**2016 MEOW MIX AWARDS** -- COMPLETE!!!

[RUFFIAN]

~AWARDS COMPLETE~   

TO RUFF AND OUR GALLOPING GANG OF HAPPY HOULIGANS

                                 

MY SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR TAKING SO LONG
TO GET THE 2016 YEAR END AWARDS POSTED.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR WITH MANY CHALLENGES FOR MOI.

BUT I'M BACK AT IT...
IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT JOURNEY, VERY TIME CONSUMING.
LOTS OF EDITING / FORMATTING AND  **TECHNICAL ISSUES!!
NOT TO MENTION FINDING JUST THE RIGHT GRAPHICS.

TO ME... IT'S NOT JUST WORDS.....
I TRY TO MAKE IT A COLORFUL EXPERIENCE..... A WORK OF ART.

 



THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING!!  ~ TIGER DANCER~

                            

[RUFFIAN]

           


GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE 2016 MEOW MIX AWARDS
     COMING TO YOU FROM THE MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS
  WHERE OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS "ALL FELINE -&- FABULOUS"!

                               




WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT OUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES
        FOR THIS YEAR -- FROM THE LION KING ~ MUFASA ~

                   


BEFORE WE BEGIN THE AWARDS PRESENTATIONS
PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE RED CARPET
WHERE WE WELCOME  **THE SHINING STARS OF 2016**




    SUNGLASSES MAY BE NEEDED WITH SO MUCH
SPARKLE ~  BLING ~ BEDAZZLED ~ GLITZ AND GLAM

               


         ~ THE POST PARADE IS STARTING ~
A HUSH FALLS OVER THE CROWD AS ALL EYES ARE NOW FOCUSED
          ON THE RED CARPET AND THE 2016 PARADE OF STARS

LEADING THEM OUT IS OUR CURRENT HORSE OF THE YEAR:
                                    ~REAL QUIET~

HE IS FOLLOWED BY:

CATALINA ~ 2015  SUPURRR SATURDAY CHAMPION + 2014 CO-HOTY

CRIMINAL TYPE ~ HOTY 2014, 2013 / 2011 + FROSTED WHISKER

RUFFIAN ~ 2014 BOTS CHAMPION

TIGER DANCER ~ REPEAT WINNER OF THE DISTORTED HUMOR AWARD

CIGARSHOP ~ LOST IN THE FOG WINNER

DUSTY ~ 2010 HOTY

POST TIME MIKE ~ 2015 CAIXA ELETRONICA TROPHY

BLUNNY ~ 2015 RISEN STAR RECIPIENT

PEEPTOAD

JOHN HENRY

STARK

OAKLAWN CAPPER

RAVEN

A STANDING OVATION AND THUNDERING APPLAUSE AS THE
    STARS EXIT THE STAGE TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEWLY
                  CROWNED 2016 AWARD WINNERS

           


**A SPECIAL MOMENT OF OBSERVANCE**

LIFE IS A JOURNEY OF PEAKS -&- VALLEYS ~ HIGHS AND LOWS

WITH THE HIGHS OF YEAR END AWARDS CAME
THE LOWS OF LOSING TWO OF OUR SHINING STARS

JOHN HENRY:  WITH US FOR SO MANY YEARS
ALWAYS A GENTLEMAN WITH A KIND WORD FOR ALL

CRIMINAL TYPE:  3 TIMES HOTY ~ FUNNY AND CLEVER
A MAN WHO HAD VERY LITTLE BUT WHATEVER HE HAD
         HE WOULD SHARE WITH SOMEONE IN NEED

TWO SHINING STARS WHOSE BRIGHT LIGHTS WERE
EXTINGUISHED WAY TOO SOON WHO WILL BE GREATLY
     MISSED EVERY TIME THE STARTING GATE OPENS

   

  *******************************


FOR OUR FIRST AWARD OF THE EVENING: ~ ''DISTORTED HUMOR'' ~
DIRECT FROM WONDERLAND, -- THE CHESHIRE CAT --
WHO HOPEFULLY  WILL ARRIVE WITH MORE THAN JUST A SMILE!

                 


THIS YEAR WE HAVE A DOUBLE AWARD AS BOTH RECIPIENTS
HAVE DISPLAYED CLEVERNESS ~ IMAGINATION WITH A DOSE
OF TWISTED WIT TO EARN THE TITLE OF DISTORTED HUMOR!

ONCE AGAIN -- TIGER DANCER --IS A 3-PEAT WINNER
ALONG WITH NEWCOMER, -- STARK --
  WHO ADDED HIS OWN BRAND OF WIT

~~
                                 




           OUR NEXT AWARD IS: ''THE LOST IN THE FOG''
                 


HERE TO PRESENT THE TROPHY IS -- SCHROEDINGERS' CAT --
              WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE VISIBLE?

    ~~~


THIS TROPHY IS BASED ON A VARIETY OF QUALIFICATIONS
WITH THE MOST COMMON ONE BEING:  WINNING WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF $$
THIS YEAR'S WINNER IS: ~ RUFFIAN ~
GAINING A VICTORY WITH $51.80

A VERY CLOSE RUNNER UP AWARD GOES TO ~ CIGARSHOP ~ WITH $51.90
                                       ALMOST A DEAD HEAT!

    ~Can Someone Spare a Dime~



OUR NEXT AWARD IS: THE GOLLUM ~ AKA THE PRECIOUS
...THE RING BEARER  FINISHING 4th MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHERS
         A GOLDEN RING INSTEAD OF A TROPHY IS THE PRIZE

TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE
FROM AUSTIN POWERS ~ MR BIGGLESWORTH ~
WHO DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE,  LOST ALL HIS HAIR!

   


THE RUNNER UP WITH 11 GOLDEN RINGS IS:  ~REAL QUIET~

THIS YEAR WE HAVE A RUNAWAY WINNER
WITH A WHOPPING 17 GOLDEN RINGS --> ~BLUNNY~
FROM THE BEGINNING,  HE SEEMED TO HAVE
HIS EYE ON THE ''PRECIOUS'' WEEK AFTER WEEK
AND WILL TAKE HOME THE COVETED PRIZE!

~



OUR NEXT AWARD IS:  THE BRIDESMAID OF THE YEAR
AS THE NAME IMPLIES,  FINISHING RUNNER UP THE MOST

TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE WELCOME ~ TOODLES GALORE ~
WHO USUALLY IS SEEN HANGIN AROUND WITH TOM & JERRY
AND IS ACCUSTOMED TO PLAYING ''2nd FIDDLE'' TO THEM!




A DEAD HEAT FOR RUNNER UP WITH 11 BRIDESMAID'S GOWNS:
          RUFFIAN ~ CRIMINAL TYPE -&- BLUNNY

THE WINNER, HAVING HUNG UP 13 GOWNS IS ==> CATALINA





OUR NEXT AWARD SOME MAY NOT CONSIDER TO BE AN 'HONOR'
THE CAT HOUSE TROPHY (FILLYS ONLY)
IS ACHIEVED BY FINISHING LAST MORE TIMES THAN ANY OTHER

TO PRESENT THIS AWARD, PLEASE WELCOME ~TONY-THE-TIGER~
WHO PERSONALLY THINKS THIS TROPHY IS GRRRRREAT!

     


THE RUNNER UP THIS SEASON IS LAST YEAR'S WINNER ==> RUFFIAN
  HAVING TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN THE CAT HOUSE 11 TIMES

OUR WINNER, THO NO RELATION TO TONY IS ~TIGER DANCER~
WHO DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY WITH THE CHIPPENDALES 12 TIMES

   



THE MALE EQUIVALENT TO THE CAT HOUSE AWARD IS -- THE DOG HOUSE
PRESENTING THIS 'HONOR' WILL BE SOMEONE WHO IS VERY USED TO
LAYING AROUND DOING NOTHING BUT EAT, DRINK & NAP! ~GARFIELD~!

               


WINNING THIS AWARD FOR THE 4th YEAR IN A ROW
IS THE ~MASTER THIEF - CRIMINAL TYPE~
    WHO WON THE KEY 17 TIMES
AND BY NOW PROBABLY HOLDS AN INTEREST IN THE MORTGAGE!

   
       
               


OUR FINAL AWARD -- BEFORE A BRIEF INTERMISSION WILL BE:
                           THE GOLDEN GOOSE
          ACHIEVING THIS 'HONOR' IS NOT EASY AT ALL!
IT MEANS RUNNING ALL DAY -&- RETURNING WITH AN EMPTY PURSE
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE ~ ~ ~ THE ALWAYS STYLISH
                    ~PUSS IN BOOTS~

           


WITH 1 GOLDEN EGG  ==> CRIMINAL TYPE -&- POST TIME MIKE
WITH 2 GOLDEN EGGS EACH ==> RUFFIAN, CATALINA -&- TIGER DANCER

THE GRAND GOLDEN GOOSE EGG WINNER WITH 3 ==> JOHN HENRY

~~~
                         


**STAY TUNED FOR -- PART 2**
       
~I GUESS WE KNOW WHO BROUGHT THE REFRESHMENTS~   


    **2016 MEOW MIX AWARDS -- PART 2**



      AFTER A SHORT INTERMISSION
GIVING EVERYONE A CHANCE TO STRETCH LEGS
AND PARTAKE OF THE MEOW-MIX BUFFET
FEATURING A SUPURRRB ASSORTMENT OF
ANCHOVIES, FISH-STIX, LOBSTER TAIL,
KING CRAB LEGS -&- CATNIP COOKIES ~

     WE ARE BACK NOW .... SO ON WITH THE SHOW!
                     


    OUR NEXT AWARD IS -- THE FROSTED WHISKER

               

THIS TROPHY IS HIGHLY REVERED
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO WIN IT,
IT MEANS THAT THE 1st 2 LEGS OF THE
VERY ELUSIVE 3-PEAT HAD BEEN WON,
WITH ONLY THE REMAINING 3rd ONE LEFT TO RUN -&- WIN

THE FROSTED WHISKER IS GIVEN TO ALL
WHO WIN THE FIRST TWO RACES,  BUT THEN, 
  UNFORTUNATELY, LUCK RUNS OUT

TO PRESENT THE FROSTED WHISKERS TO ALL WHO EARNED IT
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE:
THE ONE -&- ONLY ~ GRUMPY CAT ~
WHOSE DEMEANOR DEFINITELY DEFINES THE MOOD OF
ALL THE RECIPIENTS WHO TRIED SO HARD ~ ONLY TO LOSE

~~~

WITH 1 FROSTED WHISKER EACH:
CRIMINAL TYPE / JOHN HENRY / POST TIME MIKE / DUSTY -&- CIGARSHOP

   THE WINNER ....
SUFFERING THIS HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT
  NOT ONCE BUT TWICE  --->  ~ STARK ~

       
~A NICE TROPHY TO DISPLAY -AND- YOU CAN DRINK YOUR SORROWS AWAY~


OUR NEXT AWARD IS CALLED: BOTS = BATTLE OF THE SEXES
ALL YEAR LONG IT IS THE STRENGTH -&- POWER OF THE COLTS
     VERSUS THE CLEVER -&- COURAGEOUS FIREY FILLYS!

 


TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE WELCOME
THE PARTNER IN CRIME TO SIR PUSS IN BOOTS
        ~ MISS KITTY SOFT PAWS ~

             


THIS SEASON IT WAS THE FILLYS WITH ALL THE POWER
     THE RUNNER UP WITH 5 WINS IS ==> CATALINA
BUT THE FILLY EARNING ALL THE GLORY, HAVING DEFEATED
       THOSE BAD BOY COLTS 7 TIMES IS ==> RUFFIAN!

**AND THE 2016 BOTS TROPHY - GOES TO ---> THE FILLYS**

                 


   OUR NEXT AWARD IS THE ''MIDWEEK MAYHEM''
PRESENTING THIS HIGHLY VALUED TROPHY WILL BE:
      ~ THE DUCHESS OF THE ARISTOCATS ~

               


THIS WAS A HIGHLY CONTESTED -&- CLOSE RACE TO THE FINISH
JUST MISSING OUT ON THE TROPHY IS -- TIGER DANCER --> WITH 7
THE WINNER OF THE MM TROPHY GOES TO: ~ RUFFIAN ~  ---> WITH 8

             


  ~~NOW ON TO THE BIG MONEY MAKERS OF THE YEAR!~~


THE 'CAIXA ELETRONICA' TROPHY REPRESENTS
THE MOST MONEY EARNED IN A SINGLE DAY
SOME DAYS IT MAY TAKE A BIT OF ''MAGIC'' TO DO THIS

       TO PRESENT THIS AWARD,  PLEASE WELCOME ~ SALEM ~
FROM SABRINA TEEN-AGE WITCH WHO KNOWS A BIT ABOUT MAGIC! 

       


THIS YEAR WE HAVE ONE OF THE CLOSEST
'RUN FOR THE MONEY' CHALLENGES
   IN THE HISTORY OF THE AWARD

BY A KITTY WHISKER,  RUFFIAN JUST LOST OUT AT THE WIRE
HAVING EARNED AN IMPRESSIVE 1-DAY TOTAL OF:  $190.60
     WHICH IN MOST YEARS COULD HAVE BEEN A WINNER
              JUST MISSING THE AWARD BY $13.80

THE CAIXA ELETRONICA TROPHY GOES TO: ~ STARK~ WITH $204.40

                       


OUR NEXT BIG MONEY AWARD IS: THE 'CRAFTY PROSPECTOR' TROPHY
     WHICH REPRESENTS THE MOST MONEY WON FOR THE YEAR

PRESENTING THIS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AWARD WILL BE
             ~ CROOKSHANKS ~
    A MOST FASCINATING -&- INTELLIGENT FELINE
WHO WITH THE PERMISSION OF HERMIONE -&- HARRY POTTER,
HAS ARRIVED TO REVEAL WHO MAY BE HIDING FROM YE OLE TAX COLLECTER!

             


    HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO THE FOLLOWING

IN 5th PLACE =====> JOHN HENRY = $1014.10
IN 4th PLACE =====> TIGER DANCER = $1100.30
IN 3rd PLACE =====> D U S T Y = $1162.90
           
ONCE AGAIN, IT IS ---> RUFFIAN
PLAYING RUNNER-UP BY A WHISKER
HAVING STASHED AWAY A TIDY SUM OF:  $1362.80
     BUT FALLING $78 SHORT OF GLORY!

AND YES, ONCE AGAIN, SHE HAS LOST ANOTHER TROPHY TO
~ STARK ~ WHO BANKED A WHOPPING $1440.80 FOR THE YEAR

         


OUR NEXT AWARD IS: THE SUPURRR-SATURDAY TROPHY
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE, ~ MR. TOP CAT ~
     TO PRESENT THIS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AWARD

           


COMING IN AS RUNNER UP, WITH 7 VICTORIES IS --> DUSTY

TAKING HOME THE SUPURRR~SATURDAY TROPHY
WITH 9 VICTORY GALLOPS TO HIS CREDIT ====> IS ~ STARK ~

         



WE WILL NOW TAKE A BRIEF INTERMISSION TO PREPARE
                FOR THE  --  ''HALFTIME SHOW''

     
            ~ MEOW MIX IS PROUD TO PRESENT ~
             OUR 2016 AWARDS HALFTIME SHOW
THE DYNAMIC, DAZZLING -&- DRAMATIC DANCE-ARAMA

                 



TO OPEN THE SHOW PLEASE GIVE A ROUSING APPLAUSE TO
                 BLUNNY  -&-  CATALINA
WHO WILL BE SHOWIN YA ALL HOW IT'S DONE IN TEXAS
    WITH THEIR RENDITION OF THE ''TEXAS-2-STEP''

         


              OUR NEXT DANCER WILL BE ~ RAVEN ~
    HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS FOLKS -- AS HE OFFERS UP
                HIS OWN ''FLY HIGH'' FREESTYLE

         



         OUR MOOD NOW TURNS TO CAJUN COUNTRY AS
~POST TIME MIKE~ WILL BE PERFORMING A 'MASH UP' OF
RED HOT CHILLI-PEPPERS, CAJUN CALYPSO -&- CHA CHA CHA

   
                                   


      ~ AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ~


DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF 3-DOG NIGHT -&- 'WHO LET THE DOGS OUT'
    PLEASE GIVE A BIG 'WOOF-WOOF-WOOF' WELCOME TO OUR OWN
'3-DOG'  COLT TRIO OF:  CRIMINAL TYPE, REAL QUIET -&- CIGARSHOP
WHO NOW BRING YOU THEIR ORIGINAL ''BEER BRIGADE BOOGIE!''
HOPEFULLY ~ ALL 3 COLTS WILL REMAIN ON THEIR FEET AT THE END
         





AND NOW, HERE TO DO  'COLT CLEAN UP'  IS ~DUSTY~
     AS SHE OFFERS HER OWN STYLE OF
THE ''MAGIC CARPET MAMBO-MERENGUE''

 



CHANGING GEARS NOW FROM LATIN AMERICAN GENRE TO
        SOMETHING THAT DEFIES A ''CATEGORY''  PER SE ~
HERE'S  ~STARK~ WHO WILL BE INTRODUCING YOU TO THE ORIGINAL
                            'SUPER-SHARK-SHUFFLE!'

                 



  WELL I MUST ADMIT, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE!

           


   BUT IF YOU ENJOY SEEING SOMETHING BIZARRE -&- FREAKY
         YOU SHOULD ENJOY OUR NEXT ENTERTAINER ~
  COMPLETE WITH FEATHER ATTIRE -- WELCOME TO THE STAGE
~CIGARSHOP~ WITH HIS OWN ORIGINAL ''CHICKEN-DANCE-CAN-CAN''

    .....



WE'LL WAIT FOR THE LAUGHTER TO DIE DOWN TO PRESENT
                            OUR NEXT ENTERTAINER

                       


BACK TO THE LATIN AMERICAN THEME OF DANCE - KIND OF:
~OAKLAWN CAPPER~  WITH AN ''X-RATED-SIZZLING 'STUDLY' SALSA''
{PARENTS: U MAY WANT TO ESCORT YOUNGSTERS OUT OF
            THE AUDITORIUM FOR THIS PERFORMANCE}

         
**SORRY -- THIS IS ALL THE CENSORS WILL ALLOW**       


NOW THAT EVERYONE IS ''TURNED ON''   
    LET'S KEEP THAT ACTION GOING
AS WE JOIN  ~REAL QUIET~  WITH HIS OWN
CREATIVE DANCE:  THE ''TIP-TOE-TAPPING-TOMCAT-TWIST!''

       



AFTER TWISTING OUR SACROILIACS OUT OF PLACE, EVERYONE
CAN SIT BACK DOWN,  RELAX AND WATCH AN AMAZING UNIQUE
PERFORMANCE BY  ~JOHN HENRY~ AS HE CHALLENGES HIS OWN BACK
WITH A 'LAZY-LAID-BACK-LIMBO' ROUTINE!  -- HOW LOW CAN HE GO!   

         


  BACK TO THE LATIN AMERICAN GENRE NOW
      PLEASE WELCOME  ~CATALINA~  TO THE STAGE
AS SHE TREATS YOU TO THE 'TRICKY TEXAS TANGO' WHICH IS
DRAMATICALLY DIFFICULT WHEN DOING IT WITHOUT A PARTNER!

       



OUR NEXT PERFORMER WILL BE DOING A DANCE THAT IS USUALLY
DONE BY A LONG LINE OF DANCERS YET HE ENJOYS DOING IT ALONE!
    HERE IS ~BLUNNY~  WITH HIS OWN RENDITION OF
              THE  ''ENERGIZER BUNNY HOP''


             


 
NOW SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE GENTLEMEN IN THE AUDIENCE                                                             
            ALTHOUGH EVERYONE CAN ENJOY IT ~
THE MEN JUST MIGHT APPRECIATE IT A TEENY TAD MORE?

    DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF: THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS
     PLEASE WELCOME THE FABULOUS FELINE FILLYS
RUFFIAN ~ DUSTY ~ TIGER DANCER ~ CATALINA -&- PEEPTOAD
       WITH THEIR SPECIAL & ORIGINAL INTERPRETATION OF
                   'DARINGLY DOWN & DIRTY DANCING'

     
                           



WE HAVE A BRIEF INTERMISSION -- AS THE STAGE IS BEING
PREPARED FOR OUR NEXT DRAMATIC DISPLAY OF DANCE


THE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN TURNED LOW ~  AS THE SPOTLIGHT IS CAST
     ONTO THE STAGE ILLUMINATING A GLOW-IN-THE-DARK POLE
        ANTICIPATION IS RUNNING ON HIGH AS WE DON'T KNOW
                        WHO OR WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN

                     

   
   A HUSH FALLS OVER THE CROWD AS  ~PEEPTOAD~  ENTERS
SHE WILL BE OFFERING HER OWN CREATIVE COMBINATION OF
     PASODOBLE LEAPING  -&- THE POLE-DANCE-PACHANGA!




             


AND NOW TO BE EQUALLY FAIR TO THE LADIES IN THE CROWD
       (NO WE DO NOT HAVE THE CHIPPENDALE DANCERS!)
   BUT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING ALMOST AS GOOD AS WE
     TRAVEL BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE WILD, WILD WEST

   


PLEASE WELCOME CRIMINAL TYPE -- WHO WILL BE SHOWING
YOU HIS OWN UNIQUE STYLE OF THE 'SHOOT-EM-UP-SAMBA'
                 DO NOT FEAR, HE MAY BE 'LOADED'
      -- BUT  HIS 38 SPECIAL IS JUST SHOOTING BLANKS

     


WE NOW WILL TRAVEL FROM THE OLD WILD WEST TO LET OUR
MINDS DO AN IMAGINARY HITCH-HIKE ABOARD THE T.A.R.D.I.S
WITH 'DR WHO'  AS WE LAND IN THE UNIVERSE'S VERSION OF
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HORROR SHOW WHERE WE WILL BE
TREATED TO A TIGER DANCER  ''2-STEPPING-TIME-WARP!''

             

         



AS OUR MINDS RECOVER FROM 'OUTER SPACE'  WE HEAD
BACK TO REALITY -- WHERE  ~RUFFIAN~  WILL TREAT US TO AN
ORIGINAL -- NEVER BEFORE SEEN -- COMBINATION ROUTINE OF:
THE CATNIP COUNTRY CLOG -&- THE SHENANIGANS SULTRY SHIMMY

     



TO CLOSE OUT OUR HALFTIME SHOW WE PROUDLY PRESENT:
    DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF:   WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
        OUR VERY OWN STARS OF THE 'BIG-CAT-DIARY'
   ~ RUFFIAN (aka: The Cheetah) -&- TIGER DANCER ~

   
                               
                  



  WE NOW RETURN TO THE FINAL AWARDS OF THE EVENING

     
NOW THAT EVERYONE IS TOTALLY EXHAUSTED FROM
~THE HALF TIME DANCEARAMA  EXTRAVAGANZA~ 
....  TIZ TIME TO RELAX ~ REFRESH -&- RESUME
     
WE NOW COME TO THE PART OF OUR SHOW
THAT FEATURES OUR TOP 6 YEAR END AWARDS


  OUR FIRST AWARD IS:  THE ''RISEN STAR''
SOMETIMES THIS ALSO INCLUDES ANOTHER ASPECT
  THAT WE CALL ''THE MOST IMPROVED''
        DEPENDING ON THE YEAR'S EVENTS

IN THE 'MOST IMPROVED' CATEGORY -- 2 COLTS CAN BE
VERY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS THIS SEASON
           ~ BLUNNY AND JOHN HENRY ~   

             

               
                 
THE RISEN STAR TROPHY -- GOES TO ONE WHO HAS SHOWN
IMPRESSIVE RACING EFFORTS,  TENACITY,  KINDNESS,
HUMOR EVEN IN THE FACE OF DEFEAT, HONESTY, COURAGE,
~ A WILL TO WIN BUT NEVER AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS, 
AND A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT A RACING STAR SHOULD BE

   TO PRESENT THIS AWARD,
PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO: -- LIL BUB --
WHOSE OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES HAVE ILLUSTRATED HOW TO
OVERCOME OBSTACLES -&- HARD TIMES TO FIND A PATH TO GLORY

       


   WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE
THE WINNER OF THE RISEN STAR: ~ STARK ~

   

                                               
OUR NEXT AWARD IS CALLED:  "AWESOME AGAIN"
THIS REPRESENTS THOSE WHO REPEAT AN AWARD FROM
THE PREVIOUS SEASON ALTHO SOMETIMES THE REPEAT
WIN IS OF QUESTIONABLE PRIDE TO HAVE ACHIEVED IT!
WE OFTEN HAVE SEVERAL WHO RECEIVE THIS 'HONOR'

HERE TO PRESENT THE  'AWESOME AGAIN' TROPHIES
PLEASE WELCOME -- MORRIS THE CAT --
OF 9 LIVES FAME WHO IS THE SHINING EXAMPLE
  OF REPEATING PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES

     


THIS YEAR WE HAVE A FEW REPEAT PERFORMANCES:
MOST NOTABLE IS THAT ~CRIMINAL TYPE~
HAS YET AGAIN MANAGED TO HOLD ON TO
THE KEY TO THE DOG HOUSE FOR THE 4th TIME!

     

AND OVER AT THE FILLY CAT HOUSE, WE SEE ~DUSTY~
HAS MANAGED TO BOLT THE DOOR
PREVENTING OTHERS FROM ENTERING!!
RUMOR HAS IT, SHE IS ENJOYING THE CATNIP AND
CHIPPENDALE DANCERS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH
   AND NOW MAY BE 'ADDICTED' ~
      COULD AN INTERVENTION BE NEEDED?   


WITH AN UNCANNY KNACK FOR FINISHING 4th
AND STEALING THE PRECIOUS,
~BLUNNY~  ONCE AGAIN HAS WON "THE GOLLUM"

         


MORE IMPRESSIVELY:
BOTH  ~CRIMINAL TYPE  -&-  POST TIME MIKE~
HAVE REPEATED WINNING THE FROSTED WHISKER TROPHY
HAVING WON 2 OF 3 RACES IN THE EFFORT TO GAIN 3-PEAT GLORY

             {-- x2 --}


                ---> SPECIAL SERVICE AWARD <---
TO ~ TIGER DANCER ~  FOR HER DEDICATION -&- DETERMINATION
   TO GRAPHICATE MY WORDS ENHANCING THE RACE CALL
         INTO A MORE ENTERTAINING EXPERIENCE

                 



OUR NEXT AWARD IS FOR -- THE FILLY OF THE YEAR
TO PRESENT THIS HIGHLY REGARDED TROPHY
COMING ALL THE WAY FROM DEEP SPACE
   ABOARD STAR TREK-TNG
     IS DATA'S TRUSTY COMPANION, -- SPOT --

       


HAVING WON BOTH THE 'MIDWEEK MAYHEM' -&- THE 'BOTS TROPHIES'
  AS WELL AS RUNNER UP BY A WHISKER IN BOTH THE
  'CAIXA ELETRONICA' -&- 'CRAFTY PROSPECTOR AWARDS'
THIS SEASON'S FILLY OF THE YEAR IS ===> ~RUFFIAN~
(WITH A REPLICA TROPHY FOR HER INNER CHEETAH!)

      


 
~ OUR RACE OF THE YEAR ~
OFTEN HAS SEVERAL EVENTS
BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE TROPHY --

RACES WORTH MENTIONING ARE:
ALL WHO RAN TO WIN A 3-PEAT BUT
SADLY MISSED THE VICTORY GALLOP GLORY -&- WERE REWARDED
WITH A 'FROSTED WHISKER' FOR THEIR EFFORTS INSTEAD ~

STARK (WITH 2) / CIGARSHOP / POST TIME MIKE / JOHN HENRY
DUSTY -&- CRIMINAL TYPE ~~  ALL WITH 1 GALLANT EFFORT

HERE TO PRESENT THE OFFICIAL RACE OF THE YEAR TROPHY IS --
SOMEONE WHO IS USUALLY SEEN RUNNING ~
CHASING A VERY FAST TWEETY BIRD
THE ONE -&- ONLY ~ SYLVESTER ~

   


   THE RACE OF THE YEAR HAPPENED
IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, ON JANUARY 16th, 
WHEN THE RECIPIENT OF THIS TROPHY REWARDED HIS CONNECTIONS
WITH A WHOPPING -- $204.40 -- FOR A SINGLE DAY'S EFFORT!

NOT ONLY DID ~STARK~ WIN THE CAIXA ELETRONICA TROPHY
FOR THIS ONE DAY EVENT,  BUT IT WAS IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH
TO ALSO REWARD HIM WITH THE RACE OF THE YEAR AWARD AS WELL!

                 



OUR NEXT AWARD IS FOR: -- COLT OF THE YEAR --
TO PRESENT THIS PRESTIGIOUS TROPHY IS
THE ONE -&- ONLY  ~ COLONEL MEOW ~
AND  FOR THOSE OF YOU UNFAMILIAR WITH WHO HE IS
JUST GO GOOGLE AND BE PREPARED TO BE IMPRESSED!

       


  YOU WON'T NEED A CRYSTAL BALL TO SEE THIS ONE COMIN!

                 


THE WINNER SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER AFTER SEEING HIM TROT
UP TO THE STAGE SEVERAL TIMES TO RECEIVE THE AWARDS FOR:
     SUPURRR SATURDAY ~  CAIXA ELETRONICA ~ RISEN STAR
       THE CRAFTY PROSPECTOR ~  THE RACE OF THE YEAR

                          YES INDEED FOLKS ~
ONE COLT WHO BEGAN THIS SEASON AS A MAIDEN AND
IN THE WINK OF AN EYE,  WAS RUNNING LIKE A CHAMPION
                THE COLT OF THE YEAR = ~ STARK ~

                 


   
WE NOW COME TO THE CLOSING EVENT OF THE EVENING
THE ONE MOST HIGHLY TREASURED TROPHY OF THEM ALL
             
TO PRESENT THE -- 2016 HORSE OF THE YEAR AWARD --
    PLEASE WELCOME DIRECT FROM NARNIA ~
       THE ONE -&- ONLY  ~ ASLAN ~

         


          IN THE HISTORY OF THIS AWARD,
ONLY NOW -&- THEN IS THE FINAL DECISION VERY CLOSE
        WITH THIS SEASON BEING ONE OF THOSE
THAT IS WHY THIS YEAR WE ARE PRESENTING -- 2 TROPHIES!

1st -- TO THE QUEEN OF THE FILLY FELINES ~
WINNER OF:  THE MIDWEEK MAYHEM TROPHY
    THE BOTS TROPHY --  FILLY OF THE YEAR
RUNNER UP IN BOTH CAIXA ELETRONICA -&- CRAFTY PROSPECTOR
                                ~~ RUFFIAN ~~

  AND OF COURSE WITH HIS NUMEROUS AWARDS:
SUPURRR SATURDAY -- CAIXA ELETRONICA -- RISEN STAR
       THE CRAFTY PROSPECTOR -- THE RACE OF THE YEAR
                                  ~~ STARK ~~

                 
             
                                {-- x2 --}


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**A STANDING OVATION FOR ALL OF OUR 2016 MEOW-MIX AWARD WINNERS**

WE LOOK FORWARD TO AN EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE NEW YEAR
AND NOW WE BID YOU A FOND ADIEU FROM THE MGM GRAND

         WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY -&- HEALTHY 'MEW' YEAR

                   
               

            MAY YOUR WHISKERS ALWAYS BE CRUMB-FREE
                           YOUR CATNIP ALWAYS FRESH
                    YOUR WATER BOWL ALWAYS FILLED
                      YOUR FUR SPARKLING -&- SHINY                 
YOUR SCRATCHING POST ALWAYS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE
          FOR THOSE DAYS OF AGGRAVATION FROM OTHERS
     WHO DO NOT RESPECT YOUR POSITION OF AUTHORITY!   

                 


    *****************************

   
~~GRAPHICS BY: TIGER DANCER ~~
   **Sorry this took me so long to complete. 
    Life has been total chaos and upside down right now.
          I hope to be back in Full Force soon.....
     I Sincerely Appreciate your Patience and Support!!

**And for those counting ...... There are 130 Graphics
in this Fantabulous Celebration Presentation!!

                 

[Dusty]

SIMPLY AMAZING - Congrats to the WINNERS and KUDOS to Stark on a SOLID year!!!!

[RUFFIAN]

                                             

            2016 MEOW MIX AWARDS NOW COMPLETE! 

[stark]

Thank You, Thank You Very Much
 
You've made one stark very happy!


And to all the winners and participants.....You done good!



And to Ruffian and TigerDancer, my sincere thanks, this whole thing (including the rules) wouldn't be possible without you!

[Cigarshop]

Congrats to everyone who won an award..... To my partner in crime Mr Criminal Type you're missed day in day out....

To ruff and le tigre job well done.....

[THUNDER CAT]

Should be posted on U Tube

[blunny]

To Tiger with the unlimited graphics
Disney is calling.

To the girl with a way with pen and words.

An old cartoon show the "Wacky Racers" could use you.

[Real Quiet]

Congrats to the winners. You all had an outstanding year. Kudos to the presenters, the writer and the graphics designer. You should all be up for Oscars. As others have said, Criminal Type and John Henry will be missed but remembered. To describe them, "All Class, All the Time".

[Catalina]

Congratulations to all the winners of the annual awards, and a bittersweet farewell to John Henry and Criminal Type who left our merry group for match races with the greats of history.  Great script, Miz Ruffian, and fabulous graphics, Tiger Dancer! 

[TIGER DANCER]

         

            
   **CONGRATS TO ALL OUR WINNERS OF 2016**

        XTRA SPECIAL KUDOS TO OUR HOTYS:

         STARK - THE SUPER SHARK - 
WHO TOOK A VERY BIG BITE OUT OF THIS YEARS COMPETITION!!

      



  AND ~ RUFFIAN -aka- THE CHEETAH SPEED DEMON

   


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    Special Thanks to our Fearless Leader,
  The Grand Pooobah herself .... Ruff-Zilla
     For her longtime ongoing dedication
  to the TBR contests and weekly race calls.
{Not to mention her mega pound Rule Book}   

           


                      



                ~~ ODE TO SPOT ~~

Felis Cattus, is your taxonomic nomenclature,
an endothermic quadruped carnivorous by nature?
Your visual, olfactory and auditory senses
contribute to your hunting skills, and natural defenses.

I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
a singular development of cat communications
that obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
for a rhythmic stroking of your fur, to demonstrate affection.

A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
you would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aide in locomotion,
it often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.

O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.

[peeptoad]

Wow, that was quite a ceremony! Props for all your efforts going into this... and especially considering the delays in posting it. 

Congratulations to all the winners! I think I need to spend more time in the cathouse this year... all my favorites goodies and treats are there!  :chickendance:

[stark]

The Belmont and The Triple Crown have their trophies


The Kentucky Derby has a trophy


The Preakness has the Woodland Vase


The Breeders Cup has their trophies


The Eclipse Award has their trophies



But none are as special as the one I received in the mail today from our Founder, President, Sergent-At Arms and overall good egg Ruffian.
It's specially engraved noting Stark as 2016 Horse Of The Year, how special is that!

I'll work on getting an actual picture taken and posted here, in the meantime it kinda looks like this except that it's made out of solid gold on top!....


Thanks very much Ruffian, it's my first trophy since Little League and that was a very long time ago!

Good Luck to all in 2017

[Real Quiet]

I guess it doesn't hurt to tell Ruff once in a while that all her work and efforts are appreciated. That goes for the other administrators, Tiger Dancer and Dusty who help make this site go!

[stark]

Well, so much for me thinking I was in possession of a one-and-only memento recognizing a significant accomplishment.

I have but one recommendation for RealQuiet and that is to keep those safe under lock and key until such time you or your heirs contact Sotheby's with regards to auctioning them off to the highest bidder.