JJ Goodman's Photos from the Benefit for Bri

Today I am sharing my talented brother JJ's photos from the highly successful Benefit for Bri at the Starlight Ballroom yesterday. The reason for this is that "grey people" kept messing up my own pictures, and JJ's are much better anyway.

Kahvy was the master of ceremonies for the full four hours the event lasted, sometimes DJ-ing but always telling us what dances to perform to the music that was played.

Live entertainment was provided by singers Samm Quendra and Reallymad Morpork. They were both in excellent form.

My son Pook and his man Knox

The lady of the day, Ms Bri Franklin
in the avatar of Kerowyn Kirke

Her Irrelevant UnGodliness of Troublesome Pwincess of Glorious Uncle Huggings, 
a.k.a Pienikins

Butch, he cleans up nicely huh?

Kharissa and the event DJ and ballroom master of ceremonies Kahvy

Leonard, shows us the moves a la mode

The always elegant PuPicita

Samm at the microphone

Garrett - looking a bit tired with hurricanes and all going on...

My Tomais dancing with some guy in a kilt

The stunning couple Richard & Steven

My BIL Michi & his Tien

My wonderful brother JJ & his Aeon

RickJ, the organizer of the event, and Bri

Study of Samm, relaxing after her set

Proud dad Tomais and the lovely Bri

Helene & her stunning man Dozer

Sexy SL-artist Madonna a.k.a. Sascha

The stunning Theron

Reallymad

Sweet Cayson & Scio

For more pictures from this event, please visit JJ's album on Facebook Benefit for Bri

Please note, This event continues until May 31st, 2016, so you can still go to The Starlight Ballroom (SLurl) to support Bri either by donations or by purchasing some - or all - the generously donated creations.

Halloween@Ginger Holler

Yesterday night my Tomais and I dropped in at Ginger Holler for some Halloween themed fun. DJ Cupric was supplying the spooky music.

The place was filled with avatars in spectacular outfits. My winner in the unofficial contest of best outfit has to be PuPi - as usual - closely followed by Valex and my Tomais.

PuPicita

My Tomais and I

Guyke and Valex

Talu, Bart and PuPi

Cupric, Hottie and JJ

Hottie

Cupric

My new brother JJ

Halloween @ The Grove

Yesterday evening my old hubby Tomais and I dragged our weary bones over to The Grove for a bit of Halloween partying with DJ Hotboy "Hottie" Lockjaw.

Fordis, JJ & Hottie

My hubby and I

Talu (left), Mistico (?), unknown and PuPi

Thorn Andel & Esme Capello, scary aren't they?

Talu (?)

JJ and DJ Hottie

PuPi

Ohiomike Lockjaw and PuPi

Rylan Sirnah, between myself and hubby

Mistico - I think - to the far left...

Inventory Cleanup from Second Pride 2014

So Ebbe Linden (a.k.a. Ebbe Altberg, CEO of Linden Lab, The Makers of SecondLife) did not deign to respond to my tweets asking him to take some time to honor the largest LGBT event on the grid with a visit, nor did he pay us a visit (as far as I know).

For next years Pride I may choose to send him the invitation through bloggers and SLebrities Jo Yardley or Strawberry Singh, whose tweets he does seem to respond to.

However, as you see below we did get attention from at least two other first life celebrities from stage and screen, Conchita Wurst and Peggy Bundy!

Conchita Wurst (PuPi)

Peggy Bundy (B.J. Floyd)

On the last afternoon of Second Pride we also got to crown a King and Queen of Second Pride 2014 in a pageant arranged by Frolic Mills. I completely agree with the judges choices. The judges were, by the way, my hug-buddy Takuya Jinn - CEO/Chief Designer Gabriel, my dear old friend and hug-buddy Kharissa Indigo - Board Member of Second Pride, the lover of my Jesters Hat and therefore close to my heart Hobbit Zenfold - MR. V♛ GERMANY 2014 and Frolic Mills - CEO Partyculars and founder/former CEO of BOSL and Miss Virtual World.

The winners if the pageant were Queen Locuala Madrugi and King jOrGe (a.k.a. Manito12). Below presented in their first and second outfits of the evening.

Although Frolic repeatedly made excuses for there only being three candidates in each category, I must honestly say I think it was quite enough. Two hours are a suitable time frame for these events, we lead busy lives with two of them to juggle.

In closing I would like to share this Bitstrip my other half posted on Facebook today.

Bitstrip comic on Facebook by Tomais Ashdene

We had a wonderful Pride celebration in SecondLife this year.

My sincerest gratitude to all of the board members, 

this was the best Second Pride evvvahhhhhhhh!

In my opinion Second Pride 2014 had a King and a Queen that did not take part in the pageant. The two are King Petr, "The reluctant chairman", and Queen Khar, "The old trusted hand who stepped in and saved the day". 

In gratitude for their services and together with the rest of the board I hereby declare them to be honorary citizens of Southern Charm, with those citizenship's granted to them they are of course all now also royalty with princely titles.