THE SECOND ANNUAL CRYSTAL (POKE)BALL

Join Rocky Mountain Equality's Trans and Racial Equity Program, Tantra Majik, and Glorious Felicity as we experience Ballroom in the Denver and Boulder Metro areas. This year, we want to celebrate QTPOC excellence and highlight the Kiki Scene community in Colorado.

The Ballroom Scene (also known as the Ballroom community, Ballroom culture, or just Ballroom) is an African American, Indigenous, and Latino underground LGBTQ+ subculture that originated in New York City.

Attendees "walk" these categories for trophies and cash prizes displaying their craft and talent.

Order of Categories:

1. Virgin / New Runway

2. Virgin / New Face

3. Virgin / New Performance

4. Best Dressed

5. Hands Performance

6. Kiki Labels

7. Face

8. Kunt v Kunt

INTERMISSION

9. Realness

10. Runway

11. Face no Face

12. Tag Team Performance

13. Body

14. Bizarre

15. Commentator v Commentator

16. Performance

17. Sex Siren

Categories:

New/Virgin Runway: A New Challenger Approaches! Bring it as a Pokemon starter (Frocky or Snivy).

Runway: Bring it like it’s fashion Week in the Pokeworld

○ AA: Bring it like the unstoppable, fiery Infernape!

○ Euro: Bring it in a blue and orange look inspired by Quaquaval

○ FF: Bring it in a sickening heeled boot inspired by the one and only Tsareena

● New/Virgin Face: Unbothered and unafraid, bring it as the ethereal Gothorita for new, Litwick for virgin!

● Face: Bring it as one of the Eevee-lutions!

○ BQ: Umbreon

■ Bring it in a fit inspired by your favorite Dark Type Eeveelution

○ FF: Sylveon

■ Bring it in a fit inspired by your favorite Fairy Type Eeveelution

○ GNC: Espeon

■ Bring it in a fit inspired by your favorite Psychic Type Eeveelution

○ Drags: Glaceon

■ Bring it in a fit inspired by your favorite Ice Type Eeveelution

● Best dressed: Elemental Opulence:

○ GNC: Express your fiery passions with a fit inspired by the legendary Moltres!

○ MF: Show off a thunderous aesthetic as the legendary Pokemon, Zapdos!

○ FF: Give us a chilling yet captivating fit that reflects the Legendary Articuno!

● Realness: Bring It like one of the NPCs, or Pokemon Trainer types and serve a look with a real-life Pokeball (You must have a realistic Pokeball prop)

○ TSm/Construction worker

■ Show off your masculinity with a look inspired by a construction worker

○ FQ: Nurses

■ Show us Nurse Joy realness with a fit that matches her empathetic and compassionate services

○ Schoolboy/girl

■ Show us what you’ve learned at the academy with a look that carries the academic attitude of a young Pokemon trainer!

○ Executive

■ Bring it in an elegant fit that’s befitting for a Debonair CPO (Chief

Pokemon Officer)

● Kiki Labels: Bring it as a Gym Leader (Bring a reference)

○ Tell us where you got every piece of that outfit inspired by your favorite gym leader

● Kunt v Kunt: Bruxish to the T Darling!

○ Bring it in a look inspired by Bruxish, (must include at least two out of the four colors: blue, pink, yellow, purple)

● Hands Performance: Bring it as Mr. Mime (Galarian or Normal)

○ Bring it in a white glove with blue or red accents

● Commentator v Commentator: The voices of the Pokeworld

○ Bring it in an all grey look with lime green accents, and a music note necklace like the talented Meloetta

● Body: Here’s a list of inspiration for single type Pokemon, the category is not restricted to the list, no Dual-Type, no Mythical/Legendary. BRING A REFERENCE!!

○ BQ Body:

■ Steel Type Pokemon ONLY

○ FQ Body:

■ Fairy Type Pokemon ONLY

○ Women's Body

■ Fire Pokemon ONLY

○ GNC Body:

■ Psychic Pokemon ONLY

○ Trans Man:

■ Fighting Pokemon ONLY

● OTA Face with no Face: Bring it as a Luvdisc with a heart-shaped face!

● Bizzare: Bring it as a Legendary or Mythical Pokemon with a reference photo

● Sex Siren:

○ MF: Bring it like a boi on fire in a fit inspired by the stoic Incineroar

○ FF: Bring it like a vixen in a fit inspired by the curvaceous Lopunny

○ GNC: Bring it like the fluid yet cunt Deoxys (any form)

● Performance (Virgin vs. New, SC v Dramatics, Old vs. New Way.)

○ New/Virgin Performance: Bab

■ Bring it as the adorable Teddiursa (Virgin) or Stufful (New)

○ SC v Dramatics Performance: Up in the Clouds, and Down in the Trees

■ SC: Bring it in a soft tutu inspired by the cloud body of Altaria

■ Dramatics: Bring it like the mysterious and aggressive Greninja

○ Old Way v New Way: Electric Opposites

■ Bring it in a look inspired by the twin Pokemon Minun and Plusle. Red for Old Way and blue for New Way

○ Twister: needs to get 10s in Realness

■ See Realness category for description

● Tag Team Performance:

○ Are you entering your Pokemon villain era? Bring it in an outfit that is a direct reference to Team Rocket or Team Galactic