The Ambush Holiday Bash presented King Cake Queen XIII of Gay Mardi Gras 2006, Raven Kennedy, who will reign as The Diamond Queen over the Krewe of Queenateenas’ 19th annual Carnival festivities in February. Hosted in the Ambush offices and the private Naquin-Delain home in New Orleans, the party brought out 193 guests for the occasion. It also raised funds for the NO/AIDS Virtual Walk. The total was not available at press time. (Photo: KCQ V Liz Simms, KCQ VIII Phyllis Denmark, KCQ IX Lisa Beaumann, KCQ XIII Raven Kennedy, KCQ XII Savanna DeLorean & KCQ Emeritus Jay Loomis)

Local society babes, Sylvia Frank and Pat Skelly, show off their latest creation, The Jester Egg, which will be up for auction at the February 11 King Cake Queen Coronation Bash honoring KCQ XIII Raven Kennedy. The minimum bid is $450 and proceeds will benefit the William Fanning Foundation (Buzzy’s Boys & Girls). The private affair is hosted by the Krewe of Queenateenas at Ambush Headquarters in New Orleans.

First crowned Miss Upper Schewgmann Heights in Exile Ineeda and runner-up Sandy Phillips celebrate their victories at Starlight By The Park in New Orleans.

Jaded Jade and CW Stambaugh of Starlight By The Park fame celebrated CW’s birthday with a party at their popular club on N. Rampart Street in New Orleans.

Warren Dronebarger celebrates with guests at the grand opening weekend of his new club, The Cock Pit in Austin, Texas.

Austin Babtist Women’s Modine Murphy (c) celebrated her 5?th birthday while working at Rainbow Cattle Company in Austin drinking several shots with friends. The following day she went on to Houston for BRB’s annual benefit Holiday Show which raised $10,250.

The tantalizing Corner Pocket Boys welcomed revelers for the club’s annual Christmas Party and Holiday Pot Luck Burlesque on the St. Louis Street strip in New Orleans.       Yvonne Bruneau, Monica Malta Thurmond and Robin Malta celebrate at Salon D’Malta’s 1 Year Anniversary Holiday Bash in New Orleans. With a Dom Perrion toast, Monica and Robin announced that their new line of products under the D’Malta name will launch in February, 2006.       Dominique DeLorean, who was displaced by Hurricane Katrina, traveled in from Shreveport to join Good Friends Manager Kim Ficaro for Good Friends’ Christmas Gala X: The Turn-A-Bout Show raising $2,527 for PFLAG in New Orleans.         This bevy of beauties raised $550 for Starlight By The Park’s 3rd annual Toys for Tots Toy Drive in New Orleans. Many patrons also brought in toys for the drive. (Photo: Tittie Toulouse, Electra City, Tyriq Davenport, Beauty, Marcy Marcell, Wendy, Miss Eloy, hostess Jaded Jade, MC Madam Adam Hawkins & Princesse Stephaney)   [Editor’s Note: Submit your celebration, commitment ceremony, birthday, event, royalty presentation, etc. in short paragraph text format along with a photo in jpg or tiff format to info@ambushmag.com.]