Snowdown, 2009

Here we are at the Snowdown Follies Gala which we attended with a couple of complementary tickets from a friend. Bottle of champagne on every table, a rose for each lady, some fun! Marilyn ...

2009-02-16T02:36:53Z

marilynandbob
Here we are at the Snowdown Follies Gala which we attended with a couple of complementary tickets from a friend. Bottle of champagne on every table, a rose for each lady, some fun! Marilyn ...

Close-up of Marilyn's Egyptian make up... I wish I could do this every day!

2009-02-16T02:53:50Z

marilynandbob
Close-up of Marilyn's Egyptian make up... I wish I could do this every day!

Several of us got together for dinner at Gazpacho's Mexican Restaurant (hey, Durango doesn't HAVE an Egyptian restaurant...). Here we are, such a motly crew. Marilyn, Susan, Reece, Laura, Wa ...

2009-02-16T02:54:14Z

marilynandbob
Several of us got together for dinner at Gazpacho's Mexican Restaurant (hey, Durango doesn't HAVE an Egyptian restaurant...). Here we are, such a motly crew. Marilyn, Susan, Reece, Laura, Wa ...

Susan and Reece with some pervert friend of theirs.... Susan and Reece often costume with political statements: She's wearing the "bridge to nowhere" as a comment on a local Highway project, ...

2009-02-16T02:40:39Z

marilynandbob
Susan and Reece with some pervert friend of theirs.... Susan and Reece often costume with political statements: She's wearing the "bridge to nowhere" as a comment on a local Highway project, ...

At the Gala, some more n'er-do-wells: Les, a friend from the college looking very much (I think) like Kevin Bacon, Wally White, one of Durango's county commissioners looking positively regal ...

2009-02-16T02:55:27Z

marilynandbob
At the Gala, some more n'er-do-wells: Les, a friend from the college looking very much (I think) like Kevin Bacon, Wally White, one of Durango's county commissioners looking positively regal ...

More friends at the Gala: Greg, the County Planner, and our neighbors, Ann and Andy. As you see, everyone gets into the spirit. Or maybe, just everyone we know does...

2009-02-16T03:02:47Z

marilynandbob
More friends at the Gala: Greg, the County Planner, and our neighbors, Ann and Andy. As you see, everyone gets into the spirit. Or maybe, just everyone we know does...

Good friends Frank and Barb, who had previously said they were so not interested in costuming, and at the last minute turned out looking really excellent!

2009-02-16T03:03:28Z

marilynandbob
Good friends Frank and Barb, who had previously said they were so not interested in costuming, and at the last minute turned out looking really excellent!

Getting ready for the Snowdown Parade of Lights, in which a whole bunch of floats and entrys march down the street in freezing cold weather! Each entry displays multiple lights, and the crea ...

2009-02-16T03:01:50Z

marilynandbob
Getting ready for the Snowdown Parade of Lights, in which a whole bunch of floats and entrys march down the street in freezing cold weather! Each entry displays multiple lights, and the crea ...

After the parade we head over to the Strater Hotel, where our friends Peter and Colleen from Gallup, New Mexico, always have a room party. Here are the two "Big Pharaohs" relaxing.

2009-02-16T03:01:50Z

marilynandbob
After the parade we head over to the Strater Hotel, where our friends Peter and Colleen from Gallup, New Mexico, always have a room party. Here are the two "Big Pharaohs" relaxing.

Colleen and Peter certainly look wonderful! We so much enjoy seeing them once a year, and hope for more. They have a couple of hot air balloons and the launches on Sat and Sun morning are a ...

2009-02-16T03:01:50Z

marilynandbob
Colleen and Peter certainly look wonderful! We so much enjoy seeing them once a year, and hope for more. They have a couple of hot air balloons and the launches on Sat and Sun morning are a ...

Here's some of the gang at the party at the Strater. Our friend, Deborah, who used to live in Durango, generally comes for a visit for this occasion. She's now living in Fort Collins, but vi ...

2009-02-16T03:01:50Z

marilynandbob
Here's some of the gang at the party at the Strater. Our friend, Deborah, who used to live in Durango, generally comes for a visit for this occasion. She's now living in Fort Collins, but vi ...

Here's Deborah and Bob again, in the "throne" of the lovely, historic, Western Victorian Strater Hotel.

2009-02-16T03:01:50Z

marilynandbob
Here's Deborah and Bob again, in the "throne" of the lovely, historic, Western Victorian Strater Hotel.

At the Snowdown Follies simulcast at the Abbey Theatre ~ this wonderful community band (The Hillstompers) from Los Alamos and Santa Fe, N.M. comes to Durango to march in the parade, and they ...

2009-02-16T03:01:50Z

marilynandbob
At the Snowdown Follies simulcast at the Abbey Theatre ~ this wonderful community band (The Hillstompers) from Los Alamos and Santa Fe, N.M. comes to Durango to march in the parade, and they ...

The Hillstompers' One-Man-Band drummer. This year he's carrying a mummy on his back.

2009-02-16T03:01:50Z

marilynandbob
The Hillstompers' One-Man-Band drummer. This year he's carrying a mummy on his back.

The Hillstompers making their entrance, being greatly appreciated by the crowd.

2009-02-16T03:01:50Z

marilynandbob
The Hillstompers making their entrance, being greatly appreciated by the crowd.

Chris and Sue at the Abbey theatre. We are grateful to them for encouraging us several years ago to be part of the gang that goes to the Follies Simulcast- it's easier to get these tickets, ...

2009-02-16T03:05:23Z

marilynandbob
Chris and Sue at the Abbey theatre. We are grateful to them for encouraging us several years ago to be part of the gang that goes to the Follies Simulcast- it's easier to get these tickets, ...