Hope & Help Center’s Headdress Ball

Rainbow411.com, an online gay-friendly directory for the Orlando and Tampa areas, won the headdress competition at the Hope & Help Center’s Headdress Ball Saturday night at the Hilton Orlando. The headdress, built by Orlando Party Store, expressed the gala’s Wizard of Oz theme in a seven-foot-tall creation made from 400 balloons.
Photo: Courtesy of Hope & Help Center of Central Florida

The promotional balloon for The Wizard of Oz 70th anniversary
Photo: John Sciulli © Berliner Studio/BEImages

Launched in Kansas in May, the campaign's hot air balloon toured Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego, and Chicago before stopping in New York for the gala.
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Red rose and grass floral beds from Triton Productions lined the long hightops separating "The Ruby Slipper Collection" from the main bar.
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Four Dorothys stood on pedestals among the 19 ruby slipper re-creations during the night.
Courtesy of Triton Productions
'Wizard of Oz' Custom Gobo

To further the Wizard of Oz theme, Electric Entertainment created a custom gobo of Dorothy, the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Lion, which illuminated the emerald green-colored drapes from Drape Kings.
Photo: Evelyn Alas

An Emerald City-inspired green balloon floated 75 feet high at The Wizard of Oz press stunt.
Photo: John Sciulli © Berliner Studio/BEImages