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“This year, I’m really inspired by fairy tales and also the 1990s neon stuff,” she said. “They let you create your heart’s desire,” said Houf, who offered just a few hints about her designs this year. “In theater and in dance a lot of the time, it’s a production team that you work with: the director’s input, the choreographer’s input,” said Houf, a 35-year-old resident of Pickerington, but at HighBall, she lets her creativity run wild. “We’re particularly excited about not only the diversity of the designers, but the incredibly diverse skillsets that each of them are bringing to what they’re creating for HighBall.”Īmong the designers this year is HighBall veteran Shiree Houf, who, in her day job, creates costumes for area arts groups, including New Vision Dance Company. “All of (the designers) are either persons of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community or women this year,” Pandora said.

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“We are elated to be able to bring it back to people in-person this year, while also being incredibly mindful of the circumstances now and producing the event in a way that we feel includes the highest level of public-health safety,” Pandora said.Įight total designers - six individual designers, plus one team of two designers - will be featured in the White Castle Costume Couture Fashion Show each will create a single boundary-defying couture costume in addition to three “ready-to-wear” looks. Capacity will be capped, Pandora said, with a maximum of 4,000 tickets available.Ĭircleville Pumpkin Show: Pumpkin show is back with popular food, huge gourds and parades galore In compliance with the venue’s policies, proof of vaccination is required to attend and masking is required.

Instead of fanning out across High Street, the event’s costume show, costume contest and live entertainment, including performances by MojoFlo and the West Family, will unfold on the stages of Express Live.

“But, as we began to look at all that would be necessary to go into mounting a festival of HighBall’s scale and size and artistic quality, it became apparent to us that, in order to do that and do that well, we needed to engage some real expertise.” “HighBall has always enjoyed a history directly on High Street,” said Betsy Pandora, executive director of the Short North Alliance. The excitement surrounding this year’s HighBall is palpable: Following an all-virtual edition last year, the event is poised for a live comeback, albeit in a slightly different setting than usual.