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RESULTS:
THE WINNER: Swan Lap
Marco A. Garcia, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
SECOND PLACE: Don QuiXXXote
David Daniel, Woodland Hills, CA
THIRD PLACE: Jiggle-etto
John Clark, Eaton, OH
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Nutcracker
More than 300 different submissions
Juliet and Juliet
Jeff Sawyer, Mount Horeb, WI
Giselle (That's not my real name)
Arthur Cavaliere, Ship Bottom, NJ
A Midsummer Night's Dame
Harvey Randall, Schenectady, NY
Petushka
Kenneth Liebman, Williston, VT
Appalapian Spring
Anne Thiessen, Catonsville, MD
Wriggle-a-lotto
L. Robert Hill, Santa Rosa, CA
Sleeping Booty
David Larson, Raleigh, NC
Sinderella
Mike Berkley, Tempe, AZ
Madame Buttonfly
Ginny Lord, Oconomowoc, WI
Serenade for G-Strings
Elaine Molinar, Brooklyn, NY
Lucia di Lap Amore
Sandy Hall, Honolulu, HI
Onegin, Off Again
Larry Johnston, Highlands Ranch, CO
Polero
J C Dresner, San Francisco, CA
Three Minuets in Paradise
Mike Poremski, Austin, TX
Peter and the Wolf Whistle
Carlo R. Fuentes, San Pedro, CA
Dance for the Wooden Soldiers
Jeff O'Connor, Wilmington, DE
Night on Bald Mountain
Sharon Clark & Glenn Gruber, Pasadena, CA
The Babes of Seville
Dan Adler, Austin, TX
La Bayadere Badabing
Mark Berman, Potomac, MD
Debbie Does Swan Lake
Lisa Zakai, Catonsville, MD
Swan Laid
Elizabeth Gaines, Granada Hills, CA
Swan Snake
Al Stoffel, San Diego, CA
Thong Lake
Jim Coyle, Shrewsbury, PA
Cop-a-feel-ia
Robert Ricci, Rahway, NJ
Hide the Salome
Stephen Dudzik, Olney, MD
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