Last Sunday was the Windy City Rollers annual Black & Blue Ball, which celebrates the end of the year’s home and travel team seasons. I didn’t know what the heck to expect–after all, the dress code was “formal, whatever that means to you.” So few rules left me hanging, but people came wearing t-shirts, people wore a lot of sequins, Scorey Feldman put on blue face, and one skater even wore her wedding dress (I WILL wear it again! I’ll show you!). Thanks to H&M, I got a blue shirt with black sequins, so I felt a little sparkly and appropriate.
At any rate, it was a little food, a little booze, a few awards, and a talent show. An awesome talent show. Talents that ranged from a skater standing on her head to show underwear with “shark” written on the butt, another skater who ripped apples apart with her bare hands, some guitar playing, some burlesque, and the officials, who did a little dance to show off all the referee penalty signals. It was awesome (of course). I’m down in front with a couple other stats folks, doing my sexy stopwatch twirling.
Check out the video, but prepare to have your mind “officially blown” (or, if you don’t know derby penalty codes, play along at home).
