Countdown to Snowball 2009: A Parisian flavor

 Ingersoll Gender Center is a place where transformations often happen.  It’s only proper that it’s annual party should be held in an auspicious location.  This year, the venue for Snowball on December 12, is all new — the glamorous Café Metropolitain at 1701 E. Olive Way on Capitol Hill.   For a mere $9,  you can enjoy the full flavor  of a Parisian café and an in-Seine evening.   (You don’t have to be French to get the last pun, but it helpsJ)

This year, you can stroll the streets of Paris,  bite down on some refreshments, and dance the night away as usual. Snowball has reeled off its annual holiday event at a diverse selection of  venues over the past few decades.    Through the years  Snowball grew from a “need to party” to a primary fundraising activity for Ingersoll. “The first year, we celebrated in the attic of someone’s house,” says Ingersoll founder, Marsha Botzer.

More recently,  Neighbors, one of Capitol Hill’s more popular dance clubs, has hosted Snowball and its revelry. Earlier  venues included  the  plush Dome Room in the classic old Arctic building, then owned by the City of Seattle, now part of the all-new Arctic Hotel, downtown.  Ingersoll’s party was hosted for many years at the Swedish Club, before moving for many years to the Executive Best Western Hotel, near Seattle Center. 

This year’s Snowball is meant to be “Simply Wonderful,” in keeping with diminished economic realities not only in our own community, but in the population as a whole ticket prices this year will be at an all-time low. How’s that for a reason to party?