February 21, 2008

The Sisters Raise $12k At IBR - International Bear Rendezvous

The figures are in, and it looks like The Sisters raised around $12,000 for charity during International Bear Rendezvous (IBR) here in San Francisco! That's a pretty impressive number considering it was only two events - Bear Bingo and Sunday Beer Bust at the Eagle.

Sister Barbi Mitzvah was in charge of it all and really knocked herself out with combination of planning in advance and her ability to ad lib on stage, keep the energy up, and draw money out of people's pockets.

Sister Bingo has evolved into quite an elaborate production, with computerized ball-pulling (not what you're thinking!) and slick audio visual enhancement along with wacky themes, costumes, and outside entertainment. Watching the show last Thursday made me think - this should be a game show on TV!

The point of Sister Bingo is to raise money, and one of the gimmicks employed in this version, "Jailhouse Rock Bingo", was to have Sisters "arrest" members of the audience, put them in a jail cell onstage, then have the "Judge" (Sister Dana) set bail for their friends to cough up the money to get them out. The also did a bit with back lighting and a white sheet to perform simulated sex onstage.

Sunday Beer Bust at the Eagle raised almost one third of the $12K weekend - a figure that is probably the highest amount I can recall being raised at a beer bust. There were some thirsty bears, I guess! Entertainment was provided by BearFilms.com holding a auditions, which added some man meat to the equation.

MuscleBearCub.com was also a proud sponsor of both events, and thanks to Sister Barbi, my banner got excellent placement at two very high profile events during International Bear Rendezvous (IBR), so I expect a surge in new sign-ups to the free personal ads - AFTER they recover from last week's festivities!

Enjoy these sample photos, or sign up for VIP access to see the entire set in Paparazzi Pics.

Posted by lavenderlounge at 1:25 PM

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