What? No Black-Tie New Years Eve Party on the Blue Moon?

[jstaylor62]

I would think that a Blue Moon New Years Eve would be reason for the OKC ARTS Council to schedule a black tie party in Bricktown, but I guess I'm wrong...

[kevinpate]

Does anyone outside of the foodie/bar/club genre compete with Opening Night?

[kmf563]

I think the next biggest thing is the room/party combo at the marriott with 107.7. What is that called - like the tshirt and jacket party or something. lol. I don't remember. I just know they sell out of their rooms every year. Alot of the thirtysomethings do this.

[fuzzytoad]

you mean the Tennis Shoe and Tuxedo Ball? that's usually in Feb.

[jbrown84]

I would think that a Blue Moon New Years Eve would be reason for the OKC ARTS Council to schedule a black tie party in Bricktown, but I guess I'm wrong...

I'm not sure what you're talking about.

[Larry OKC]

I'm not sure what you're talking about.

I take it to mean the extra full moon is happening on New Years Eve (have seen a commercial for one of the Casinos mentioning the Blue moon new Years thing

A blue moon is a full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern. Most years have twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each calendar year contains an excess of roughly eleven days. The extra days accumulate, so that every two or three years (on average about every 2.7154 years[1]), there is an extra full moon. The extra moon is called a "blue moon." Different definitions place the "extra" moon at different times.

* The Farmers' Almanac defined blue moon as an extra full moon that occurred in a season; one season was normally three full moons. If a season had four full moons, then the third full moon was named a blue moon.
* Recent popular usage defined a blue moon as the second full moon in a calendar month, stemming from an interpretation error made in 1946 that was discovered in 1999.

[jbrown84]

So why is that a reason for the Arts Council to have a black tie party?? Random...

[jstaylor62]

So why is that a reason for the Arts Council to have a black tie party?? Random...

A Blue Moon on New Years Eve only occurs every 400 years. The rarity of the occurence seems significant to me.

[jbrown84]

But why the connection to a black tie party?

[jstaylor62]

But why the connection to a black tie party?

Again, the rarity of the event would be cause for a special celebration.

[jbrown84]

Okay.

[kmf563]

lol.

How about we just drink Blue Moon??

[Larry OKC]

Still fuzzy on where the "Blue" part of "Blue Moon"...does it have a bluish cast? I have seen a crimson/blood red moon before...a harvest gold...but can't recall a Blue moon?