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A Night at the Library: Creatures Ball

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Program Type:

Evening, Other

Age Group:

Adults

Program Description

Event Details

$40/person

Tickets on sale September 1.

I ’ve taken you by the hand...
For you must come to my dance.

~ Totentanz textbook (Anon.: Vierzeiliger oberdeutscher Totentanz, Heidelberger Blockbuch, c. 1455/58)

Danse Macabre fans from the world - and underworld - over have gathered for the World Finals of the Danse Macabre Competition – where the winner takes possession of The Centennium Cup. The Centennium Cup is a coveted prize: those in possession of The Cup are under its supernatural protection – no curses, no hunters, no visits from the Grim Reaper – for one hundred years. In addition, when the holder of The Cup drinks from it, they are revitalized and do not age.

It is a prize worth dancing – and killing – for.

Competitors have passed through many stages to get to this point, and there are clear favorites among the competitors. Most odds have a vampire winning the competition, which has caused a lot of grumbling among the other competitors. Vampires already don’t age (much), and it’s unlikely (not unheard of) for a vampire hunter to actually kill a vampire.

Guests are invited to dress in ghoulish formalwear to enjoy an elegant evening of delicious food and monstrous merriment while they dance for their lives amongst the creatures of the night.

Learn more on the event page here