Remember this post, from last year about the Summer ball at the Spanish Riding School: Fête Impériale?
As with having the Lipizzaners join your wedding party, the ultimate goal is to support the riding school financially:
"The net proceeds from the Fête Impériale will not only help to protect Europe's oldest cultural horse breed but to preserve the quality of the Spanish Riding School. Enjoy a glittering evening under the stars to ensure that the Lipizzan Stallions continue to dance."Chief Executive Officer Elisabeth Gürtler www.feteimperiale
This summer will be the fifth revival of the fabulous ball, and if you are considering going, here are the highlights from 2013:
You can thank me for this embedded link, because, Sister Mercy, you do not want to see what pops up when you type "horse ball" into the search function of youtube. Trust me on this one.
The ball this year is on Friday, June 27; tickets are not surprisingly a bit pricey, but if you are going to go to any ball, why not support the horses? For €180 (per person, to be clear), you get entry to the ball, but no table, plus an invite to a cocktail reception and access to all of the cash bar/buffet action. If you skip the cocktail party, you can get a ticket for as little as €120. Tables run more (a lot more), but if you are really interested, you can check out ticket options here: Fête Impérial Tickets.
Or, buy one of the mares. She's way cheaper than a table.
Name of Horse:Albona-14
Year of birth: 2011
Ethnicity: Favory Biondella-26, ad-71 Aurica
Dimensions:152/144/164/18
Price: € 3,000.00
Education: Raw
Next: Swarvoski Horse
What a crush! The dancing looked a bit tight. Riders w/ballon horses gave me a laugh.
Posted by: Rose | April 13, 2014 at 05:31 PM