Sounds like a WONDERFUL experience! Thanks for telling us about it. I didn't know you could get tickets for an event like that over the Internet--guess I thought you had to be invited.
I have a friend who is very resourceful and found tickets over the 'net through an independent provider. We were lucky! They were pricey...
Later, we found out her mother was invited and could have ordered them at a decent price for us! Live and learn...
It was all worth it! We had a heck of a time finding our hotel afterwards (being caught in a sleet storm in sleeveless balldresses STINKS, however).