Dancing in the Dark - Count Miconia takes to the Ballroom

Went to the Masquerade Ball today dressed as Count Miconia. Those of you who know me well probably already know what Miconia is and why it is bad for Hawaii but for others, the skinny is this:
a)Miconia grows fast, matures fast, and is shade tolerant
b)It has huge leaves that shades out other plants below including our native ones.
c) Once mature (within 3 years) a Miconia tree will put out several thousand tiny poppy-seed sized seeds in small fruit that alien birds like to eat and poop out elsewhere. The seeds are viable up to 16 years (as far as we know).
d)The trees get up to 60 ft. tall and have shallow root systems.
e)Miconia eventually eliminates all other plants in an area and creates a dense monoculture. The ecosystem that relied on that forest is eliminated.
f)Rain falls, Miconia, unable to hold onto the soil, slides off the mountains causing mass landslides.
g)Dirt fills streams, goes towards ocean, dirt in ocean covers coral killing the coral and the fish.

So I went to the Ball and even performed and danced in costume as Count Miconia and hopefully raised some eyebrows if not some consciousness about the deadly threat Miconia poses to Hawaii's native ecosystems.

I promise there will be photos later.