[Sca-cooks] marzipan slippers?

[Carper, Rachel]

Yes, that explains everything. If I ever land in Portland in the day time, I'll make my father stop at the Eugene library so I can use your restroom. (Dad lives in Corvalis.)

It all sounds like great fun. 

Elewyiss

-----Original Message-----
From: Laura C. Minnick [mailto:lcm at efn.org]
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:20 AM
To: Cooks within the SCA
Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] marzipan slippers?


At 10:10 PM 6/17/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Um, I'm kinda new around here, so forgive me for asking, but what's a SLUG
Queen event? I've been to your site but I still can't make it out. 
>
>Elewyiss

Well, for starters it has nothing to do with the SCA! Except that I'm an
Old Queen as well as a SCAdian!

The Society for the Legitimization of the Ubiquitous Gastropod (a group of
movers and shakers who are rather slow and gelatinous) holds a contest
every August, in Eugene Oregon, for the purpose of basking in our own
glory, and of course, choosing the year's SLUG Queen. The SLUG Queen has
the place of honor in the Eugene Celebration parade and makes various
appearances through the year at fundraisers, charity events, and major
silliness. I got to do things like a fundraiser comedy club evening for the
animal shelter. I also got to help judge the auditions for the male extras
in the Eugene Opera production of 'Aida'. My biggest accomplishment was
doing fundraising for the new Eugene Library- we raised enough money that
they lets up name the family/handicapped access bathroom on the first floor
after ourselves- it is the SLUG Queens Throne Room.

To get to this exalted state,  to whit- the contest- was of three parts:
the costume- something suitably slimy and tacky but tasteful; the talent
act (I sang a song I fillked from the Chiquita Banana commercials, Queen
Marigold twirled her baton, Bagonda danced, Bananita did her Russian Cowboy
Slug tapdance, IIRC someone made balloon animals); and the Dread Question,
pulled out of teh hat. And example of the Question, from last year- "A
priest, and rabbi, and a SLUG Queen go into a bar. Finish the joke." After
the competition, there is entertainment (usually the Accordions Anonymous)
while the Queens beat each other into consensus out back. The we come out
and crown our new Queen. 

Pretty simple really. ;-D)

I don't know what 'site' you went to- there's several out there. Mirhaxa
has put up a page for me, with pictures of myself as reigning SLUG Queen. I
was '99-'00 Queen, so these are like three or so years old. They're at:

http://www.morktorn.com/slug.htm

The very pretty man in a Hawaiian shirt in one group shot is my sweetheart,
James (SCA Edouard and some people still call him Seumas). He is very
longsuffering. :-)

Does this explain anything? 

'Lainie
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