Pleasantries to our plethora of producers, proponents, and patrons of pretty paddles! Our Paddlepalooza promotion is picking up the pace, and we have at present picked up some paddles that are, to put it plainly, the pussy’s pajamas!
We’ll have a gallery of photos up on the website presently – a parade of paddle pictures for you to peruse. Meanwhile, we are preparing for the Paddlepalooza auction, which is planned for February 1-5, so we can get paddles out to the winning bidders in time for Valentine’s day (the perfect way to proclaim your passion for a paramour is the presentation of a posh paddle).
Is there still time to pick up a paddle and prepare it for Paddlepalooza participation? Positively! Here is our artist entry form. For a $25 donation to the CSPC, you will get a plain pinewood paddle to pretty up til it’s the pink of perfection. Present it back to our Paddlepalooza personnel by January 15th, and we will have plenty of time to put its picture (and any artist info/links you proffer) in our portfolio of pretty paddles. Late submissions will be accepted until January 31st for the auction, but the sooner your paddle is passed back to us, the more protracted the period for people to pine over its pretty picture prior to auction.
Finally, we have our Paddlepalooza prizes to announce! The paddles that pull in the most pay at auction will procure for their producers:
1st Prize – a week’s stay in Hawaii*, with a panoramic view of the powerful Pacific!
2nd Prize -- $100 to put in your pocket!
3rd Prize – A free year of CSPC membership!
*No holidays and subject to availability; airfare not included.
Do these prizes please or persuade you? Do they prompt you to procure them? Perfect! Now ponder, plan, pick up a paddle, and put together the most pulchritudinous piece you can produce, posthaste!
