You are cordially invited to CONCENERGY 2023. My desire is that you will establish meaningful relationships that will be mutually beneficial for years to come.
- YOUR HOST -
OCCASION
LET'S HAVE A BALL
The CONCENERGY Masquerade Ball and Holiday Affair is a coveted, invitation-only event for a network of forward-thinking people who have ideas and experiences worth sharing. The affair is private. Invitations are extended by hand to friends of the network.
This celebratory occasion, which occurs annually on the 2nd weekend of December, has grown from a regional to a national event; however, the number of attendees is intentionally kept small.
The social nature of CONCENERGY sets the atmosphere for guests to develop meaningful, life-long paraprofessional relationships. In this space, guests collectively celebrate their year-end accomplishments and acknowledge their future aspirations to one another.
CONCENERGY is the platform for guests to share and further advance their individual contributions to culture, small business, and community.
THE EXPERIENCE
The main event is anchored by live engagements from emerging artists. Our guests are the first to witness the latest in hair and fashion trends from regional stylists, abstracts from emerging visual artists, and plenty of live music.
CONCENERGY is a reception-style event with locally inspired hors d’oeuvres and plenty of room for mingling and dancing. Seating is undesignated, communal, and limited as the evening is centered around engagement with others. A cash bar is always available.
Doors & Red Carpet Experience
7:06pm
Opening Event
8:06pm
Unmasking & Toast
11:06pm
The Grand Finale
Midnight
ATTIRE
Your dress code will be elevated evening wear. This includes creative black tie, couture, or avant-garde-styled evening attire. CONCENERGY is a high fashion event which favors introducing new or experimental wearable evening designs. Think Met Gala.
MASKS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES during the masquerade until the host announces the unmasking at 11:06 pm. Your unique mask may accentuate your planned evening attire. Take some time to think about your attire and your mask selection. Most guests start planning their attire and mask selections about six months prior to the event.
LOCATION & Venue
CONCENERGY 2023 will be held in Durham, NC.
As usual, the venue is undisclosed and will remain a mystery until the host announces it before the event in December 2023.
The city and state of CONCENERGY 2024 Holiday Affair & Masquerade Ball will be announced before the Grand Finale at CONCENERGY 2023.
Hotels
For your convenience, there are three recommended hotels within five driving miles of the mystery venue:
First of all, congratulations to you for receiving an invitation to CONCENERGY 2023. The person who invited you thinks a lot of you.
You most likely received a paper, hand-delivered invitation. The next step is for you to purchase your ticket to secure your space within ten days of receiving your invitation. If you cannot attend nor register within ten days, kindly return your invitation immediately to the person who invited you. Your pre-reserved space will automatically be reassigned to another guest on the waiting list.
You may invite a PLUS ONE when registering. This person does not require a paper invitation; however, your plus one must arrive with you when you present your credentials at the door.
Guests should plan to arrive between the time that doors open (7:06pm) and the opening event (8:06pm).
Guests must present their hand-delivered paper invitation AND their confirmed paid ticket upon entry.
Tickets are not available at the door.
INVITING OTHERS
After you register, you may invite up to two other guests with the approval of the person who invited you. You must ensure that your invitees meet the criteria of the original invitation. Follow these instructions:
1. Send the “save the date” poster to your potential guests. Talk through the event and discuss the date with them to ensure they will attend.
2. Only after your invitee verbally confirms attendance, contact the person that invited you for paper invitations. We prefer that you deliver the paper invitations by hand when possible.
3. After your invitees receive the paper invitation, they will have ten days to go the landing page and register themselves and a plus one. If they cannot register in ten days, you must retrieve the invitation and give it back to the person who gave it to you.
4. After your guest registers, the guests of your guests now have the same privileges as you regarding inviting a plus one and two others with condition.
5. Once maximum capacity is reached, no other guests will be able to register, even if they have been invited.
House Rules
This is an invitation only event. The event will not be advertised nor will tickets be on sale to the general public.
Preference is to have guest invitations hand delivered instead of mailed.
Once invited guests secure their ticket, they may also secure one additional ticket for a plus one. With the approval of the person that invited them, they may extend paper invitations to up to two more guests. Contact the person that invited you to receive additional paper invitations. This process will repeat until we reach capacity. Please respect the invitation rules above.
Invited guests have ten days to secure their tickets. Tickets are non-refundable.
It is the responsibility of the inviter to reclaim the paper invitation if the invited guest cannot attend or does not respond within ten days.
The landing and ticket pages should not be shared with others prior to them receiving a paper invitation.
The guest list and guests’ personal information will not be made available to others.
Guests should plan to arrive between the time that doors open (7:36pm) and the opening event (8:06pm). Guests must present their hand delivered paper invitation AND their confirmed paid ticket upon entry. Tickets are not available at the door.
MASKS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES during the masquerade until the host announces the unmasking at 11:06pm. Your unique mask may accentuate your planned evening attire.
Upon registering, guests will be able to vote on the location of CONCENERGY 2024. The location will be announced during the masquerade ball.
FRIDAY SERVICE DAY
Local Volunteer Opportunity and Virtual Food Drive
THE CALL
Each year, on the Friday before the main event, many of our guests arrive in town early to participate in local community service. Community service participation allows our CONCENERGY guests to have the opportunity to do the following:
Become aware of issues in the local community
Through group effort, have a profound and lasting effect on the life of someone that we’ve never met
Make friendships that may last a lifetime by working together in service to benefit others
THE CAUSE
This year, CONCENERGY, is partnering with the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. The food bank is a nonprofit organization that has provided food for friends and neighbors facing hunger in 34 counties in central and eastern North Carolina for over 40 years.
The Food Bank works across the food system to provide access to nutritious food that nourishes families, children, seniors, and individuals. Through partnerships, education, and programs, the Food Bank empowers communities to overcome hunger, creating an environment where all North Carolinians thrive.
THE CHALLENGE
In October 2023, CONCENERGY guests will be able to support the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina in two ways:
1. Register to participate in local community service
On Friday, December 8, 2023, for a few hours during the morning or afternoon, CONCENERGY guests will have the opportunity to volunteer in the food warehouse in Durham, NC which is located at 2700 Angier Avenue, Suite A Durham, NC 27703. Volunteer projects vary based on what is in the warehouse at the time. Generally, you will be determining whether food is safe or unsafe and then putting it in family-sized containers. Projects typically include building food boxes, sorting and repackaging of produce, groceries, bulk dry items like pasta or rice, or labeling food containers.
To participate, when you register for the CONCENERGY 2023 Masquerade and Affair, please indicate that you would like to participate in community service. You will receive more information in October when its time to register for volunteer time slots.
2. Give to support the virtual CONCENERGY food drive
The virtual food drive is simply an easy way for everyone to give funds to support the work of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC.
You’ll be able to easily give a virtual monetary donation and your friends and family can participate too. 100% of your donation will go directly to the food bank.
Our goal is to raise $1000 for the food bank.
The give portal will open in October (along with the community volunteer portal). You will receive an email in October with additional instructions.
There is no additional action that you need to take to participate in the Give campaign at this time.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO AN EXCLUSIVE YEAR-END EVENT WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCES AND IDEAS WORTH SHARING
I HOPE THAAT YOU WILL ESTABLISH MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP THAT WILL BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR YEARS TO COME
LET'S HAVE A BALL
- your host -
Concenergy 2023
A Holiday Affair & Masquerade Ball
Saturday Dec 9, 2023
OCCASION
DATE
LOCATION
TICKETS
ONEPLUS
INVITING OTHERS
CONTROLLED ENTRY
ATTIRE
EXPERIENCE
HOUSE RULE (INCOMPLETE)
HOTEL INFORMATION
VENUE LOCATION & PARKING
OCCASION
The CONCENERGY Holiday Affair and Masquerade Ball is an invitation-only event for a growing network of forward-thinking people who have ideas and experiences worth sharing. The affair is private. Invitations are extended by hand to friends of the network.
This celebratory occasion, which occurs annually on the 2nd weekend of December, has grown from a regional to a national event; however, the number of attendees is intentionally kept small. The social nature of CONCENERGY sets the atmosphere for guests to develop meaningful, life-long paraprofessional relationships that serve as a platform for guests to further advance their individual contributions to culture, small business, and community.
DATE
Main Event: Saturday, December 9th, 2023
Note: As most guests tend to arrive in town two or three days prior to the main event, their maybe public, social activities that the host may recommend for Friday evening.
Stay tuned.
Details Doors: 7:37pm Opening Event: 8::07pm The Unmasking and toast: 11:07pm End: Midnight
LOCATION
CONCENERGY 2023 will be held in Raleigh, NC.
As usual, the venue is undisclosed and will remain secret until the host announces it, closer to the event. The city and state of CONCENERGY 2024 will be announce at the 2023 event.
TICKETS
Congratulations, first of all for receiving an invitation to CONCENERGY. The person who invited you thinks a lot of you. If you received the paper invitation to CONCENERGY, the next step is for you to register and secure your ticket within ten days of receiving the invitation. If you cannot attend or register within 10 days, kindly return your invitation immediately to the person who invited you. After ten days, your reserved space is automatically reassigned to someone who may be on the waiting list.
You Secure your ticket by going to this link:
ENTER LINK HERE
ONEPLUS
You may invite a plus one when registering. This person does not require a paper invitation; however, your plus one must arrive with you when you present your credentials at the door.
INVITING OTHERS
After you register, you may invite up to four other guests with the approval of the person who invited you. This person has the responsibility of ensuring that intended guests meet the guest list criteria. You must contact the person who invited you to also receive the paper invitations. The paper invitations should then be hand delivered by you to the extent possible. Your intended guests must register within 10 days. After registering, your guests then have the same privileges as you regarding inviting a plus one and others with condition.
CONTROLLED ENTRY
Guests should plan to arrive between the time that doors open and the opening event. Guests must present their hand delivered paper invitation AND their confirmed paid ticket upon entry. Tickets are not available at the door.
ATTIRE
The dress code is elevated evening wear or avant-garde styled evening attire. CONCENERGY is a high fashion event which favors introducing new or experimental evening wearable evening designs.Masks must be worn at all times during the event until the host announces the unmasking at 11:07pm. Your unique mask may accentuate your evening attire.
EXPERIENCE
The main event is anchored by live engagements from local emerging artists. Our guests are the first to witness the latest in hair and fashion trends from regional stylists, abstracts from local visual artists, and plenty of live music.The is reception-style with locally inspired hors d’oeuvres and plenty of room for mingling and dancing. Seating is undesignated, communal, and limited as the evening is centered around engagement with others. A cash bar will be available.
