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It’s Good to Be King! (of the prom)

18th May 2009

It’s Good to Be King! (of the prom)

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Yesterday I attended the 1st Annual Torchy’s Trailer Park Pet Prom to see the sights, check out the events, and to meetup with Pascal, his prom date Dory, and their owner for a little fun. (Long-time readers of our blog may know Pascal from his vacation-eating and allergy-reaction fame.) What’s with the Trailer Park theme? There is an entire Austin sub-culture of amazing food being prepared and served from AirStream type trailers, then eaten outdoors in an laid back setting under the trees complete with pink, plastic flamingos.

But back to Pascal. Little did I know I’d be escorting him on a promenade past an esteemed pair of judges, Bridget and Carey of MIX 94.7, to compete for the title King of the Pet Prom. And not just any pet prom, but the FIRST Austin Pet Prom hosted by Austin Pets Alive!

As we looked around at the competition, we noticed all the pretty girls in prom attire: the cute girl in the fuzzy, pink angora sweater, two girls in pink tulle, and one with a pink feather boa. After due deliberation, the judges zeroed in an adorable girl wearing a denim dress bedazzled with cherries and a lacy, red gingham checked skirt. They crowned her Queen of the Prom with a Red, White, and Blue top hat.

Now the tension built as the judges huddled to decide King of the Prom. Pascal and I checked out a very dapper boy in a very proper bow tie. Not too far away was another handsome boy wearing a neat and tidy brown vest to go with his date’s carefully chosen prom dress. But it was a latex, Lord of the Rings orc astraddle Pascal’s back, that caught the judges’ eyes. In a town that prides itself as being different – ahem… you might even say weird – this was just the thing to tip the judges’ decision to the little, beige boy with the big, hammy, famous Frenchie smile.

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Pascal took his win graciously and proudly wore his Red, White, and Blue crown around the event. We met up later with the Prom Queen at the classic, blue convertible to have photos taken.

Unfortunately, I did not bring a camera, but the Austin American-Statesman was there covering the event and taking pictures. Included in their photo essay is one of Pascal, precoronation, along with other festive pets and people.

If you have a chance to attend the Pet Prom next year, by all means, do so. With the obvious success of this year’s event, expect they will host another one. Just plan ahead for parking and a short stroll. Parking is along nearby streets, but worth the walk. The event had live and silent auctions (didn’t win those, darnit!), a bottle toss, pet products, live band, pets available for adoption, and of course, delicious trailer park food.

For more about the prom, and to learn how you can help make Austin a no-kill city, visit the Austin Pets Alive! site and blog.

And to see TV coverage: Fox 7 News, News 8 Austin, KXAN

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  1. 1 On May 18th, 2009, Lene said:

    Congrats to him! We were hoping he would win, and left right before they crowned. My daughter spent about 20 minutes with his little date loving on her!

    posted on May 18th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

  2. 2 On May 18th, 2009, Frenchie Maintenance Supervisor said:

    He loved the attention! Your good thoughts obviously worked. Thanks! :-)

    posted on May 18th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

  3. 3 On May 18th, 2009, Hope said:

    Very, very adorable! A well-deserved victory.

    posted on May 18th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

  4. 4 On May 19th, 2009, RHz said:

    Yay! Congratulations, Pascal. You definitely deserved it. I bet all the Prom Queen contestants were just throwing themselves at your feet, you handsome frog, you.

    posted on May 19th, 2009 at 9:39 am

  5. 5 On May 24th, 2009, Steff said:

    Wow, thanks for posting those extra links for the TV coverage. It’s much more than I could find on my own. Frenchies everywhere, or so it seemed.

    I’m glad you made it down and could lead the boy in the judging, and now he has a hat for the 4th of July parade out here.

    posted on May 24th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

  6. 6 On May 24th, 2009, gretchen meyer said:

    Thanks for the blog posting of our event! There is one more photo of Pascal, taken by a friend of mine, that we have up on our facebook page, if you’d like to grab it. Unfortunately, facebook won’t let me directly link to that photo, but if you go to our page, you’ll see the album that was created for the pet prom event and Pascal’s photo is #4 in the album. He is so cute and was such a great king! Definitely a crowd favorite!
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Austin-Pets-Alive/53557384065

    posted on May 24th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

  7. 7 On May 24th, 2009, Cletus Residence said:

    Oh look at that handsome boy! He could have won even without the assistance of the Orc on his back. Although it’s always good to be on the right side of an Orc!

    posted on May 24th, 2009 at 8:10 pm

  8. 8 On May 25th, 2009, Frenchie Maintenance Supervisor said:

    Congrats on such a successful event for such a good cause. Helping Pascal to his win is definitely one of the best highlights of any dog show we’ve attended.

    And thanks everybody for all the nice comments about Pascal. He’s such a charmer, orc enabled or not! :-)

    posted on May 25th, 2009 at 8:47 am

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