after reading the sp aftermath thread and this i wanted to write something and if im honest i dont see what all the fuss is about. its all meant to be fun - or thats what we thought!!!! and i definitely agree with stewart38 - it does add to the party atmosphere and gives you the chance to let your hair down and be silly - we did!! in response, i also thought panto was a really wide theme!
as part of the 'group' that won i can honestly say we didnt expect to win as a group. okay we wanted to walk round together as the theme was shown off that way(which i think is acceptable - and i dont see the merit in splitting up the men and women at the parade stage) but we expected the judging to be done on individual effort- which i still think it was. and the group didnt double from 2 to 4 in the judging stage - there were infact 10 of us, 4 of whom were picked individually by the judges during the parade so we still didnt see it as a group entry!- however to get 4 from our group picked on their own merit for the final 12 was quite amazing! we did put a lot of effort in - lemoncake and i were sewing for a long time and the make up alone took ages but it was great fun!
we did it as a group so we could have some fun getting ready, and as a group of friends we encouraged each other to have a laugh - much required as everyone we spoke to during the day said they werent bothering this year -i for one was nervous and for the guys who had the gall to wear those outfits ( to Rythym king, mcjester and pretzelmeister for that!) that was what was needed! however as i said, if someone was going to win,we still thought it would be one person only so that was a surprise to us too.
i understand the men and women prizes and that worked fine for me.a group section may be an idea but that would mean another prize for jon and wes unless it is cut to one individual and one group prize, like said here. but i think you'd find a lot more people enter as groups than individuals if that becomes the case. i dont think i would make many changes altho the parade was crowded and i dont know if all the costumes were seen by everyone - that could have been longer! however i dont know how judging could be better - all things like this ive seen are judged in this way!
i have to pass on my thanks to jon and wes for the prize and if the theme is a good one we'll be having a go again in feb -albeit with the under pars as competition itl be tough - however it is all about the taking part - we did it to have a laugh and we cetainly did that -the win was a bonus!! i also want to give my to the wicked witch, "cast" of cinderella (2 people), pitta pan (ingenious) and pant o' mime - their costumes were fab!i dont agree that the baby should have won from the sp thread - ok - it was brave of him to go out like that but i for one had no idea how that fitted into the panto theme.
For me, the theme of panto lent itself to a few of us getting costumes from the same show - the next theme may well not do that!
phew - sorry this is so long hope it makes sense and iv not annoyed anyone!!
C x
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