RE: [h-cost] Judging costume contest? Help!
You could have multiple small awards--for best shoes, best hat, etc. both male and female and an overall best look for the final. If it is a small group, have one for each, silly is fine. For bigger group, do multiple, maybe 5 or 10. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 5:21 PM To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Judging costume contest? Help! Our local Habitat for Humanity affiliate is having a theme party fundraiser, 20s/30s era, and is planning a costume contest. The tickets are sold to the general public and fancy dress is optional, so pretty much anything goes. We need help with the logistics of it. Should guests have to sign up for the contest, should we just choose someone from the crowd and announce it, how should we handle it? We really need to make it fun and so that no one's hurt or embarrassed. (These are guests who are donating $ and playing games, not a serious special interest group.) Has anyone ever been involved in something like this? Any ideas or suggestions are most welcome, thanks! Melissa - Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Judging costume contest? Help!
Tania wrote: What I've seen that works well for the public is to have someone announce that the contest is about to begin and that anyone interested should come up to stage. You can either have appointed judges or do the winner(s) by crowd applause. If you're worried about hurting someones feelings you can always have some sort of side prize such as most imaginative. Hope this helps. I like this, because it requires people to step forward if they DO want to compete. Since this is a _competition_, their stepping forward means (hopefully) that they are prepared for the possibility that they might not be chosen as the winner -- which minimizes possible hurt feelings. I'd also suggest that having some small token for everyone who enters would be very nice -- something as small as a pretty bar of soap or a fresh rose. 0 Chris Laning | [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Davis, California http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Judging costume contest? Help!
What I've seen that works well for the public is to have someone announce that the contest is about to begin and that anyone interested should come up to stage. You can either have appointed judges or do the winner(s) by crowd applause. If you're worried about hurting someones feelings you can always have some sort of side prize such as most imaginative. Hope this helps. Tania -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Sent: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 17:20:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [h-cost] Judging costume contest? Help! Our local Habitat for Humanity affiliate is having a theme party fundraiser, 20s/30s era, and is planning a costume contest. The tickets are sold to the general public and fancy dress is optional, so pretty much anything goes. We need help with the logistics of it. Should guests have to sign up for the contest, should we just choose someone from the crowd and announce it, how should we handle it? We really need to make it fun and so that no one's hurt or embarrassed. (These are guests who are donating $ and playing games, not a serious special interest group.) Has anyone ever been involved in something like this? Any ideas or suggestions are most welcome, thanks! Melissa - Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Judging costume contest? Help!
In a message dated 7/1/2006 8:38:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, taniampembro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you're worried about hurting someones feelings you can always have some sort of side prize such as most imaginative This is my suggestion, too--most creative, most colorful, most original, best couple, etc. Sometimes I've had to wait to see what showed up to decide on appropriate categories. Certificates for these sorts of prizes cost almost nothing. And also to either have them come up to the stage or parade around the room, if appropriate. As to judging, audience judging can tend to be more based on popularity than best costume. At a recent event I attended, the organizers had the hired wait staff be the judges. They were certainly impartial. Ann Wass ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
