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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
My First Personal Appearance...and gnats.
On St. Patrick's Day...I wandered around a nearby watering hole. I ran into an older gentleman in a Kilt. It being St. Patrick's Day, I of course talked to him.
This week...I got an email from his daughter asking me to be a guest judge for a "Bonniest Knee" competition (some sort of contest where I would pick out the best looking knees) at a Celtic Street Festival they had downtown today. Unfortunately the timing didn't work out...so they asked me if I would like to be the guest judge of a William Wallace/Queen Mary costume contest. I of course agreed...and after my live shot, I convinced a couple co workers to go down with me.
We easily picked out the best Queen Mary....but the William Wallace was tough. So I came up with the idea that the two best dressed finalists would have to belt out their best Mel Gibson "FREEDOM"....the final line of Brave Heart and we would let the crowd decide.
Contestant number one walks up......FREEEEEEEE.....BEER!!!!!
The crowd cheers.
Contestant number 2......FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOMMMMMMMM
Crowd roars
It was a fun 15 minutes of fame. A very memorable first "appearance".
As for the gnats......I was swarmed during my live shot which threw me way off. It is tough to talk with bugs in your ears. I'm carrying bug spray with me everywhere from now on.
My First Personal Appearance...and gnats.
On St. Patrick's Day...I wandered around a nearby watering hole. I ran into an older gentleman in a Kilt. It being St. Patrick's Day, I of course talked to him.
This week...I got an email from his daughter asking me to be a guest judge for a "Bonniest Knee" competition (some sort of contest where I would pick out the best looking knees) at a Celtic Street Festival they had downtown today. Unfortunately the timing didn't work out...so they asked me if I would like to be the guest judge of a William Wallace/Queen Mary costume contest. I of course agreed...and after my live shot, I convinced a couple co workers to go down with me.
We easily picked out the best Queen Mary....but the William Wallace was tough. So I came up with the idea that the two best dressed finalists would have to belt out their best Mel Gibson "FREEDOM"....the final line of Brave Heart and we would let the crowd decide.
Contestant number one walks up......FREEEEEEEE.....BEER!!!!!
The crowd cheers.
Contestant number 2......FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOMMMMMMMM
Crowd roars
It was a fun 15 minutes of fame. A very memorable first "appearance".
As for the gnats......I was swarmed during my live shot which threw me way off. It is tough to talk with bugs in your ears. I'm carrying bug spray with me everywhere from now on.
How'd you enjoy your first Springfield Art Show?
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