LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 1-Tom Werbowetski started off the evening on a high note. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down.
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 2-Melanie Dawe (left) and cigarette girl Lindsay Ferguson kept patrons lit up all night long. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down.
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 3-Andrew Mackay, ready for the fashion show. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down.
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 5-Jeffrey Ferguson, the bell hop, was handing out treats all evening long. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down.
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 7-Wakefest organizer Elizabeth Logue snapping some pics of her own. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down.
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 8-Sue Johnson wails into the microphone. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down.
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 9-Sue Johnson, lead singer of Clear, grooves on a jazzy tune. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down.
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 10-Multimedia artist Stefan Thompson's live art piece. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 11-Werbo ruins yet another great pic. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 12-Tom Werbowetski played the part of a cross dressing drunk all night long. He nailed the part. He was also directing traffic. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 13-Melanie Dawe had an imaginative shimmering dress. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 14-kalina Ostrowska shows off her creative side. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 17-Una McDonnell walked the catwalk with style in her artsy get-up. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 18-IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Okay, maybe it is. Things get a bit out of hand at Wakefest. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 19-Ilse Turnsen was one of the highlights of the show–and she knew it too. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 20-Viktoria Mara, dressed as a horror film character, sent the chills through most of the audience. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 21-Franziska Heinze
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 23-Franziska Heinze was a walking tree during the fashion show. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 24-Maddie Mckinnell poses in the spotlight. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 25-Owen Tuff modelled Mark Walter's impressive full-body armour fused together with twigs and branches. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 26-Bob Gibson struts down the runway. Photo by Trevor Greenway of the Low Down
LowDownOnline: 08-23-12 Wakefest 27-Bob Gibson's Do Not Enter sign was a hit during the Come As You Art Fashion Show at the launch of Wakefest Aug. 23. The night, which kicked off the arts fest's fifth year, featured live art, music and poetry, before the finale fashi
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