Belle of the Bingo Ball

by Hollie Sanders

Women of Bingo grace the Bingo Ball Halls with a style all their own.

Women will inevitably find a way to incorporate fashion into any activity they are involved with, and bingo is certainly no exception. The Ball at the Bingo Hall is the place to be every night of the week. The newcomers will be shocked at how little they truly know about the world of bingo.

Strangers enter the hall, and the room falls silent. They are NOT wearing appropriate attire! There are no sequins sewn into their sweaters, there are no pictures of bingo balls, there is no reference to the fate of the bingo caller should the right numbers not be called. And clutched tightly in their hands is a single dauber that has never been used. Blasphemy.

The proud wearers of the “Bingo Grandma” sweaters with the multi-colored weave and the flashing lights make a show of dusting a speck of lint off their shoulder. They reach over and make a slight adjustment to the lucky troll smiling to the world, and thank the Heavens that they are no longer that naïve.

Some of the more welcoming Belles point the hesitant newcomers to the bingo accessory table where someone, Lord willing, will help them correct their attire. They will be shown the way to choose the best lucky pin, and the best Bingo Queen outfit. The balance of the bingo ball will be restored.

Thank heaven for the bingo gear tables. Where would the newcomers ever learn if we didn’t stock our welcome tables with the necessary evening wear?