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Sleaze for Sydney (from the The Star vol. 4, no.2, 28/8/82)
The first big gay party for the summer will take place in Sydney on Saturday, September 18. It is styled as the Sydney Sleaze Ball and plans are well underway which will make it a really remarkable evening.
The Sydney Sleaze Ball draws its inspiration from the New York City annual sleaze ball which is a famous event for the gay community of that city. The concept of "sleaze" as a style is an invention of the gay sub-culture. Everything from high camp drag to full S&M leather can have an element of sleaze in it. The Sleaze Ball is to be a celebration of this aspect of our gay culture.
The setting for the Sydney Sleaze Ball will be the decaying grandeur of the Grand Ballroom of the Paddington Town Hall on Oxford Street - a suitably "sleazy" venue. The party will be basically disco.
The Sleaze Ball should be a great start to the summer. It is also an opportunity for the gay community to make sure that the Mardi Gras organisers raise enough money to mount a really spectacular parade next February.
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Sleaze Ball - 18 September 1982 |
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Paddington Town Hall
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(500 people turned away) |
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Sleaze Ball - 15 October 1983 |
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2000 tickets $14
Sydney Showgrounds |
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Sleaze Ball - 6 October 1984 |
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4,000 tickets
Horden |
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Sleaze Ball - 13 October 1985 |
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5,000 tickets
Showgrounds |
Artistic Director: Peter Tully, Jeff Hardy |
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Sleaze Ball - 6 September 1986 |
6,000 Tickets $22
RHI
Women's Bar
Featuring Sylvester - Take Me To Heaven, Do You Wanna Funk?, (2 others) |
Party Co-ordinators: Dennis Lenox, Jeff Hardy
Science fiction/prehistoric theme featuring a volcano |
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Sleazeball - 5 September 1987 |
$25
RHI |
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Sleaze - 2 October 1988 |
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Sleaze - 21 October 1989 |
RHI & Horden
DJs: Mark Alsop, Ben Drayton, Ron Oram
Scenic Design: Graham Brecht
Technical Design: Wayne Gait-Smith |
Shows:
Simon Reptile and the Anti-Bad Time Crew |
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