Ladies and Gentleman, children of all ages, we would like to welcome you to the 1st Annual Best O the Blog Circus Festival, contestants whom we judged Thursday July 17, 2008 for those of you who just arrived, and didn't get a ticket in advance. Contestants were judged mainly by the time tested proven again and again circus festival honor system using these standards guidelines:Creativity
Difficulity
Costuming
Presentation
Appeal
I want to thank all the honored Judges who did exactly what was expected of them, and I want to say good bye to Judge Margaret who won't be invited back next year. She had grips from me hanging unnecessary paper for the lovely Irina Bouglione,(smack air kiss) to the other judges picking wrong. She got confused when the Pelligrinis walked in and still hasn't recovered and wonders why she can't vote for them too. That's honor to spare. It has been said it is very difficult to get judges for a circus festival. I assure you our selection process was as rigorous and hard as the deals across the water in the quest for honor and integrity. Two years ago, I was there when a person I consider above reproach was asked to sit on the panel at Monaco. This person said, "no thank you, why don't you ask so and so?" They did and so and so accepted eagerly. We have used the same high standard to search far and wide across 5 Continents for this years esteemed panel, Tiger Trainer Casey Cainine, White Tiger lover Mary Ann Howell and her husband Joe Howell, Former circus performer and Elephant Diva Margaret Scoggen, Horse trainer Dianne Olds Rossi, Horse Person Jeannie. The two individuals who wanted to judge but thought there was something wrong with knowing the contestants, both voted Ms. Knie at the Gold Deal. Which would have been fine by me, but I am the Festival judge and I wanted an ground breaking kinda unprecidented Gold Deal so they weren't counted.
The house of Tigers, horses, and elephants, with an emphasis on tigers is pleased to announce stating from the bottom, because that builds excitement, and has never been done in a Circus Festival before, the totally unexpected results of this years competition.
1st Silver Deal--George Cardens elephant with five votes
2nd Silver Deal--Geraldine Knie horses with five votes (plus 2 shadow votes)
3rd Silver Deal--Chinese rope spinners with 3 votes one from Dianne Olds who was married to a champion rope spinner, and one from her friend Jeannie, and we will let Casey explain later.
Because there was a tie of three votes each, King Ralph has decided to initiate a brand new award this year called THE WORLDS FAVORITE VOTED BY MANKIND AS THE GREATEST THAT HAS EVER LIVED, to be announced after the Gold Deal because it is even bigger then that. And now the moment has arrived, be seated as it is a shocker:
For only the third time in circus festival history, the Big Gold Deal goes to Sara Houcke and her tigers of many colors. Clap, clap, whistle, whistle, stomp, clap, whistle. If everybody will please sit down we will announce the winner of the first ever creme de la creme best that has ever competed, sign her up now dreamed up by King Ralph in the eleventh hour because of a 3 to 3 tie, and after seeking counsel of myself, the Festival Director THE WORLDS FAVORITE VOTED BY MANKIND AS THE GREATEST THAT HAS EVER LIVED, the shining star, Ms. Irina Bouglione. Nothing like the unpredictability of a good completion to keep you anticipating year after year. Long live Circus awards the gold standard of integrity and honor.
And now I would like Judge Margaret who claims she was the only one who was honorable to explain her 10 point judging standard, that gave the lone vote to the clown which is what her brother in law was for years.
Last time you told me to shut up and sit down....
ReplyDeleteMargaret,
ReplyDeleteWas that your explanation of your ten point system of judging. LOL
Wade
And no fair,you didn't tell me there was going to be a test afterwards....
ReplyDeleteI never claimed that I was the only honorable judge. And don't forget my father was a clown also. Had nothing to do with my vote, you gave us one picture and no names to base our vote on....on a scale of 1-10,the clown got:
ReplyDelete1. Creativity 5
2.Difficulty 5
3. Costuming 4
4. Presentation 5
5. Appeal 5
Much as I like Irina's act, I prefer Laura Miller's comparable number, if only because Laura is
ReplyDelete(a) Blonde
and (b) British.
John.
John,
ReplyDeleteI stepped into Blonde/British once in my life. It scared me so bad, I almost went off(in a matter of speaking) women. For the first time in my life, I learned what "watch your back" meant.
I don't scare easy John, given my profession but an animal has a certain integrity that is reassuring. Black darkness is numbingly frightening.
Wade
Here is the Laura Miller video:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_SGA5LI6xI
Mary ann
Margaret,
ReplyDeleteI am sensing some waffling going one here. Of course there would be a test. Read the other posts on the other blogs, you know what a valid competition is. When I was told MC was like the Olympics, and I suggested milers race milers, it was suggested in that case it was more like a figure skating competition, with each person doing something different. I suggested the judges held up their score, like a horse competition. Then it was suggested that I was jealous. Posting of the judges scores keeps the judges from voting for the skater who spent the night in the suite, or voting for the skater that you know or taught, and the horse judges for awarding the horse with the longest tail, or the pretty Palomino coloring. There is only one event that is held in the same location each year, in which the winner is chosen without knowing how the judges voted, and that is the Miss America pageant. It is called a pageant or could be called a Festival, Spectacle, Event, etc. etc. But not a Competition. That requires valid rules and standards.
Laying it out the way I have shown, are you going to tell me the results can't be favorably obtained? Did you watch professional judge/artist Cats act? I suggest Jackie Zerbini was a hell of a lot more artistic and creative, and more qualified to critique somebody doing it for a couple of weeks. When Miss America is held in the same city, with an "honor system" of judging, even the Donald gets first pick.
Very few of those "clown deals" were won on their merits, and maybe that's why it is so hard to accept the public isn't buying the self serving BS anymore. If we are buying it, why aren't they?
Wade
Never saw her act,never even heard of her before all of this Circus crap on TV....I only watched one show,it was all I could stand. When I saw them pull the chick up on the web( which is not an act,no matter how many times you censor my comments) I couldn't watch anymore,I knew it was going to be "all Hollywood" as Uncle Mike says..LOL..And as for the Blond deal,been there,done that..LOL...It must be the bleach in the hair dye that affects the brain..LOL..
ReplyDeleteAddendum to John,
ReplyDeleteInitially I was concerned that I was just shell shocked and stereotyping, so I asked ex Beatle Paul McCartney, who just finished his divorce.
The only part I understood, was "Chap, you are spot on!!!" The rest I will need you to interpret for me.
He said, "you should have been cautious, if she talks with a strange posh Home counties accent, there is not much Mucky Uckna about her, but the accent will go cute and charming if she is needing a young lad to muck up for her."
He also said, "she can be a bit of a mouthy git if you don't do as she demands. If she starts going narky, she'll put anything that crosses her in a spot of bother."
No, I don't know what he said John, but it sure sounded like we knew the same person.
Wade