The Grand Rapids Men’s Crossdresser Social Group:
GRAND ILLUSIONS
With assistance from:
Rumors Nightclub
PRESENT THE FIRST ANNUAL CROSSDRESSER
DRAB to FABulous!
June 18th – 22nd 2014 Grand Rapids, Michigan
For all crossdressers, their SOs, friends, fun loving people with a sense of humor,
and everyone who celebrates the wonderful diversity of life.
Enfemme activities:
Ladies Doing Lunch
Out N’ About With The Group
Shop Till Ya’ Drop at New and Resale
Art Museum
Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park
Themed Fashion Show - Volunteers Needed – You do NOT need to be “passable” for this
Formal Dance
Queen Pageant for the Most Creative Girl
A Whole Weekend Enfemme
Prescreened and CDer Welcoming
Restaurants
Clubs
Merchants
Hotels
Activities that are low cost to modest cost, and even free!
Join us for all the events or just one!
Rumors is a great venue with two floors of entertainment and a very diverse crowd.
80s and 90s music for these events!
For more information go to crossdressersmichigan.com
DRAB to FABulous June 18th - 21st 2014
Moderator: KimberlyS
- BillieAnn
- Miss Silver Goddess
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- Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:01 pm
- Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
- BillieAnn
- Miss Silver Goddess
- Posts: 29
- Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:01 pm
- Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Re: DRAB to FABulous June 18th - 21st 2014
Attendance is easily double what I hoped for. We are going to have SUCH FUN!!
Starting tomorrow!
Starting tomorrow!
- Stephanie H
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Re: DRAB to FABulous June 18th - 21st 2014
How successful was the event? Give us an update.
Stephanie
- BillieAnn
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Re: DRAB to FABulous June 18th - 21st 2014
DRAB to FABulous (D2F) is an event that celebrates being OUT enfemme in the general public. It requires those in attendance to be "passable" but not beauty queens or super models.
D2F is set up to be reasonably priced. Rooms were under $100 at a really nice hotel. All dining was at local restaurants, lunch was usually around $10, dinner was usually around $15. All of the food was great and the service very good. We were accepted everywhere we went. But I had prescreened everywhere many times over the last six months and twice just before D2F. So there was nothing left to chance.
Each day we had a few planned events and some flexibility. The flexibility became a great means to facilitate some girls bucket list items.
We had a luncheon at The Grand Rapids Women's City Club. This is a historical Italianate home with an attached ballroom/restaurant. We were likely the first CDers in the nearly 100 year history to dine there. It was quite elegant and delicious.
We had formal dance and a queen contest. Then we bar hopped in our gowns.
Everyone said that they had a great time and will be returning for the 2015 D2F.
I had hoped for five people the first year and building from there. We had almost twenty at the formal dance. The other events ranged from a low of about seven on Thursday and Friday, to the higher number on Saturday. So the numbers were better than I had hoped for.
Apparently the word is out about our Group and D2F. The feedback from that word of mouth is that it went well. I believe next year will be bigger. I now have some experience and have tweaked the schedule to reflect that.
See our group at:
http://www.crossdressersmichigan.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
D2F is set up to be reasonably priced. Rooms were under $100 at a really nice hotel. All dining was at local restaurants, lunch was usually around $10, dinner was usually around $15. All of the food was great and the service very good. We were accepted everywhere we went. But I had prescreened everywhere many times over the last six months and twice just before D2F. So there was nothing left to chance.
Each day we had a few planned events and some flexibility. The flexibility became a great means to facilitate some girls bucket list items.
We had a luncheon at The Grand Rapids Women's City Club. This is a historical Italianate home with an attached ballroom/restaurant. We were likely the first CDers in the nearly 100 year history to dine there. It was quite elegant and delicious.
We had formal dance and a queen contest. Then we bar hopped in our gowns.
Everyone said that they had a great time and will be returning for the 2015 D2F.
I had hoped for five people the first year and building from there. We had almost twenty at the formal dance. The other events ranged from a low of about seven on Thursday and Friday, to the higher number on Saturday. So the numbers were better than I had hoped for.
Apparently the word is out about our Group and D2F. The feedback from that word of mouth is that it went well. I believe next year will be bigger. I now have some experience and have tweaked the schedule to reflect that.
See our group at:
http://www.crossdressersmichigan.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Carol Ann
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Re: DRAB to FABulous June 18th - 21st 2014
Wow Billie, what a wonderful group of ladies