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Vote Vaudeville to the Gulf

Online voting in lieu of actual judging of contests, etc. is a hard concept for me. On the one hand, I recognize that when open to an almost infinite audience, the best ideas (/photos/etc.) will be selected. Afterall, what defines best, esp. in terms of art, etc. than what pleases most people. On the other, all such contests have ulterior motives (get e-mail addresses, promote a product or idea). And because of the prize aspect, the participants will lobby, campaign, urge, etc. which makes the voting hardly unbiased. All in all, I wish such promotions didn't exist in that form. But since they do....

The circus I run with, the New Old Time Chautauqua, has put in an application for an online contest Pepsi is running to bring some good to the Gulf Coast (after this whole BP debacle). The idea is that taking circus, music, workshops, and parades to the area is a great way to spread positivity, joy, hope, and fun. If you believe in this idea (or if you just want to support my love for travel, circus, and service) please go check out the voting page and consider giving us your vote. You gotta sign up (unfortunately), but I used my this-account-is-only-for-sign-ups account.

http://gulf.refresheverything.com/currenthopecircusandmusictour
You can vote every day between now and Aug 31. And if Chautauqua wins one of the grants, I will send each and every voter (from this blog) a postcard from some small town in Louisiana (as if the bringing joy to that area isn't reason enough to vote.) Thanks so much!!

Wednesday August 11 2010

File under: circus

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on Wed 11th Aug, 2010 06:59 pm PDT Saxtor said:
I voted less because of the reasons stated, and more because I recently discovered how much Louisiana kicks ass.
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on Thu 12th Aug, 2010 12:25 am PDT Horge said:
Voted. Is it just me, or are many (if not most) the ones ahead of you guys kind of lame ideas? I didn't read through them all, but hand-delivering letters stands out as an odd idea for $25K...
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on Thu 12th Aug, 2010 03:23 am PDT Horge said:
In any case, I encourage everyone to register. Obviously foremost to vote for Chautauqua, but also the chance to meet what's apparently the new Pepsi Challenge "Prove that you're not a robot". I just wished they would have given me another option to prove that, beyond a simple CAPTCHA generator... Maybe some sort of an online Cylon detector?
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