May 2010 Tonner “The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars” Convention Competition Categories

 

Competition Chairperson: Meg Hunt (meghunt@verizon.net); contact Meg for questions or clarifications on the categories listed below.

Criteria for Judging:  Unless otherwise specified, judging will be based on your interpretation of the theme, use of fabrics and trim, and quality of workmanship.  Read carefully for choice of dolls and number that can be entered in each numbered category.

 

Child Doll Categories:

 

# 1 – Man in the Moon:  “I see the moon, the moon sees me. . .,” a childhood song the helps to perpetuate the myth of the man in the moon.  Who is he, what does he look like?  Your favorite Tonner or Effanbee male or female child doll wonders too.  Costume him or her as if he were the man in the moon of childhood imagination.

 

Mixed Child/Fashion Doll Category

 

#2 - Effanbeetastic:  Help celebrate Effanbee’s Centennial by bringing your favorite Effanbee doll (child or fashion doll) dressed for a birthday party.  Your doll can come from the pre-Tonner or the Tonner era and the doll can be dressed by yourself or in an original outfit, so long as it is appropriate for the birthday party you imagine for such a significant milestone in Effanbee’s history.  Entry should be accompanied by a 3x5 card identifying the doll and whether the outfit is original or made by you.

 

Fashion or Character Doll Categories:

 

#3 –Gold and Silver Ball:  Your favorite Tonner female fashion or character doll has been invited to celebrate “The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars” by appearing at Convention in gowns “spun” either of pure gold or pure silver.  Select your favorite and make sure she’s appropriately attired for the “Gold and Silver Ball.”

 

#4 – I Want to be a Star:  Your favorite male or female Tonner fashion or character doll has sorted through dozens of scripts, looking for a star-making role.  Dress your doll for a scene in that movie.  For your inspiration, you may draw on a classic movie, a modern movie, or any story or idea that you think would make a great movie.  Please include with your entry, a 3x5 card that identifies the movie and the character played by your doll in as few words as possible.

 

#5 – Ellowyne Wilde – Child of Aquarius:  Whether in sympathy with the sign of Aquarius or the dawn of the Age of Aquarius, your Ellowyne or Prudence feels today like an Aquarian  child.  Costume your Ellowyne or Prudence to reflect the mood.

 

#6 – Antoinette – Eclipse:  The eclipse of your imagination may be planetary, emotional or even technological, but it should serve as the inspiration for costuming Antoinette.  Your Antoinette will strut the fashion runway this spring in an outfit entitled “Eclipse.”  Play with the word, develop your concept and costume Antoinette to reflect your vision.

 

# 7 – Mission to Mars:  Your favorite Tonner male or female fashion or character doll has been selected to participate in a mission to explore Mars, with the hope of laying the foundation for colonization.  You will design the wardrobe for the mission.  Pick the decade in which the mission will occur, and costume your entry for some aspect of the mission.  Please identify the decade and the mission event or role for which your entry is costumed.

 

General Category:

 

#8  - Crafts/Embroidery: Are you skilled in crafts, including quilting, embroidery, millinery, shoe-making, furniture making, set or interior design, and any other homespun art or artistic product? Please submit your craft themed to “The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars” in this competition category. Item must have been made by the entrant and will be judged on creativity, design, and quality of workmanship. Please note that typically, this category is not for dolls or doll outfits; which are better suited toward the design categories; judges may choose to move doll and doll outfits from this category to any of the other competition categories that may be more appropriate. 

#9  - Photography: Let us enjoy your photography talents. Please submit an 8 x 10 

photograph in a stand up frame.  The image must be inspired by the convention theme,

“The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars,” and the only limit is that defined by your own imagination.

 The image may include dolls – or it may not. If dolls are included, the costumes need not 

have been made by the photographer/entrant.  Criteria for Judging:  Composition, lighting,

 use of color (or not), imagination in interpreting the theme.