DC Events

Syzygy Event Productions and Digital Lightning set up a private V.I.P. lounge in one of the second-floor galleries with black and red lounge areas and table seating.

Digital Lightning washed the venue in shades of red lighting with gobos of bats on the ceiling.

Passed hors d'ouevres during the V.I.P. reception included lamb brochette served on rosemary skewers.

Occasions set up three food stations on the second floor serving savory items like salmon tartare, short rib sliders, Dracula fang-shaped crudites, roasted red potatoes, and boneless chicken bites.

During the V.I.P. reception, bartenders served the night's specialty cocktail, a Black Velvet, made with Guinness and sparkling wine and garnished with black liquorice.

Syzygy created a glass etching of the invitation's landscape scene on the back of the first floor bar.

Guests, including special auctioneer Tommy McFly (pictured, center), donned their best "Dracula Chic" as per the invitation's requested dress code.

Sponsor Saks Fifth Avenue set up a red lipstick bar for guests who didn't want to wear costumes but wanted to match the dress code.

After hitting the lipstick bar, many partygoers stopped at the nearby Poshbooth photo booth for a keepsake from the night.

Dancers from the ballet's TWB@THEARC ballet school performed a zombie-style dance on the main floor before the live auction.

Occasions kept the desserts in sync with the Dracula theme, highlighted by a coffin filled with multiple flavors of chocolate truffles.

The cupcakes in the dessert display had various fondant toppers in theme with the night's Dracula decor.

Another themed dessert item: bat-shaped chocolate cakes dipped in chocolate.

Occasions set up a second dessert station of chocolate fondue with graham cookies and marshmallows on the second floor of the museum.