1st Annual Great Bunkhouse Snowman Building Contest

When Sandy Patton first thought of this "Build A Snowman" contest, it was mainly a joke! Build a snowman without snow ...HA! Well, isn't it amazing what creative people can come up with when set to the task!? These are the contestants in our BUILD A SNOWMAN contest!!

We were all prepared for the New Orleans Jazz Wake Parade that we were having right after the snowman contest. All were appropriately dressed in black mourning gear and the two birthday girls , Judy Beard (65) and JK Toler (66) were going to be Parade Princesses!

From the left in the back row, Jean Norris,Diane Furr, JK Toler, Karen Vandergrift, Patty Browning, Shirley Blevins, Marchita Priest, Shida Rad, Sandi Ahart, Angie Wood-Wilson, Judy Beard, Joyce Kelm, Lynn Chatman and in the front row myself and the crooked judge, Dena Wenmohs!

1st Place
"Miss Floozy Woozy"
By Joyce Kelm
Art League of Fort Bend

2nd Place
"Dickie"
By Marchita Priest
SLAA and ALFB

3rd Place
"Cow Pootie Texas Jack"
By JK Toler
Conroe Art League

Honorable Mention
"Snowman From Outer Space"
By Shida Rad
Sugar Land Area Artists

Honorable Mention
"JusGotANusJob"
By Angie Wood-Wilson
Art League of Fort Bend

Honorable Mention
"A Snowman in Fox Clothing"
By Sandi Ahart
Conroe Art League
(That's Sophie on her left arm…
she's not a snowman…
and belongs to Lynn Chatman)

Honorable Mention
"Melting Into Spring"
By Lynn Chatman
Tomball Art League

Honorable Mention
"Tex"
By Jean Norris
Brenham Fine Arts League

Honorable Mention
"Rocky"
By Linda Wells
Dena's Tuesday Art Group

Honorable Mention
"Mummy Man"
By Patty Browning
Sugar Land Area Artists

Honorable Mention
"Me Hing Marvin"
By Judy Beard
Art League of Fort Bend

(It is my firm belief that this
contestant should have been disqualified
as all Judy did to "build" this snowman
was to put in batteries. Unfortunately,
I was booed and had to sit down and
shut up.)

Honorable Mention
"Super-Sized Jack"
By Shirley Blevins
Conroe Art League

Dead Last
"U.S. Marshmallow Wyatt Slurp
Famous Frontier Snowman"
By Nancy Lee
Northwest Art League

(I wish to lodge another protest against
the two-faced, double-dealing, fork-tongued,
underhanded, bribe accepting , crooked as
a snake judge Dena Wenmohs.
My primo snowman was judged dead last
in a field of 13! My personal opinion is that
this was a result of the prior evening's
sleeping arrangements. The judge might have
resented the demarcation zone I erected down
the middle of the bed we were sharing.
I had warned her that anything going
past that DMZ was liable to loss! I think she
took it personally! HUMPH!)

Honorable Mention
"Snowman from the ID"
By Diane Furr
Art League of Bay City
(Now, I don't want to sound
like a sore loser, but my snowman lost
to an invisible, non-existent snowman,
and, I, for one (the only one, by the way) wish to lodge a formal protest!)