Winner
Honorable Mention - Flamingo Art
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Belly Dancer and Belly Dancer's Dude
by
Gloria Irla-Marlow & Kimberley Mailoux
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Gloria is an artist who specializes in portraiture as
well as many other forms of serious art. She has been a working artist
for most of her adult life, the length of which is not important. Lets
just say it has been considerable. Kim works in the billing department of the YMCA and
while not an artist herself is a colorful and creative person in her own
right. Having met while both worked for an office cleaning
company in their youth, the two have survived the riggers of cleaning
medical offices as well as wheel chair and gurney races in the main
hall. Over time their friendship grew. The two tried their hands at all
sorts of interesting occupations such as playing wenches at the
Renaissance Fair, and clerks in the Renaissance Fair shops. Gloria, a
musician, also played music in the Maze while Kim would hand her goblets
of Ale under the wall. Some days the music sounded better than others. Having grown bored with the whole overly retro theme,
they moved on to different jobs. Kim is working for the YMCA. Gloria
worked for Midwest AIDS Prevention Project for a time and has since
become a full time artist. These two wacky individuals paired up to
present you with this exotic and humorous rendition of Scheherazade or
the flamingo equivalent. It should be noted that Kim wore her Flamingo
shirt and earrings while photographing her handiwork. She is always in
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