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Fortunately, I have an actual reason to be doing this, not that only having a perceived reason has stopped me in the past. This<\/a> just came in, from that place everyone knows how to get to on 57th street:<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Carnegie Hall will host a vintage attire contest for ticket holders of the Max Raabe<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong> and the Palast Orchester<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong> concert on Thursday, March 4 at 8:00 p.m.<\/a> Elegance is back<\/span><\/font><\/i><\/em>, <\/span><\/font><\/font>Hm…20s and 30s, you say? OK – no real reason to Google Image Mad Men<\/i> after all, but if sorority parties and Halloween have taught us anything (and they sure have), everyone likes to play dress-up once in a while. I doubt Carnegie’s costume contest will sell more tickets to Thursday’s concert, but it will drive traffic to their Facebook page and perhaps open them up to different press coverage opportunities (fashion blogs, for example), all of which will, (hopefully) in turn, sell tickets in the future. <\/p>\n I’m also completely obsessed and conflicted about whether we could all sell more tickets if classical concerts were promoted as special occasions–events to dress up for, to go out to dinner before, to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries at–or if we encouraged everyone to come-as-they-are. On the one hand, the pressure of going to a Fancy Place, Dressed Up, for a Special Occasion is intimidating. On the other, we have lots of opportunities to wear jeans and American Apparel V-necks, and maybe not so many opportunities to wear that sleeveless Dolce & Gabbana white floral print silk dress with the ruche detailing we bought at a sample sale seven years ago and most likely no longer fits. Just…to throw an example out there. I like this Max Raabe promotion because it encourages concert-goers to think about the concert they’re going to and what the atmosphere is going to be like before they’re in their seats with a Playbill at 7:45. Greg Sandow has some good discussions about concert attire over on his blog from September 2008: his posts are here<\/a> and here<\/a>. <\/p>\n I leave you with this. Happy Tuesday! <\/p>\n My Entourage is corrupted, and since I Am My Own Geek Squad, I am —>freaking out<—. The only logical thing to do while the database rebuilds is Google Image Mad Men. Fortunately, I have an actual reason to be doing this, not that only having a perceived reason has stopped me in the past. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nso join us to recapture the style and wit of German Weimar-era cabaret
\nculture from the 1920s and ’30s and flaunt your own vintage style at
\nthe concert. The contest will take place during intermission.<\/span><\/font>
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\nParticipating ticket holders will have their photos taken in the main
\nlobby during intermission. The next day, the photos will be posted on
\nCarnegie Hall’s Facebook page, where fans can vote for best attire and
\nin a number of other categories. The Grand Prize will be a 2010-2011
\nsubscription concert series package for two for the New York Pops.
\nOther prizes will include the Max Raabe CD: Das Carnegie Hall Konzert<\/span><\/font><\/i><\/em>; the Max Raabe DVD: Live in Berlin<\/span><\/font><\/i><\/em>; Carnegie Hall Notables Prelude
\nand other prizes to be announced. For the most up to date information
\non the contest, please visit the Carnegie Hall Facebook page at facebook.com\/carnegiehall<\/a>.<\/span><\/font> Carnegie Hall Facebook fans will vote
\nbetween March 5-12, 2010.
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