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--With this contest, as always, we hope to help you improve your basic skills, including word choices, phraseology, minimalism, and style. We will also be looking for proper use of the English language, but non-English participants will still be considered. If your native language is not English, please let us know when you make your submission.

--Please take your time when preparing your submission. There is no set time limit you must adhere to for this contest, though we will be closing when we reach twenty submissions.

--This Sixth Contest Assignment may be Prompted Fiction or non-fiction Short Story: 500 - 1000 words.
-----Prompt: Meanwhile back at the...
-----This may sound cliche', but I have always loved it. (It is from a song/ballad).You may use it in a serious or comical manner.
-----It may be used in a back-and-forth manner, going from one scene to another, or merely once.
-----You may take certain liberties with the prompt, such as, "Meanwhile back in the corner of my heart; Meanwhile back in the present".

Dates: Open on May 10, 2006 and will close when twenty [ 20] submissions are received.

We will be loooking for:

--1. Individuality/Originality.
--2. Consistent use of perspective and tense.
--3. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
--3. Style, clarity, and flow.
--4. Strong Peer Reviews (OPTIONAL but HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!). See Peer Review guidelines for details. The Foundation Staff will be using the same criteria.


USE the FORM(S) below (POST TWO) and submit:

1. Your Story. In This Thread. (Peer reviews - OPTIONAL/Highly Encouraged - may be submitted at any time, for any other submission.)

2. ENTRY FEE - NONE.

PEER REVIEW: OPTIONAL and VOLUNTARY - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!. Those submitting Peer Reviews will receive a prize choice for each one.

Prize Choices:
--1 Single Flower Bouquet - any flower and colour.
--1 G Shades - any colour.
--Paper Hat(s) (value up to 100g).
--For three Peer Reviews or more you may choose different prizes, such as a dried grass skirt. Message me for details.

We encourage these critiques very strongly, but failure to submit one will not affect our decisions.

While it is not necessary to read all of the information in all posts, it is necessary to read Posts One and Two.

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Be sure and check these as well. The first is a reference to current contests, and the second is The Colosseum - HUGE fun with poetry duels! The Man in the Hat is the famous on-going Zero, Ni Che, and
Vespertine's ( [VZM] ) challenges.

Ray Stevens' Shriner's Convention

Here they come down main street, drums a flailin' and the sirens a wailin', what a roar
Bands are a playin' and flags are a waivin, and the Vanguard's and Motorcycle Corps
Clowns are a clownin' to the crowd and pinchin' every pretty girl who dares to smile
It's a glorious mess, everybody wears a fez the parade stretches out for a mile

(Chorus)
It's a typical American phenomenon where all the members have a fine old time
It's the forty-third annual Convention of the Grand Mystic Royal Order
Of the Nobles of the Ali Baba Temple of the Shrine

(Girls)
Meanwhile back at the Motel.....

(Spoken)
"Hello, Operator, give me room 321, please, thank you Hello, Noble Lumpkin?
This here is the illustrious Potentate. I said it's the illustrious Potentate.
The illustrious...Coy! Dad blame it! This here's Bubba! Coy, why an't you at
the parade?! What?! Well, how'd you get that big Harley up there in your room?
What?! I can't hear ya' Coy! Quit revvin' it up, son! Turn it off! Listen I just
want you to know one thing. You have embarrassed us all, the whole Hahira
Delegation! Now I'll see you at the banquet tonight, son. And you be there Coy,
you hear me? Black tie! Seven o'clock! Be there! And Coy, don't answer the
phone, udden udden! Mercy"

Well, it was all arranged by the Ladies Auxiliary in the downtown Convention Hall
Cold Roast Beef, String Beans, Mashed Potatoes and nine boring speeches in all
And all the tables looked fine with their Mogen David Wine and Chrysanthemums on each side
And the Hahira leaders in their rented Tuxedos made the local hearts swell with pride

(Chorus)
It's a typical American phenomenon where all the members have a fine old time
It's the forty-third annual Convention of the Grand Mystic Royal Order
Of the Nobles of the Ali Baba Temple of the Shrine

(Girls)
Meanwhile back at the Motel.....

(Spoken)
"Operator, 321, please. Thank You. Hello, Coy? What are you doin'?!
What do you mean, who is this! This is Bubba? Why wasn't you at
the banquet? What do you mean all you had to wear was a Hawaiian
flowerdy shirt? Well, you may think you're foolin' some people, but
I know what's goin' on. Yeah, Ever'body seen the little redhead.
That's right, ever'body! Why she come runnin' right through the dinner,
right in the middle of the pineapple sherbet. Didn't have nothin' on but
your fez, Coy! Coy, you the only one's got a fez with a propeller on top!!
Yeah, yeah and she was a yellin' out the secret code, too, Coy.
Dad blame it we gonna have to change it now, Coy! We gonna have to
have a special meetin', we get back to Hahira, about your conduct at
this here convention. Embarrassin'!! Now Coy, you be at the secret
conclave tonight! You hear me?! And Coy, keep it a secret! Hah!"

Well, it was a secret meeting in the dead of the night with mysterious sanctimony
In accordance with prescribed rituals of time honored ceremony
Matters of grave concern were weighed with dedicated caution
Like whether or not to raise at stud or draw or spit in the ocean

(Chorus)
It's a typical American phenomenon where all the members have a fine old time
It's the forty-third annual Convention of the Grand Mystic Royal Order
Of the Nobles of the Ali Baba Temple of the Shrine

(Girls)
Meanwhile back at the Motel.....

(Spoken)
"Operator, room three-twenty...How'd you know? Oh! Hello! Coy?
Where have you been? No, you wasn't at the meeting! Well, I found out that
at three o'clock this mornin' you was out there in your Fruit of the Loom's
in the motel swimmin' pool with a bunch of them waitresses from the
cocktail lounge! I just hope your mama don't find out about this, Coy! What?
Well, how'd you get that big motorcycle up there on the high dive, Coy?
Now Coy, dad blame it, that ain't no way to act. We supposed to be pillars
of the community. When we get back to Hahira you can just turn in your
ring and your tie tack 'cause Coy, heh-heh, you are out of the Shrine! You
gonna be blackballed, boy! That's right! You might even have to pack your
bags and leave town! What do you mean you might join the Hell's Angels?
Coy! Don't you hang up on me! Hello, hello...Don't you crank that motorcycle!
Who's that gigglin' in the background, Coy? Hello, hello operator! Yeah, we's
cut off! Rroom 321. Dad blame it Coy! You don't hang up on the illustrious
Potentate! I said the illustrious Potentate! This is Bubba! Bubba! Coy!...."

I do love Ray Stevens, and that one in particular is priceless. We used to sing that going anywhere in a car. Too funny.

Yes. Hahaha.

I want you on my staff, I said! Of course, you could just not judge the ones you enter, and you could do other things.

Is anyone working on this or do I need to think of another theme/requirements?!