Thank-you! Thank-you!!!

Dear Odd Balls,

Thank you for making Die, Odd Ball! Die!!! such a huge success! We were thrilled to celebrate our last party with a roomful (and we mean FULL) of spooky, sexy, fun-loving people. You folks were the heart of our parties for the last four years, so thanks a million for sending The Odd Ball off in style.

Special thanks to our hardworking volunteers, our amazing DJs (Mickey Moniker, Buzy B, and Ruggedly Handsome), our talented performers (Elaine and T, Ed and Majik of DKUnited, Isolde N. Barron and the Fag Hag Cabaret, and VaVa Vunderbust), our dedicated community partners (YouthCo and ManCount), our generous sponsors (Rhizome Cafe, Spartacus Athletic, The Kiss Store, and Xtra West), and our party's home, The WISE Hall.

To any partygoers who accidentally left stuff at the party, please contact The WISE Hall about lost and found items. The phone number is 604-254-5858.

We would also like to respond to some concerns raised by partygoers about seeing people in racist costumes at Die, Odd Ball! Die!!! We work hard to create safe, inclusive, accessible, and prejudice-free spaces at our parties. While Hallowe'en is a time to play with identity - to put on a costume and become someone else for an evening - we urge everyone to think twice about 'putting on' a stereotypical racial or ethnic identity (particularly one that isn't your own) as a costume. If you'd like to read more about this idea, check out this thoughtful blog post at Racialicious. Some of us have also found this essay on white privilege to be a helpful reminder of our complicity in everyday racism.

If you have any questions or comments for us, please drop us a line at oddball@michaelvsmith.com. Thanks again to everyone who came together with us to celebrate Die, Odd Ball! Die!!! We hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Love,
Team Odd Ball (Amber Dawn, Brie, Michael V., and Zena)