous behaviour. Back in the ballroom, as the night drew to a close, it was clear the Muses of Sin had worked their magic, with gala-goers waiting their turn to be cage dancers.

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