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Mark Day shot this lovely HD video (with a Canon 550D T2i) of The Edwardian Ball & World's Faire, San Francisco, with circus from Vau de Vire Society, waist-lines from Dark Garden corsetry, music from Jill Tracy and Rosin Coven, and steam-engines from Kinetic Steam Works. The Los Angeles Edwardian Ball is coming up on March 5th! The "Steampunk helmet filled with live goldfish" video blogged earlier by Cory came from this same event, and from Mark Day.
Edwardian Ball: your Friday steampunk week-chaser
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