C 4 (Creative, Clean, Caving Contests)
Contest 1: Submissions Due July 5, 2011
Hosted by the National WNS Communications and Outreach Working Group, this contest will occur before convention and is based on the creative thinking of cavers. We want to hear your suggestions on ways to keep contaminated clothing, gear, and footwear from WNS-affected states at home. The most creative (yet still practical) submission wins! To enter this contest, simply email your most creative solution to Cynthia Sandeno (at cmsandeno AT fs DOT fed DOT us). Please keep your suggestions practical, tasteful, and fun!
All submissions will be reviewed by members of the communications working group. And, the winner will receive a $30 gift card to Karst Sports.
Here are a few ideas to help spark your creativity:
- Contact your friends in the West and arrange to borrow their clean caving gear (don’t wait till you arrive at convention to secure loaner gear)
- Go to your local Goodwill and purchase new to you caving gear (note the possibilities of a noteworthy caving costume are endless!!!)
- During your next hospital procedure, ask if you can borrow the Doctor’s scrubs.
Contest 2: Fashionista Fun – Wednesday night campground party, between sets for the Terminal Syphons
Forget Milan, Paris, and London. This year’s hottest fashion show will be held in Glenwood Springs, CO. The second C4 contest will be a fashion show like none other. Cavers are encouraged to hit their local goodwill, thrift store, or even a costume shop to create a caving costume that would only be acceptable at an NSS Convention. Let your inner fashionista take the reins and start shopping now. The fashion show will be held during convention (time and place will be announced soon). And, the “best dressed” caver will win a $75 gift card to Inner Mountain Outfitters.
Are you unsure of what a fashionista is? Just read these brief descriptions:
- A person devoted to fashion clothing, particularly unique or high fashion.
- A term used to define a person with a penchant for shopping and a natural flair for combining both current and vintage fashionable trends.
- A person who is cool enough to create a ridiculous caving costume using items like feathers, fish-net stockings, and Styrofoam.