Archive for May, 2009

Meet the contestants – HRM Elizabeaver I

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Over the past 4 years, a great many beavers have vied for the title of Beaver Queen. This year, for the first time, true royalty seeks its rightful place. Meet Her Royal Majesty Elizabeaver I, Queen of Ponds and Isles, Defender of the Wetlands.

HRM Elizabeaver, first to bear that good and noble name, is the daughter of HRM Henry VIII (a man with much beaver experience) and Anne Boleyn (who found that axes are not so good for beavers). Though there has been much made about the relationship between HRM Elizabeaver and Sir Walter Wally, a groundhog very much in her favor, she always protected her wetlands and is still a virgin beaver queen. HRM Elizabeaver, also known
as “Good Queen Beav”, “Gloriana”, or the “Virgin Beaver Queen”, is also known for her rivalry with her cousin, Mary Queen of Scottish Beavers.

HRM Elizabeaver succeeded to the throne upon the death of her sister, Queen “Bloody Beaver” Mary, and has created through her reign a time of great peace, love, and flourishing beavers. HRM Elizabeaver has come across the pond to compete in the Beaver Queen Pageant in order to continue her protection of wetlands and the promotion of the glory of beavers.

Don’t forget, the official start of BQP season is tomorrow night at The Scrap Exchange, with the opening of “An Exhibition of the Finest Handcrafted Beaver Tails in the Entire Universe.

Meet the contestants – Durga Beaver

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Durga Beaver, like her predecessor Durga, was created when the whole dam Earth had become overrun with demons. The gods who ran the world had done everything they could think of to stabilize the world economy, society and environment. They erected barriers and fences, bombers and Humvees, bailouts and restructurings. But all of them failed to provide a firm foundation for the world. The gods were powerless against the evil forces which were running amok. So they convened a special session of all the dam leaders and acknowledged their inability to solve the problems using the same methods they’d been trying for years at the cost of billions of dollars and millions of lives.

They had thought that if they just put their heads together they would come up with something. So they tried and tried until their frustration became almost unbearable.

Suddenly at the very moment that they admitted their total inability to ease their frustration and come to a satisfying conclusion the ideal beaver entered each of their heads. They noticed for the first time that there were no beavers among all the dam gods and they saw the capacity of beavers to know exactly where and when to apply their mouths and their tails in order to achieve the smoothest flow and the firmest
structure to provide a life giving environment and a good dam time. The gods realized that all of their pitiful erections were doomed to fail without the guidance and support of the beaver.

That was the first step in their recovery.

They knew then they needed the help of a higher power. So they put their heads together again and prayed for the Queen Beaver to manifest and bless them. Their humility, intention and fervent prayer for help woke the goddess Durga from her thousand year slumber and she donned her beaver tail and descended to the dam demon infested world once again to defeat the evil forces and return the whole dam world to peace and harmony. This is the start of the Durga Beaver tale.

Beaver Queen Pageant kick-off event!

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Join the Beaver Lodge and beaver lovers throughout the Triangle at Durham’s Scrap Exchange for the opening of The Green Gallery on Friday night, May 15th, in conjunction with Third Friday.

That’s right, soon, Durham will be host to “an exhibition of the Finest Handcrafted Beaver Tails in the entire universe.”

And don’t forget, the 5th annual Beaver Queen Pageant takes place in one month, on Saturday, June 6, at the Duke Park Meadow, at the corner of Acadia and Knox, in beautiful Duke Park. Stay tuned for bios of all the contestants and celebrity judges, and check in often here and at the official Beaver Lodge blog for the latest news on this year’s pageant.

Gallery is fixed

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

The groovy slide show of the 2008 Beaver Queen Pageant is now working.