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WE
HAVE A WINNER!
The Second Annual "Send a Peace Corps Volunteer a Mix Tape" Competition
The competition
for this year's Mix Tape Contest was every bit as intense as last
time, but as always, there could only be one winner. Miss Candy
Sue Ellison of New York City sent in this year's unanimously-elected
champion and will soon be the proud owner of one hand-carved wooden
ashtray. Congratulations, booger! I still think we should get
married and join the Corps together.
The First Annual "Send a Peace Corps Volunteer a Mix Tape" Competition
Thanks to
five volunteers, two days in Restauracion, and a gallon or so
of Dominican rum, there's finally a winner for the mix tape contest.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to make and send one or more
mix tapes: Melissa Ponthieux (who gets the Achievement award for
sending four, as well as the Best Title award for "Harina Rock"),
December Wolf, Robert Dotson, Josh Mayer (Josh, nice work except
that Dr. Seuss/Winnie the Pooh stuff was WAY too long), everyone
in the Blue Room, Steve Gentile, Margaret Leming, Travis Thayer,
Ron Hotstream, whoever made me the Bob Dylan tape, and Neil Landry.
You've done your part to bring a little sunshine into the lives
of some long-suffering volunteers. I hope I'm not forgetting anyone,
but if I did it's probably because your tape was lame, or maybe
I haven't gotten it yet. We enjoyed listening to all of the entries,
and especially enjoyed the confused reactions from visiting Dominicans
when they discovered for the first time that there are more than
two kinds of music out there in the world. But in the end there
could only be one winner, and surprisingly the vote was unanimous
for a dark horse candidate named Mr. Doug Whyte. Praise for the
tape ranged from "it rocks" to offers to bear Doug Whyte's children.
Doug, your tape kicks ass but unfortunately I don't know who you
are and I've lost your return address. If anyone knows where Doug
is, please make sure this message gets forwarded to him so he
can claim his prize. There was also one other tape that we all
thought was good enough to create a second prize category for,
so Mr. Robert Dotson, your Che Guevara motorcycle sticker will
be in the mail as soon as I pick it up at the Dominican Communist
Party HQ in the capital.
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